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Aug72018 by Bigpenngr, RotterdamNo Comments

JUST IN: Sacked DSS DG, Daura Arrested, Detained

The sacked Director General of Department of State Security (DSS), Lawal Daura, has been arrested. Reports say Daura was seized few minutes after the Inspector General of Police had a closed-door meeting with Acting President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo. Daura was reportedly whisked away by three Police vans including two Toyota Hilux vehicles and a jeep. While the State House reporters were awaiting his exit from the office of the Vice President, Daura was taken away via the backdoor. No authority has confirmed the alleged arrest as at the time this report was filed.

Aug72018 by Bigpenngr, RotterdamNo Comments

BREAKING: DSS Prevents Lawmakers, Staff From Entering National Assembly

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Operatives of the Department of State Services are at the moment preventing Senators, members of the House of Representatives and workers from entering the National Assembly. The operatives, The Eagle Online is reporting, had been stationed there from about 2am. This was shortly after an aide of the President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, raised the alarm about a meeting between the Director General of the DSS, Lawal Daura, and about 30 senators elected on the platform of the All Progressives Congress. According to available information, the National Chairman of the APC, Adams Oshiomhole, was also at the meeting held at the Headquarters of the DSS in Abuja. It was said the plot was to remove Saraki and replace him with the Senate Leader, Ahmad Lawan, while Sena...

Aug12018 by Bigpenngr, RotterdamNo Comments

Exclusive: Igho Sanomi “Private Jet” Was Actually Impounded Over His Inability To Finance His Own Side Of Deal With Creditors

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A Bombardier Global 5000 aircraft that was reportedly 'bought' by a Nigerian 'billionaire', Igho Sanomi and his company, Taleveras Petroleum Trading DMCC, a Nigerian energy and services company was actually impounded by a bank which financed the purchase of the aircraft after Sanomi could not meet his own side of the deal, BigPen Online has exclusively learnt. Sanomi had gone into a lease agreement with the aircraft’s owner, Challenger-Mondel which took a credit facility to the tune of $30 million from Credit Suisse, a swiss lender in February 2016 to finance the purchase of the Bombardier Global 5000 aircraft. The aircraft ascribed to Sanomi was leased to Taleveras, Sanomi's company, at the verge of the termination of the administration of former President Goodluck Jonathan. Do

Jul292018 by Bigpenngr, RotterdamNo Comments

Call IGP To Order, Group Tells Buhari Over Frequent Changes Of Bayelsa CP

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...says there's plot by APC to destabilise state A pro-democracy group, Bayelsa Good Governance Watch, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari to call the Inspector General of Police to order over the frequent changing of the Commissioner of Police in Bayelsa State. The group said that the frequent redeployment of police commissioners in the state was capable of igniting another round of crisis in the state since it is widely believed that the change of guards was part of a plot by the All Progressives Congress (APC) leaders in the state to politicise security ahead of the 2019 elections as well as create panic. Convener of the group, Ebitimi Igori, who spoke to journalists in Abuja, said it is worrisome that the police authority was causing confusion in the state by the freq...

Jul262018 by Bigpenngr, RotterdamNo Comments

Police Quizzes Saraki In His Office Over Deadly Offa Robbery Case

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Senate President Bukola Saraki on Thursday was grilled by a crack team of detective deployed by the Inspector General of Police to his office for answer question for the April 5 robbery incident that claimed several lives in Offa, Kwara state. The police interrogators who arrived Saraki’s fourth floor office at the Senate wing of the National Assembly at about 1.40pm were said to have engaged the Senate President over the report that allegedly implicated him in the robbery incident. Saraki was said to have told the interrogators that he knew nothing about the robbery incident or any other criminal activity. This was confirmed by Saraki’s Media Adviser, Yusuph Olaniyonu, who told THISDAY that police detectives were at Saraki’s office and that he used the forum to reiterate the

Jul242018 by Bigpenngr, RotterdamNo Comments

Armed Bandits Kill 3 Policemen, Burn Their Vehicle In Kaduna

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Suspected armed bandits along Birnin-Gwari Kaduna Highway, were said to have on Tuesday ambushed a Police vehicle on routine patrol, killing three personnel and burnt down their vehicle. According to an eye witness, the incident happened near Labi village territory under Birnin-Gwari local government area. Chairman, Birnin-Gwari Vanguards for Security and Good Governance, Ibrahim Abubakar Nagwari who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday expressed condolence to the families of the victims and the Nigerian Police Force for the loss. "We equally like to commend all security agencies for the difficult task of uprooting acts of terrorism, armed banditry and Kidnappings along Birnin-Gwari-Kaduna highways as well as Birnin-Gwari-Funtua road and indeed the Kamuku Forest. "We ar...

Jul232018 by Bigpenngr, RotterdamNo Comments

Navy Officer, 2 Others Nabbed Over Stealing Of N3bn Worth Of FG’s Confiscated Properties Of Tompolo

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A navy officer and two others have been arrested by the police for allegedly stealing properties belonging to Niger Delta ex-militant warlord, High Chief Oweizide Government Ekpemupolo, alas Tompolo in Warri, Delta state. The properties worth N3billion were part of Tompolo's belongings confiscated by the Federal Government two years ago in the N119billion alleged conspiracy and conversion of funds belonging to the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) case. The properties which were under the guard of the naval personnel at the "Tompolo's Yard" near the Chevron Clinic in Edjeba Community in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State were being sold secretly by the suspects until police busted the crime. BigPen Online gathered that the Police under t...

Jul202018 by Bigpenngr, RotterdamNo Comments

Busted! Alleged Plot To Assassinate Delta Journalist Uncovered

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Prince Amour Udemude, a journalist and Public Affairs Commentator in Delta state has raised the alarm over plot by suspected hired assassins to eliminate him. The journalist, who is a member of the Asaba Correspondents chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists, (NUJ), alleged that one unknown assailant by nickname "Colonel" and some unknown persons have been hired to kill him. BigPen Online couldn't ascertained the circumstances surrounding the alleged plot but Udemude, an investigative Journalist, who has been critical on social economic issues in Delta state told newsmen on Friday that it is possible that in the course of reacting to issues generally in no particular order in the state, some persons who feel ruffled and uncomfortable may want to silence him. According to hi...

Jul152018 by Bigpenngr, RotterdamNo Comments

Court Jails Man For SCUML Certificate Forgery

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The anti money laundering agency, Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering, SCUML, domiciled in the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has secured the conviction of one Ebenezer Joshua before Justice Abbas Ahman of the Kebbi State High Court. The convict was arraigned on the 31st of July 2017 for allegedly conniving with one Franca Joseph to forge the certificate of the Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering (SCUML). The scam came to light when the SCUML received two registration forms for clearance from a new generation bank bearing the names, Noble Women for Better Tomorrow Initiative and another, Support Initiative for Better Maternal Health. Upon receipt of the certificates, some abnormalities were discovered during verification, including the

Jul152018 by Bigpenngr, RotterdamNo Comments

JUST IN: EFCC Set To Arrest, Prosecute Governor Fayose Over N1.3b Poultry Fraud

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Nigeria's anti-graft agency, Economic and Financial Crime Commission, (EFCC) has indicated moves to arrest and prosecute Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti once he leave office as a governor. BigPen Online recalls that Fayose has been under EFCC investigation over N1.3billion Ekiti Integrated Poultry Project/Biological Concepts Limited case which was allegedly tinted with fraud. The fraud case which was initiated during the PDP administration was suspended following the immunity covering Fayose as a sitting governor. The immunity from arrest and prosecution expires once he handover to the new Governor-elect of Ekiti state. Fayose's Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) lost in the Saturday election to the Nigeria's ruling party, All Progressive Congress (APC). EFCC in its Twitter h...