How Detained Binance Executive Fled From Nigeria The Nigerian government has insisted that it is collaborating with the International Criminal Police Organisation – INTERPOL, commonly known as Interpol and the international community to arrest the escaped executive of a global crypto-currency firm, Binance, Nadeem Anjarwalla. This was confirmed in a press statement issued from the country’s national security adviser on Monday while confirming that Nadeem escaped from their custody on Friday when he was allowed to visit a nearby Jummah Mosque. It was learnt from top sources at the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) that the escaped Binance executive fled Nigeria…
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BREAKING: Ondo Governorship Aspirant Is Dead One of the frontline governorship aspirants of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Paul Akintelure, is dead. Before his untimely demise, Akintelure had raised concerns about both direct and indirect threats to his life. He had expressed hope that the situation would improve over time but sadly, it escalated as the APC governorship primary election scheduled for April 25 approached. Akintelure’s alarm on threat to life Akintelure in a statement released by his spokesperson, Oladapo Akintelure, on Thursday, March 21, 2023, said, “Initially, I hope these incidents would dissipate over time, yet…
Man Slumps, Dies While Fighting Neighbour A man identified as Usman Abubakar has been confirmed dead after he engaged in a fight with a neighbour. The neighbour, Omotosho Jimoh is now at large, the police said. Spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Ejire Adeyemin in a statement in Ilorin on Tuesday, disclosed that “at about 2030hrs on March 20, 2024, Mr. Adebayo Ahmed, a resident of Isale Koko, Ojagboro, Ilorin, reported a distressing incident involving his son, Usman Abubakar. “It was reported that on the same day around 1930hrs, Usman engaged in a hand-to-hand combat with one Omotosho Jimoh…
Tension As Burnt Dead Body Found Hanging On Mango Tree A burnt dead body of a yet-to-be identified man was on Monday morning found hanging on a mango tree in Kudu village, Mokwa LGA of Niger State. A security source in the area told City & Crime that the incident happened opposite a shea butter producing company on Enagi-Kudu road. He said the identity of the victim as well as the perpetuators of the act were yet to be identified. The officer, however, told our correspondent that a yet-to- be identified cult group has been operating in the area for…
BREAKING: Heavy Gunshots, Terrorists Kill Security Officers, Burn Military Vehicles A group of bandits have relaunched another attack on Tsafe town, the headquarters of Tsafe local government area of Zamfara State where they burnt two operational vehicles of the military and killed two members of the state security outfit, Community Protection Guards (CPG), in the area. One Malam Usman Tsafe told our correspondent via telephone that the bandits had besieged the town wielding sophisticated weapons. According to him, the bandits divided themselves into three different groups with the first group attempting to attack Zamfara State College of Health Science and…
VIDEO: Bandit With 3000 Followers On Tiktok Displays Ransom Money A terrorist has been reportedly seen in a viral video displaying some money collected from his victims as ransoms and uploaded on Tiktok, a social network. The video was shared by Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency expert and security analyst in Lake Chad, in a series of posts on his X handle on Monday. According to Makama, the user of the account has over 3000 followers, noting that some of them are bandits who openly show off their rifles and are dressed in military or police uniforms. He further lamented that…
Less Than One Week, Downpour Washes Away Anambra Road Constructed By Governor Soludo An afternoon downpour has reportedly washed away Ochanja Market Road which Governor Chukwuma Soludo constructed barely one week ago. Ochanja Market is in the Woliwo community in Onitsha South local government area of Anambra State. A viral video of the washed road seen by SaharaReporters on Monday night showed the coated asphalts piled out with pieces scattered and water-logged on some parts of the road. Meanwhile, residents have expressed their concerns over the poor and shoddy jobs the administration of Governor Soludo is executing in the state…
Popular Pastor Charges Church Members £999 To Learn Signs, Wonders Pastor Uebert Angel Mudzanire, a self-styled Zimbabwean “prophet”, preacher, and entrepreneur based in the United Kingdom, is set to teach members how to perform miracles for £999 (about N1.7 million). In a Facebook post, the British-Zimbabwean cleric wrote; “Register now and Learn how to perform signs miracles and wonders, online, directly from Prophet Uebert Angel. Places are filling fast”. Who is Uebert Angel? Widely known around the world as the Godfather of the modern-day Prophetic movement, Uebert Angel presides over an ever-widening number of the GoodNews Church (Spirit Embassy) branches…
Man Caught Stealing Fufu, Soup Information reaching Ibom Focus says that Man Caught Stealing Fufu, Soup Ekiti State Police Command has arraigned a 20-year-old man, Ojo Monday, before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over an alleged house breaking and stealing. Police prosecutor, Inspector Moyosola Adesola, told the court that the defendant committed the offence on March 14 at about 12 noon at Falegan, Ilawe Road in Ado-Ekiti. The defendant, however, denied the charges. The prosecutor alleged that the defendant broke into the house of one Ajala Modupe and stole Indomie noodles, Maggi seasonings, salt, onions, fufu and a pot of…
Court Bars Popular Nigerian TikToker From Using Social Media A Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Nasiru Saminu on Monday granted controversial TikToker, Murja Kunya, a bail in the sum of N500,000. The Tik Toker had applied for bail, following a directive from the Kano Shari’ah Court mandating a mental evaluation by a psychiatric doctor. In his ruling on Monday, Justice Saminu said the conditions for the bail included two reliable sureties, including a relative and an individual with landed property in Kano municipal. The judge barred Miss Kunya from using her social media accounts until the case…