Dei-Dei Grade 1 Area Court, Abuja, on Monday, sentenced a 22-year-old applicant, Felix Adams, to four months in the correctional centre for stealing some tubers of yam from a school farm. Adams of no fixed address was charged with criminal…
Kano State Police have apprehended Tasiu Al’amin-Roba, a Senior Special Assistant (SSA) to the Cabinet office, and his accomplice, Abdulkadir Muhammad, for their involvement in diverting the state’s palliatives. The Commissioner of Police, Hussaini Gumel, confirmed the arrests during a…
…Uncovers Methamphetamine concealed in buttons …Intercepts vehicle transporting 8,000 bottles of codeine syrup …Busts drug operation in Delta, seizes 542.3kg of cannabis By Sodiq Adelakun and Fatai Kasali The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has successfully foiled attempts by…
NDLEA seized at least eight tons of Indian hemp and 8,000 bottles of codeine in raids in Edo, Delta, Bauchi, Kaduna, Gombe, Kogi Anambra and the FCT in the last one week. Its spokesman, Mr Femi Babafemi, stated on Sunday…
An Area Court in Jos on Friday sentenced two farmers, Samaila Zanko, 24, and Umar Abubakar, 36, to three months imprisonment each for assault and extortion. The judge, Mr Shawomi Bokkos, sentenced Zanko and Abubakar after they pleaded guilty to…
The family of Isa Yusuf, a victim of a military shoot-out with suspected kidnappers in the Gandu area of the Lafia metropolis, Nasarawa State, has appealed for help. Isa Yusuf was shot and left at the Dalhatu Araf Specialist Hospital…
An area court in Jos, Plateau State capital, on Friday, sentenced a 23-year-old student, David Longji, to three months imprisonment for stealing a solar panel. The judge, Mr Shawomi Bokkos, sentenced Longji after he pleaded guilty to theft. Bokkos, however,…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has said that no past governor with corruption issues is immune to an investigation by the anti-graft agency. The commission also vowed to sustain its tempo of rigorously pursuing economic and financial crime-related…
The Kaduna State Police Command says it has arrested eight suspects over alleged kidnapping and armed robbery in the state. The spokesman of the Command, ASP Mansur Hassan, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday. He said operatives of the…
A joint operation by the Army, Police and vigilante operatives in Taraba State has resulted in the killing of about 50 bandits who were terrorising communities in Bali local government council. The operation took place in Tonti village, located in…
