Sports Minister saves Oliseh's neck.

The decision of the Nigerian Football Federation, NFF was upturned at the last minute by Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung.

A reliable source said that Oliseh's termination letter had already been written when the minister stepped in and directed that the decision be suspended.

The source said that the glass house was angered by the coach's insult to Nigerians and were not at all impressed by his apology, hence the decision to relieve him of the job.

However, the sports minister felt that a coach should not be sacked for failing in one assignment.

He pleaded for more patience with Oliseh especially as he has begged to be forgiven for his offensive utterances.

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DSS arrests three hackers over attempt to steal N4.5b from TSA account.

The Department of State Services, DSS has reportedly foiled a plot by a four-man syndicate to steal N4.5b from the Federal Government's Treasury Single Account, TSA with the Central Bank of Nigeria.

The criminal gang had attempted to hack into the Government Integrated Financial Management Information System, GIFMIS domiciled in the Office of the Accountant-General of the Federation, OAGF to steal the money when the plan was aborted by the under cover security outfit.

According to the spokesman of the DSS, Mr Tony Opuiyo, “the gang was led by one Sunny Okoh, a hacker who worked in collaboration with the trio of Uwem Udo Ekpo, a Chief Programme Analyst in the OAGF, Maxwell Ekene, a retired security operative and Dozie Egwu, based in Malaysia and who is now at large.

“The suspected fraudsters intended to use a software they had sourced and codes released to them by Ekpo to hack government accounts in the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) and defraud the government of this huge sum."

He said that the suspects have been handed over to the EFCC for further investigation and prosecution. 

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EFCC searches former CDS Badeh's house in Abuja.

While former Chief of Defense Staff, Air Chief Marshall Alex Badeh is still being grilled at the EFCC headquarters in Abuja, his home was on Tuesday searched by operatives of the anti graft agency.

According to a source close to the operation, the search was meant to recover some documents.

“After interacting with the ex-CDS for 24 hours,  it became important to search his residence for some vital documents. We acted on intelligence report at our disposal.

“After the search, we made necessary documentation of the items retrieved from the place. Such a search is routine when conducting a sensitive investigation like this.

“Badeh underwent another round of grilling  yesterday bordering on the procurement of used aircraft.

“The ex-CDS may spend longer days in EFCC custody because of the wider scope of the procurement deals in the Armed Forces.

“He is expected to account for purchase of uniforms for the Armed Forces when some officers and men complained of not getting the required pairs.

“On November 26, 2014, the immediate past Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh sought for approval of the award of one pair of uniform(in the interim) for the Armed Forces at N165, 375 to El-Jahab Mubarak Nigeria and N330,750,000 for two pairs."

Other military officers being investigated alongside Badeh are: former Chief of Air Staff, A.N. Amosu; ex- Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal M.D. Umar;  ex-National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki ; Col. N. Ashinze , who was the Special Military Assistant to the ex-NSA; and the most senior Air Force officer, and AVM A. M. Mamu (the Chief of Administration); AVM O.T. Oguntoyinbo (former Director of Production, Defence Headquarters);  AVM R.A. Ojuawo (Air Officer Tactical Air Command, Makurdi;  AVM J.B. Adigun (former Chief of Accounts and Budgeting in NAF); and AVM JA Kayode-Beckley (Director, Armament Research in Air Force Research and Development Centre); AVMT Omenyi (MD, NAF Holdings)four top officers at the Defence Headquarters (DHQ), Air Cdre AO Ogunjobi; Air Cdre GMD Gwani; Air Cdre SO Makinde; and Air Cdre AY Lassa

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DSS operatives nab ISIL recruiter in Kano

The Department of State Services, DSS on Tuesday announced the arrest of one Abdulsalam Yunusa who has allegedly been recruiting fighters in Nigeria for the Islamic State in Iraq and the Levant, ISIL, formerly ISIS.

In a statement signed by Tony Opuiyo, the DSS said that Yunusa was arrested in Kano on January 17 while he was rounding off arrangements to take three Nigerians to an ISIL training camp in Libya.

“On January 17, 2016, one Abdussalam Enesi Yunusa, a recruiter for the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) was arrested in Kano. His arrest was sequel to available intelligence which indicated his terrorist antecedents and covert drive to indoctrinate and recruit susceptible youths in the country.

"Prior to his arrest, Yunusa had completed arrangements to embark on a journey to join an ISIS terrorist training camp in Libya, with other Nigerians whom he recruited for the ‘Islamic State’. These recruits include the trio of one Muhammed Rabi’u, Yahaya Momoh Jimon and Zainab Sunday (f). Yunusa is a 400 level undergraduate student of the Federal University of Technology, Minna, Niger State, where he is studying for a degree in Information and Media Technology," the statement said.

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Nigerian woman cries out as ex vanishes with her son

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Students parade teacher half-naked for raping 13 year-old girl

A class teacher at Universal Basic Education School, Buruku in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State got much more than he bargain for when he decided to engage a 13 year-old female student in a dalliance.

The teacher, a graduate of Islamic and Social Studies was said to have some time last week invited the girl to his office to collect biscuits.

When the girl honored the invitation in company of her sister, the teacher who had an ulterior motive had her dismiss the sibling.

The Public Relations Officer of Kaduna State Police Command, Zubairu Abubakar confirmed the incident.

“Our investigation reveals that the school authority on that day, gave out free biscuits to the pupils and after sharing the biscuit to his class pupils, he asked the victim to take the rest to his office.

“When the suspect returned to his office and he found out that the sibling was with her, he asked her to send them away, which she did, before giving her more biscuit and asking her to come with him to the school’s toilet.

“The suspect then asked the victim to remove her hijab but out of fear, she started crying and saying ‘Teacher! Teacher!, this is not right’ and her shout attracted her siblings who refused to go back as directed by the suspect.

“They also joined her in shouting which attracted the attention of Islamic students opposite the school, they rushed to the scene and moved towards the toilet and forced the door open and met the suspect with his trouser off and the victim shouting, holding her hijab and school uniforms.

“The students from the Islamic school descended on the teacher, bringing him out of the toilet half-naked before handing him over to the police,” he said.

The teacher who confessed to the crime however said that he did not achieve penetration before he was caught.

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Students parade teacher half-naked for raping 13 year-old girl

A class teacher at Universal Basic Education School, Buruku in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State got much more than he bargain for when he decided to engage a 13 year-old female student in a dalliance.

The teacher, a graduate of Islamic and Social Studies was said to have some time last week invited the girl to his office to collect biscuits.

When the girl honored the invitation in company of her sister, the teacher who had an ulterior motive had her dismiss the sibling.

The Public Relations Officer of Kaduna State Police Command, Zubairu Abubakar confirmed the incident.

“Our investigation reveals that the school authority on that day, gave out free biscuits to the pupils and after sharing the biscuit to his class pupils, he asked the victim to take the rest to his office.

“When the suspect returned to his office and he found out that the sibling was with her, he asked her to send them away, which she did, before giving her more biscuit and asking her to come with him to the school’s toilet.

“The suspect then asked the victim to remove her hijab but out of fear, she started crying and saying ‘Teacher! Teacher!, this is not right’ and her shout attracted her siblings who refused to go back as directed by the suspect.

“They also joined her in shouting which attracted the attention of Islamic students opposite the school, they rushed to the scene and moved towards the toilet and forced the door open and met the suspect with his trouser off and the victim shouting, holding her hijab and school uniforms.

“The students from the Islamic school descended on the teacher, bringing him out of the toilet half-naked before handing him over to the police,” he said.

The teacher who confessed to the crime however said that he did not achieve penetration before he was caught.

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