Crime

Monday, 13 June 2022 06:40

Bandits abduct 50 along Sokoto-Zamfara highway

Gunmen on Saturday abducted more than 50 wedding guests travelling along the Sokoto-Gusau Road. Some of the wedding guests who managed to escape said the bandits, as the gunmen are called locally, shot into the first vehicle they were travelling in around 6 p.m. They said many of those abducted were returning to Gusau (capital of Zamfara State) after attending a wedding in Tambuwal, Sokoto State. The bandits, who operate mainly in the Northwestern states of Zamfara, Sokoto, Katsina, Kebbi and Kaduna, and Niger state in the Northcentral, have killed thousands while displacing hundreds of thousands of people. In the…

Sunday, 12 June 2022 06:46

11 among the abducted Abuja-Kaduna train passengers have been released. Here are their names and what the terrorists demanded in return

At least 11 of the passengers who boarded the ill-fated Abuja-Kaduna train in March have regained freedom. The captives spent over 70 days in kidnappers’ den before they were released after intense negotiation. Six female and five male captives were released on Saturday. Publisher of Desert Herald, Tukur Mamu, served as a mediator in the deal that led to their release. Here are the names of the freed captives: Amina Ba’aba Mohammed Rashida Yusuf Busari Jessey John Hannah Ajewole Amina Jibril Najib Mohammed Dahiru Hassan Aliyu Peace A. Boy Danjuma Sa’idu Gaius Gambo Mamu, who had not disclosed identity of…

Saturday, 11 June 2022 06:05

Killers of Afenifere leader, Fasoranti’s daughter sentenced to death

Three persons involved in the killing of Olufunke Olakuri, daughter of Afenifere Leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti, have been sentenced to death by hanging. They were sentenced by an Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure. Presiding Judge, William Olamide, however, discharged and acquitted the fourth suspect, Auwàla Abubakar, who is the spokesman of Miyetti Allah. Olufunke was shot dead in June, 2019 by gunmen in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State. She was buried few weeks after her gruesome murder. Her alleged killers were later arrested and arraigned six months after her death. The Nation

Friday, 10 June 2022 06:29

ISWAP carried out Ondo Catholic Church attack for one key reason, FG explains

Federal Government has linked fighters of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) to the attack on a Catholic church in Owo, Ondo State. Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this Thursday while briefing State House reporters after a meeting of the National Security Council presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. He said the government had been able to locate perpetrators of the Owo attack and zeroed in on ISWAP terrorist group. The minister, who briefed alongside Inspector-General of Police, Alkali Baba Usman, said security agencies had been directed to go after the…

Friday, 10 June 2022 06:28

32 killed by terrorists, but not with helicopter, Kaduna govt clarifies

Kaduna State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, on Thursday, confirmed that terrorist killed 32 in Dogon Noma and Ungwan Sarkias villages, as well as Ungwan Maikori in Kajuru Local Government Area of the state on Sunday. The Commissioner, however, debunked the rumour that the terrorists were aided by an helicopter. But he clarified that the bandits didn’t attack the communities with helicopters as the helicopter in question was security helicopter which were sent to repel the bandits. Aruwan noted that at Dogon Noma alone 29 villagers were killed by the terror group with three killed in…

Friday, 10 June 2022 06:28

Terrorists kill 25 in Borno community

Members of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) have reportedly killed 25 scavengers, otherwise known as ‘Yan Ajakuta’, in Dikwa LGA of Borno state. The scavengers were reportedly killed in Mukdala village, located about 10 kilometres north to Dikwa town on Wednesday. The victims were shot by insurgents who rode on six motorcycles. Takno Ibrahim, a member of a civilian joint task force in the state, said the deceased were shot multiple times. Ibrahim said some of the victims escaped with bullet wounds and were taken to the General Hospital in Dikwa town by officers of the military…

Tuesday, 07 June 2022 06:36

Police recover explosives after Owo Catholic Church massacre

Survivors of an attack by unknown assailants on a Catholic church in Nigeria lay weeping and writhing in pain at a local hospital on Monday after suffering what a doctor described as lacerations, bullet wounds and blast injuries. At least 50 people including children were killed, according to media reports, during the attack on St Francis Catholic Church in the town of Owo, which took place during Sunday mass as worshippers were celebrating the Christian holiday of Pentecost. Police, who have yet to release a death toll, said they had recovered unexploded improvised explosive devices and shells from AK-47 ammunition.…

Sunday, 05 June 2022 15:16

40 killed as terrorists attack Ondo church

Over 40 people have been reportedly killed in an attack on St Francis Catholic Church, Owa-luwa Street, in Owo town, Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was learnt that the incident happened in the church, which is less than 200 meters away from the Palace of Olowo of Owo. Workers at the Federal Medical Centre, Owo, confirmed that many people were brought in dead on Sunday. The attack was carried out during the Sunday mass, out correspondent learnt. A viral online video showed some worshippers being killed and lying on the floor of the church in the pool…

Sunday, 05 June 2022 07:00

Man burnt to death after argument with Imam in Abuja

A Nigerian man was burned to death by a mob in the capital Abuja on Saturday following an argument with a Muslim cleric, police said. Josephine Adeh, police spokesperson for Abuja, said Ahmad Usman had an argument with an unidentified cleric, which turned violent. Police who arrived at the scene took him to hospital where he was declared dead on arrival. "The heated argument degenerated into an outbreak of violence that led to the murder and setting ablaze of Ahmad Usman by the enraged mob mobilized by the clergy numbering about two hundred," the police spokesman for Abuja said. Last…

Saturday, 04 June 2022 06:34

17-year-old creates fake Covid test center, receives $6m in state payouts

A young German has recently been found guilty of creating a fake Covid-19 screening center and illegally pocketing 5.7 million euros ($6 million) in state payouts for tests that were never performed. At the height of the Coronavirus pandemic in Germany, the demand for tests was so great that the state reimbursed centers for conducting Covid tests based solely on an invoice. Most private healthcare providers benefited greatly, but some managed to rake in small fortunes without actually providing any kind of service. Such was the case of a young German student who figured out that all he had to…

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Thursday, 02 June 2022 06:33

Chinese man gets 2 years prison term for tearing up Naira notes

A Nigerian judge sentenced a Chinese man to two years in prison for ripping up Naira notes. A federal court in Lagos convicted Li Lei Lei of “mutilating the Nigerian currency” during an altercation with airport officials while he was trying to leave the country in mid-May, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission said in a statement on Tuesday. Li “angrily tore to pieces” N3,200 ($7.70) in bank notes when immigration officials at the West African nation’s international airport in Lagos searched his luggage for drugs, the EFCC said. Li pleaded guilty to four charges of breaking central bank legislation,…

Wednesday, 01 June 2022 06:17

Head of Nigeria’s Methodist Church narrates how kidnappers collected N100m ransom before his release

Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, Samuel Kanu-Uche, who was abducted by hoodlums in Abia State, has said N100m was paid by the church to secure his freedom. The cleric, who spoke during a press briefing in Lagos on Tuesday, said the kidnappers showed him decomposing bodies of some past victims. Kanu-Uche was abducted on Sunday along Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway in the Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State. He was taken together with his chaplain, Abidemi Shittu, and the Bishop of Owerri, Dennis Mark. The prelate said his team was going to the airport when they were attacked.…

Wednesday, 01 June 2022 06:16

Remove ethnic, political considerations from the fight against banditry, researchers, others tell FG, states

Stakeholders in the academia, security and intelligence agencies have called for de-politicisation and de-ethnicisation of the fight against bandits and banditry to get victory over the criminals. This is just as they also called for inter-agency collaboration to collectively fight bandits and triumph in providing safety for lives and properties. This was the position at an online stakeholders engagement between researchers on a TETFUND project entitled, "Armed Bandits and Banditry in Nigeria: History, Character and Panacea", led by Jide Akanji, of the Department of Political Science, University of Ibadan, as the Principal Investigator (PI) and six other researchers. The over…

Tuesday, 31 May 2022 06:34

Kidnapped Methodist Prelate, two others regain freedom

kidnapped Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, Samuel Kanu-Uche, has regained his freedom. The cleric was kidnapped alongside the Methodist Bishop of Owerri, Dennis Mark, and his (the Prelate’s) chaplain on Sunday. They were kidnapped in the Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State along Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway. Details of their release were sketchy as of the time of filing this report. But a reliable source from the church confirmed their release Monday evening. “To God be the Glory. His Eminence, Samuel Chukwuemeka Kanu Uche; his Chaplain, Abidemi Jeremiah Shittu and the Bishop of Owerri, Dennis Mark, have regained their…

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