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CBEX Resumes Operations Despite SEC Ban

Crypto Bridge Exchange trading platform, CBEX
Despite the purported N1.2 trillion digital trading scam that allegedly impacted over 600,000 Nigerians, the troubled Crypto Bridge Exchange trading platform, CBEX, has reopened and announced new withdrawal alternatives in an effort to regain investor confidence. Despite continuing regulatory agency investigations, Punch reports that two traders on the CBEX platform have confirmed that the digital trading company has discreetly resumed operations, enabling new customers to register, trade, and withdraw winnings. The sources claim that in order to determine the amount lost in the scheme, which failed in April, an external audit of the company’s financial records and an insurance verificationRead More

EFCC Files 800 Fraud Cases Since Judiciary Strike

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)
Zeros in on nightclubs owned, patronised by fraudsters The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed 800 fraud cases since the end of the industrial action embarked upon byRead More

Plateau Court Jails Two Nigerians For Defrauding American, Filipino Women

Obadare Obayemi and Chinasa Miracle Obida
The Plateau State High Court had sentenced two men, Obadare Obayemi and Chinasa Miracle Obida, to three months and one month imprisonment respectively. The duo were sentenced on Thursday byRead More

Bandits Kill 10 In Kaduna Communities

Bandits
Ten people have been killed by bandits following attacks in communities in Zangon Kataf and Chikun Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. Nine people were said to have been killedRead More

Bandits Kill Five In Niger Community

Bandits
Two riot policemen and three others were killed in Kwampani Bobi town in Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State, during an attack by bandits between Thursday and Friday. InRead More

UNICEF Urges More Protection For Children, Schools, Says 950 Abducted

The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF)
Parents of kidnapped pupils accuse Kaduna school of negligence The United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) has expressed concern over growing attacks on schoolchildren, as well as child abductions in Nigeria,Read More

Defend Yourselves: Katsina Youths Mock Governor Masari Over His Advice, Purchase Catapults To ‘Stone’ Heavily Armed Bandits

Defend Yourselves: Katsina Youths Mock Governor Masari Over His Advice, Purchase Catapults To 'Stone' Heavily Armed Bandits
Some youths and residents of Katsina State have obtained catapults, saying they will begin to stone bandits in the state, in line with the advice of the state government. GovernorRead More

Kaduna School Abduction: Frequent Kidnappings In Nigeria Disturbing, UN Warns Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari
The United Nations Organisation has condemned the frequent kidnappings of schoolchildren and other soft targets under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari, while calling for the prosecution of the criminals.Read More

Seven Nigerians Sentenced To Long Jail-Terms In Togo For Attempting To Hijack Ship

maritime piracy
Seven Nigerians, who were part of a team that attempted to hijack a ship in Togolese waters in May 2019, have been sentenced to long prison terms during a trialRead More

“We Don’t Want You Here, Go Back” – Angry Parents Of Abducted Kaduna Students Chase Away Commissioner

‘We Don’t Want You Here, Go Back’— Angry Parents Of Abducted Kaduna Students Chase Away El-Rufai’s Commissioner
Aggrieved parents of abducted students of Bethel Secondary School in Maramara, Chickun Local Government Area of Kaduna state have chased away government officials led by the state’s Commissioner for InternalRead More