The Police Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi has accused mischief makers of interpreting his tweet out of context. Recall that while reacting on Saturday to a viral video where two men were seen wrestling with an armed officer, Adejobi had said “even if a policeman on uniform slaps a civilian, the civilian has…
The chairman of the Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives Union (BEPU), Ishaq Usman Kasai has alleged that many bandits and their leaders have farmlands in some communities of Kaduna State. According to him, the notorious warlord, Dogo Kachalla Gide, is one of the bandit leaders that have farms, stating that his own is located in Mashigi area. The…
By Justina Mboho Peter Obi, the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) for the 2023 elections has said that Nigeria has the characteristics of a failed state. He said this at the Nigerian Bar Association’s 62nd annual general conference in Lagos. The 2022 NBA conference, themed “Bold Transitions”, which had in attendance leaders in…
Justice Bassey Nkanang of the Akwa Ibom State High Court has sentenced Uduak Akpan to death by hanging for the murder of late Iniubong Umoren. Recall that on April 2021, Ms Umoren, a graduate of Philosophy, University of Uyo, was mudered and buried in a shallow grave while she was job-hunting in preparation for NYSC mobilization.The three persons who stood…
August 4, 2022. The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) has reacted to the federal government proposed sanction over claims that they aired documentaries glorifying and fueling terrorism, banditry in Nigeria. Naija News recalls that the National Broadcasting Commission (NBC) slammed a N5million fine on the multimedia wing of Media Trust Limited for its “Nigeria’s Banditry: The…
Recall that President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday stressed the importance of collective efforts of nations towards battling security challenges across the globe. The president said this while receiving Letters of Credence from the Canadian High Commissioner to Nigeria, Ambassador James Kingston Christoff, and Ambassador of Mexico to Nigeria, Juan Alfred Miranda Oritz, at the State House….
Former Deputy Senator President, Ike Ekweremadu may continue in detention with the UK authority over the alleged case of organ harvesting. The Cable reports that the Central Criminal Court in UK has adjourned the case to October 31, 2022. It was gathered that Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice are facing charges bordering on conspiracy to…
July 31, 2022 A Minna High Court No 3, has sentenced three Fulani herders to death by hanging over alleged armed robbery, culpable homicide, rape, among other heinous offences in the state. The suspects included Mohammed Ibrahim Soja, Sani Idris Boka, and Babangida Gido. They were arraigned and found guilty on ten-count charge of armed…
A Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Usman Naabba has sentenced the proprietor of Noble kids college, Abdulmalik Muhammmad Tanko,38 and Hashimu Isyaku, 38 to death by hanging for kidnapping, and killing Hanifa Abubakar, a five-year-old pupil.Other convicts were convicted to 5 years each for conspiracy. Last year, they conspired and kidnapped the…
The Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, has disclosed that no fewer than 1,837 persons were killed by bandits and terrorists in the state in the last 18 months. Aruwan who made this revelation while presenting an address at a public presentation of reports on the ‘Southern Kaduna Pilot Peace…
