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Cleaner bags 8 months in prison for stealing a colleague’s phone

An Iyaganku court in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital, on Friday, sentenced a cleaner, Tobi Gabriel, 24, to eight months in prison for stealing a colleague’s phone. Gabriel, an employee of Sumal Foods Ltd, Oluyole, Ibadan, was arraigned on March 9 on a charge of theft, to which he pleaded guilty. Gabriel also confessed that he sold the Samsung phone …

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FEATURE… Marginalised, defrauded: How Nigerian banks shut out visually impaired customers from ATMs 

Born with visual impairment, Azeez Olajumoke stood quietly in a queue to withdraw cash at a local bank in Ekiti State, southwest Nigeria.  As her turn to use the Automated Teller Machine (ATM) got closer, Olajumoke’s unhappiness surfaced, not for her disability or the lack of an ATM card, but for one thing: “The ATMs are not user-friendly to people …

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MURIC warns Ogun Muslims against ‘pregnancy promises’ as 2027 elections approach

The Ogun State chapter of the Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) has raised the alarm over growing divisions among Muslims in the state, urging caution and unity as the 2027 general elections approach. In a statement on Friday, the group warned that some Muslim leaders and community members are being swayed by politicians’ “pregnant promises,” commitments whose realization is uncertain and …

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Indian police arrested 2 Nigerians for allegedly stealing N1 billion from a cooperative bank

Police in India have arrested two Nigerian nationals for allegedly being members of an international cybercrime syndicate linked to a cooperative bank hack. The two men, Modebe Joseph and Sunday Okonkwo, were arrested by the cyber crimes unit of the Gautam Buddh Nagar Police Commissionerate in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, for their alleged association with a cyber group known as “Solar …

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