MORE THAN 100,000 CHILDREN HAVE BEEN DISPLACED BY THE LATEST ESCALATION IN EASTERN DEMOCRATIC REPUBLIC OF CONGO, UNICEF SAID ON SUNDAY, WARNING THE NUMBERS ARE EXPECTED TO RISE AS VIOLENCE SPREADS.(PHOTO).

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 More than 100,000 children have been displaced by the latest escalation in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, UNICEF said on Sunday, warning the numbers are expected to rise as violence spreads. Since Dec. 1, intense fighting has uprooted more than 500,000 people, with children accounting for over 100,000 of those displaced in South Kivu alone, the UN agency said in a statement released Sunday. It said since Dec. 2, hundreds have been killed in the fighting, and children have been among the victims, with four students killed, six injured, and at least seven schools attacked or damaged. The rapid escalation has forced hundreds of thousands of children and families to flee within Congo and into neighboring Burundi and Rwanda, it added. Many people fleeing the violence have crossed into Burundi, with over 50,000 new arrivals reported between Dec. 6 and 11, nearly half of them children, UNICEF said, adding that the numbers are expected to rise as more displaced are identified. “Chi...

MAN ARRAIGNED FOR N1.5BN STOVK FRAUD IN ENUGU. (PHOTO).#PRESS RELEASE.

Man Arraigned for N1.5bn Stock Fraud in Enugu

The EFCC, Enugu Command, on Tuesday, February 1, 2022 arraigned one Chiedu Ijiomah and his Company, Adonai Stockbrokers Limited before Justice C. C Ani of the State High Court Enugu on a three count charge bordering on stealing, breach of trust and fraudulent diversion of shares to the tune of N1.5 billion.

Chiedu Ijiomah and Adonai Stockbrokers limited between 4th December, 2016 and 14th March, 2016 allegedly stole and fraudulently converted to his personal use the total number of N1,408,369,859.00 (One Billion, Four Hundred and Eight Million, Three Hundred and Sixty Nine Thousand , Eight Hundred and Fifty Nine Naira ) from account number 45927884/C695275KL, being the property of one Kalu Uke Kalu and thereby committed an offence contrary to section 342,353 (h)(i)(ii)(iii) and (i) of the Revised Criminal Code Law (CAP.30) of the Enugu State of Nigeria, 2004. 

 

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