Category: Legal
Gunmen abduct the Taraba monarch’s two wives and son
07 Mar 2023
The Taraba State Police Command confirmed the kidnapping of the two wives of the traditional ruler of Sarkin Kudu, Dansalama Adamu, in the state’s Ibi local government council. A son of the monarch has been kidnapped along with the wives. Their current whereabouts were unknown at the time this report was written. Usman Abdullahi, the […]
Continue ReadingTroops repels Boko Haram attack on Monguno town
07 Mar 2023
Sector 3 Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) troops repelled an attack by the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) in Monguno, Borno State’s northernmost region. According to Zagazola Makama, a counterinsurgency expert and security analyst in the Lake Chad region, the terrorists entered the town with heavy weapons around 12: 30 a.m. on Sunday via […]
Continue ReadingItalian mafia boss pallone escape from prison
05 Mar 2023
A mafia boss has broken out of a Sardinian prison using a rudimentary method of escape. Marco Raduano, known as “Pallone”, fled from the high-security Badu ‘e Carros Prison in Nuoro, to the east of the island, on Saturday morning. The 39-year-old somehow procured a key for the prison’s courtyard, then scrambled down the exterior […]
Continue ReadingHeavily armed men kill village head in Kano
05 Mar 2023
Heavily armed men, in their numbers, stormed Maigari village in Rimin Gado Local Government of Kano State on Sunday and shot dead the village head, Alhaji Dahiru Abba. The gunmen, according to an eyewitness, rode on motorcycles. A family source confirmed that the gunmen did not take anything from the victim’s house. The village head […]
Continue ReadingBandits kill DPO in Zamfara
05 Mar 2023
A Divisional Police Officer in Maru town, Maru Local Government area of Zamfara State, SP Kazeem Raheem, was reportedly killed by bandits in the early hours of Saturday, March 4. The DPO was killed by bandits alongside a yet-to-be-identified police sergeant and a vigilante. A source from the community said that bandits were in the […]
Continue ReadingDriver kidnaps and kills boss in Ondo
05 Mar 2023
A middle-aged driver, Idowu Adekanye, has been arraigned by the police for the kidnap and murder of his boss, Omololu Olowosoyo, in Irele Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was alleged that Olowosoyo, was kidnapped and killed by the suspect in collaboration with some other accomplices. Adekanye was arraigned before the state magistrate court […]
Continue ReadingFour dead in motor accident along Kaduna-Abuja road
05 Mar 2023
Four persons lost their lives in a motor accident along Kaduna-Abuja road on Thursday evening. The accident involved a trailer and Hilux heading to Abuja with six persons. Mr Yusuf Musa, who works with Olam Industry, near Kateri village along Kaduna-Abuja road, said he was on duty at the company’s main gate when he heard […]
Continue ReadingCash withdrawal limit is illegal- Supreme Court
05 Mar 2023
The Supreme Court has adjudged the cash withdrawal limits imposed by banks as a result of scarcity of currency notes in circulation as a violation of citizens’ rights. A seven-man panel of the court led by John Okoro made the declaration in a unanimous judgement delivered on Friday. “Such restriction on an owner’s right to […]
Continue ReadingPolice confirms 12 people killed in an explosion in Rivers on Friday morning
04 Mar 2023
The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed that 12 people were killed in an early Friday morning explosion in Rumuekpe, Emoha Local Government Area of the state. SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the command’s spokesperson, said in a statement in Port Harcourt that preliminary investigation revealed that the victims were scooping crude product when the site caught […]
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