Nigerian Government Threatens to Prosecute Citizens with Foreign Properties Who Evade Tax

InvestingLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaNigerian Government Threatens to Prosecute Citizens with Foreign Properties Who Evade Tax

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 22, 2020

The Federal Government of Nigeria had threatened to prosecute its citizens who were not paying tax on their properties in foreign countries. This was made known in a statement signed by the spokesperson of the Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), Umar Gwandu on Thursday. The statement also stated that any bank or intermediary that helps any Nigerian citizen to shield such property would pay the fine which is equivalent to the cost...

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How a 17 Year Old Teenage Wife Kills Her Husband in Bauchi

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaPeopleHow a 17 Year Old Teenage Wife Kills Her Husband in Bauchi

Ibrahim Abdul' Aziz (Correspondent)May 22, 2020

Salma Hassan, a 17-year-old teenage wife has been paraded before the Bauchi State Police Command for stabbing her husband to death. Salma who hails from Itas Gadau Local Government Area of Bauchi, has on Thursday confessed to having stabbed her husband, Mohammed Mustapha with a knife to death for attempting to have sex with her without her consent. The suspect, Salma Hassan, told journalists after been paraded alongside other suspects by the Bauchi State Police...

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Immigration Arrest 14 Togolese, 10 Nigerians at Ogun Border

National SecurityNewsNigeriaImmigration Arrest 14 Togolese, 10 Nigerians at Ogun Border

PilotnewsMay 22, 2020

The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Ogun Command, has arrested 14 Togolese and 10 Nigerians at Ajilete and Ilase border posts in the state. The NIS Spokesman, Mr Sunday James, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Abuja. The Comptroller, Ogun State Command, Mr Kunle Osisanya, said that the arrest were made by NIS operatives in line with Federal Government directives. According to Osisanya, the 14...

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Court Remands Man Over Alleged Theft of 50 Gallons of Palm Oil

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaCourt Remands Man Over Alleged Theft of 50 Gallons of Palm Oil

PilotnewsMay 21, 2020

An Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court in Osun on Thursday remanded one Timothy Elugbindin, 44, over alleged robbery of 50 gallons of palm oil at gunpoint. The Prosecutor, Asp. Joseph Adebayo told the court that the defendant committed the offence on March 10, 2020, around 5 a.m., at Odemuyiwa Village via Ifetedo. Adebayo said that the defendant conspired with others now at large to commit felony to wit: Armed Robbery. He added that the defendant armed himself...

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Court Sentences Bricklayer, Mechanic to 21 Years in Prison for Bag-Snatching

Law & JusticeNewsNigeriaCourt Sentences Bricklayer, Mechanic to 21 Years in Prison for Bag-Snatching

PilotnewsMay 21, 2020

An Ikeja High Court has sentenced a bricklayer, Ibrahim Olaore and a mechanic, Nurudeen Moshood to 21 years in prison for snatching the handbag of a banker in Lagos. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that during Thursday’s virtual proceeding, Justice Yetunde Adesanya held that the prosecution had proved its case beyond reasonable doubt and found the defendants guilty of a two-count charge of conspiracy and robbery. “Section 297(1) of the Criminal Law of...

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Nigeria Army Reacts to Viral Video, Promises to Counsel Officers Who Released the Video

MilitaryNewsNigeriaNigeria Army Reacts to Viral Video, Promises to Counsel Officers Who Released the Video

Bada Yusuf Amoo (Correspondent)May 21, 2020

The Nigerian Army had reacted to the viral video on social media, where soldiers fighting the Boko Haram terrorists were seen cursing out the Chief of Army Staff, General Tukur Buratai as MRAP burned in the background. According to the Army, the patrol troop encountered the terrorists ambush eight kilometers ahead of Buni-Gari in Yobe State. The Operation Lafiya Dole Troops on Patrol encountered multiple improvised explosive devices. The statement which was released on Wednesday...

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FG Receives 292 Stranded Evacuees from S/Arabia

CoronavirusForeign PolicyNewsNigeriaFG Receives 292 Stranded Evacuees from S/Arabia

PilotnewsMay 20, 2020

The Nigerian Government has received 292 stranded Nigerians from Saudi Arabia, with a large number of them nursing mothers and children. The Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chief Geoffrey Onyeama, disclosed this on his verified twitter handle on Wednesday. “We received 292 evacuees stranded in Saudi Arabia yesterday. The Saudi Government transported them to Abuja. “A large number are nursing mothers and children, and they are all comfortably settled in hotels under the 14 days quarantine,” ...

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China Sends Delegation to Israel Over Dead Ambassador

ChinaForeign PolicyNewsChina Sends Delegation to Israel Over Dead Ambassador

PilotnewsMay 18, 2020

China says it will send a delegation to Israel after its ambassador to Tel Aviv, Du Wei, was found dead in his home on Sunday, the Israeli Foreign Ministry said on Monday. “They are sending a delegation to help with the arrangements of sending the body back to China,’’ Foreign Ministry spokesperson Lior Haiat told dpa. He would not confirm a report in the Israeli Haaretz daily that the delegation would examine the circumstances of the...

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Nigerian Troops Kill 20 Terrorists in Borno

Crime & SecurityNational SecurityNewsNigeriaNigerian Troops Kill 20 Terrorists in Borno

PilotnewsMay 18, 2020

Nigerian Army troops on Sunday killed 20 Boko Haram and Islamic State of West African Province, (ISWAP) terrorists at the northwest of Baga town in Borno. Maj.-Gen. John Enenche, the Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Enenche said the troops of 130 Battalion with the support of the Army Super Camp, Baga, recorded the success in a decisive intercept offensive operation. He disclosed that the...

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Members of Abacha’s Government Knew About the Money Stashed Abroad – Buba Galadima

Law & JusticeMoneyNewsNigeriaMembers of Abacha’s Government Knew About the Money Stashed Abroad – Buba Galadima

Adeola Oladipupo (Correspondent)May 18, 2020

Buba Galadima, a Nigerian politician, has said that key members of the late General Sani Abacha’s government knew about the money the dictator stashed abroad. Mr. Galadima, a former ally – turned critic — of President Buhari revealed this in an interview with the Nation newspaper. He said the late Gen. Abacha was ‘rightly’ counselled by then Presidents Saddam Hussein and Muammar Gaddafi, to keep money abroad in order to survive sanctions by the United...

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