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Nigeria:
Arms Importation - Court Dimisses Bail Application of Three Lebanese
Vanguard, 12 July 2013
Justice Adeniyi Ademola of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Friday dismissed the bail application filed by three Lebanese charged with possession of firearms. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Abuja Court Strikes Out Terrorism Charges Against Amigo Supermarket Owner, Other Lebanes
Premium Times, 19 June 2013
An Abuja court has struck out a case of illegal arms importation filed against the co-owner of Amigo Supermarket, Mustapha Fawaz, and three other Lebanese, Channels Television is… Read more »
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Nigeria:
SSS to Court - Amigo Owner, Two Others Are Hezbollah Terrorists
Leadership, 14 June 2013
The State Security Service (SSS) has informed a Federal High Court in Abuja that there is the need to detain the co-owner of Amigo Supermarket, Mustapha Fawaz, and two other… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Hezbollah - Three Detained Lebanese Slam FG With N50 Billion Suit
Vanguard, 14 June 2013
The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court, yesterday, slated June 21 to hear N50 billion suit filed against the Federal Government by three Lebanese, Mustapha Roda Darwish… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Lebanese Suspects Have Links With Hezbollah - SSS
Daily Trust, 14 June 2013
Three Lebanese who were arrested in Abuja in connection with the cache of weapons discovered in Kano have links to the military wing of the Hezbollah, the State Security Service… Read more »
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Nigeria:
SSS - Detained Lebanese Can't Be Released for Security Reasons
This Day, 14 June 2013
The State Security Service (SSS) Thursday told a Federal High Court in Abuja, that it was against national security to release the three Lebanese arrested in connection with armed… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Lobby for Extradition of Hezbollah Suspects Worries Federal Govt
This Day, 11 June 2013
Despite the protracted controversy that trailed its passage by the House of Assembly, Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Monday assented to a bill legalising… Read more »
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Nigeria:
SSS Seeks Jonathan's Approval to Demolish Abuja's Amigo Supermarket
Premium Times, 8 June 2013
President Goodluck Jonathan is in receipt of a forceful request by state security agents recommending the immediate demolishing of one of Abuja's most popular supermarket, Amigos,… Read more »
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Nigeria:
'Hezbollah Behind Kano Weapons Cache'
Daily Trust, 31 May 2013
Security authorities yesterday said the large cache of weapons recovered in a specially-built bunker in Kano belonged to Lebanese group Hezbollah and was to be deployed for attacks… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Hezbollah - Nigerian, Lebanese Slam N50 Billion Suit Against SSS, AGF
Daily Trust, 10 June 2013
Co-owners of Amigo Supermarket, Mustapha Fawaz and three Lebanese-Abdallah Tahini, Talal Rouda and Khosai Nouridine- arrested over the armoury and alleged Hezbollah terror cell… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Hezbollah - Lebanese File Suit, Demand N50 Billion Damages
This Day, 10 June 2013
The co-owner of Amigo Supermarket, Mustapha Fawaz and three other Lebanese - Abdalah Tahini, Talal Rouda and Khosai Nouridine, who were arrested over the armoury and Hezbolla… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Lebanese Community in Kano to Support Security Agencies Against Terrorism
Leadership, 31 May 2013
The Lebanese Community in Kano State on Friday expressed willingness to support and cooperate with security agencies in their efforts to counter terrorism. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Ekhomu Urges JTF to Intensify Hunt for Hidden Weapons
Vanguard, 3 June 2013
In view of the military's position that there could be more arms depots in some other parts of the country, renowned security expert, Dr. Ona Ekhomu, weekend, advised the Joint… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Discovery of Weapons in Kano, a Worrisome Tale
Leadership, 2 June 2013
The discovery of a large cache of ammunition in Kano has created yet another security anxiety in the state, and the nation at large. Abubakar Salihi writes on what the security… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Lebanese Community in Kano Dissociates Self From Arrested Nationals With Alleged Ties to Hezbollah
Premium Times, 31 May 2013
The Lebanese community in Kano has strongly condemned three of its members who were arrested by security agencies after a large cache of arms and ammunitions were found in a dump… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Nigerian Scholars, Lawyers Say Arms Discovery in Kano Is Dangerous Signal
Premium Times, 31 May 2013
Some scholars and lawyers based in Lagos said on Friday that the discovery of an armoury in Kano suspected to belong to Hezbollah, a Lebanese group, was a dangerous and disturbing… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Kano Arms Cache - SSS Seals Off Abuja Supermarket, Park
This Day, 2 June 2013
Operatives of the Department of State Security Service, SSS Saturday raided the Abuja home and business concerns of a Lebanese owner of the popular Amigo Stores and Abuja… Read more »
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Nigeria:
"Hezbollah's" Kano Armoury - Top Military Echelon Should Be Investigated, Says Tsav
Daily Trust, 2 June 2013
The scope of investigations into a Lebanese-linked huge weapons cache seized in Kano should not be restricted to the Lebanese Hezbollah or Boko Haram groups, but should cover top… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Hezbollah Armoury - Security Beefed up in Kano
Vanguard, 1 June 2013
Checkpoints dismantled two weeks ago by the Police in Kano, have returned following discovery of arms caches by the Joint Task Force in the city on Monday. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Inside 'Hezbollah's Kano Armoury' - Lebanese Condemn Act
Daily Trust, 1 June 2013
Our reporter, who was among the journalists conducted round a building where a large cache of weapons, writes about what he saw. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Owners of Amigo Stores, Tahir Hotel Arrested
Leadership, 31 May 2013
The military Joint Task Force (JTF) has arrested a Lebanese co-owner of Amigo Supermarket and Wonderland Amusement Park in Abuja, Fauzi Fawaz, following his alleged implication in… Read more »
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Nigeria:
Owner of Abuja's Wonderland Amusement Park, Amigo Supermarket Linked to Terrorism
Premium Times, 30 May 2013
Nigerian security agencies have linked a co-owner of two major ongoing businesses in the nation's capital as a ring leader in a major terrorist operation in the country. Read more »
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Nigeria:
Weapons Linked to Hezbollah Uncovered in Kano
This Day, 30 May 2013
The Department of State Security Service (DSS) and the Nigerian Army 3 Brigade Bukavu, Kano are claiming that weapons uncovered at a Lebanese man's house in Kano belongs to… Read more »