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EFCC arrests thirteen online fraudsters in Sokoto ....
Thirteen alleged online scammers have been taken into custody in Sokoto State by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission's Sokoto Zonal Directorate Operatives. The individuals were taken into custody on Saturday, September 28, 2024, in the Gidan Yaro and Dandima regions of ....

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Fire razes Kwara High Court complex ....
Courtroom No. 10 was partially destroyed by fire that started on Sunday night at the Kwara State High Court Complex in Ilorin. The State Fire Service reports that the fire began at 8:02 p.m. as a result of a power surge. Thankfully, the fire was quickly put out by firefighters, sa ....

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Police arrest robbery suspect, recover ammunition ....
Theophilus Timothy, a suspected armed robber, has been taken into custody by the Lagos Police Command in the state's Orile region. Patrol officers from the Orile Division on Saturday, the police confirmed this arrest via its X handle on Sunday. The statement claims that the suspect wa ....

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Thugs seize control of protest ground in Port Harcourt ....
Tuesday saw thugs seize contr8ol of the Rumuokwuta protest site in Port Harcourt, the capital of Rivers State, which was utilised for the August #EndBadGovernance demonstration. The location was previously disclosed as the state's meeting place for the "FearlessInOctober" protest ....

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EFCC nabs 24 suspected internet fraudsters ....
At least 24 alleged online scammers have been taken into custody in various parts of Benin City. The arrest was made on Monday by agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission's (EFCC) Benin Zonal Directorate. According to the Commission, the suspects' suspected involv ....

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Governor Aiyedatiwa orders release of 19 prisoners ....
In honour of Nigeria's 64th anniversary of independence, Ondo State Governor Lucky Orimisan Aiyedatiwa has used the prerogative of mercy by ordering the release of 19 prisoners incarcerated in the state's various prisons for varying sentences. The 19 prisoners are among the 117 ....

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Lagos sentences 12 prostitutes to prison ....
On Wednesday, the Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), also referred to as KAI, succeeded in securing the conviction of twelve commercial prostitutes. During a dislodgement operation headed by the Corps Marshal of the Agency, they were found guilty of charges touching on pro ....

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Ododo halts mining in Kogi ....
Due to an inflow of bandits and unfavourable aspects in the mining-related activities, the Kogi State Government banned all mining operations in the state on Wednesday. The State Executive Council meeting, chaired by Governor Usman Ododo, made the decision to halt mining operat ....

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Oyo to hire 791 civil servants ....
791 new civil servants will be hired by the Oyo State government to work in the mainstream service. Alhaji Kamoru Aderibigbe, the State Civil Service Commission's chairman, revealed this to reporters on Wednesday in Ibadan. 230 education officials and 561 other people would be ....

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EFCC detains 43 internet fraudsters in Rivers ....
43 alleged online scammers have been taken into custody by agents of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Rivers State's capital, Port Harcourt. The EFCC reported on Wednesday that they had apprehended 33 alleged online scammers in Port Harcourt and had found counterfei ....

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Naira rises to N1700 in parallel market ....
The Naira yesterday rose to N1,700 per dollar in the parallel market from N1,705 per dollar on Monday. Similarly, the Naira declined to N1,669.15 per dollar in the Nigerian Autonomous Foreign Exchange Market, NAFEM. The indicative exchange rate for NAFEM dropped to N1,669. ....

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Timi Dakolo’s wife, Busola, marks 40th birthday ....
Busola, the wife of singer Timi Dakolo, is marking her 40th birthday today with a thought-provoking statement. She claimed to have learnt from her forty years on the planet while posting a beautiful birthday video to Instagram.“It’s my birthday. 40 years around the sun, ....

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Police return N1m extorted from corp members ....
The refund of N1 million that four police officers in the Surulere area extorted from three National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members has been made possible by the Lagos Police Command. Oluyemi Fasipe, an X user, claimed that the police in Surulere, Lagos, allegedly extorted ....

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Police arrest 25-year-old man for stabbing father to death ....
Police in Lagos have detained 25-year-old Chibunnma Chimelie on suspicion of fatally stabbing his 68-year-old father. Within the Isolo region of the state on Thursday about 10:00 p.m., Chimelie fatally stabbed his father, as verified on Friday by SP Benjamin Hundeyin, the spokespe ....

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High court summons Yahaya Bello over alleged N110bn fraud ....
Yahaya Bello, the immediate former governor of Kogi State, was called by a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Thursday, for an arraignment on October 24. Following 16 new charges from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Bello, Umar Oricha, and Abdulsalami Hu ....

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Locals protest against Rivers LG poll ....
A different group demonstrated on Saturday against the Rivers State Independent Electoral Commission-supervised electoral process, which is being monitored by the commission, twenty-four hours after a pro-election demonstration in favour of the ongoing local government elections in Rivers ....