Category: Crime

Abducted Female Uni Students: Sir Ahmadu Bello Foundation calls for urgent rescue

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Federal University, Gusau Zamfara State

The Sir Ahmadu Bello Memorial Foundation has strongly condemned the recent abduction of over 40 female students from the Federal University Gusau. This is contained in a statement by Engr. Abubakar Gambo Umar, Director General of the foundation, on Monday in Kaduna. The statement said the foundation considers the act to be ignoble, dastardly, and a gross violation of the sanctity of human life and the pursuit of education. It expressed its deepest sympathies and solidarity with the affected students, their families, and the entire university community during this challenging…

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Insecurity: Customs intercepts IED raw materials, other contrabands

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) intercepted raw materials used in the production of improvised explosive devices and other contraband goods at its “Zone C’’ between July 25 and Sept. 23. The zone covers the six states in the South-South geopolitical zone and the five states in the Southeast geopolitical zone. Major explosive device intercepted was “Superpower 90’’, Acting Comptroller of Customs in the Zone, Kayode Kolade, a Deputy Comptroller of Customs, said in Benin on Monday. Superpower 90 is a cap sensitive emulsion explosive having superior rock crushing capability designed…

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Insecurity: Voice of Nigeria journalist murdered in Zamfara

Aminu Imam

The Zamfara council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) has confirmed the murder of a Voice of Nigeria (VON) correspondent, Hamisu ?anjibga. His death was announced on Wednesday. ?anjibga had been missing for three days before his corpse was found.  A statement issued by the NUJ State chapel’s Secretary, Ibrahim Ahmad, said the deceased’s body was dumped in a soak-away. According to the statement, “The discovery of his corpse was a result of an unpleasant odour observed by children of an Islamic school behind his house in the evening of…

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‘Highest Crime Rate Ranking:  Nigeria, 15th most violent country globally’ – Report

Aminu Imam

A US-based organisation that specialises in the delivery of up-to-date global population data and demographics, ‘The World Population Review’, has ranked Nigeria as the 15th on its list of countries with the highest crime rates in the world. The organisation, in its 2023 report, considered 133 countries while gathering its data. The report ranked Venezuela, with a crime index of 83.76, as the country with the highest crime rate in the world. The report also recognised Papua New Guinea and South Africa as the second and third on the list…

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Mohbad: Police inaugurates special investigation team

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Late musician Mohbad

Mr Idowu Owohunwa, the Police Commissioner, Lagos State Command, on Monday, inaugurated the special investigative team constituted to unravel circumstances surrounding the death of popular R&B singer, Ilerioluwa Aloba, aka Mohbad. The inauguration of the 19-member team, from the homicide Section of the State, took place at the command’s main hall in Ikeja. Recall that the command had, in a statement on Saturday, announced the constitution of the team. It said this became necessary in view of the growing public concerns and the preliminary police review of the general circumstances…

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Gunmen abduct 11 passengers after attack on another Benue Links vehicle

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Gunmen on Sunday night attacked a Benue Links passenger bus and abducted at least 11 persons, multiple sources said on Monday. The driver of the vehicle and four passengers were however said to have escaped after the attack which occurred at about 10pm along Ogbokolo-Otukpa road in Okpokpwu Local Government Area of Benue. A competent source said that the kidnappers had initially demanded for N60 million, but came down to N16 million as ransom to release the passengers. A similar incident involving two buses of the transport company occurred on…

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Cult Clashes: Ogun Gov. orders crackdown on members

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

Gov. Dapo Abiodun of Ogun, on Monday, directed security agencies in the state to rid Sagamu and its environs of cultists and cult-related activities in the state. Abiodun, in a statement issued in Abeokuta by his Chief Press Secretary, Lekan Adeniran, expressed the regret for the avoidable loss of innocent lives and wanton destruction of property by the hoodlums. The directive came in the wake of renewed clashes among rival cult gangs in the town at the weekend, raising tension and panic among residents of the town. According to him,…

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Sagamu Cult Clash: Police confirm death of 8, arrest of 9

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir

The Ogun Police Command has confirmed the arrest of nine suspected cultists following the killing of eight persons over the weekend in Sagamu as rival cult groups clashed. Speaking at a news conference in Abeokuta on Monday, Abiodun Alamutu, the Commissioner of Police, said the remote cause of the clashes was a land transaction that took place in the town. “A land was sold and some form of commission or settlement was paid to a cult group by the owner of the land. “A rival cult group got to know…

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Police arrest 3 suspects over killing of Senator Adeola’s aide

Abdul-Azeez Ahmed Kadir
Suspected killers of Senator Adeola's aide being paraded by the Police in Lagos.

The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Mr Idowu Owohunwa, on Monday announced the arrest of three suspects, who allegedly robbed and killed Mr Sanni Adeniyi, an Aide to Senator Solomon Yayi. Owohunwa told newsmen at the command’s headquarters, Ikeja , that the suspects were arrested in Lagos and Oyo States respectively. On Aug. 5, the lawmaker representing Ogun West, Sen. Solomon Yayi, in a statement by his media aide, Mr Kayode Odunaro, alleged that some soldiers killed his aide, Sanni Adeniyi Sanni. The police boss in Lagos, however, said…

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Insecurity: Abuja woman, daughters abducted, husband pays ?2.8m ransom

Aminu Imam

A female resident of Starwood Estate, Galadimawa, in the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) Mistura Olasinde and her two daughters, Hauwa and Fatima, were abducted on Friday, September 8, in the nation’s capital. Mistura’s husband, Surajudeen Olasinde, a staff member of the Nigerian Nuclear Regulatory Authority, who disclosed this to newsmen, revealed that the incident happened at Kabusa Garden Estate, in the FCT, while his wife and children were driving home in their Toyota Highlander from Garki to Starwood Estate, located in-between Galadimawa and Lokogoma areas of Abuja, where they reside. According to…

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