Kano State police have intercepted 135 parcels of dried leaves suspected of being Indian hemp. SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, the command’s spokesman, confirmed this in a press statement. He stated that the arrest was made in response to the Commissioner of Police, Kano State Police, ordering a heightened patrol to combat crime in the state. Kiyawa explained that while on …
Justice C. L. Dabup of the Plateau State High Court in Jos is set to rule in the trial of Jonah Jang, the former governor of Plateau. Yusuf Pam, a former cashier in the Secretary to the State Government’s office, is also being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Justice Dialup adjourned the case on Thursday, following …
Michake Ogbar was found guilty of defiling and raping his three daughters, who were then aged 10, 20, and 24, by an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offenses Court on Thursday. He was given a life sentence. According to Justice Abiola Soladoye, Mr. Ogbar’s charges of defilement and rape were proven beyond a reasonable doubt by the prosecution. The prosecution …
On Thursday, three men were each given a 10-month prison term for marijuana possession by a Dei-dei Grade I Area Court in Abuja. All three of the convicted inmates—Mallanta Lawal, Lawal Mohammed, and Sani Lawali—have no fixed addresses and all three entered guilty pleas while pleading with the judge to be forgiving. Lawal, Mohammed, and Lawali were sentenced based on …
Olanrewaju James, aka Baba Ijesha, a troubled Nollywood actor, was found guilty on Thursday of sexually assaulting a 14-year-old minor by an Ikeja Special Offenses Court. Since Baba Ijesha’s arrest and arraignment in June 2021, the rape trial has lasted more than a year. Baba Ijesha has been embroiled in a messy rape trial since April 22, 2022 for allegedly …
A new attack on the Anter community in the Mbalagh Council Ward of the Benue State’s Makurdi Local Government Area has claimed five lives. The incident occurred on Tuesday night, the villagers told our correspondent. The victims were listed as Ave Usaar, Temanenge Kyer, Kpungu Orbakpa, Aondoakura Akume, and Terkimbir Orbakpa by the locals. The bodies of the first three …
Gunmen loyal to a notorious bandit kingpin, Damina, reportedly attacked Kango and Dangulbi villages in Zamfara’s Maru Local Government Area on Sunday morning, killing 18 people. According to residents, several people who fled the attack have yet to return. In the state, Maru Local Government is a hotbed for banditry. Following the attack, the 18 victims were buried according to …
The Ilobu country home of Lasun Yusuff, the Labour Party’s gubernatorial candidate in the Osun gubernatorial election, was attacked by unidentified gunmen in the early hours of Monday. The unidentified gunmen arrived around 2 a.m. and opened fire on the building in the Oke-Ima neighbourhood of the town. Read also: APC Governors angry over Tinubu’s choice of Shettima, to meet Buhari …
The Kwara state police command said Friday that it had rescued a Chinese expatriate who had been kidnapped by unknown gumen in Shao, moro local government area of Kwara state. On 3/7/2022, unknown gunmen attacked a quarry site of CGC construction company along the Shao/Oloru express way, killing a police inspector on guard and kidnapping a Chinese expatriate. The state …
Unknown gunmen kidnapped Alhaji Mohammed Jamiu, the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Always Petroleum and Enegy Service Limited, at his residence in Okene local government area of Kogi state on Saturday. Mohammed Jamiu was kidnapped in 2019 at one of his Okene fuel stations but was rescued by military officials after only a few days. One of the military …
Terrorists killed four villagers and kidnapped 15 others in Kaduna State’s Iburu village, which is part of the Kufana district of the Kajuru Local Government Area. Mr.Daniel Garba, a community leader in Kufana, said the terrorists raided the community at night and killed three people, while a fourth was killed on his way to offer assistance. “They have abducted 15 …
Three members of a gang known as “Boko Haram” have been imprisoned in South Africa. Boko Haram, a terrorist organisation in Nigeria, has killed thousands and displaced millions. The defendants are Ndou Lukase Rembuluwani, Ndou Ben (both 29), and Khoza Ngobeni Small (28). The Limpopo Division of the High Court in Polokwane sentenced them to a total of 384 years …
Suspected bandits kidnapped a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Peter Amodu, in Benue South Senatorial District. The incident happened on Wednesday night along Otukpo – Ugbokolo Road, when armed men ambushed and abducted the priest to an unknown location. The victim was on his way to Okwungagga-Ugbokolo to celebrate Holy Mass when the incident occurred, according to Rev. Fr. Joseph Itodo, …
Ogun State police have paraded 42 suspects for various offences committed in the state. The suspects were those arrested for murder, kidnapping, cultism, robbery, and other crimes. Abimbola Oyeyemi, the command’s spokesman, said the officers and men of the Nigeria Police Force in Ogun would not rest on their oars in bringing criminals to justice. Among those paraded were Daniel …
The Kuje Medium Security Custodial Center in Abuja was attacked on Tuesday night, and the terrorist organisation Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) has taken responsibility. There have been previous reports of terrorists breaking into the prison and freeing 879 inmates, including prominent suspects. The terrorist organisation displayed some of its members shooting their way into the detention facility …
Members of a vigilante religious group in Iwo, Osun State, arrested a man named Afolabi Jacob on Wednesday. The Taawun Security, Al-Jayshu Islam detained Afolabi in the wee hours of Wednesday while conducting a routine security patrol in the town’s Yemoja neighbourhood. Afolabi Jacob admitted, according to a report from Jamaatu Taawunil Muslimeen, that the human head that was discovered …
Tuesday saw the execution of Mr. Badung David Dele, age 40, for the murder of Nanchin Zacharias in a Jos-based Plateau State High Court. On February 15, 2016, the deceased was killed. For strangling Miss Zacharias of Angwan Nasarawa Gwom of Jos North Local Government Area, Mr. Dele was found guilty by Justice Christy L. Dabup of High Court No. …
Unknown gunmen assassinated Mr. Sunday, a security guard at the Titolu Venture filling station in Igoba, Akure North Local Government Area, Ondo State. The hoodlums set fire to the filling station after killing the security guard, according to reports. The incident was said to have sparked panic in the surrounding area. According to the station’s manager, Ajisafe Oluwatobiloba, he was …
Unknown gunmen are said to have kidnapped a Nigerian Navy officer in Kogi State. According to reports on Tuesday morning, Musa Lawal, a Naval officer with the enlistment number X12775 ABRP3, was abducted on Monday night. At around 8:00 p.m. yesterday, the officer serving with the Naval Headquarters in Abuja was whisked away from his residential home located behind Post …
In Zak community, Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State, there have been 12 fatalities as a result of fighting between vigilantes and bandits. Nine bandits and three vigilantes were killed as a result of the incident, which took place around 9 am on Sunday. Major Ishaku Takwa, a spokesman for Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), a multi-security taskforce that maintains …
