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An oil and gas operator, Tonye Fyncountry, has alleged attempts by officers at Alagbon Police Station in Lagos State to shield a suspected fraudster who allegedly duped him of N6.6 million.  Fyncountry said Gbogboade Ademiluyi, managing director and CEO of A GoodKing Sons Global Limited, had asked him to make a supply of 33, 000 litres of Automotive Gas Oil (AGO) for a period of three weeks on credit after which payment would be made.  He said at the time, his company, D.C Oil and Gas, had no capital to fund the project but was encouraged by Ademiluyi, who claimed he was from a royal family, to obtain a loan and make the supply with promises of making payments. He said: “In September 2020, Prince Ademiluyi told me to make a supply of 33, 000 litres of AGO to his company for a period of three weeks and that he would pay afterwards. He even told me his company belongs to the Ooni of Ife assuring me that I would get paid. He even brought a letter from Access Bank to len...

File Photo: Gunmen Gunmen suspected to be bandits have intercepted some vehicles on Kaduna-Kachia Road in Kaduna State, abducting no fewer than 19 travellers and taking them in the forest. SaharaReporters learnt that the gunmen, who were clad in military uniform, waylaid the passengers at Idon village in the Kajuru Local Government Area of the state on Friday night and carried out the attack. File Photo: Gunmen middleeastpress Witnesses said a local government councillor from Southern Kaduna was among the victims, but was later found to have run out of the bush. It was not clear yet if he paid any ransom to the abductors. The councillor and a few other escapees were found at Mararaban Kajuru where they were assisted by natives. “The attack was on Friday night. The gunmen came in large numbers. They are believed to be bandits, but they also had military camouflage. We thought it was a military checkpoint. They abducted many people, so some of them managed to escape from th...

File photo used to illustrate story. Nigerians on Friday raised and started signing a petition to designate Fulani herdsmen, some of whose activities have generated tension in the South-West and South-East of late, as terrorists. The petition was addressed to the United States President, Joe Biden, the United Nations Organisation, the Economic Community of West African States, the African Union and the European Union. File photo used to illustrate story. Guardian Nigeria According to the online petition titled, “To proscribe Fulani herdsmen, militants, and Miyetti Allah as terrorists,” which needs only 200 signatories and has reached 107 as of Monday morning, the petitioners alleged that the Nigerian government had been expressing undue sympathy for the killer herdsmen. It added that the Muhammadu Buhari-government had refused to come up with tangible solutions in the face of growing herdsmen’s violence across the country.   “The government of Nigeria has obvious...

Three weeks after the face-off between the Fulani residents in Igangan and some Yoruba youths led by Chief Sunday Adeyemo, popularly called Sunday Igboho, the governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, on Sunday visited the troubled Ibarapa land. Dr. Fatai Aborode and other prominent indegenes of Ibarapa land were allegedly killed by Fulani hersmen residing in the area while many were reportedly Kidnapped by herdsmen. Following the development, a Yoruba activist, Igboho, visited the area and warned against the kidnapping and killing of members of the host community by Fulani herdsmen. Makinde, who visited the area on Sunday, said that he felt the pains of the people of the area and that the visit would enable him to find lasting solutions to the lingering insecurity issues in the area. A statement by the Chief Press Secretary to the governor, Mr. Taiwo Adisa, quoted the governor as saying this while addressing council chairpersons and political office holders from Ibarapa Central,...

A newlywed Nigerian soldier, Abdullahi Bhuwa Usman, has been killed by Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State.  SaharaReporters gathered that Usman was among soldiers killed when the insurgents engaged the Nigerian military in a four-hour battle to take control of Dikwa. The attack happened a few hours after Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai handed over to Major General Ibrahim Attahiru as the Chief of Army Staff. The gunbattle started at around 6:00 pm and lasted till about 10:00 pm. It claimed many casualties, including Usman. “I received the news of Usman’s death with deep shock. He just got married on December 27, 2020. I attended the wedding here in Lagos. “Though he wasn’t in attendance physically because he was on duty, his family members and friends were all here and left with the wife to Borno State that same day. “I still spoke with him last week and told him to take care of his wife; it’s just so sad. He was so jovial and caring,” a family member of the de...