The Kano State Police Command has arrested two operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) over the shooting of a 19-year-old woman, Patient Samuel, in Jaba Quarters of the state. According to reports, the operatives were arrested by the police yesterday, Wednesday, March 5 at around 10:55 p.m. Samuel, the victim, was rushed...
•Terrorists Nigeria has been ranked sixth in the 2025 Global Terrorism Index with a score of 7.658, moving up from eighth place in 2023 and 2024. According to the 2025 report released yesterday, Wednesday, March 5, 2025, Burkina Faso topped the index with a score of 8.581, followed by Pakistan (8.374), Syria (8.006), Mali (7.907), […]
•Boko Haram terrorists Boko Haram terrorists have demanded a ransom of $500,000 for the release of the wife, police orderly, and driver of Justice Haruna Mshelia, a High Court judge in Borno State. A family source told our correspondent that the terrorists rejected an initial offer of $50,000, insisting on the full $500,000 before releasing [&...
John Moses and Yakubu Mohammed have been sentenced to death by hanging over two count charge of rape in Kaduna. While, Mustapha Musa was sentenced to life imprisonment on a 2 counts charge of Rape under Section 258 of the Penal Code Law and sentenced to life imprisonment, reports Nigerian Tribune. This was disclosed by […]
•Late Reverend Father Slyvester Okechukwu A Catholic priest in Kaduna State, Reverend Father Slyvester Okechukwu, who was kidnapped by bandits in the Kaura Local Government Area last night, has been killed by his abductors. The deceased, was until his death the priest in charge of Saint Mary’s Catholic Church Tachira, in the local government a...
The Anti-kidnap Unit of the FCT Police Command has arrested a dismissed Immigration officer attempting to sell two rifles to bandits at Zuma community, which borders Bwari area of the FCT and Kaduna State. CP Olatunji Rilwan Disu, disclosed this while briefing newsmen on the success recorded by the command between January, 2025 and March, [&he...
•Former Kaduna State governor, Nasir El-Rufai A Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna State has ordered the interim forfeiture of the sum of ₦1.37bn, allegedly diverted from the coffers of the state government into a private account during the administration of former Governor Nasir El-Rufai. The money allegedly diverted into an account belongi...
•Andy Uba Justice Inyang Ekwo of the Federal High Court Abuja, has adjourned further proceedings in the matter between the Nigerian Police and Senator Andy Uba, to March 17. The adjournment followed the filing of a 2-count amended charge by the police on March 4, which was yet to be served on the defendants, reports […]
•Chikodi Anarah Anambra Commissioner for Homeland affairs, Chief Chikodi Anarah has resigned. Anarah is the second Commissioner to leave Governor Charles Soludo’s cabinet after the former Commissioner of Information, Sir Paul Nwosu, reports The Nation. The resignation of Anarah may not be unconnected with insecurity in the state despite the la...
•Nigerian Bar Association President Afam Osigwe President of the Nigerian Bar Association, Afam Osigwe (SAN), has expressed worry over the deteriorating security situation in the South-East, highlighting rampant illegal detentions, extrajudicial killings, and human rights abuses. In an interview with our correspondent in Enugu, Osigwe condemne...
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