Tag: LOOTING
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Buhari warns Nigerians: ‘…Wives must ask their husbands, families tell children to return looted items’
President Muhammadu Buhari has asked parents and guardians not to encourage their children and wards to partake in the nationwide looting, destruction of property. “Families must turn back children who bring home unaccounted goods, in the same way, wives must ask their husbands to return looted items brought home,” the President said. This statement is…
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Police IG order AIGs, CPs, others to end nationwide violence, looting
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has ordered the immediate mobilisation of all police operational assets and resources to bring an end to the wanton violence, killings, looting and destruction of public and private property in the country. He gave the order to all Assistant Inspectors General of Police (AIGs), Commissioners of Police (CPs),…
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Fresh troubles for Magu as new facts on re-looting of recovered funds emerge
The suspended acting Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mr Ibrahim Magu, may be facing fresh cases of alleged re-looting of funds recovered by the commission as well as bribery. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Magu is currently being interrogated by a presidential probe panel headed by retired Justice…
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COVID-19 Lockdown: Food, liquor stores looted in South Africa [Photo]
A number of food and liquor stores have been looted in South Africa amid a strict national lockdown that was put in place to slow the spread of the novel coronavirus. Incidents were reported in several locations on the outskirts of Cape Town near the Gugulethu township, where many people lived in poverty even before…
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South Africa: 497 arrested as looting continues
The South African police on Friday reported that they have arrested 497 suspects who have been looting shops in Gauteng Province. Xinhua reports that Police spokesperson, Brigadier Mathapelo Peters, said 74 persons were arrested in Katlehong on Thursday, bringing the total number of arrests since violence erupted in Johannesburg to 497. She said the situation…