Binance executive detained in Nigeria in crypto case escapes custody | Crime News

Binance executive detained in Nigeria in crypto case escapes custody | Crime News

The Binance executive was detained when he arrived in Nigeria following the crackdown on the company. An executive of cryptocurrency exchange Binance has escaped custody in Nigeria, where a criminal investigation has been launched against the platform accused of being used for money laundering, according to authorities. Nadeem Anjarwalla, the…

More than 130 kidnapped Nigerian students released: Government spokesman | Crime News

More than 130 kidnapped Nigerian students released: Government spokesman | Crime News

The kidnapping in Kaduna state on March 7 was one of the biggest such attacks in years and prompted a national outcry over security. More than 130 students abducted by gunmen from a school in Nigeria earlier this month have been released “unharmed” days before a ransom deadline, say officials….

Sixteen Nigerian soldiers killed in attack in Delta state | Conflict News

Sixteen Nigerian soldiers killed in attack in Delta state | Conflict News

The soldiers were on a mission to stop the conflict between two communities in the Bomadi region. Sixteen Nigerian soldiers have been killed on a mission to halt clashes between two communities in the southern state of Delta, an army spokesperson said. The troops from the 181 Amphibious Battalion deployed…

The school Nollywood built: How new Nigerian filmmakers got their groove on | Arts and Culture

The school Nollywood built: How new Nigerian filmmakers got their groove on | Arts and Culture

In November 2020 while the COVID-19 pandemic was strangling creative endeavours across the planet, veteran Nigerian filmmaker Steve Gukas announced a new venture. Called First Features, it launched a search for 12 disciples, or first-time directors, to elevate storytelling standards in Nollywood, the world’s second largest film industry by volume….

Why can’t Nigeria stop the kidnapping of schoolchildren? | Boko Haram

Why can’t Nigeria stop the kidnapping of schoolchildren? | Boko Haram

About 300 schoolchildren are missing after the latest mass kidnapping in Nigeria. It is every parent’s nightmare: the kidnapping of their children. It happens all too often in Nigeria. In the second mass abduction within a week, gunmen kidnapped what some reports say are about 300 school children. Many viewers…

Nigeria abduction: At least 275 pupils missing after gunmen storm school | Armed Groups News

Nigeria abduction: At least 275 pupils missing after gunmen storm school | Armed Groups News

A search and rescue team has been deployed to find the missing children, mostly aged between eight and 15. At least 275 pupils are missing after gunmen attacked a school in northwestern Nigeria in the second mass abduction within a week in the country. Local government officials in Kaduna state…

Dozens of pupils abducted by gunmen in Nigeria’s northwest | Armed Groups News

Dozens of pupils abducted by gunmen in Nigeria’s northwest | Armed Groups News

Gunmen escape with children from a government primary school in Kuriga town in Kaduna state. Gunmen have attacked a school in northwestern Nigeria and kidnapped dozens of pupils as they were about to start the school day, local residents and authorities say. Police in Kaduna state did not immediately comment…

‘No justification for Gaza carnage’: Nigeria Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar | Politics

‘No justification for Gaza carnage’: Nigeria Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar | Politics

Doha, Qatar — Israel must stop its war on Gaza, and the world needs to drop its “double standards” over the killings in the besieged enclave, Nigeria’s Foreign Minister Yusuf Tuggar told Al Jazeera. Tuggar was visiting Qatar as part of a delegation led by Nigerian President Bola Ahmed Tinubu….

Binance CEO Richard Teng Summoned in Nigeria Over Money Laundering Suspicions: Report

Binance CEO Richard Teng Summoned in Nigeria Over Money Laundering Suspicions: Report

Binance’s new CEO, Richard Teng, joined the company in November 2023 after its founder and former CEO Changpeng Zhao pleaded guilty in the US for violating money laundering laws. As the waters were seeming to settle around Binance’s internal turmoil, it’s new CEO also may have found himself in a…