Crime

Thursday, 13 February 2020 05:39

Boko Haram attacks Maiduguri hours after Buhari’s visit

Maiduguri, Borno State capital, was thrown into confusion on Wednesday evening as suspected Boko Haram members launched an attack on the city few hours after President Muhammadu Buhari visited. At about 7 p.m., residents of Jiddari Polo, on the outskirts of Maiduguri, began to flee into the city centre through Polo and Damboa road as the terrorists attacked. Shootings rented the air for nearly an hour forcing residents to flee their homes. The shooting continued as the insurgents set some houses ablaze. Ba’Bulama Jiddari, a leader of a vigilante group in the area, told PREMIUM TIMES on the phone that…

Thursday, 13 February 2020 05:38

16 family members burnt to death by bandits in Kaduna

Sixteen members of same family were burnt to death by bandits who invaded Bakali village in Fatika District, Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The bandits, our correspondent learnt invaded the community on Tuesday around 4:00pm and set fire on many bags of grains, vehicles and motorcycles in the village. The bandits locked up 16 members of the same family in a room and set fire on the house. A member of the community, Mr Sani Bakali who confirmed the incident to our correspondent said over 100 bandits besieged their village and caused grave harm. The police are yet…

Tuesday, 11 February 2020 05:29

Boko Haram burnt 30 travelers to death at Maiduguri gate. This is why and how it happened

At least 30 persons, mostly travellers, stranded outside the military-controlled entrance gate of Maiduguri were on Sunday night killed by suspected Boko Haram insurgents. Governor of Borno State, Mr Babagana Zulum, confirmed the gruesome massacre of the travelers on Monday when he visited the site of the attack in Auno, a village 24km away from Maiduguri city centre. The insurgents also abducted many travelers mostly women after setting vehicles ablaze. Recently, soldiers of the Nigerian military in Borno State erected a gate that they lock at the curfew time, which is 6 pm. Often, long distant travellers are forced to…

Sunday, 09 February 2020 05:13

Gunmen storm ex-ABU VC’s house, abduct daughter

Gunmen on Friday night stormed the residence of a former vice chancellor of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria, Mr Abdullahi Mustapha, and took away his daughter. Confirming the incident yesterday, Mustapha said the gunmen came to the house around 11:20 pm. “Yes, it is true. They shot one security man, we don’t know who they are, as they have not contacted us yet,” he said. Kaduna State Police Command spokesman, Mr Yakubu Sabo, said he would contact the police area commanders in Zaria for an update. Daily Trust

Saturday, 08 February 2020 05:16

Supreme Court affirms jail term for Taraba ex-gov Nyame, expunges fines

Supreme Court yesterday affirmed judgment of the Court of Appeal which sentenced a former Governor of Taraba State, Mr Jolly Nyame, to 12 years imprisonment for corruption. A five man panel of the apex court presided over by Mrs Mary Peter-Odili, however set aside all fines slammed on him by the appellate court. In the lead judgment read by Mr Aminu Augie, the apex court while noting that the lower court was in order in reducing the initial prison terms from 14 years to 12 years, however set aside all the fines imposed amounting to hundreds of millions of naira.…

Thursday, 06 February 2020 05:37

Police wipe out 250 ‘terrorists’ in major operation in Kaduna forest

Police have announced a combat operation that led to the killing of 250 alleged terrorists in Kaduna State. The daring operation in Kuduru woodlands, in the besieged Birnin Gwari area, came on Wednesday morning, lasting for several hours, chief police spokesperson Mr Frank Mba said in a statement. Mba said the 250 people killed were “high-profile members” of the outlawed Ansaru terrorist group. The group reportedly contained elements that have been terrorising citizens through relentless kidnapping, armed robbery and other violent crimes across central Nigeria. Mba said police did not lose any personnel during the operation, which he said was…

Wednesday, 05 February 2020 05:49

Nigerian Customs seized $8m at Lagos airport. This is how it happened

Several large-sized brown paper wrappings containing a stash of foreign currency totalling $8.06 million was intercepted on the tarmac of Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, Nigerian Customs Service said Tuesday. Mr Hameed Ali, customs comptroller-general, said at a press conference in Lagos that the money was found in a vehicle belonging to Nigeria Aviation Handling Company (NAHCO). One suspect, identified as Mr Chimezie Okonkwo, who is the driver of the vehicle has been arrested and taken into custody for further investigation, Ali said. “From the day we seized this money, no bank has come to claim ownership. But our…

Tuesday, 04 February 2020 05:47

Imo INEC office set ablaze

Unknow persons suspected to be political thugs has set Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) office at Orlu Council, in Imo State, ablaze. The incident, which happened in the wee hours of yesterday, caused serious panic and confusion in the state, as residents of the area scampered for safety.The fire, which lasted several hours without intervention from firemen, caused serious havoc and affected the nearby Orlu Council Secretariat. It destroyed the commission’s sensitive documents and property worth millions of naira. Confirming the incident, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of INEC in the state, Ms Emmanuella Oparah, said the inferno completely razed the…

Friday, 31 January 2020 05:44

Plateau killings: Police arrest 11 Fulani leaders, move them to Abuja

Plateau State Police Command has arrested 11 people including community and Fulani leaders following last Sunday’s breakdown of law and order that led to the killing of 17 people and burning of houses and places of worship in Kwatas district of Bokkos Local Government Area. The suspects were in the early hours of Thursday bundled into vehicles and moved to Criminal Investigations Department at Force Headquarters, Abuja. The police had on Monday confirmed killing of 13 people and burning of several houses in Kwatas, followed by the killing of four persons as the hostilities spread to neighbouring villages of Dimis,…

Friday, 31 January 2020 05:38

UK has thousands of people in modern slavery - and in London it's getting worse

Number of identified victims of modern slavery and human trafficking in London has risen more than tenfold in the space of five years, according to a new report which analyzes police data. Data from London's Metropolitan Police shows a 1,154% increase in the number of recognized victims of modern slavery -- from 187 referrals in 2013 to 2,346 in 2018. More than 30% of the 5,143 people referred by the Home Office in 2017 for support were in London -- nearly three times higher than any other region or country in the UK, according to a letter from the London…

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Friday, 31 January 2020 05:37

Security agents uncover longest drug-smuggling tunnel ever found

Federal agents have found the "longest illicit cross-border tunnel ever discovered along the Southwest border," Customs and Border Protection announced Wednesday. Details: The drug-smuggling tunnel stretches for 4,309ft to connect an industrial site in Tijuana, Mexico, to San Diego, per a CBP statement. "It includes an extensive rail/cart system, forced air ventilation, high voltage electrical cables and panels, an elevator at the tunnel entrance, and a complex drainage system," the statement notes. The passageway is about 70 feet underground and is about 5 feet, 5 inches tall and two feet wide. After the tunnel was discovered in late August by…

Tuesday, 28 January 2020 06:05

13 people killed in another Plateau violence – Police

Police in Plateau State have confirmed the killing of 13 persons by unknown gunmen in Kwatas village in Bokkos Local Government Area of Plateau State. Police said this in a press statement by its spokesperson in the state, Mr Ubah Ogaba. Ogaba said five others were injured in the attacks. “On the 26/01/2020 at about 2030hrs, Plateau State Command received information that at about 1930hrs, unknown gunmen attacked Kwatas village, Bokkos District, Bokkos LGA of Plateau State, where 13 persons lost their lives while five persons were critically injured and receiving treatment at General Hospital Bokkos.” He said upon receiving…

Tuesday, 28 January 2020 06:03

Drama as court sentences Maryam Sanda to death for killing husband

An Abuja High Court sitting at Maitama, on Monday, convicted and sentenced Mrs Maryam Sanda, daughter-inlaw to a former Chairman of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Mr Mohammed Bello Haliru, to death by hanging. Maryam was found guilty of stabbing her husband, Bilyamin Bello, who was a real estate developer, to death in 2017. Mr Yusuf Halilu held that circumstantial evidence before the court, as well as Maryam’s testimony during the trial and her statement before the police, established that she fatally stabbed her husband to death in Abuja on November 19, 2017. The court ordered that the convict should remain…

Monday, 27 January 2020 06:07

Buhari orders airstrikes on bandits in Niger, Kaduna, Zamfara

President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered troops to launch airstrikes on bandits who have been terrorising communities in Niger, Kaduna and Zamfara states. The President’s order followed assurances that the harmattan haze, which previously hampered military air operations, is gradually clearing out. According to a statement issued by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Mr Garba Shehu, the military air operation against bandits, kidnappers and cattle rustlers that have been attacking remote communities around Dogon Gona forest in Niger State will commence this week. The President, who described the repeated attacks leading to loss of several lives…

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