Day: December 7, 2022

Abducted Benue commissioner released, Police deny ransom payment

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Ekpe Ogbu, the abducted Benue State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, alongside three others abducted on Sunday, have been released. It was gathered that the victims were released around 3.30pm on Tuesday, after three days in captivity. One of the commissioner’s political associates, who spoke on condition of anonymity, said they were dropped along Otukpo/Ado Road. The state Commissioner of Police, Wale Abass, who confirmed the release of the commissioner and others, said no ransom was paid. Ogbu, alongside his driver, aide and one other, was abducted on Sunday…

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Eto’o apologises for attacking man at W’Cup

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Samuel Eto’o, the President of the Cameroon Football Federation, has apologised for physically assaulting a man at the World Cup on Monday. In a statement on his Twitter handle on Tuesday, Eto’o said he was provoked by a fan who was “probably” an Algeria supporter as part of an ongoing harassment following Cameroon’s qualifying win over Algeria in March. Part of his apology read, “After the Brazil-South Korea match, I had a violent altercation with a person who was probably an Algerian supporter. “I would like to apologise for losing…

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CBN limits cash withdrawals to N100,000 weekly

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Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has restricted cash withdrawals from over-the-counter, Automated Teller Machines (ATMs) to N100, 000 and N500, 000 per week for individuals and corporate organizations, respectively. The apex bank disclosed this yesterday in a circular to all deposit money banks (DMBs) and other financial institutions (OFIs), signed by the Director, Banking Supervision Department of CBN, Mr. Haruna Mustafa, adding that daily withdrawal from ATMs will now be N20,000 subject to N100,000 per week. The CBN also directed DMBs and OFIs to load only N200 and lower denominations…

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Nigerian singer, D’banj arrested by ICPC

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Nigerian songwriter, singer and television personality, Oladapo Oyebanji, popularly known as D’banj, has been arrested by the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission, (ICPC). The musician was arrested and detained Tuesday after ICPC operatives closed in on him, forcing him to surrender himself at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital, sources familiar with the matter said. D’banj, insiders said, had dodged summons for weeks, claiming to be overseas for scheduled concerts each time he was invited to appear for interrogation over fraud allegation. The pop star, a…

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