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US Court Orders Nigerian To Forfeit $10.8m In Cybercrime Case

adminOctober 20, 2026

A United States court has ordered Nigerian national Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukwu to forfeit $10.8 million following his conviction in a case involving computer intrusions, identity theft and multiple financial fraud schemes. According to The Sun, the forfeiture order accompanied an eight-year prison sentence imposed on the 40-year-old by US District Judge Paul G. Gardephe in...

Wike’s Son Faces $2.1m Recovery Suit Over Abuja Housing Venture

adminOctober 20, 2026

A dispute over a proposed housing development in Abuja has landed Jordan Wike, son of Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike, before the FCT High Court, where a businessman is seeking to recover $2.1 million allegedly paid towards the venture. According to SaharaReporters, the businessman, Safwan Garba GY, and his company, GY Global Oil and...

Two Suspects Arrested As Benue Police Rescue Kidnap Victims, Including Priest

adminOctober 20, 2026

Two suspects are in police custody in Benue State following a security operation that freed eight people, including a Catholic priest, from captivity. According to CitizenDiary, the rescued priest, Rev. Fr. John Otache, serves in the Otukpo Diocese. He and the other victims are receiving medical attention at the Federal University of Health Sciences Teaching...

Atiku Challenges Tinubu’s Government Over Unanswered Questions About Lekki Shooting

adminOctober 20, 2026

Former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has renewed calls for accountability over the October 20, 2020, shooting of #EndSARS protesters at the Lekki tollgate in Lagos, arguing that key questions about the incident remain unresolved six years later. Atiku, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) presidential candidate, raised the issue in a statement published on his X...

Mali Attacks Kill Dozens, Force Residents To Flee

adminOctober 20, 2026

At least 40 civilians have been killed in attacks on settlements in northeastern Mali, with some accounts putting the death toll above 50, Channels Television has reported, citing Agence France-Presse (AFP). The attacks occurred on Sunday in the Menaka region, where armed men on motorcycles reportedly stormed several camps inhabited mainly by members of the...

Nigerian Hacker Who Thought Distance Would Shield Him Gets Eight Years In US Prison

adminOctober 20, 2026

A Nigerian man who allegedly targeted American businesses from overseas has been sentenced to eight years in a United States prison, in a case highlighting how cybercrime investigations can cross borders to reach suspects operating far from their victims. Chukwuemeka Victor Amachukwu, also known by the aliases Chukwuemeka Victor Eletuo and So Kwan Leung, received...

Edo Court Frees ADC Candidate’s 90-Year-Old Father, Three Others On N1m Bail

adminOctober 19, 2026

Edo State Special Criminal Court has declined a police request to keep the 90-year-old father of an African Democratic Congress (ADC) senatorial candidate and three other men in custody over allegations involving a land dispute, cultism and attempted murder. Instead, Justice Aigbona Terry Momodu granted each of the four defendants bail in the sum of...

India Truck Crash Kills 15 At Hindu Festival, 28 Injured

adminOctober 19, 2026

A truck crash at a Hindu religious gathering in central India has killed 15 people and injured at least 28 others, prompting an investigation into how the vehicle entered an area reportedly restricted to heavy traffic. The Independent reported that the incident occurred in the early hours of Sunday outside the Sheetla Mata temple in...

NAFDAC Raids Suspected Counterfeit Nivea Roll-On Production Site in Lagos, Arrests Two

adminOctober 18, 2026

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has reportedly dismantled a suspected illegal production site linked to counterfeit Nivea roll-on deodorants in Makoko, Yaba, Lagos State. The operation uncovered a facility allegedly involved in manufacturing and packaging deodorants bearing the Nivea brand name, raising fresh concerns about the circulation of potentially...

DSS Nabs Maina’s Son in Abuja Five Years After Fleeing Trial

adminOctober 17, 2026

The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested Faisal Abdulrasheed Maina, son of former Pension Reform Task Team chairman Abdulrasheed Maina, nearly five years after he went into hiding while facing money laundering charges. Faisal was reportedly apprehended in the Karsana area of Abuja following intelligence reports that he had secretly returned to Nigeria. He...

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US Court Orders Nigerian To Forfeit $10.8m In Cybercrime Case

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Two Suspects Arrested As Benue Police Rescue Kidnap Victims, Including Priest

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Mali Attacks Kill Dozens, Force Residents To Flee

Nigerian Hacker Who Thought Distance Would Shield Him Gets Eight Years In US Prison

Edo Court Frees ADC Candidate’s 90-Year-Old Father, Three Others On N1m Bail

India Truck Crash Kills 15 At Hindu Festival, 28 Injured

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