Terrorists on Tuesday night bombed the Kuje Medium Security Custodial Centre, Abuja, which was being guarded by dozens of soldiers, Department of State operatives, police officers and Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps personnel. During the attack which began around 10:22 pm, the terrorists released 600 inmates, including 15 deadly Boko Haram commanders who masterminded the March 28 attack on the Kaduna-Abuja train at Katari, Kaduna, in which eight persons were killed and over 68 passengers kidnapped. The Islamic State West Africa Province claimed responsibility for the attack in a…

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The Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Offences Court, Ikeja, has sentenced Bright Izuchukwu, a housekeeper, who defiled his employer’s daughters aged six and seven, to two terms of life imprisonment. Justice Abiola Soladoye sentenced the convict after finding him guilty of the charges preferred against him by the Lagos State Government. Izuchukwu was arraigned on two counts bordering on defilement. While delivering judgment, Justice Soladoye said the prosecution established the ingredients of the offence against the defendant. “The evidence of the defence is self-serving, manifestly unreliable and untruthful, while that…

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The Presidency’s convoy of cars conveying advance team of security guards, protocol and media officers, were attacked by suspected terrorists on Tuesday, near Dutsinma, Katsina State, leaving two policemen killed. The Presidency officials were travelling to Daura ahead of the trip of President Muhammadu Buhari to his hometown for Sallah. The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, confirmed the attack in a statement without confirming the casualty figure. The statement titled “Gallant presidential guards repel attack on advance team ahead of President’s visit” read,…

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Ponle Adebanjo, a middle aged man, has allegedly burnt his estranged wife, Lateefat, to death after she left him over domestic violence. It was learnt that the incident happened on Saturday in the Otun-Akute area of Ogun State. The victim was said to have had four children in a previous relationship before meeting the suspect. The state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday. The statement read, “The suspect was arrested on Saturday after concerned neighbours reported the incident to the police…

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A suspected Nigerian cybercrime kingpin, James Aliyu has been arrested by the International Criminal Police Organization popularly known as Interpol, over alleged $12 million scam in South Africa. Aliyu was nabbed in his luxury Sandton estate on Wednesday, in connection with almost R196m in alleged romance scamming and business email compromise fraud. Reports revealed that the Nigerian national who appeared in the Randburg magistrate’s court shortly after his arrest, is popular in South African social circles. He is also well-known on Instagram following his lavish holidays and excessive spending on…

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