by Admin | Sep 11, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Former First Lady, Patience Jonathan has filed a N200m fundamental rights enforcement suit against Skye Bank Plc, following the freezing of four bank accounts, which she claims the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has used to inconvenience and embarrass her. The four accounts, lodged with Skye Bank Plc, are in the name of four companies which is said to have a balance of $31.4m The four companies are Pluto Property and Investment Company Limited; Seagate Property Development & Investment Co. Limited; Trans Ocean Property and Investment Company Limited and Development Company Limited and Globus Integrated Service Limited. In an affidavit filed before the court and deposed to by one Sammie Somiari, a legal practitioner on behalf of Patience Jonathan, the deponents claims that the EFCC placed a No Debit Order on the four accounts in July in the course of probing one Waripamo Dudafa, a former Special Adviser on Domestic Affairs to former President Goodluck Jonathan. After its investigations, the EFCC went ahead to file an amended 17-count against Dudafa and seven others, including the four companies, with the defendants being accused of conspiring to conceal the monies which the EFCC claimed they ought to have known formed parts of the proceeds of an unlawful act. In the affidavit however, Sammie Somiari claims that it was Dudafa who helped Mrs Patience Jonathan to open the four bank accounts which the EFCC froze. According to him, Dudafa had on March 22, 2010 brought two Skye Bank officers, Demola Bolodeoku and Dipo Oshodi, to meet the former first lady at home to open five accounts. He, however, claimed...
by Admin | Sep 11, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A very notorious gang leader who had been terrorizing the residents of Makera, Kakuri in Kaduna state -has been killed. According to reports, the murderer, rapist, kidnapper identified as (Dan Na’Ala) -who was allegedly behind the death of a top civilian JTF member in Kakuri, Kaduna, was arrested at Nyanya area of Abuja… He was brought back to Kaduna after his arrest before meeting his end at the hands of an angry crowd who beat him to...
by Admin | Sep 11, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Reports of kidnapping have become common in Nigeria. Though not a new trend, kidnappers have continued to devise new methods to lure victims. Below are some of the new tricks to watch out for: Ploy at parties In this method, a note is dubiously passed to the master of ceremonies requesting the owner of an identified vehicle to come out and move his or her vehicle to allow others parking access. Immediately the individual gets to his car, the kidnappers grab the person and zoom off in the car. This was what happened to Mr. Remi Olakunri who was kidnapped at a party venue in Lagos some months ago. Olakunri, who drove an SUV to the venue, heard his car’s number plate called out by the emcee, requesting him to step outside to move his vehicle. As Olakunri got to his car, three men grabbed him and forced him to drive off in his vehicle. Over N1m ransom was paid before his abductors released him. Road blocks The modus operandi of kidnappers includes mounting road blocks on highways in military uniforms and staging a surprise attack on unsuspecting motorists. An All Progressives Congress governorship aspirant in Ondo State, Victor Olabimtan, was abducted by gunmen after he declared his interest to contest the state’s governorship election. Olabimtan was on his way to Abuja when some persons in military attire, who dubiously manned a road block on the expressway kidnapped him. Disguising as church members There have been several reports of how kidnappers found their way into churches, disguised as church members and waited for the service to end...
by Admin | Sep 9, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A student has been brutally murdered in a hotel after she visited a stranger who invited her to a hotel. According to reports, the girl who is a student of the Federal Polytechnic Oko, Anambra State was found dead in the hotel with her heart missing. The incident which happened in Anambra has sent shock down the spines of people. A Facebook user, Blossom Emechebe who posted the news wrote: “WHAT A WORLD😯😯 SO SAD Quote she visited a man at Awka Anambra state and they lodged in ******* hotel, the next morning they saw her dead body and the man is no where to be found; meanwhile her heart is missing😌ðŸ˜ðŸ˜. She is a student of Federal Polytechnic Oko, Bam department, don’t know if it’s ND or HND…….. RIP...
by Admin | Sep 9, 2016 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI A total of 86 people here have been made RM3.1 million poorer in cheating cases dubbed “Nigerian scams” since 2012. District police chief Assistant Commissioner M. Chandra said the scams involved suspects using social media with fake identities to establish relationships with victims over the course of between three and six months. “Many cases involve a romantic element, with suspects arriving in Malaysia to meet the victims. They then claim to have been detained by Immigration at the airport and require the victims’ help in securing money for their release,” he said during a press conference here. “Another modus operandi involves suspects cajoling victims to bank in money for ‘appreciation gifts’. Chandra added that investigations on the cases are ongoing and that they are working closely with police at the Federal Police headquarters in Bukit Aman. To date, six people from here have also been arrested for opening bank accounts for another person. He said the six cases were not necessarily related to the “Nigerian scam”, but it is an offence to allow others to use one’s own personal account. Meanwhile, Chandra also disclosed the solving of two burglary case involving cameras at Telipok near here. The owner was approached by two illegal peddlers who tried to sell him his own stolen cameras which the sellers had allegedly purchased from the burglars. On another case, police arrested eight locals, aged between 18 and 33, who are members of the Mingzhi gang implicated in the theft of 12 cars in the city. However, police are still looking for two middlemen of the syndicate which sells spare parts and...
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