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By Aliyu Abdulwahid Ekiti State Commissioner of Police, Dare Ogundare, yesterday, narrated how officers of the Command in Kogi State arrested a notorious kidnapper, alias ‘Danger’. The suspect was believed to be responsible for most kidnappings in Ekiti and neighbouring states. According to him, officers of the Command trailed “Danger” to his hideout in Kogi…
News Desk A 29-year-old lady simply identified as Hanaa, has hacked her five-year-old son, Youssef, to death with a machete at their home in Egypt before boiling and eating parts of his head. Hanaa allegedly killed her unsuspecting son with four blows to the head before butchering his body in the bathroom. Police arrested Hanaa…
By Aliyu Musa Kogi State People’s Democratic Party Governorship candidate in November 2023 elections, Senator Dino Melaye , have promised to run an all-inclusive government, if he’s elected as the governor of Kogi state. Dino,a former senator representing Kogi West senatorial District, gave the assurance in Lokoja during a press interaction with journalists on Tuesday….
By Musa Aliyu Nasidi The Federal High Court in Abuja has dismissed a bail application filed by the alleged terrorist negotiator, Tukur Mamu, who was detained and held in custody by the State Security Services. The court, in a ruling that was delivered by trial Justice Inyang Ekwo, said it was persuaded by a counter-affidavit…
By Aliyu Abdulwahid Lagos couple in police net for ‘self-kidnap, demanding N5m’ from UK-based relativesThe Lagos state police command says it has arrested a couple over alleged self-kidnap for N5 million ransom. Benjamin Hundeyin, the police spokesperson, who spoke to NAN on Saturday, said the husband, 53, and wife, 48, were arrested after a family…
Aliyu Abdulwahid A kidnapper, Haruna Musa, has lamented that he wasted two million naira realised from kidnapping. The 28-year-old from Farang in Fufore Local Government Area of Adamawa State told newsmen in Yola on Thursday that he wasted all the money he got without buying anything of value. Musa was among nine suspects apprehended and…
Friday Sani Makama is a former lawmaker representing Igalamela Odolu Constituency. He spoke to DAILY POST concerning the All Progressives Congress, APC, primary election held on April 14, 2023 and the need for Kogi East to bury their ethnic agenda ahead of the November 11 governorship election in Kogi State. How would you describe the…
By News Desk An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday sentenced a 32-year-old carpenter, Onyekachi Agu, to seven years’ imprisonment for pouring acid on his ex-girlfriend, Aishat Adefarati, and her new lover, Monsuru Ahmed. Justice Oyindamola Ogala held that prosecution proved the one-count charge of grievous harm against Agu. Ms Ogala said that Agu’s retraction of…
By Alfaki Musa A Kogi State High Court sitting in Okene has sentenced a fake Pastor, Peter Micheal Michonza to eight years imprisonment for operating an illegal medical facility in Okene Local Government of the State. Hon. Justice Abdullahi Umar gave the judgement in Okene on Tuesday. Theanalyst.ng reports that the convicted fake Pastor was…
By Nasidi Musa A 39-year-old man, identified as Sunday Orishagbemi, lost his life after he was stabbed while trying to settle a quarrel between two men over urination in Zango Daji Quarters in the Adavi Local Government Area of Kogi State on Friday. The tragedy, which has been confirmed by the Kogi State Police Public…
