Tag: Crime
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FACTCHECK: Did Hushpuppi commit fresh $400,000 fraud from US prison?
Nigerian Abbas Ramon arrested for fraud by the FBI in 2020. The media was awash with news on Thursday that a popular Nigerian Instagram celebrity Abbas Ramon, also known as Hushpuppi, who is currently in US detention over fraud charges had laundered over $400k from prison. The circulated document had claimed that the Federal Bureau…
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How gruesome murder of Bamise raises fresh concerns in Nigeria ranked 16th most dangerous country to live in
The gruesome murder of 22-year-old Oluwabamise Ayanwole inside a commercial bus operated by Primero Transport Services Limited under the Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) in Lagos State has raised fresh security concerns about the spate of disappearances and killings in Nigeria, ranked as the 16th most dangerous country in the world based on 23 different indicators,…
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35-year-old commercial sex worker killed by customer
The killers, suspected to be her customers, used knife to slit the victim’s throat
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Omokri in awe over Kyari’s treatment when connected to crimes
Omokri was completely in awe, as he wonders why the former head of the Intelligence Response Team, IRT, DCP Abba Kyari, is too big for President Muhammadu Buhari’s administration
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EFCC vows to clamp down on ‘Spiritual Yahoo Boys’
Nigeria’s anti-graft agency, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says it will intensify efforts to clamp down on internet fraudsters, also known as ‘Yahoo boys’. In a post on Facebook, the EFCC said it has learnt that Yahoo boys now go spiritua
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Why young Nigerians engage in crime – EFCC
Why young Nigerians engage in crime – EFCC
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LASG crushes over 400 seized motorcycles, says it is instrument of crime
The Lagos State Police Taskforce in Lagos has crushed over 400 motorcycles seized from defaulting riders across the state.
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UK threatens to block visas for countries refusing to take back rejected asylum seekers, citizens convicted of crimes
The United Kingdom will block visas for people from countries that refuse to accept the return of rejected asylum seekers or people convicted of crimes. Proposed new powers in the forthcoming nationality and borders bill would allow the Home Office to suspend applications from citizens of countries deemed to be uncooperative “in relation to the…
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Technology needed to fight ‘next level’ crime in Nigeria – Governor Ganduje
Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State said on Wednesday that the introduction of technology in addressing the security challenges in the country was necessary if the fight is to be won. “Since crime has gone to the next level in Nigeria, strategy too has to go to the next level,” he said, while receiving the…