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Joe Biden’s Inauguration Likely To Witness Insider Attack, US Defense Officials Say [VIDEO]
U.S. defense officials say they are worried about an insider attack during President-elect Joe Biden's inauguration, prompting the FBI to vet all of the 25,000 National Guard troops coming into Washington for the event. The massive undertaking reflects the extraordinary security concerns that have gripped Washington following the deadly January 6 insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by pro-Trump rioters. It also...
Olowonihi Takes Over at EFCC Academy
The Acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Mohammed Umar Abba has appointed Detective Commander Ayo Peter Olowonihi as Commandant, EFCC Academy, Karu, Abuja. Olowonihi takes over from Itam Nnaghe Obono, a Deputy Commissioner of Police. The appointment which is with immediate effect was consummated with a hand-over ceremony today, Monday, January 18, 2021, attended by both Olowonihi...
Judge’s Absence Stall Trial Of Ex-Niger Governor, Others
The trial of a former governor of Niger State, Muazu Babangida Aliyu, and his then Chief of Staff, Umar Nasko, on alleged N2 billion money laundering was on Monday, January 18, 2021, adjourned till March 29, 2021, following the absence of the trial judge, Justice A. B. Aliyu. Babangida and Nasko are facing prosecution by the Economic and financial Crimes...
Corruption: FG Moves To Audit Investigation Of Jonathan’s Relatives
The Federal Government has commenced moves to audit the investigation of relatives of former President Goodluck Jonathan by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Our correspondent gathered that the federal government had asked the acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mohammed Umar Abba, to make available details of all cases concerning former first lady, Patience...
Ex-Banker Who Lost Job At Peak Of COVID-19 Narrates How He Became Arm Robber
Thirty-eight-year old Moses Keffi, an ex-employee of a second generation bank, who lost his job last year as a result of COVID-19 has explained how he ventured into arm robbery for survival. He was arrested last Thursday on the Osu/Ile-Ife Expressway for armed Robbery. According to Keffi, he was invited by a friend, simply identified as ‘Ibadan’, to Osun State to...
Beware Of Fake Recruitment Form, Employment Letters – EFCC Warns
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has warned the general public to be wary of fake Recruitment Form 2021 circulating in the social media, insisting that the Commission is currently not conducting any recruitment exercise. The Head, Media & Publicity of the Commission, Wilson Uwujaren in a statement on Saturday while revealing that fraudsters are bent on defrauding members...
Gunmen Kill Catholic Priest Kidnapped In Niger State
A priest of the Catholic Diocese of Minna, Nigeria, Rev. Fr. John Gbakaan, has been killed by gunmen suspected to be bandits. The priest was reportedly killed after he was abducted last night by the bandits in the north-central state. Another Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Ugochukwu Ugwoke, made the announcement on Saturday, January 16 via Twitter. https://twitter.com/FrUgochukwu/status/1350391831863971840?s=20 READ ALSO: Days Before End Of...
FG To Build Six New Prisons
The federal government on Saturday disclosed that it would establish six new modern custodial facilities in the six geo-political zones in the country. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this in Kano while inspecting the ongoing model maximum security custodial facility project at Janguza in Kumbotso Local Government Area of the state. Aregbesola said the project was part of projects...
Days Before End Of His Administration, Trump Executes 13th Convict
The U.S. government on Saturday carried out the 13th and final federal execution under President Donald Trump’s administration. The execution comes days before Trump’s successor Joe Biden takes office with a promise to try to end the death penalty. Dustin Higgs, 48, was pronounced dead at 1:23 a.m. EST (0623 GMT), the federal Bureau of Prisons said in a statement. The convict’s...
Pastor Sentenced To 140 Years In Prison For Impregnating His 2 Daughters
A pastor in Kenya identified as John Gichira would have to spend the rest of his life behind bars as he has been sentenced to 140 years in prison. A Kenyan court in Ndia Constituency, Kirinyaga County, sentenced this popular man of God for impregnating his two do daughters aged 14 and 16. John, appearing before Senior Principal Magistrates, Anthony Mwicigi...
