Crime

By Aliyu Abdulwahid Boko Haram suspects reportedly plotting to attack the Yola, Adamawa State residence of former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar, have been arrested. A 29-year-old suspect, Jubrila Mohammed, who confessed to being a Boko Haram member from Damboa in Borno State, was first arrested at the gate of Atiku’s residence while trying to carry out…

By Akpan Emmanuel There was jubilation in Igbogene community, Yenagoa, Bayelsa State at the weekend after police recovered two children stolen by suspected child traffickers and sold to buyers for N1.6m. It was reported that the suspects, Chioma Obi and Sunday Aniele, posing as tenants, abducted the children, Success Kemebigha, 4 and Prince Kemebigha,2, two…

By News Desk Justice Fadima Aminu of the Federal High Court sitting in Damaturu, Yobe State, has ordered a former Minister of Science and Technology, Dr. Abdul Bulama and four others to enter their defence in the N450 million fraud charge preferred against them by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Ruling on a…

By Aliyu Abdulwahid Men of the Anambra state police command have rescued three abducted citizens chained to building pillars by insurgents inside the compound of one Onyeka Aduba alias Totoritor at Umuohi Village, Okija. A statement released by DSP Ikenga Tochukwu, spokesperson of the command on Sunday, July 16, said two suspects identified as Okika…

By Aliyu Abdulwahid Troops of the 3 Division of the Nigerian Army deployed to quell the crisis in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau state have neutralized 3 Bandits today Wednesday 12 July 2023. The troops obliterated the criminals when they gallantly fought through an ambush staged by the bandits while responding to a distress…

By Bulama Haruna Operatives of the Yobe Police Command have arrested a couple, Abdullahi Ibrahim and Khadija Ali, for allegedly stealing a motorcycle belonging to a Muslim cleric in Fika Local Government Area of the state. This is contained in a statement by DSP Dungus Abdulkarim, the command spokesman, in Damaturu. He said Mr Ibrahim,…

A High Court in Ikeja, Lagos has sentenced Jeffrey Ehizojie, a hotel staffer, to death by hanging for killing Olusola Olusoga, his employer, and Tunji Omikunle, the hotel manager. Oyindamola Ogala, presiding judge, on Tuesday, said the prosecution proved its case beyond reasonable doubt. Ogala found Ehizojie guilty of beating and strangling the owner and…

By Aliyu Abdulwahid The Police Command in Enugu State, said it has recovered four lifeless bodies of suspected fleeing sit-at-home enforcers who were overpowered and hit by bullets. This is contained in a statement issued by the Command’s Spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe,  Saturday in Enugu, the State capital. Ndukwe said that a combined team of tactical police…

By Alfaki Musa A 45-year-old man, Sani Salihu, was remanded in prison custody by Chief Magistrate Court I for allegedly sodomising a 14-year-old boy in Adamawa State. The court presided over by Magistrate Alheri Ishaku Salihu, heard that Salihu, of Jippu Jam in Yola South LGA, lured the boy into a nearby bush, threatened him…

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested three persons in connection with the abduction of a cleric, Ibrahim Bodunde in the state. The 67-year-old cleric, who is the Chief Imam of Uso Community in Owo Local Government Area of the state was reportedly kidnapped while working on his farm last month but was released the…