Crime

Court incarcerates five oil thieves in Port Harcourt

Justice E.A. Obile of the Federal high Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers state has convicted and sentenced five oil thieves to different jail terms. The convicts: Salisu Abubakar; Aliyu Mohammed Umar; Mohammed Sambo Yahaya, Musa Mohammed and Abbas Melle…

Phone snatchers stab man to death in Kano

By Salim Umar Ibrahim, Kano A group of armed youngsters yet to be identified phone snatchers killed Umar Muhammad Ahmad on Saturday night in Kano. A confirmed source from his close associates in Fagge said Umar met his untimely death…

Police confirm attack on station in Akwa Ibom

The Police Command in Akwa Ibom has confirmed Saturday’s attack on its Udung Uko Divisional Police Headquarters by gunmen. The state Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Odiko MacDon, confirmed the incident to newsmen in Udung Uko in Akwa Ibom…

NSCDC arrests suspected human trafficker in Ekiti

The  Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps(NSCDC) Ekiti Command has arrested one Sanusi Mohammed fover alleged trafficking of his girlfriend to Libya for prostitution. The Ekiti NSCDC Commandant, Mr. John Fayemi, said this on Friday in Ado-Ekiti in a statement…

Court remands man for alleged attempted murder

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Friday remanded a 33-old-year-old man, Saheed Odusote, in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for alleged attempted murder. The Magistrate, Mrs Ejiro Kubeinje, who did not take the defendant’s plea, directed the police to send the…