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All rights reserved. webmaster@redtram.com (RedTram) en Sun, 07 Sep 2008 06:26:24 GMT 300 100 50 http://en.redtram.com/ http://img.en.redtram.com/rsslogo.gif 126180 | Nigeria: Cyber Crime - Time to Stop County's Dominance http://en.redtram.com/go/152040036/top100/ 152040036 Nigeria ranks third among the cyber crime committing countries in the world, according to a 2007 internet crime report released by the Internet Crime Complaint Centre (IC3), which puts the country alongside the US, UK and Romania among the top Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:04:25 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152040036/top100/ 126180 | Nigeria: N19.5 Billion Aviation Fund - EFCC After Borishade, Fani-Kayode, Iyayi http://en.redtram.com/go/152040034/top100/ 152040034 The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) yesterday approached an Abuja high court sitting in Zone 5, Wuse seeking an order to re-arrest two former Ministers of Aviation - Prof. Babalola Borishade and Chief Femi Fani-Kayode. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:04:25 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152040034/top100/ 126180 | Nigeria: 'We Watched As Armed Men Killed Our Father' http://en.redtram.com/go/152040041/top100/ 152040041 The murder recently of the District Head of Garin Magani in Kauran-Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State is one of the worst episodes known to the people of the area in recent times even as the cause of his Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:04:25 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152040041/top100/ 126180 | Nigeria: Yahoo Boys With Bankers' Help Return in Full Force http://en.redtram.com/go/152040038/top100/ 152040038 In Lagos, many of the so-called yahoo boys now do their 'yahoo yahoo' activities in the comfort of their homes, courtesy of internet services being offered by the fixed telephone operators in the country. Others go into partnerships of a Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:04:25 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152040038/top100/ 126180 | Nigeria: I Was Retired for Refusing Bribe - Ex-Customs Boss http://en.redtram.com/go/152040044/top100/ 152040044 Ahmadu Baaba rose to the rank of an Assistant Comptroller in the Nigeria Customs before he was retired in 2004. Baaba alleged that he was forcefully retired for refusing a syndicated bribe to allow smuggled items into the country. He Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:04:25 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152040044/top100/ 126180 | Kenya: Drug Abuse Fuelled School Riots in Coast, Panel Told http://en.redtram.com/go/152040045/top100/ 152040045 Illicit drugs are the root cause of unrest in Mombasa schools, a Parliamentary Committee on Education has been told. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:04:25 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152040045/top100/ 126180 | Nigeria: 'Abia Kidnappers Are Not Militants' http://en.redtram.com/go/152040029/top100/ 152040029 Chief Ukpai Agwu Ukpai is Chief Security Adviser to Chief Theodore Orji, Governor of Abia State. In his office at the State House, Ukpai blamed the opposition for the last July attack on the governor. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:04:24 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152040029/top100/ 126180 | Nigeria: 'I Went Into Robbery to Prove That I Am Capable of Taking Care of My Family' http://en.redtram.com/go/152040032/top100/ 152040032 The joy of every newly wedded couple usually gets to an elastic limit at the arrival of a third party, that is a baby. To further demonstrate their happiness and appreciation to the Almighty for such bundle of joy, most Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:04:24 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152040032/top100/ 126180 | Nigeria: Abia - A State in the Grip of Kidnappers http://en.redtram.com/go/152040026/top100/ 152040026 Have you heard the latest kidnap cases in Abia? a friend called last June 27. "A gang of kidnappers was smashed at Usaka in Ikwuano LGA," he said. Somebody had reported about the criminal gang. And the state government had Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:04:24 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152040026/top100/ 126180 | Nigeria: Man Shoots Brother to Death Testing Efficacy of Juju http://en.redtram.com/go/152040023/top100/ 152040023 The desperation of a middle aged man to fortify himself against gun shots has resulted in his untimely death following the gun shot he received from his elder brother while trying to perfect the efficacy of the concoction prepared for Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:04:24 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152040023/top100/ 126180 | Nigeria: 'Impunity, Bane of Corruption in Nigeria' http://en.redtram.com/go/152040021/top100/ 152040021 Participants at a oneday roundtable on corruption and how it can be reduced in the country, have agreed that punishing offenders remains the most effective way of checking corruption menace in the country. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:04:24 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152040021/top100/ 126180 | Nigeria: Jubilation As Police Smash Suspected Notorious Armed Robbery Gang in Festac http://en.redtram.com/go/152040020/top100/ 152040020 RESIDENTS of Festac town and environs in Lagos trooped out in their hundreds Wednesday last week, to catch a glimpse of two suspected members of a notorious armed robbery gang that have been terrorizing people for some time now. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:04:24 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152040020/top100/ 126180 | Uganda: Hundreds Conned in Dubious Iraq Recruitment Deals http://en.redtram.com/go/152040011/top100/ 152040011 AT LEAST 100 people are conned of their money in dubious Iraq recruitment deals in Kampala every month, Saturday Vision investigations reveal. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:04:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152040011/top100/ 126180 | Uganda: We Need Law On Human Trafficking Urgently http://en.redtram.com/go/152040009/top100/ 152040009 FOUR Ugandan girls are stranded in Iraq after they were taken there by illegal agents. This comes only three months after the US issued a report indicating that Uganda is both a source and destination for human trafficking. In particular Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:04:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152040009/top100/ 126180 | Uganda: Man Netted With Fake Dollars, Congolese Money http://en.redtram.com/go/152040013/top100/ 152040013 Police in Busia are holding a 40-year-old Congolese national for being in possession of counterfeit US dollars and fake Congolese currency. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:04:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152040013/top100/ 126180 | Uganda: I Was Conned of Sh600,000 http://en.redtram.com/go/152040016/top100/ 152040016 WHEN Jacob Bamutyenda, heard that there were several companies recruiting Ugandans to Iraq as security guards, he left his home in Luwero district and camped at his sister's residence in Kawempe division, Kampala. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:04:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152040016/top100/ 126180 | Uganda: 10 Nabbed Over Mob Justice http://en.redtram.com/go/152040015/top100/ 152040015 Ten people were, on Tuesday, arrested in Amolatar district in connection with the murder of a 20-year-old man. Dicken Apwo was killed by a mob in November last year. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:04:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152040015/top100/ 126180 | Nigeria: Police Arrest Citizens of Niger Republic for Armed Robbery http://en.redtram.com/go/152040018/top100/ 152040018 POLICE has arrested 27 citizens of Niger Republic believed to be suspected armed robbers in an uncompleted building in Minna, Niger State. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:04:23 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152040018/top100/ 126180 | Nigeria: Former Anti-Corruption Leader Still Demoted http://en.redtram.com/go/152040007/top100/ 152040007 The Police Service Commission (PSC) has restored the rank of the late police spokesman, Haz Iwendi leaving out former chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission Mallam Nuhu Ribadu and others who suffered similar fate. Sat, 06 Sep 2008 22:04:22 GMT http://en.redtram.com/go/152040007/top100/