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They are young men who live their lives on the fast lane. They love the good things of life but lack the legitimate means to acquire them. Rather than seek legitimate means of fulfilling their fantasies, they took to cybercrimes, defrauding unsuspecting individuals and organisations until they recently came under the radar of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The onslaught by operatives of the anti-corruption agency has since dislodged these young persons from their bases in the urban centres to various rural communities, particularly in the Southwest to escape EFCC’s searchlight. It was gathered that many remote settlements in Lagos, Oyo, Osun, Ondo, Ekiti and Ogun states are now hosts to fleeing internet fraudsters. They include communities like Ikotun, Ojodu-Berger, Alagbado, Abule Egba, Badagry, Ijanikin, Oto-Awori, Lambe, Matogun, Giwa, Oke Aro, Ajuwon, Akute, Ifo, Ewekoro, Ilaro, Ijebu Ode, Sagamu, Ilisan Remo, Itele, Atan, Ogbomoso, Oshogbo, Ado Ekiti, and...

The Governors resolved to “intercede with the labour unions, the Federal Government and other stakeholders and especially call labour to exercise caution in its plan to embark on an indefinite strike action, noting that any such action will worsen the already deteriorating economic situation of the workers brought about by the COVID-19 pandemic.” They also resolved to set up a committee made up of the Governors of Jigawa (Chairman), Nasarawa, Ogun, Kwara, Gombe, Abia and Bayelsa states to interface with the National Economic Council (NEC), the labour unions and relevant stakeholders for the overall interest of the nation. The governors added that NGF secretariat would provide relevant support for the committee on the details of the mechanism for deregulation put in place by the federal government. They also agreed to call for an emergency NEC meeting as soon as the committee comes up with a common position on the deregulation of both the petroleum and power sectors, and the figures lai...

  Panic gripped residents of Lagos and Ogun border communities on Thursday following an explosion and massive fire. The explosion, which was heard as far as Harmony Estate and Obawole, Ogba, Iju in Lagos as well as Akute Ogun State, was said to have occurred around 3:30pm around Balogun Bus Stop in Ishaga. The Nation gathered the loud bang, which many residents reported across social media platforms was as a result of a gas tanker about to enter a newly built plant in a residential neighbourhood. A lawyer, Fisayo Eluyare, who was among those who raised the alarm, said the explosion nearly brought down his house. He wrote: “Gas explosion nearly brought my house down! The explosion didn’t even happen very close to my house but it shook the whole house and almost shattered my windows. “The light from the explosion came very close to my building. Thank you God o.” Other residents appealed for emergency responders to be alerted as the fire, they claimed, was already entering...

  The Imo State government has deferred the resumption of schools till an ongoing Covid-19 testing programme in all the 27 local government areas of the state is concluded. Also, all task forces operating under any guise in Imo State have been banned by the government just. Similarly, the government has stopped the sale of emblems across the nooks and crannies of Imo by those who either masquerade as task forces or consultants. Consequently, those who would want to test the will of government will have themselves to blame as plans to constitute a security outfit that   will go after recalcitrant persons will soon be unveiled. Rising from her Wednesday, September 23 2020 Executive Council Meeting   presided over by Governor Hope Uzodimma, the government told newsmen at a media briefing that Task Forces have been constituting a nuisance to the government and people of the state. “There is nothing like Owerri Capital Development Authority (OCDA) Task Force, Emblem co...

  No fewer than twenty kidnap victims, including eleven women and unspecified number of children have been rescued from bandits at different locations in Katsina State, The Nation has learnt. At Fankama and Sabon Layi area of Faskari Local Government Area of the State, eight abducted persons were rescued following intelligence reports that bandits dressed in military camouflage uniforms were sighted with the victims. Also, troops of Operation Sahel Sanity who were on patrol at Chabas area of the State, rescued a truck driver, 11 women and children who were on their way to Batsari Market but were abducted by the bandits along Shimfida – Gurbi road, following a distress call. Addressing Defence Correspondents during the weekly media briefing on the update on military operations, Coordinator Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche, noted further that, “in the North-West zone, troops of Operation HADARIN DAJI have continued to intensify the operations in their resolv...

Barely seventy-hours after it lost the governorship election in Edo state, the National Assembly election petition tribunal sitting in Niger has sacked Kasim Danjuma, the candidate of All Progressives Congress (APC) in the Magama/Rijau federal constituency by-election held in the state. This Day reports that the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) had declared Danjuma winner of the by-election held on March 27, 2020. Legit.ng gathered that the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the by-election, Emma Alamu, had approached the tribunal over the poll. He accused Danjuma of submitting forged documents to INEC thereby making him ineligible to contest the by-election. Alamu said that Danjuma presented a fake primary school certificate and forged declaration of age certificate to INEC for the clearance. Mohammed Ndayako, the counsel to the petitioner, asked the tribunal to quash the victory of the APC candidate and declare his client the winner. The three-man ...

A teenage youth was today arrested in Umuduebo, Umunakanu, Ehime Mbano for allegedly stealing clothes and wheelbarrow that belong to one Mr Damion from the aforementioned community. The robber who stated that he hails from Umueze 1, confessed to the crime seeing the momentum built up by the villagers to descend on him. On further interrogations, he described his act as the work of the devil..... ''I don't know when I do this stealing, it's the work of the devil, I have been in this village for three times to steal clothes, wheelbarrow and other valuable assets. I always hang arround waiting for people to wash their clothes before i steal them. His confession shocked the villagers who suggested he could be a ritualist but the boy disclaim their suspicion stating that he wears every clothes he stole. As at the time of this report, the villagers are still in disarray as whether to hand the alleged ritualist over to the police or let him go Scott-free.