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Crypto billionaire Blord arrested over fraud, terrorism links

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The Chief Executive Officer of Blord group of companies, Linus Williams, has been arrested by police following suspicion of terrorism funding, cryptocurrency fraud, and aiding internet fraud. The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, made this known in a statement titled, “Alleged Fraud,, Violation of CBN Act: Police Interrogates CEO Blord Group of Companies, Linus Williams.” He said, “The FCID (NPF-NCCC) is currently investigating complaints lodged against BLORD GROUP, BLORD REAL ESTATE LTD, BLORD JETPAYE LIMITED, and BILLPOINT TECHNOLOGY. “These offences include allegations bothering on crypto-currency fraud, aiding internet…

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Ignore eviction ultimatum to herders in Igboho – Oyo police

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The police in Oyo have advised citizens to ignore a viral video by suspected separatist groups which surfaced on social media issuing eviction ultimatums to herders in the Igboho area of the state. The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Adewale Osifeso, made the call in a statement Wednesday in Ibadan. Osifeso said that the video which surfaced online in the early hours of Tuesday was specifically designed by agents of mischief to disrupt the relative peace being enjoyed in the state by inciting violence and civil disturbances.…

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Igboho issues fresh eviction notice to Fulani herders in Southwest

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Sunday Adeyemo, Yoruba Nation agitator, popularly called Sunday Igboho, has allegedly issued a fresh eviction notice, warning all notorious herders who continue kidnapping and robbing people in the South West zone to leave immediately. The activist allegedly said this through his spokesperson, Olayomi Koiki, in an audio message. Though the veracity of the notice still remains cloudy, the activist may have acted on the cries of his people from Oke Ogun area of Oyo State, who constantly experience all forms of vice from the herders. An indigene of the affected…

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Couple trying to sell two-year-old son to fund Canada trip arrested

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A couple (name withheld) attempting to sell their two-year-old son to travel to Canada have been arrested by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command. The command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this on Thursday in Lagos. Hundeyin said that the couple, aged 28 and 22, were apprehended on Tuesday while trying to sell their child off. He stated that around 2.45 p.m. on Tuesday, the Isolo Divisional Police Officer received information that the couple went to Isolo General Hospital and expressed their intention to sell their baby boy. “Upon…

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Fidelity Bank eyes oversubscription to N127.1 billion combined offers

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Against the background of groundswell of supports and enthusiasm for the bank’s ongoing offers, Fidelity Bank Plc has started preparations to allow the bank absorb oversubscriptions. With investors rallying behind the bank’s N127.1 billion combined rights and public offer, market pundits had indicated that the bank would raise more than initial size of the combined offer. Reports have shown high subscription levels for the offers early weeks of the offer period, riding on the back of acceptances by existing shareholders and demand by the general investing public. Fidelity Bank is…

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Wiz Khalifa charged with illegal drug possession

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Wiz Khalifa, US rapper has been charged with illegal drug possession after performing at a seaside festival in Romania, where he allegedly consumed cannabis on stage, prosecutors said Sunday. The hip-hop star was headlining at the “Beach, Please!” festival in the Romanian village of Costinesti on the shore of the Black Sea, when he got caught with the drug early Sunday, prosecutors say. Cannabis is considered a “risk drug” in Romania, and possession is punishable by up to ten years in prison. Videos posted on social media show the rapper…

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Tinubu, world leaders condemn Trump’s assassination attempt

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President Bola Ahmed Tinubu joined other world leaders yesterday to condemn the assassination attempt on former US president Donald Trump at an election rally. Tinubu, in a statement on his verified X handle, described the incident as”distasteful,” adding that it “goes beyond the pale of democratic norms.” “I extend my sympathies to the former president and wish him relief,” he added. Other world leaders and governments, who reacted with shock to the assassination attempt, spoke against political violence and expressed their support for those affected by Saturday’s shooting, which killed…

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Supreme Court grants financial autonomy to Local Governments

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The 36 governors of the federation have been barred by the Supreme Court from further retaining or utilizing funds that are meant for the 774 Local Government Areas, LGAs, in the country. The apex court ruled that it is illegal and unconstitutional for governors to continue to receive and seize funds allocated to LGAs in their states. It maintained that the “dubious practice” which has gone on for over two decades, was a clear violation of Section 162 of the 1999 Constitution, as amended. In its lead judgement that was…

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Woman arrested for attempting to smuggle drug to Abuja inmate

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Officials of the Nigerian Correctional Service, Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre, Abuja have arrested a woman identified as Precious Yusuf while attempting to smuggle drugs to an inmate. The suspect was said to have disguised as a visitor to one of the inmates but was apprehended during a search by the correctional service officials. Yusuf, according to a statement on Wednesday by the FCT command spokesperson of the service, Adamu Duza, concealed the drugs in food packs. He said the woman confessed that she was sent to deliver the drugs…

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Former Accountant General begs for time to refund looted funds

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Anamekwe Nwabuoku, a former acting Accountant-General of the Federation, on Wednesday, pleaded with Justice James Omotoso of the Federal High Court in Abuja to give him more time to conclude the refund of the public funds allegedly looted by him and his co-defendant. Nwabuoku and his co-defendant, Felix Nweke, are facing 11 counts of money laundering to the tune of N1.6bn. They are being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The defendants were accused of committing to the act while Nwabuoku served as the Director of Finance and…

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