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A Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Jabi, Abuja, has sentenced an officer of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr Solomon Ogodo, to seven years imprisonment for forgery, employment fraud, and racketeering. Justice M.S. Idris delivered the judgement following a five-count charge filed against Mr Ogodo by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The court heard that Mr Ogodo defrauded job seekers of ₦12,200,000 under the pretext...

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A Federal Capital Territory High Court in Maitama, Abuja, on Tuesday, ordered the remand of the former Governor of Kogi State, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, in Kuje prison. Justice Maryann Anenih gave the remand order after adjourning the trial of the defendant to 25 February 2025. The decision followed the court’s dismissal of a bail application filed by Bello, who has been in detention since 25 November 2024. Bello, who served as governor from 2016 to...

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Respite came the way of four kidnapped victims in the Ugbolu forest, located in the Oshimili South Local Government Area of Delta State when troops from the 63 Brigade of the Nigerian Army successfully rescued them. A press statement on Monday issued by Major Emmanuel Onoja, Assistant Director of Army Public Relations, noted that the operation was initiated following reliable intelligence regarding the activities of suspected kidnappers in the area. According to the statement, the...

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The Enugu State Police Command through collaborative operations with the Emene Division, Crack and Octopus Tactical Squads, and the Neighborhood Watch Group arrested an interstate criminal syndicate specialized in armed robbery and financial fraud. The arrest of the eight male suspects by the team was in response to a distress call reporting an armed robbery attack at an estate in Emene in Enugu East Local Government Area. Police operatives from the Emene Division responding to...

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The National Coordinator, National Counter Terrorism Centre, NCTC, in the Office of the National Security Adviser, Maj.-Gen. Adamu Laka has emphasized the importance of continuous collaboration among security stakeholders to combat terrorism in the country. Laka, disclosed this on Monday, at a five-day Counter Terrorism Theory and Practice Course in Abuja, noted that no agency can solely achieve laudable success in the fight against terrorism. The NCTC boss further said that the course, facilitated by...

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Twenty passengers in Jibia and Faskari local government areas have been rescued from being kidnapped. The Katsina State Police Command Spokesman, Abubakar Aliyu, in a statement said the first incident occurred on Saturday at Kwanar Makera along the Katsina-Magamar Jibia road in Jibia LGA. He said the second attempt was at Marabar Bangori on the Funtua-Gusau road in Faskari LGA. “The Armed terrorists, wielding AK-47 rifles, opened fire on a commercial vehicle with the intent...

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The Anambra State Police Command has issued a security advisory ahead of the Christmas festivities to the safety and security of lives in the state. The security advisory contained in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer -PPRO of Anambra Police Command, CSP Tochi Ikenga, also asked for the support of the people of Anambra by providing relevant information to the police. “As part of efforts to enhance public safety and peace in...

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Commissioner of Police, Abia State Police Command, Danladi Isa has reiterated that a Special Monitoring Team has been established to oversee and evaluate the activities of officers on duty. He disclosed this on Thursday, during a strategic meeting with Area Commanders, Divisional Police Officers (DPOs), and Tactical Team Commanders at the Officers’ Mess, Umuahia. CP Isa warned against unprofessional conduct, including extortion and incivility toward members of the public. “The team would apprehend any officer...

As the 16 days of activism against gender-based violence count, a non governmental organization, NGO, Onúrúbé, which has presence in Southeast states, has called for strengthened collaboration between relevant stakeholders to prevent the menace. The call was in reaction to alleged abuse of a 2-year-old pupil, name withheld, by her 19-year-old teacher, which was reported to the NGO by Sisters With A Goal (SWAG) on Friday, 22nd November 2024. In a statement issued on behalf...

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Two brothers, Ajim Kerison Onubuogu and Ajim Tochukwu Christian were recently arraigned and remanded in Enugu Correctional facility for allegedly defrauding Chebet Chumba, an American, the sums of Forty-Three Thousand, Eight Hundred and Fifty United States Dollars ($43, 850) and Eighteen Million, Six Hundred and Seventy-Five Thousand, One Hundred and Thirty-three Naira, Seventy-five Kobo (N18, 675, 133. 75) respectively. The brothers were arraigned by the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission,...

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