Author Archives: Chief Oyibo

EFCC Raids Panalpina, Arrests 11 Officials

OPERATIVES of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, raided the office of a Swiss logistics company, Panalpina, in Lagos and arrested 11 of its top officials over an alleged distribution of $240 million bribes to some officials … read more

Arms found during house-to-house search

Police in northern Nigeria say they’ve found arms in the house of a man believed to be a member of a radical Muslim sect. Bauchi state police chief, Mohammed Abdulkadir Indabawa, said Friday that the police found a Kalashnikov rifle, … read more

Court charges Iranian over arms cache

A Nigerian court on Thursday charged an Iranian and three Nigerians over an illegal arms shipment including rockets and mortars discovered at the West African country’s main port and sent from Iran. The Iranian, Azim Aghajani, was identified in court … read more

Freed hostage talks about his ordeal

Last week, two Mississippi oil workers returned home after being held captive by Nigerian militants. James Robertson of Silver Creek was one of the 19 people taken hostage on November 8th. Robertson was the tool pusher, or foreman of the … read more