Category: Crime

After herdsmen allegedly ravaged farmlands in Manchok community of Kaura Local Government Area of Kaduna State, some farmers said they had lost crops worth millions of naira. The farmers, who cried out for help in Manchok on Friday, said that the sad development has predisposed them to hunger. One of them, Mrs Martina David, a mother of four, said she invested nearly N1.3 million naira in the cultivation of sweet potatoes only to lose the investment within two days after the farm was allegedly destroyed by herders. Looking visibly shaken…

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Three police officers allegedly involved in the death of a student of Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin Qoyum Abdulyekeen Ishola on 4th September 2024, have been dismissed by the Kwara state police command. The concerned three officers, Inspectors Abiodun Kayode, James Emmanuel and Sergeant Oni Phillip were dismissed from service with effect from October 4, 2024, after an internal trial, pending their arraignment in court. The command also urged members of the public, to always exercise patience and trust in the legal process, as it remains dedicated to maintaining law and…

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A policeman, Saka Ganiyu, has been stabbed to death by Soldiers attached to the Ojo Cantonment Barracks led by a yet-to-be-identified colleague, who was accosted for driving against the traffic around Volks Bus Stop, along the Ojo Iyana Iba Road area of Lagos State. It was gathered that the soldier, who was not wearing his uniform, while driving an unregistered T4 Volkswagen commercial bus against the traffic, was stopped by policemen on enforcement duty at Volks Bus Stop. Angered by the action of the policemen, it was learnt that an…

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Police in Katsina state has arrested Usamatu Adamu, the Village Head of Unguwan Tambai, Runka in Safana Local Government Area of Katsina, for allegedly supplying information to bandits. ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, spokesman of the Katsina State Police Command, disclosed this while parading 15 suspected criminals in Katsina. Sadiq-Aliyu said the command, while acting on credible intelligence on October 3, tracked and arrested the 45-year-old monarch to Sabon Gida village in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Sadiq-Aliyu said Adamu was arrested in connection with a suspected case of criminal…

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A head teacher, Benjamin Ogba, has been sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Tuesday, for defiling two underage girls, who are both seven years old. The judge held that the prosecution proved the case beyond a reasonable doubt, with the ingredients of defilement to the court’s satisfaction. She held that the evidence of the defence witnesses was tainted with lies, which did not hold water. Soladoye described the convict as a “serial paedophile” and his testimonies a “pack…

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