Jazmin Paez, a teen mother, was detained and charged with trying to hire a hitman to kill her 3-year-old son. Paez, 16, was charged with soliciting murder and illegal use of a communications device when he appeared before a Miami-Dade County judge on Wednesday. The Miami-Dade police claim that Paez hired a mock hit-for-hire website to help him get the …
Six security personnel kidnapped by Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP) terrorists in Borno State have been released. The operatives were abducted in the early hours of Saturday in Borno State’s North Eastern Gubio local government area. However, counter-insurgency expert Zagazola Makama claims the victims escaped after a military super Tucano fighter jet launched a fierce pursuit of the …
Terrorists suspected of being armed bandits killed 11 Muslim worshippers in Zamfara State, according to reports. The deceased were said to be residents of the State’s Ruwan Jema village. According to credible local sources in Zamfara, a convoy of terrorists on motorcycles invaded Ruwan Jema on Friday. According to one of the residents of Ruwan Jema, Aliyu Nanarki, the bandits …
The Jigawa Police Department, in collaboration with a local vigilante group, apprehended two suspected kidnappers in the state’s Taura Local Government Area. Lawan Shiisu, the command’s spokesman, confirmed the arrest to News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse. Mr Shiisu, a deputy superintendent of police, stated that the suspect, aged 35 to 40, was apprehended on Sunday based on reliable intelligence …
On Sunday, three people were reportedly killed by Fulani herdsmen in the Ngbea community of Nyiev Council Ward, Guma Local Government Area (LGA) of Benue State. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Benue State Command, confirmed the incident, saying, “Three people were killed in an attack at Guma.” The bodies have been transferred to Benue State University Teaching Hospital (BSUTH) …
Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, and his co-defendant Victor Aduba were sentenced to 21 years in prison for the kidnapping of Sylvanus Hafia. On Monday, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Ikeja Special Offences Court handed down the sentence. The pair were accused of conspiring and kidnapping Sylvanus Ahanonu Hafia on June 23, 2014, around 5:30 p.m., at Kara Street, …
Residents of Zamfara State have accused both the federal and state governments of politicising their lives by allowing kidnappers and bandits to operate freely in their communities, according to reports. Citizens bemoaned the state’s growing insecurity, claiming that they were imprisoned in their own homes as a result of bandit terrorists’ activities. According to them, the governments refused to put …
In this interview with EDIDIONG IKPOTO, Olusola Obadimu, Director-General of the Nigerian Association of Chambers of Commerce, Industry, Mines, and Agriculture, discusses the challenges that businesses face and why the government should reconsider some of its economic policies. In the second quarter of 2022, the Nigerian economy grew by 3.54 percent. Do you believe these figures accurately reflect the current …
According to a report by the Institute for Security Studies, the Islamic State of West Africa, a breakaway group of Boko Haram terrorists, is expertly utilising digital platforms, particularly WhatsApp and Telegram, to organise and carry out their criminal activities in the West African region. This comes as the institute urged African governments to put pressure on tech companies to …
DSP Alfred Alabo, Police Public Relations Officer, Plateau State Police Command, confirmed the disruption of church activities on Sunday in Shikal community, Lantang local government area of the state. On Sunday morning, the masquerades invaded a local church, disrupting service while flogging befuddled worshippers and destroying church property. According to reports, the masquerades arrived on the church grounds while the …
By Olaide Oyelude The Katsina State Police Command foiled an attempt by kidnappers to terrorise commuters along the Sabuwa-Mararabar Yakawada road in the state’s Sabuwa Local Government Area. According to sources, 30 terrorists stormed the road around 2.45 p.m. that day and were about to launch an attack when a council police team intervened. According to the sources, the encounter …
Survivors of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have buried 26 members in Ngala Local Government Area of Borno State, northeast Nigeria, after sustained aerial bombardment and terrorist elimination. The terrorists were killed on September 9 in a coordinated air strike by the Nigerian military on two ISWAP camps in Sigir and Yarwa Kuwa on the outskirts of …
By Shojobi Abisola The Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested some members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) who are accused of killing two officers last year. Chris Anyanwu, the state Police spokesperson, According to a statement, the suspects were apprehended in a yellow mini-bus on Ishieke road while on their way to a deadly mission. The police mouthpiece …
Three people are said to have died during a fight over who will ascend the throne in Agosasa, Ogun State’s Ipokia Local Government Area. According to reports, the throne became vacant after the death of the first Oja of Agosasa, Oba James Elegbede, in February 2022. It was discovered that, following Elegbede’s death, the race to determine who would ascend …
Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court in Ilorin, Kwara State, convicted and sentenced a Lokoja-born musician, Samuel Onojah, and two others to 20 years in prison for cybercrime-related offences. Onojah was convicted alongside Victor Kadiyamo and Jejelowo Segun on Monday, September 12, 2022, after pleading guilty to separate counts of internet fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission’s …
The Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has joined forces with the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) to combat some of the criminal activities plaguing the telecom industry, including telecom equipment vandalism and fraudulent registration of Subscriber Identity Module (SIM) cards. Professor Umar Danbatta, Executive Vice Chairman of the NCC, recently addressed a gathering of senior management staff of NSCDC …
In an exchange of gunfire, two suspected kidnappers were killed by Kwara State police command operatives. They were accosted in the bush while attempting to split the ransom collected from the families of two kidnapped victims. The kidnappers allegedly abducted Afusat Lawal (f) and her son Taofeek Lawal on Tuesday in Shao town, Moro Local Government Area, Kwara State. They …
The Anambra State Police Command confirmed on Monday that five people were killed, including two police officers and three civilians, when gunmen attacked the convoy of Senator Ifeanyi Ubah of Anambra South on Sunday. Tochukwu Ikenga, the state Police Public Relations Officer, revealed this in an interview. On Sunday, while returning to his hometown of Nnewi, Ubah’s convoy was attacked …
Dele Ogunyemi and James Abraham Chief Frank Ozue, the Vice Chairman of Delta State’s Isoko North Local Government Area, has been kidnapped. The incident occurred on Sunday in Ogor town, Ughelli North LGA of the state, when his car was reportedly stopped by gunmen who whisked him away to an unknown location. When the incident occurred, the council vice chairman …
Authorities said on Monday that at least nine people were killed and an unknown number were missing after a passenger boat collided with a cargo vessel on a river in northwest Madagascar. Children were among the 35 people aboard the eight-metre (26-foot) boat when it collided on the Loza river near Antsohihy on Sunday evening, according to the River and …
