•Late Hafsah and Abdulrahman A high court in Ilorin, Kwara State, has sentenced a 29-year-old self-proclaimed Islamic Cleric, Abdulrahman Mohammed Bello, to death by hanging for the ritual murder of Hafsah Yetunde Lawal, a 24-year-old final-year student of the Kwara State College of Education. The presiding judge, Justice Hannah Olushola Ajayi...
•Late Rabe Nasir The Katsina State High Court 9, presided over by Justice I. I. Mashi, has sentenced two men to death for the murder of a former Commissioner for Science and Technology, Rabe Nasir. Nasir was reportedly killed on December 8, 2021, by hired assassins in his residence located at Fatima Shema Housing Estate, […]
The Department of State Services (DSS) yesterday released three persons detained on suspicion of belonging to the outlawed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) and its militant wing, Eastern Security Network (ESN), accused of involvement in the killing of seven Fulani herdsmen. The Service also said it is reviewing more than 20 cases of persons...
•Security agencies On April 13, 2024, a group of masked individuals identifying themselves as Yoruba Nation agitators stormed the Oyo State Secretariat and House of Assembly in Agodi, Ibadan. They lowered the Nigerian flag and raised what they called the Yoruba Democratic Republic flag, attempting to assert secession from Nigeria, reports Dail...
•Ejiofor A human rights lawyer and lead counsel for the Indigenous People of Biafra, Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has called on the Ndigbo to rise against killings and erosion of values in the South-East region. In a statement he released on Monday, in Awka, Anambra State, Ejiofor appealed to Ndigbo to rise and cleanse their lands, adding […]
Tragedy struck the agrarian community of Odigbo in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State as a 26-year-old man, identified as Daniel, reportedly killed his 17-year-old brother. The incident, according to a source, happened on Tuesday as the perpetrator had been arrested and handed over to the state police command, reports The PUNCH. The so...
•Fulani herdsman The Ogun State Government today reminded cattle owners and Fulani herdsmen that the Animal Grazing Regulation and Cattle Ranch Establishment Bill 2020, signed into law by Governor Dapo Abiodun in 2021, is still in place, warning that violators risk severe consequences. The state government handed down the threat in a statement...
The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the recovery of the body of photojournalist Ayobami Aiyepeku, allegedly killed by his neighbour, Oluwapelumi Adebayo. Command spokesperson, SP Williams Aya, told journalists yesterday in Lokoja that Aiyepeku’s decomposing body was discovered Sunday evening near the WAEC office in the Crusher Zone 8 a...
•Ali Modu Sheriff and Boko Haram terrorists Former Borno State Governor and Senator, Ali Modu Sheriff, has urged the federal government to strengthen regional alliances with neighbouring countries as a critical step towards ending the Boko Haram insurgency. Speaking as a guest on Channels Television last night, Sheriff stressed that lasting pe...
•NSCDC officers on parade One of the personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) identified as Akpan Blessing has been stabbed to death by a yet-to-be-identified assailants. It was learnt that Blessing was stabbed in front of her residence in Piawe, Bwari, Abuja, in the early hours of last week Tuesday, reports […]...
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