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Nigeria: Smugglers - Customs Reposes Confidence in Judiciary

26.12.2008 02:12    allafrica.com
For the Area Comptroller, Seme Border Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ali Wakili, there is no going back on NCS recent declaration of war on smugglers, even as he reposed confidence in the ability of the judiciary to
Africa    Crime


Nigeria: EFCC to Investigate Stock Broking Scams

26.12.2008 02:12    allafrica.com
The Nigeria Stock Exchange (NSE) is to handover stock broking scams to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for investigation and prosecution, as part of efforts to curtail illegal financial activities.
Africa    Crime

Nigeria: NSCDC Deploys 15,000 Personnel

26.12.2008 02:12    allafrica.com
Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has deployed no fewer than 15,000 personnel on surveillance and intelligence gathering during this festive season to forestall crime all over the federation, said the Commandant General of the Corps, Dr. Ade Abolurin.The
Africa    Crime

Nigeria: Gboko LG Chairman Impeached

26.12.2008 02:12    allafrica.com
The chairman of Gboko Local Government Area of Benue State, Simon Abua, which is also the traditional headquarters of the Tiv people, has been impeached by the council's legislature over charges of acts of gross misconduct in public office as
Africa    Crime


Liberia: In Kaine, Others' Trial - Second State Witness Indicts Government Security

26.12.2008 02:12    allafrica.com
Murmurings occupied the four corners of Criminal Court 'B' yesterday when the 2nd prosecution witness, Emmanuel Copper revealed in his testimony that two police officers attached to the Liberian National Police offered him a mineral bottle full of water, bread,
Africa    Crime

Liberia: Armed Men Attacked St. James Pharmacy

26.12.2008 02:12    allafrica.com
As Armed robbery intensifies in Monrovia and its environs, homes and business centers have become target-points on daily basis.
Africa    Crime

Nigeria: LG Boss Accuses Banks of Aiding Robberies in Ondo

26.12.2008 02:12    allafrica.com
BANKS operating in Ondo State were yesterday accused of aiding the incessant bank robberies there due to their alleged nonchalant attitude to security matters. Five days ago, no fewer than 25 dare-devil robbers invaded a new generation bank, killing a
Africa    Crime

Nigeria: Ribadu - Comeuppance And Lessons From History

26.12.2008 02:12    allafrica.com
The current travails of Nuhu Ribadu, the former boss of EFCC, the dreaded anti-graft agency, have received extensive media coverage. Mallam Ribadu was eased out of the EFCC in January this year ostensibly because he needed to attend a career
Africa    Crime

Nigeria: Land Use Act Gives Room for Corrupt Practices - Bankole

26.12.2008 02:12    allafrica.com
Kayode Bankole attended the then University of Ife now Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) where he read a combine honours of Philosophy\Sociology. After his first degree he proceeded to the then Ogun State University now Olabisi Onabanjo University where he studied
Africa    Crime

Nigeria: Igbinedion - Open Letter to Yar'Adua And Waziri

26.12.2008 02:12    allafrica.com
On Thursday, December 18, 2008, the Enugu High Court convicted former Governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion on a one-count charge of corruption. The charge was that he, on or about January 21, 2008, within the jurisdiction of the
Africa    Crime

Nigeria: Emir Urges Govts to Equip Police for Security

26.12.2008 02:12    allafrica.com
The Emir of Bauchi, Alhaji Suleman Adamu, has urged governments at all levels to help provide the police with vehicles and equipment to assist them in ensuring security of lives and property.
Africa    Crime

Nigeria: Pipeline Vandals Cut Off Widow's Hand

26.12.2008 02:12    allafrica.com
HER name is Mrs. Eseoghene Ochuko, the first name meaning God's gift, but, what the widow and mother of five got on the night of September 24, 2008 at Ibada-Elume in Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State was surely
Africa    Crime

Nigeria: Civil Servants More Corrupt Than Governors-Makarfi

26.12.2008 02:12    allafrica.com
Former governor of Kaduna State, Senator Mohammed Makarfi, has berated suggestions of excessive corruption among governors, saying that civil servants working under them were far more corrupt.
Africa    Crime

Nigeria: The Corrupt Have Inherited Our Country

26.12.2008 02:12    allafrica.com
The rulers who steal Nigeria's future and a poor man who steals a yam at the market are judged very differently. Pinch a yam in the market and you will have petrol-soaked tyre jammed round your neck and set alight.
Africa    Crime

Nigeria: Monarch Tasks LG Chairmen On Kidnappings

26.12.2008 02:12    allafrica.com
WORRIED by the frequent criminal activities, especially kidnapping in Abia State, the former Chairman of Abia State Traditional Rulers' Council, Eze Bernard Enweremadu, charged Local Government chairmen in the state to assist the state government in tackling the criminals, saying
Africa    Crime

Nigeria: CNPP Condemns Ribadu's Dismissal

26.12.2008 02:12    allafrica.com
The Conference of Nigeria Political Parties (CNPP) has condemned the Federal Government over Tuesday's sacking of the former Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, from the Nigeria Police.
Africa    Crime

Nigeria: ICPC to Prosecute Former Chibok LG Boss

26.12.2008 02:12    allafrica.com
The Chairman of Chibok Local Government Area of Borno State Dauda Pona and Abba Ibrahim, the former Treasurer of the local government, is to be prosecuted by the Commission for alleged failure to follow due process in the award of
Africa    Crime

Zambia: State Arms Cops With Bullet-Proof Vests

26.12.2008 02:12    allafrica.com
POLICE will finally get bullet-proof vests to reduce injuries and death in the course of their duties.
Africa    Crime

Nigeria: Cleric Tasks FG On Security

26.12.2008 02:12    allafrica.com
THE Catholic Bishop of Umuahia, Most Rev. Licius Ugorji, has challenged the Federal Government to provide security to the citizenry, lamenting on the frequency of kidnapping going on across the country.
Africa    Crime

Nigeria: Ribadu's Dismissal is an Event - Ehindero

26.12.2008 02:12    allafrica.com
Former Inspector General of Police Mr.Sunday Ehindero has gone philosophical over the dismissal of former EFCC boss Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, describing the dismissal as "an event".
Africa    Crime

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