CRIME

Oct
11
2020
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Sh0cking! Vigilante strangles 12-yrs-Old POS Attendant, Steals Cash, Other Valuables

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A 28-year-old vigilante member, Nuhu Dauda has allegedly suffocated a POS attendant at his shop, in New Badirisa, a growing community, in Girei local government area of Adamawa and stolen the POS machine including the cash received from customers and a lot more other valuables. Dauda who, according to The nation online was a regular customer at the POS shop, regrettably carried out the nefarious act against 12-year-old Jemima Reuben, the attendant on Saturday. The suspect as gathered went to the shop, strangled the female attendant, and took all the available money including the POS machine. Confirming the incident, the…
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Oct
06
2020
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Breaking! Court sentences church Founder, five others to life imprisonment over missing boy

Breaking! Court sentences church Founder, five others to life imprisonment over missing boy

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The Founder of Sotitobire Praising Chapel, Prophet Babatunde Alfa has been sentenced to life imprisonment by AN Ondo high court in Akure following the disappearance of a one-year-old boy, Gold kolawole in the church last year.Prophet Alfa was said to have aided the disappearance of the toddler, in his church, alongside five other accomplices and consequently were all jailed on Tuesday by Justice Olusegun Odusola of the Ondo State High Court, Akure.Justice Olusegun Odusola in his judgement convicted the defendants having found them guilty of the two count charge of kidnapping and aiding and abetting to kidnap based on the…
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Oct
04
2020
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Conviction of 13yrs-old Boy: Paediatricians Beg Kano Govt to Review Minor’s Conviction

Conviction of 13yrs-old Boy: Paediatricians Beg Kano Govt to Review Minor’s Conviction

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The Paediatric Association of Nigeria (PAN) has yesterday, pleaded Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje, the Kano State Governor to review the conviction of a 13-year-old minor, Omar Farouq, who was sentenced to 10-year imprisonment for committing blasphemy. The association made this appeal in a letter jointly signed by its President, Prof. Edward Alikor and Secretary, Dr Petrolina Tabansi addressed to the state governor, Dr. Ganduje, begging for mercy on behalf of the convict. The letter, which dated October 2, noted that Omar was tried as an adult based on the appearance of secondary sexual characteristics on his body. Meanwhile, the association copied…
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Sep
25
2020
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AIG exonerated From Alleged Threat to Notorious Female Land Grabber

AIG exonerated From Alleged Threat to Notorious Female Land Grabber

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Samuel Amah, AbakilikiThe National Association of University Students, on Thursday, relieved the Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 13, Danmalam Mohammed, of the blame of threatening the life of a business woman, one Mrs Uju Ohanenye. Mrs Ohanenye had petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on the alleged involvement of Mohammed, in a land tussle between her and some persons in Enugu State. However, speaking with journalists in Abakaliki, on Thursday, the National Vice President (South-East Zone) of National Association of University Students, Comrade Dika Nwachukwu, frowned over the petition and said it was a sponsored attempt…
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Sep
22
2020
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Slug: Enugu Royal Father Raises Alarm Over Calculated Attempt By Army Officer to Smear His Image.

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Ignatius   Okpara,  Enugu The Traditional ruler of Oruku Community in Nkanu East council area of Enugu state, South- East Nigeria, Igwe Emmanuel Mbah, has threatened legal action against a serving Nigeria Army officer, Major Raphael Okenwa, his Uncle, a retired Permanent Secretary, Chief Raymond Okenwa, Moses Nnamani, and others, over alleged character defamation and campaign of calumny against his person via various social media platforms. He therefore, warned them to desist forthwith from such wicked act, or meet him in court, saying his sin against the fellow kinsmen is because of his disposition towards probing how the past leadership of…
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Sep
12
2020
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Inside Abia: Man Gets Shot by Civil Defense Officer in his Compound Gov. Ikpeazu assures Justice

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Governor Okezie Ikpeazu this evening, visited Umuokpo Village, Obingwa LGA to commiserate with the family of Late Onyedikachi Nwogu who was allegedly shot dead at close range by an Officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps right in front of his compound three days ago, 8th September 2020. The Governor who arrived the village along the Aba Ikot Ekpene Highway around 5.30pm, straight from the Owerri airport walked into the compound of the deceased to see his wife, aged mother and children. There was also a mammoth crowd of the people of the Community. It was a very…
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Sep
11
2020
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Killing of Mobile Officer In Abia: Four Killers Caught *Abia Police command Intensifies Investigations, CP Agbede Reveals

Killing of Mobile Officer In Abia: Four Killers Caught *Abia Police command Intensifies Investigations, CP Agbede Reveals

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The Commissioner of Police, Abia State Command, CP Janet E. Agbede has revealed that four of the criminals in connection with the the recent attack on five Police Mobile Force personnel deployed to a nipping point at Okagwe, Ohafia LGA of Abia state, have been arrested.Famous Reporters recalls thatfive Police Mobile Force personnel attached to 28 and 55 Squadrons in the command deployed to a nipping point at Okagwe Junction Ohafia came under attack by about 30 yet to be identified gun men, leading to the instant death of one of the Policemen, Inspector Princewill Divine.CP stated this during a…
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Sep
07
2020
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Police Officer killed at Ohafia *Abia Govt, Security Embark On In-depth Investigation *Report patients with gunshots to Police, Medical Facilities Told

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Governor Okezie Victor Ikpeazu of Abia state, in conjunction with the various security agencies in the state, has embarked on a thorough investigation to ascertain the cause of the security breach at Ohafia Local Government Area of the State, which regrettably had resulted the death of one police officer and left four others injured Famous Reporters recalls that five police officers were in the early hours of today, Monday, September 7, attacked by some unidentified hoodlums in Ohafia LGA. A release issued to newsmen by the Information Commissioner stated the gory incident occurred at a checkpoint situated around Okagwe Junction,…
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Sep
06
2020
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Gunmen invade home, Rape, Kill 14-year-old Girl at her bathroom

Gunmen invade home, Rape, Kill 14-year-old Girl at her bathroom

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Unidentified gunmen have invaded the home of one Babangida Idris in Shimfida, a rural area in Batsari Local Government Area, the focal point of banditry and criminality in Katsina State. An eyewitness claimed that the bandits whose initial mission to rob the household incidentallymet 14-years-old Aisha, who was taking her bath, raped her and eventually killed her while her parents were away from home. According to the eyewitness, when they saw her in the bathroom, the miscreants “raped the young girl. Perhaps in an attempt to hide their crime, the assailants clamped down on her with machete and ended the…
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Sep
05
2020
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Troops Kill 100 Bandits, Nab 148 in North West

Troops Kill 100 Bandits, Nab 148 in North West

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The Nigerian Army today, Saturday revealed that troops of Operation Sahel Sanity had killed 100 armed bandits and busted 148 others in its ongoing onslaughts against the predatory hoodlums terrorizing North-West region of the country. The Nigerian soldiers also nicked 315 illegal armed miners and recovered 3,984 cows, 1,627 sheep in Katsina, Zamfara Kebbi and Sokoto States. Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brig.General Benard Onyeuko, stated this while briefing journalists on the achievements recorded by the operation from July to September at the Special Army Super Camp IV, Faskari, Faskari Local Government Area of Katsina State. Onyeuko announced the rescue…
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