Category: Crime

Ahmad Gumi, a controversial Kaduna-based Islamic cleric, has been invited for questioning over his comments on the activities of bandits in the country. Mohammed Idris, the Minister of Information and Orientation, disclosed this at the State House, Abuja, on Monday. Recall the controversial cleric faulted the Federal Government on the continued use of force or kinetic means to secure the release of victims of kidnapping. Gumi said the government ought to go closer to the bandits and study them to provide them with better living conditions. According to him, the…

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Suspected armed herdsmen have reportedly attacked the Onipi community of Adoka in Otukpo Local Government Area of Benue State, leaving two persons dead while several others have been declared missing from their farms after attack. The armed herders were reported to have besieged the community, on Tuesday afternoon, and attacked the victims in their farms. According to a source, who spoke on condition of anonymity, “After killing the victims in the farms, the herdsmen also burnt down yam barns and a mini truck conveying tubers of yam from the farms.…

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One Kayode Cole has been arrested by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission for issuing a death threat against the Executive Chairman of the Commission, Ola Olukoyede. Cole, according to EFCC’s Spokesman Dele Oyewale, was arrested at the Lugbe axis of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Abuja. The suspect made the death threat through his Instagram page handle: “1billionsecretss”, while commenting on a story posted by a popular Instagram blogger, Instablog9ja on February 1, 2024. Instablog9ja had posted a story with a caption: “A Religious Sect Is Laundering…

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A man, Dennis Okubiat,has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja on Wednesday, for raping a 12-year-old girl for three months, which caused urinary incontinence. Justice Ismail Ijelu held that the victim had testified that she went for evangelism and, in the process, went to check on the convict, who had not been coming to church after the pastor of her church said they should visit members who had not been seen in church for some time. He said that she testified…

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The identity of 15 entities, including nine individuals and six Bureau De Change operators and firms, allegedly involved in terrorism financing has been revealed by the Federal Government. Details of the development were revealed by the Nigerian Financial Intelligence Unit, in an email on Tuesday night, entitled “Designation of Individuals and Entities for March 18, 2024.” The document revealed that the Nigeria Sanctions Committee met on March 18, 2024, where specific individuals and entities were recommended for sanction following their involvement in terrorism financing. “The Honourable Attorney General of the…

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87 people were reportedly kidnapped by terrorists on Sunday night, in a fresh attack launched on the Kajuru-Station community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. A member of the Kajuru-Station Youths, Harisu Dari, confirmed the incident on Monday in Kaduna. Harisu said the terrorists also broke into some shops and stole food items and other valuables. He said they invaded the village around 10 pm. The attack came barely two days after 15 women and a man were abducted in the Dogon-Noma community of the same local government.…

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Troops of the Nigerian Army deployed for a peacekeeping mission to two warring communities in Bomadi LGA of Delta State, including the commanding officer, two majors, one captain, and 12 soldiers, have been killed. The Chief of Defence Staff, General CG Musa, has ordered the immediate arrest and investigation of all those involved in the killing. The Director, Defence Information, Brigadier General Tukur Gusau, confirmed the killing of the military personnel. He said, “The troops of 181 Amphibious Batallion, Bomadi Local Government Area of Delta State, while on a peace…

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N40 trillion has been demanded by terrorists who abducted 16 residents of Gonin Gora area of Kaduna metropolis. On Wednesday, February 28, terrorists attacked the Gonin-Gora community, a suburb of Kaduna metropolis in the Chikun Local Government Area, kidnapping 16 residents. The ransom demand comes just four days after 287 schoolchildren were abducted in Kuriga, another community in Chikun. John Yusuf, a community leader in the area, revealed this information during a telephone interview on Monday in Kaduna. He said, “The bandits have contacted us. They are demanding N40 trillion,…

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Operatives of the Edo State Security Network have arrested a man identified as Emmanuel Ovwarueso for allegedly beheading his daughter for money ritual in Benin City, Edo State. The suspect was arrested in Uteh, Upper Mission, where he resides last Thursday at about midnight with the head of the deceased in a polythene bag. He was said to have tied and gagged his wife and carried out the killing in her presence. His wife said, “My husband’s attitude changed recently. He kept saying I should not look at him like…

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