by Admin | Jul 26, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday disclosed that it has recovered a total of N328.9 billion from nine major oil marketers within one year. The disclosure was made by the Spokesman of the commission, Wilson Uwujaren, in a statement in Abuja. In the statement, he identified the marketers as Conoil Plc, Total Plc, OVH Energy Plc, Oando Plc, Forte Oil and Gas Plc, Mobil Plc, MRS Oil Plc, and NIPCO Oil Plc. According to him, the recovery was made by the Kano office of the commission between July 2016 and July 2017. Uwajaren said the development followed a petition against the management of the Nigeria National Petroleum Corporation, NNPC, and its subsidiary, Pipelines and Product Marketing Company, PPMC. He said the petition alleged that N40 billion had been stolen by the major oil marketers in connivance with the leadership of the NNPC and PPMC. “The EFCC, in a swift reaction, referred the petition to a special task force which swung into action by conducting a discrete investigation. “Findings by the operatives of the EFCC revealed that the oil marketers were actually indebted to the Federal Government of Nigeria to the tune of N91.5 billion between 2010 and 2016. “Further investigation into the allegation also revealed that the oil marketers had continued to obtain petroleum products from the government without proper payment, in violation of the NNPC/PPMC credit facility regulations. “A probe of which further led to the discovery of N258.9 billion,” he said Uwujaren further explained that the total amount of debt stood at N349.8 billion following the latter discovery. He said officials of...
by Admin | Jul 26, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The attack occurred in the remote village of Eshu in Magumeri local government area of Borno State at about 9:15 a.m., when militants suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists opened fire on the convoy. A team of Nigerian Army troops escorting oil prospectors in northern Borno State was ambushed by militants on Tuesday, a security source disclosed to SaharaReporters. The attack occurred in the remote village of Eshu in Magumeri local government area of Borno State at about 9:15 a.m., when militants suspected to be Boko Haram terrorists opened fire on the convoy. The team comprised of troops, oil prospectors, civilian Joint Task Force members and locals vigilantes. The militants burned the convoy’s vehicles and kidnapped some troops. “It was bad news for us, as we lost some of our troops and many are still missing,” a security said “They were ambushed by terrorists in Magumeri in the morning along with oil prospectors.” The source did not confirm the number of troops killed in the...
by Admin | Jul 26, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI 29-year-old sex worker, Beauty Tagbami, is facing trial at an Ebute Meta Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly cutting the face of her colleague with a razor blade. The accused, who resides at a hotel, appeared on two counts of unlawful assault and assault causing bodily harm. Tagbami had entered a “not guilty” plea. The prosecutor, Insp. Cousin Adams told the Court that the accused committed the offences on July 23 at 2.50 a.m. at Lagoon Hotel in Sari-Iganmu in Orile area of Lagos. said the accused and the complainant, Tope Olayinka, had a brawl over “hawking space” and in the process, Tagbami, used a blade and scissors to slash Olayinka’s face and hand. “Tagbami had warned Olayinka not to encroach on her space where she parades herself for customers and this led to fight between them.” The offences contravened Sections 172 and 173 of the Criminal Law of Lagos State, 2015. The Magistrate, Mrs O.O.A. Fowowe-Erusiafe, admitted the accused to a N50, 000 bail with two responsible sureties in like sum. She adjourned further hearing in the case until Aug. 28....
by Admin | Jul 25, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole fighting insurgency in the North-East, have neutralised not less than eight suspected female suicide bombers in the last one week, according to an official. Lt. Col. Kingsley Samuel, Deputy Director, Army Public Relations Department, said this in a statement issued to newsmen on Tuesday in Maiduguri. He said the suicide bombers were unleashed by remnants of desperate Boko Haram terrorists trying to cause mayhem in the region. “Troops of Operation Lafiya Dole in the past few days intensified efforts towards checkmating suicide bombings in Borno in North-East Nigeria. “The troops recorded huge feat in foiling suicide bomb attacks by neutralising not less than 8 female suicide bombers who were unleashed by remnants of desperate Boko Haram terrorists,” he said. Samuel said one of the suspected female bombers was neutralised last Sunday by troops of 251 Battalion of the 7 Division Garrison, while trying to infiltrate Dalori Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camp. “The female suicide bomber who was sighted by vigilant sentries refused several warnings to halt when challenged. “Subsequently, she was neutralised resulting in the detonation of her suicide vest killing her without any other casualty on the side of troops or civilians. “Unfortunately, the blast from the detonation of the female suicide bomber’s vest created a hole on the fence of Dalori IDP Camp 2,” Samuel said. The army spokesman said that troops were maintaining strict vigilance in the state to forestall any breach of security. He said that on July 16, two suspected female suicide bombers trying to infiltrate military locations at Mammanti village at about 10.15 p.m. were neutralised....
by Admin | Jul 25, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Minister of Interior, Lt-Gen Abdulrahman Danbazzau has vowed that kidnappers in the country, especially those terrorising commuters along the Abuja-Kaduna highway would be treated as terrorists and the fun weight of the law would be brought to crush them. Speaking with indigenes of Rijana, a settlement on the Kaduna-Abuja high way, which is a notorious haven for kidnappers, the minister said there was the need for people in the area to liaise with security agencies by providing information on the activities of criminals in the area. But a spokesman of the people of the area, Abdulsalam Abubakar pointedly told the minister that the people are afraid of divulging information to the police because they end up being exposed to the criminals who have so far killed 18 informants that provided information to the police. Responding to the complaints from the residents of the area, General Danbazau however assured them that government would do everything possible to bring the situation under control. Danbazzau According to the Minister, “we are here on fact funding mission because of incessant kidnapping going on in this area. Government is interested because it is its responsibility to protect lives and property and besides, it is a promise this government made before it was elected into office. So I’m here to meet with the community and see how the ongoing special operation is going. “We see this as act of terrorism because every element of terrorism is reflecting and it must stop. I’m aware that, most of the people involved are foreigners but they cannot succeed without connivance with those that reside here...
by Admin | Jul 25, 2017 | Blog |
Follow @NigeriaPI The Central Bank of Nigeria has said that it has recovered over N51.9bn illegally deducted by commercial banks and returned it to the customers. The CBN stated that the amount was illegally removed from the accounts of bank customers across the country in the past five years. The Acting Director, Corporate Communications, CBN, Mr. Isaac Okorafor, disclosed this in Port Harcourt during an interactive session with stakeholders, including labour union leaders, in the South-South zone. Okoroafor stated that the recovery and return of the funds to customers became necessary after series of complaints on illegal deductions from their accounts by commercial bank customers got to the apex bank. Putting the exact amount recovered and returned by the CBN Consumer Protection Department at N51,913,350,828.85, he explained that $18,191,444.19, €26.286,62 and £6,000 were also recovered within the period. Okorafor, who was represented by an assistant director in the apex bank, John Attah, recalled that the CBN received 10,548 complaints, adding that the amounts recovered were from 5,746 resolved cases. He stated, “When such complaints are received, the CBN will embark on a thorough investigation of what happened and how the deductions were made. If we discover that the bank was wrong, we will write and order the bank to return the money to the customer’s account. “We do not keep this kind of money in any special account. Someone owns it and the banks know the accounts from where they made the deductions. So, we mandate them to pay it back into the accounts.” He, however, expressed the apex bank’s continued commitment to customers’ protection, adding that the interactive...
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