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Troops have killed four Boko Haram jihadists in a clearance operation, tagged operation Hard Strike at villages in Borno State, the military authorities announced on Sunday.
The Army spokesman, Col. Sagir Musa, made the announcement in a statement sent to the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja.
Musa said that troops had cleared Surdewalla, Ranwa, Baladayo, Sabon Gari and Shetimeri villages, where the jihadists previously operated in.
He said that during the operation, a makeshift shelter, erected by the jihadists was destroyed by troops and that soldiers deployed at the Forward Operation Base in Gajigana ambushed terrorists attempting to infiltrate the town.
"Unconfirmed number of terrorists were exterminated and two soldiers were wounded during the encounter. The soldiers are stable and currently receiving treatment in a military hospital," he said.
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The Economic and Financial Crime Commission, Makurdi zonal office, on Saturday, said it arrested one Ikechukwu Sunday Onovo, suspected to be an Automated Teller Machine fraudster, in the state.
According to a statement by the anti-graft agency, the 32-year was arrested at one of the new generation banks in Otukpo, Benue State.
The Head, Public Affairs of the agency in the state, Nnwanyinma Akopain, said the suspect was involved in several methods, including visiting the Benue State University gate to report to the security that he lost his ATM card to defraud people.
He said, "The unwary security men would then hand over the pack of lost but found ATM cards of student to him to check if his was among them. He would then steal some the cards.
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FBI arrests 9 Nigerians for $3.5m wire fraud in US
Nine Nigerians have been arrested in the United States of America over allegations of fraud.
Geoffrey Berman, the U.S. Attorney for the Southern District of New York, and james Spero, Special Agent in charge of the Tampa, Florida, Field office of U.S. Immigration and customs Enforcement's Homeland Security Investigations (HSI), announced this in a statement.
The suspects were arrested for allegedly defrauding businesses and individuals of more than $3.5 million through business email compromises, a Russian oil scam, and a romance scam.
Those arrested were identified as Oluwaseun Adelekan, Olalekan Daramola, Solomon Aburekhanlen, Gbenga Oyeneyin, Abiola Olajumoke, Temitope Omotayo, Bryan Eadie, Albert Lucas and Ademola Adebogun. "As alleged, these defendants depoyed three different email schemes to defraud their victims," Berman was quoted as saying in the statement.
He added, "The common denominator in all three schemes was the defendant's alleged fleecing of their victims through fictitious online identities. The schemes allegedly earned the defendants $3.5 million and also arrests on the federal felony charges."
Spero was also quoted as saying, "A transnational criminal organisation allegedly conducting illicit domestic and international wire fraud has been dismantled thanks to the hard work of HSI Tampa and Special Agents from the U.S. Attorney's office for the Southern District of New York. This case illustrates the unique investigative authority and international reach of HSI."

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Photo: Dismissed sergeant-turned kidnapper shot dead during gun battle with police in owerri

Men of the special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Imo State Police Command have gunned down one of their former colleagues identified as Sgt Martins Nwoke, for alleged involvement in several kidnapping incidents.
The dismissed sergeant and one of his accomplice were gunned down on Saturday at the Hospital junction along the Port Harcourt Road, Owerri, during a gun battle with the police.
Nwoke was said to have been released from prison after serving a jail term for armed robbery and was still living in the police barracks as at the time of the incident.
It was gathered that the former police officer had gone to the area to dispose of a vehicle he and his gang had allegedly snatched from one of their kidnapped victims when he was nabbed.
A police source said the operation was led by the SARS Commander, Godfrey Victor after a tip-off.
An ash coloured Toyota Camry car with registration number, LSD 857 FR, was recovered from them along with one locally made pistol, two expended and one live cartridges and various charms.
The police spokesman in the state, Orlando Ikeokwu, who confirmed the development said the state commissioner of police, Rabiu Ladodo, had ordered a mass hunt for other members of the gang.

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