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In a statement tagged “EFCC Arrests Pastor for N1.3 Billion Fake Grants, Money Laundering” posted on its verified X handle, @officialEFCC, on Monday, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has said it will arraign the General Overseer of Faith on the Rock Ministry International, Nasarawa State, Apostle Theophilus Ebonyi, whom it reportedly arrested for allegedly defrauding church members and other Nigerians as soon it concludes its investigation. The statement said the pastor was arrested for allegedly using fake grants from the Ford Foundation to the tune of #1,319,040,274.31. However, Ebonyi,…

Daredevil kidnappers have reportedly abducted 14 Abuja-bound travellers in two different luxury buses at Inyenle Eteke, Ogugu, Olalamaboro Local Government area of Kogi State. Kogi State Police Command has launched a manhunt for the kidnappers. It was gathered that a social media influencer, Chude Nnamdi, who broke the news on his verified X (formerly Twitter) handle, chude_, on Sunday, disclosed that the two buses belong to God Is Good and ABC Transport. Nnamdi tweeted that his wife was sadly in one of the hijacked buses but could not ascertain the…

Two men were arrested by the operatives from the Okokomaiko Divisional Police headquarters, on Saturday, after intercepting a Volkswagen LT bus at the Afromedia area alleged to be conveying some cartons of expired drugs. It was gathered that 70 cartons of Feed Fine Cyproheptadine Caplets 4g, all with 2016 as the expiry date, were found inside the bus. This was confirmed in a statement made on X formerly Twitter by the Lagos Police Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, on his X page on Sunday. The statement confirmed that the two…

Oba Adebayo Fatoba, the Alara of Ara in the Ikole Local Government Area of Ekiti State, has narrated how he managed to escape from gunmen who attacked and killed two of his colleagues last Monday. Fatoba, along with two other monarchs from the state – Onimojo of Imojo Ekiti in Oye LG and the Elesun of Esun Ekiti in Ajoni, Ikole Local Government of Ekiti State, were attacked by the gunmen while returning from a meeting. The other two monarchs were killed by the assailants while Fatoba was lucky to…

Pupils and teachers of Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure Ekiti, who were abducted last week, regained their freedom in the early hours of Sunday. Families of the abductees in Ekiti on Sunday said that they disregarded the government’s warning because they feared the victims might be killed or harmed if they failed to pay the ransom. Some parents and other relatives of the victims, said the kidnappers freed the abductees after collecting N15m and other items including fried rice,  malt drinks, energy drinks, and cigarettes. Although the Proprietor of…