The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) has issued a 14-day ultimatum to the Edo and federal governments to prosecute the killers of travelling hunters intercepted by members of a vigilante group in the state. In a statement on Saturday, Abubakar Jiddere, the NEF spokesperson, said the punishment of the perpetrators must be witnessed by the public…
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A housewife, Fadila Adamu, was on Friday, sentenced to death by hanging for the murder of her childhood friend’s eight-year-old daughter, Aisha Sani. She was convicted by the Kano State High Court. In 2019, Fadila kidnapped the minor on her way home from Islamiyya school and threw her into a well, causing her death. Aisha’s…
Operatives of the Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, March 26, 2025 arrested15 suspected internet fraudsters in Tanke Oke-Odo area of Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. Officers of the Directorate had earlier on Friday, March 22, 2025 arrested 22 suspected internet fraudsters in Tanke, Alao Farm Estate, Yidi…
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A hotel owner, his wife and a security guard have been arrested by the police in Owheologbo, Isoko North Local Government Area of Delta State following the death of a client in mysterious circumstances linked to ritual killing. Officials of Isoko North Local Government Council sealed the hotel following the suspects’ arrest. Community sources said…
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By Opeyemi Adeoti Gbadeyan Yinka, a police investigator from Offa Police Division, testified in the ongoing trial of Mojisola Awesu’s death, accusing the prime suspect, Happiness Adebayo, of being a habitual thief. Yinka revealed this information before Justice Ibrahim Yusuf at the High Court in Ilorin, Kwara State According to Yinka, multiple accusations of stealing…
A police officer attached to the federal capital territory (FCT) command has been arrested for allegedly stabbing a man to death during a dispute in Nyanya. Zagazola Makama, the counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, quoted intelligence sources as saying Sunday Alabi was responding to a reported burglary case on Thursday, at about…
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Men of the federal capital territory (FCT) police command have reportedly arrested two high-profile suspects linked to the murder of Uwem Udokwere, a retired brigadier general. Udokwere was killed in his residence at Sunshine estate in Abuja on June 21, 2024. Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency publication focused on the Lake Chad region, quoted intelligence sources…
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A Whatsapp group admin has been shot dead in Pakistan. An accused Pakistani man has been charged with alleged murder of the administrator of the WhatsApp group who removed him from the chat, police said Saturday. Mushtaq Ahmed was shot dead on Thursday evening in Peshawar, the capital of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a province that borders…
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The Indian Food and Drug Administration have banned two unregistered and highly-addictive opioids illegally imported into some West African countries from India. Last week, a BBC Eye investigation exposed how Aveo Pharmaceuticals, a Mumbai-based company was illegally exporting a harmful mix of tapentadol and carisoprodol into Ghana, Nigeria, and Cote d’Ivoire – fueling a public…
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The lifeless body of a police officer, Inspector Haruna Mohammed has been found in a hotel room in Ogun State. The female companion who arrived with the police officer at Super G Royal Hotel, located at 11 Anthony Uzum Estate, Oyeyemi Akute, around 1:00 am on Saturday, February 15, 2025, is currently missing. A police…
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