Crime

Friday, 16 December 2022 05:49

Islamic cleric on trial for blasphemy in Kano dared judge to sentence him to death. This is what happened next

A Kano State Upper Sharia Court on Thursday sentenced an Islamic cleric, Abduljabbar Kabara, to death by hanging after he was found guilty of the 4-count charge of blasphemy filed by the Kano State government. Kabara, who is the son of the late Nasiru Kabara, a leader of the Qadariyya Islamic Movement in West Africa, was arrested at his home in Kano and arraigned on 16 July 2021, before an Upper Sharia Court at ‘Kofar Kudu’, Emir’s palace. He was charged by the the Kano state government with blasphemy, incitement, and sundry offences. The government claimed that the cleric was…

Tuesday, 13 December 2022 05:54

Three killed as gunmen attack INEC headquarters in Imo

Headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) along Port Harcourt Road, Imo State, came under attack on Monday as gunmen invaded the office. Our correspondent gathered that the hoodlums, numbering more than 10, attacked the facilities of the electoral body at 3am. More than three offices on the premises of the commission were torched before a reinforcement from Imo police headquarters dislodged the hoodlums, three of whom were reportedly killed. Two others were captured alive, while the police were said to be on the trail of other suspects. Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Mike Abattam, confirmed the…

Sunday, 11 December 2022 05:48

Gunmen enforcing sit-at-home kill four, kidnap expatriates in Imo

Gunmen enforcing sit-at-home on Friday evening killed four persons at two locations on Owerri-Okigwe Road in Imo State. The gunmen also kidnapped two expatriates supervising the ongoing construction of the phase 11 of the Owerri-Okigwe Road. The killings occurred at Umunachi in the Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of the state and at Umuna in the Onuimo LGA, respectively. The expatriates were kidnapped at Umunachi after two persons suspected to be their security aides were suspectedly brought down. The expatriates who are staff of German construction giants, Cremburg, were taken away immediately the gunmen struck. Locals told our correspondent that…

Thursday, 08 December 2022 05:42

Gunmen shoot church leader, abduct 4 others on Cross River highway

Gunmen have abducted a former accountant general of Cross River State, Rose Bassey. She was abducted with three others on Tuesday at the Uyanga axis of the Calabar-Ikom Highway. The gunmen, who laid siege to that axis on the busy highway, shot at motorists and forced them to a halt. A popular evangelist in the state, Edim Omin, was shot during the attack. The evangelist, who escaped with bullet wounds, is said to be receiving treatment at an undisclosed hospital in the state. Police spokesperson in Cross River, Irene Ugbo, confirmed the Tuesday incident. She said the police were working…

Wednesday, 07 December 2022 10:46

Coup plot to overthrow German government uncovered, 25 arrested

Thousands of police carried out a series of raids across much of Germany on Wednesday against suspected far-right extremists who allegedly sought to overthrow the state in an armed coup. Federal prosecutors said some 3,000 officers conducted searches at 130 sites in 11 of Germany’s 16 states against adherents of the so-called Reich Citizens movement. Some members of the grouping reject Germany’s postwar constitution and have called for the overthrow of the government. Justice Minister Marco Buschmann described the raids as an “anti-terrorism operation,” adding that the suspects may have planned an armed attack on institutions of the state. Prosecutors…

Wednesday, 07 December 2022 04:13

Gunmen kill resident, abduct NYSC member, 7 others in Abuja residential estate

Gunmen on Tuesday night abducted a Corps member, Adenike, and seven others in Extension 2 Relocation, along Arab Road, Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. Adenike, currently observing the mandatory National Youth Service, was kidnapped in her father’s home. A source confirmed to our correspondent that Adenike is the only daughter of her parents, adding that several others went missing after the attack. The source added that two others escaped while they were being whisked away through the hills by the kidnappers. The source said, “Adenike, the landlord’s only daughter who’s currently on her NYSC has been kidnapped.…

Monday, 05 December 2022 05:54

Gunmen kill, Imam, 11 others during worship in Katsina mosque

Gunmen killed a dozen worshippers, including an imam, and kidnapped several others from a mosque on Saturday night, local residents said on Sunday, in the latest attack by armed gangs in the north of the country. Armed gangs, known as bandits, attack communities where security is stretched, killing people or kidnapping them for ransom. The gangs also demand villagers pay protection fees to be allowed to farm and harvest their crops. Lawal Haruna, a resident of Funtua, in President Muhammadu Buhari's home state of Katsina, told Reuters by phone that the gunmen arrived at Maigamji mosque on motorbikes and started…

Saturday, 03 December 2022 05:55

Another INEC office set ablaze in Imo

An office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has been set ablaze in Imo State. The development comes days after an office of the commission was torched in Ebonyi State, with electoral materials, including ballot boxes, destroyed. Commenting on the Imo attack, National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, said the incident happened in Orlu Local Government Area of Imo. In a statement, he said the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Imo State, Sylvia Agu, reported the attack. “The building, which is undergoing extensive renovation following an earlier attack, was vandalised and partially set ablaze.…

Friday, 02 December 2022 04:58

Court orders arrest of Army chief, commandant for contempt

A Minna, Niger State High Court has issued a warrant of arrest for Faruk Yahaya, Chief of Army Staff for contempt. Halima Abdulmalik, who presided over the case, said the order followed notice brought before the court in pursuant of order 42 rule 10 of the Niger State High Court Civil Procedure 2018. She also issued a warrant of arrest against Olugbenga Olabanji, Commandant of the Training and Doctrine Command, Minna, over the same offence. The presiding judge held, “An order is made committing the Nigerian army chief of staff general Farouk Yahaya and the commander training and doctrine command…

Friday, 02 December 2022 04:57

Ex-Vice Chancellor jailed 35 years for fraud

Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Thursday secured the conviction of a former Vice Chancellor of the Federal University, Gusau, Zamfara State, Magaji Garba. The anti-graft agency, in a statement, noted that Maryam Aliyu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Garki, Abuja, found him guilty of five counts bordering on obtaining money by false pretences and forgery, and sentenced him to 35 years in jail. Garba was arraigned by the EFCC on October 12, 2021, for allegedly extorting various sums from a contractor on the pretext of awarding him a contract of N3bn for the perimeter wall fencing of…

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Wednesday, 30 November 2022 05:55

Weapons from war in Ukraine flooding Nigeria, Chad, others – Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday said weapons being used for the war in Ukraine and Russia were filtering into the Lake Chad and Sahel regions. He, therefore, called for increased collaborative actions by border control agencies and other security services to stop the circulation of illegal weapons in the region. “Weapons used in the war in Ukraine and Russia are also beginning to filter into the region,” Buhari told leaders at the Lake Chad Basin Commission’s 16th Summit of Heads of State and Government. This is according to a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media…

Wednesday, 30 November 2022 05:52

Nigeria’s police chief Usman Baba was sentenced to 3 months jail. These are the facts of the case

Nigeria Police Force (NPF) says Usman Baba, the inspector-general of police (IGP), was “not aware” of a previous court order on the reinstatement of a former police officer. On Tuesday, a federal high court in Abuja sentenced Baba to three months in prison for disobeying a court order directing the reinstatement of Patrick Okoli, a former officer who claimed he was unlawfully and compulsorily retired from the NPF. Mobolaji Olajuwon, the presiding judge, ruled that the IGP be committed to prison and detained for three months, or until he obeys the order. According to the affidavits in support of the…

Monday, 28 November 2022 06:09

PVCs, election materials, others destroyed as hoodlums set fire to INEC office in Ebonyi

Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office in Iboko, Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State has been set ablaze. According to the National Commissioner and Chairman Information and Voter Education Committee, Festus Okoye, the incident occurred on Sunday. He said the Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) for Ebonyi State, Onyeka Pauline Ugochi, reported that that the incident occurred around 10.00am when some unidentified persons set the entire building ablaze. According to him, although no casualties resulted from the attack, the main building and all the movable and immovable items inside it were destroyed. “These include 340 ballot boxes, 130 voting cubicles,…

Sunday, 27 November 2022 06:19

Cult clash claims six lives in Anambra

No fewer than six persons have been killed in Awka, Anambra State capital by suspected gunmen. The incident took place early hours of Saturday, along the popular Zik Avenue and its environs. But the State Police Public Relations Officer, Ikenga Tochukwu, says they were not gunmen, but rather, a clash of rival cult groups. He said the command had deployed troops to douse tension in the capital city. Sources said the clash was caused by the high rate of taxes imposed on tricycle operators in the State by the Anambra State government. “The shootings in those areas were heavy and…

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