Category: Legal
Woman strangles co-wife to death
07 Jan 2023
The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 50-year-old woman, Amina Guguwa for allegedly killing her co-wife. Spokesperson of the command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, January 5, 2023, said the suspect strangled the deceased to death. “Information available to the command revealed that on the 1st January […]
Continue ReadingMan killed and burnt in Ondo
07 Jan 2023
A yet-to-be-identified young man has been killed, with his body burnt and dumped inside a gutter at the Oke Aro, Akure, the Ondo State capital, by suspected cult members. Residents of the community woke up on Thursday, January 5, to find a sack with the body of the deceased dumped in the drainage. A resident […]
Continue ReadingSon kidnaps father, collects N2.5m ransom
07 Jan 2023
The Kwara state police command has arrested a man identified as Issa Naigheti for kidnapping his father and collecting a ransom of N2.5m. Spokesman of the command, Ajayi Okasanmi, said the suspect was arrested around Kambi area of Ilorin by officers attached to the anti-kidnapping team of the Kwara police command. Naigheti confessed to the […]
Continue ReadingMan arrested for shooting and killing wife
07 Jan 2023
The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old man, Nuhu Umar Usman, for culpable homicide. Spokesperson of the command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, in a statement on Thursday, January 5, said Usman, of Dangarfa village in Kyata Burra District, shot dead his first wife, Ladi Nuhu, after mistaking her for an intruder. According to […]
Continue ReadingZamfara: Police free 15 kidnapped people
06 Jan 2023
According to the Zamfara State Police Command, its agents have freed 15 kidnap victims who were held captive by assailants on the state’s Gusau-Tsafe route. The Command’s spokesman, SP Shehu Mohammed, revealed this to reporters on Thursday during a press conference and stated that the abduction victims had been taken on Monday. “The kidnappers abandoned […]
Continue ReadingPolice arrest 61 suspected thugs in Kano
06 Jan 2023
The Kano State Police Command on Thursday said 61 suspected political thugs had been arrested in its efforts to rid the state of all forms of crimes and criminality, especially during political campaigns. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Mamman Dauda, made the disclosure in a statement issued to newsmen by the Command’s […]
Continue ReadingSex scandal: Principal suspends six students
06 Jan 2023
The management of the Federal Government College, Ijaniki, Lagos State, has denied allegations of covering up some students caught absconding from school to lodge female classmates in a hotel for sex romps. The Principal, Mrs Tofunmi Akamo, who spoke to our correspondent on Wednesday, said the students, numbering six, were picked up from the hotel […]
Continue ReadingGunmen kill councilor and three others in Delta
06 Jan 2023
Gunmen suspected to be cultists killed a councillor, Bigha Grikpa and three others in Sapele town, Delta State Grikpa, the deputy leader of Warri North council, was shot dead by gunmen who stormed the Mission Road area of the town in the early hours of Wednesday, January 4, 2023. Other victims include Mathew Ekiopa, who […]
Continue ReadingZamfara: Police capture five alleged bandits, defeat one, and seize firearms
05 Jan 2023
On Wednesday, the Zamfara Police Command reported neutralizing one alleged bandit and detaining five others for kidnapping, livestock rustling, and possession of weapons and ammunition. SP Mohammed Shehu, a police public relations officer with the Zamfara State Command, released a statement on Facebook. Gusau, according to the police, successfully repulsed a bandit attack, and the […]
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