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Zamfara The Zamfara State Police Command has arrested two gunrunners, recovering an 325 rounds of live ammunition and magazine for AK-47.The spokesperson for the command, Mohammed Shehu, said, the suspects, Emmanuel Emmanuel and Nana Ibrahim, were arrested by the police tactical operatives along Gusau- Dansadau road, conveying the weapons.Shehu said, “On 8th January, 2023 at about 2300hrs, Police Tactical operatives had arrested two Gunrunners, One Emmanuel Emmanuel and his female counterpart, Nana Ibrahim.“They were arrested along Gusau-Wanke-Dansadau road, conveying 325 rounds of live ammunition and one magazine for AK-47 rifle”.He said the arrest was sequel to an intelligence information received…

NDLEA Operatives The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has confirmed that armed men shot at its officials at Awolowo Road, Ikoyi area of Lagos State.In a phone call with our correspondent, the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, stated that the incident happened in the early hours of Tuesday, while the operatives were trying to intercept a truck carrying cannabis.He noted that though some of the NDLEA operatives were shot, he couldn’t ascertain if anyone was admitted to the hospital.While responding to inquiries on the incident, Babafemi said, “It happened around 1 am this morning.”He added that suspected fake security agents who…

GT BANK The United Kingdom-based financial watchdog, Financial Conduct Authority, has fined the British subsidiary of Nigeria’s Guaranty Trust Bank 7.6 million pounds ($9.3 million).According to a statement by the body on Tuesday, the FCA said the fine was imposed due to the failures in GTBank’s anti-money laundering systems and controls.Citing the statement, Reuters reported that the failures were highlighted by the bank’s internal and external sources.The FCA further noted that GT Bank had failed to take appropriate measures to fix the system despite warnings. “These weaknesses were repeatedly highlighted to GT Bank by internal and external sources, including the…

Liberia Police Force. Cyrus Logan, 16, has been detained by the Liberia National Police in connection with the horrific murder of Alpha Gray, better known as Abi, a 32-year-old purported sex worker. Last week, Abi was discovered dead in a pool of blood inside an abandoned structure in the 704 Community on Duport Road. She apparently suffered multiple chest and stomach stab wounds. On January 10, FrontPageAfrica was informed by the police spokesman, Moses Carter, that the suspect was being held by police and will soon be charged and brought to court. Cyrus agreed to paying the woman L$380 for…

Prince Harry in an interview. Before it aired on Sunday, January 8 at 8 p.m., Anderson Cooper claims Buckingham Palace insisted on seeing his interview with Prince Harry. Prior to the publication of Harry’s memoir, “Spare,” the “60 Minutes” correspondent spoke with the Duke of Sussex. During their conversation, they discussed the passing of Princess Diana, his conflict with his brother, Prince William, and the animosity that his wife, Meghan Markle, has sparked among the royal family. Anderson Cooper and Prince Harry. Cooper acknowledged at the end of the interview that “60 Minutes” had contacted the palace for response. He…

Chief Timipre Sylva, Minister of State for Petroleum Resources. The country will no longer import fuel, according to the Federal Government, by 2024. Timipre Sylva, a minister of state for petroleum resources, announced it on January 9th. In his presentation of the ministry’s scorecard, Sylva stated that by the first quarter of 2024, the Port-Harcourt refinery’s rehabilitation would be partially complete, the 650,000 barrel per day (bpd) Dangote Refinery would also be operational, in addition to several projects for modular refineries across the nation. He gave Nigerians the assurance that the combined output of the Port-Harcourt refinery, Dangote refinery, and…

Point of Sale (POS) agents in Abuja now charge N300 for every N10,000 withdrawn or transferred to another account. An agent told The Nation: “We charged N100 for every N10,000 transaction before, but it is now N300 for every N10,000”. The agent, who simply identified herself as Edith, said they were forced to increase their charges after the banks applied the three per cent charge on withdrawals over N500,000. “We had to increase our prices after the charges on our withdrawal today, three per cent! I feel this is daylight robbery.”

Travellers across the South-East states who were returning to their various destinations after the Yuletide celebration were on Monday stranded and unable to make return journeys as the roads and motor parks were deserted because of the Monday sit-at-home order declared by the Indigenous People of Biafra. Most of them who had wanted to embark on their return journey had to sit back, thereby postponing their travels to Tuesday as economic and commercial activities did not hold. Our correspondent who visited the major cities of Onitsha, Nnewi, Ekwulobia and some parts of Awka, in Anambra State, observed that markets, motor…

Former military administrator of Abia State, Air Vice Marshal Frank Ajobena (retd.), has told the Independent National Electoral Commission to be more proactive in the security of its facilities and personnel including the ad hoc staff comprising mainly serving National Youth Service Corps members, as the 2023 general elections beckon. Also, he called on the electoral body to “be very firm on the political players, especially those found to be encouraging thuggery.” Making the call on Monday while addressing journalists at Egberode community in Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State, Ajobena stated that “INEC should come out hard on…

IPOB leader, Nnamdi Kanu Rep. Jarvis Johnson, a member of the US Congress, has called on the US government to step in and stop Mazi Nnamdi Kanu’s ongoing detention. According to Rep. Johnson, the IPOB leader is being held illegally in defiance of a UN opinion and numerous Nigerian court rulings that demand his immediate release. In a statement dated January 9, 2023, the State of Texas congressman who made the demand claimed that it would be wrong for the US, which had previously defended democracy in other parts of the world, to watch helplessly as the Nigerian government flagrantly…