Crime

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…

By news desk A father of four children, Chikwado Obiyor, has been reported dead after a sex romp with his married lover, simply identified as Chidinma. Obiyor died after the sex romp, while his lover, who is married to another man, fell into a coma. The incident happened on Tuesday resulted in Chidinma being rushed…

By Rabiu Sanusi Kano State Governor, Engr. Abba Kabir Yusuf has restored major streets light in the metropolis after eight years of blackout as the lamps were switched off by the immediate past administration. The return of street lights is part of the efforts by the new administration to tackle armed robbery, phone snatching and…

By News Desk Three family members have been reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Monday at Greenland community behind 500 Housing Estate, Ganaja in Ajaokuta Local Government Area of Kogi State. The incident occurred at about 9 pm on Monday according to eyewitnesses, as residents within the community scampered for safety. According to eyewitness accounts,…

By News Desk The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday arraigned two bankers, Freeman Austin Jacob and Umar Abdullahi and two others – Ahmed Bashir and Abdulhakim Musa (aka Gandu) before Justice Simon Akpah Amobeda of the Federal High Court, Kano on a three count charge of conspiracy and stealing. The defendants allegedly…

By Aliyu Musa The 16 abducted church worshippers who remained in captivity in Kaduna State, were released by their abductors on Sunday, after a Muslim community paid money and bought a motorcycle for the bandits. It could be recalled that 40 worshippers were abducted by bandits at Bege Baptist Church, Madala near Buruku in Chikun…