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Nigeria makes the list of World’s most dangerous countries in 2022
Sopuruchi Onwuka With global peace index (GPI) score of 2.72, Nigeria is the of 17th most dangerous country of world’s nearly 200 nations, explaining the difficulty of the country in attracting floating global investible funds despite her abundant man and…
Boko Haram: Borno govt sends militia to protect soldiers
Government of Borno state is sending some 300 militia to help out the military after Boko Haram Islamist insurgents killed at least eight soldiers during an attack. Governor Babagana Zulum who convened a security meeting in Maiduguri on Tuesday ordered…
Bandits kidnap 130 in Zamfara state
About 130 people, including women and children were on Sunday abducted when gunmen raided four villages in Zamfara state, worsening the spate of mass abduction of villagers in the Northwestern states of the country. State Commissioner for Information, Ibrahim Dosara,…
Two Nigerian graduate athletes head to US prisons
Two Nigerian rising athletes who are graduating from separate American universities, Emmanuel Ineh and Toluwani Adebaki, would now head to prisons in the United States after they have been indicted in multiple cases of internet financial fraud. A federal district…
Heroic Idun: The fireworks over Akpo oil lift
Sopuruchi Onwuka After months of hunting, catching and detaining the ocean going crude oil carrier, MT Heroic Idun, swings in legal battle has started in Nigeria while diplomatic dispute is brewing in India where lawmakers are coming under pressure to…
Francophone hackers stole $11m , cause $50m damages in Nigeria, others
Sopuruchi Onwuka, with agency reports Internet fraud syndicate operating from one of Nigeria’s neighbouring francophone countries have successfully launched over 30 successful attacks at financial institutions and stole over $11 million, causing damages worth over $50 million to the institutions….
US man 20 years in jail for stealing $14
David Coulson, 55, was incarcerated from 2002 to 2022 in California under the Three Strikes law, 1990s legislation mandating life sentences following a third felony offense. 20 years into serving a life sentence for stealing $14, a Black man was…
Bandits demand N30 m for abducted Katsina farm girls
Marauding bandits laying siege in the northwestern parts of the country have abducted some 22 children on whom they have slammed N30 million ransom. The number of abducted children who are mainly underage girls remain uncertain but police records showed…
Terror threat: U.S. authorizes departure of non-emergency staff from Nigeria
The U.S. State Department on Tuesday authorized the departure of non-emergency U.S. government employees and their families from Nigeria due to a heightened risk of terrorist attacks in the country. The latest travel update comes after the United States and…
Weed, cash luggage destinationed to Nigeria seized at US Airport
The U.S. Customs and Border Patrol has confiscated over 10 pounds of marijuana in a checked bag on its way to Nigeria, according to reports sourced online by The Oracle Today. Local news outlets reported that CBP found the bag…
