Category: Security
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Brothers remanded over alleged murder of dad
The Yola Division of Jimeta Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday ordered the detention of two brothers accused of killing their 85-year-old father, Ibrahim Yusuf-Kwada. Ibrahim Yusuf (62) and Samaila Yusuf (48), residents of Zah village in Michika Local Government Area, Adamawa State, are facing charges of criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide. Chief Magistrate Bilikisu Tijani…
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Female visitor arrested for smuggling drugs into Kuje custodial centre
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), FCT Command, has arrested a woman named Precious Yusuf for attempting to smuggle drugs into the medium-security custodial center in Kuje, Abuja. According to a statement released by Command Public Relations Officer Samson Duza on Wednesday in Abuja, Precious Yusuf disguised herself as a visitor to an inmate at the…
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Police arrest man attempting to sell human bones, skull for N600k
Operatives from the Iddo Division of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command apprehended Nuhu Ezra on Tuesday for possession of human bones and a skull. This information was disclosed in a release by the command’s Public Relations Officer, Josephine Adeh, on behalf of the FCT Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igweh. Adeh reported that the police,…
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Lagos businessman jailed for life raping daughter
The Lagos Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced a 34-year-old businessman, Oluwafemi Asekeji, to life imprisonment for sexually assaulting his 12-year-old daughter. This was disclosed in a statement by the Lagos State Domestic and Sexual Violence Agency, obtained by our correspondent on Wednesday. According to the statement, the presiding judge,…
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23-yr-old drug addict stabs mother to death
A 23-year-old boy, simply identified as Samson, has been arrested by operatives of the Delta State police for stabbing his quinquagenarian (in her 50s) mother in Obiaruku, Delta State. According to the information gathered, Samson was initially sent to Asaba, the state capital of Delta, to learn a trade after his secondary school. However, he…
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LG Autonomy: Supreme Court fixes judgment date
The Supreme Court will tomorrow, Thursday, July 11, deliver judgment in the suit filed by the Federal Government against the 36 state governors seeking full autonomy for the 774 local governments in the country. A document sighted on Wednesday by DAILY POST at the apex court indicated that parties in the suit have been notified…
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Zenith Bank official tells court how ex-CBN governor Emefiele moved funds to wife
Ifeoma Ogbonnaya, an assistant manager at Zenith Bank Plc, took the stand at the Ikeja Special Offences Court on Tuesday as the fifth prosecution witness in a case brought forth by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). She provided comprehensive insights into how the former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor, Godwin Emefiele, allegedly…
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Ekiti: NSCDC officer gets life jail for defiling 13-year-old girl
An Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado Ekiti, Ekiti State, has sentenced one Olukayode Dayo, a former officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps to life imprisonment over an offence of rape. The 39- year-old convict was arraigned before Justice Lekan Olatawura on May 13, 2022 on one count charge bordering on…
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Ondo Farmers Protest Alleged Sale of Farmland to Private Company
Farmers in Ondo State protested on Tuesday against the state government’s alleged sale of their farmland to a private company. During a press briefing in Akure, the state capital, the farmers accused ACME PALMS LIMITED of displacing them from over 2,000 hectares of farmland that they had leased from the state government. The farmers, about…
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Man Faces Charges for Receiving Stolen Cigarettes Worth N300 Million in Ibadan
Usman Ayuba, aged 45, appeared before the Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, Oyo State on Tuesday, accused of receiving stolen cartons of cigarettes valued at N300 million. Ayuba, whose address was not disclosed, pleaded not guilty to charges of conspiracy and receiving stolen goods. According to Inspector Femi Oluwadare, the alleged offenses occurred on September…