The Nigeria Security Civil Defence Corps has arrested five suspects in Kano for alleged vandalism and theft. The Commandant of the Corps in Kano State, Mohammad Lawal-Falala, said this in a statement on Tuesday in Kano. He said the suspects were apprehended by the anti-vandalism unit of the corps during midnight patrols. Two suspects, Adnan Umar (26) and Musa Shuayb (24), were caught vandalising streetlight armoured cables on IBB Way, Fagge/Kofar Wambai new market. He said they were also attempting to steal three rolls of copper wire. In a separate incident, according to him, three suspected motorcycle thieves, including a…
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Lt. IM Abubakar, a Nigerian soldier, was allegedly killed by phone snatchers in Kaduna State. Allnews.ng gathered that the tragedy happened in the state’s Unguwan Sarki region. Expert in counterterrorism and insurgency in the Lake Chad Basin, Zagazola Makama, revealed this in a post on his X account on Wednesday. Makama said Abubakar was a courageous officer and called the situation a sad one. In a related report, the Niger State Police Command has apprehended six persons accused of mobile phone theft within the state.
A Kano State Shari’a Court has remanded Nura Musbahu and his fiancée, Fatima Lawal, for stealing a kayan lefe (wedding present) from his sister, Aisha. According to the Daily Post, Kayan lefe is a Hausa ceremony in which a man buys lavish gifts for his bride and has his family formally offer them to her. Aisha hauled the love birds to court in Rijiyar Lemo, Fagge LGA, where they were accused of stealing and accepting stolen property. Musbahu pleaded guilty after being read the charges by court officer Usman Idris Shu’aibu Dala. However, his fiancée admitted that she only received…
The Federal Government has expressioned concern over the increase in malnourished children in the country. According to the Federal Government, no fewer than 25 million children in Nigeria are undernourished and stunted, with Nigeria ranking number one in Africa and second globally, in terms of malnutrition prevalence. Vice-President Kashim Shettima, who quoted the figures from UNICEF, said this at the inauguration of the National Dairy Policy in Abuja on Tuesday. Dr Kingsley Uzoma, Senior Special Assistant to the President (Agribusiness and Productivity Enhancement), who represented Shettima said the dairy policy is aimed at transforming the dairy and livestock sectors to…
Police in Adamawa State have detained two notorious highway armed robbers. The two were claimed to be among five individuals who had terrorised motorists on the Numan-Lafiya road that connects Adamawa and Gombe states. According to a statement issued by the Adamawa State Police Command on Wednesday morning, the two people in detention are Bello Siddiki, 31, and Hammadu Saidu, 25, both of whom live in Sabewa Borrong, Demsa Local Government Area, Adamawa. The arrest was the outcome of a thorough investigation conducted under the direction of the state commissioner of Police, according to the statement. According to the statement…
Joseph Aloba, father to the late singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad, was on Monday grilled by officers of the Force Criminal Investigation Department, Alagbon in the Ikoyi area of Lagos State over a petition filed by Oba Saheed Elegushi. The head of the Aloba legal team, Monisola Odumosu, in a statement on Tuesday, said the petition borders on cyberbullying, cyberstalking, and criminal defamation. Odumosu explained that the allegation came on the heels of an interview granted by Aloba recently. The statement read in part, “Mr Aloba was invited by the police and led to the police station by the representatives…
The Kaduna State Police Command, on Tuesday, said its operatives arrested four suspected kidnappers including a 70-year-old man in the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Mansir Hassan, ASP Mansir Hassan, simply identified the 70-year-old suspect as Husaini from the Tudun-Jukun area in the ancient city of Zaria. Hassan said items recovered from the 70-year-old suspect during the operation include an AK-47 rifle, a locally made pistol, and three cartridges. The police spokesman also listed the identity of the other three suspects as a 30-year-old Isah Baffa Rabo (m)from Maibindiga Village, Lere LGA, implicated in kidnapping for ransom in Zango…
A 43-year-old man, Muhameed Auwalu, has been arrested and detained by the Ogun Police Command for parading himself as a military officer in Ogere, Ikenne Local Government Area of the state. Auwalu was arrested last Wednesday by operatives of the Special Weapons and Tactics Team of the Ogere Police Division during a visibility patrol in the area. PUNCH Metro gathered from a police source, who was privy to the incident but was not permitted to speak, on Tuesday, that the imposter was parading himself with a military camouflage and his acclaimed profession’s identity card, which indicates that he is a…
Two members of a syndicate specialised in the killing of e-hailing drivers and profiting from the sales of the vehicles stolen from their victims have been arrested by policemen in Lagos State. The arrested members include Roqib Moshood and an alleged accomplice, Olawale Kolawole. Our correspondent learnt that efforts were on to arrest other fleeing gang members, including Yusuf Adeyemi, who, alongside Moshood, allegedly killed an e-hailing driver, Oluwaseun Adeniran, dumped his corpse by the roadside and stole his vehicle. A source who spoke to PUNCH Metro on the condition of anonymity said the suspects and their gang members, in a bid…
A newlywed woman, Habiba Ibrahim, was said to have allegedly cut off the manhood of her 40-year-old husband, Salisu Idris. No reason was given for her action, our correspondent gathered. However, she was reportedly arrested by the police in the Zaria area of Kaduna State. The sad incident happened on May 26 after the husband returned from the mosque where he observed the early morning Muslim prayers. Narrating his ordeal, Idris, who’s a commercial motorcycle rider, explained that as he was lying on his bed, his wife suddenly pounced on him with a sharp knife and almost cut off his…