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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…
Man who brutally raped and killed teen 30 years ago jailed after dad hunts him downDad Martin Mestre tracked down Jaime Saade, the man who brutally raped and murdered his 18-year-old daughter, in Brazil, and has ensured that he will be jailed in Colombia Nancy Mestre was raped and murdered in 1994Nancy Mestre was raped…
By News Desk Managing Director of National Inland Waterways Authority (NIWA), Chief George Moghalu, was a guest of President Muhammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock Preaidential Villa on Thursday as the government prepares to wind down.In this interview with newsmen after a closed-door meeting with Mr. President, the NIWA MD asserted that his agency is…
By Hadijath Musa William Shakespeare, in his book ‘Romeo and Juliet’, said “ Love is sweet but when it turns sour it’s dangerous”. This is exactly what happened in Kaduna on 14th April, 2023, when a lover simply identified as Kenneth decided to machete his ex- lover Ebenezer Agada to death, for allegedly ditching him.Investigation…
