Crime

At the age of 17, Sahid Aminu and his younger brother Mustapha Aminu who was 15, were allegedly forced by their father to abandon school in 2015 and join a terrorist group known as Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimeena fii Bilaa dis Sudan. They were among nine suspected terrorists recently arrested by detectives attached to the Inspector General of Police, Intelligence Response Team (IRT). The group popularly known as Ansarul is said to be responsible for the recent kidnapping of two expatriates working with Tricata Ltd and were also alleged to have participated in the abduction of Magajin Garin of Daura in…
When Michelle Renee Hughes registered his new airplane with the Federal Aviation Administration last February, he submitted all the necessary paperwork, including a signed bill of sale showing he bought the 1981 Piper Seminole from a private seller for $115,000. Although the return address on the envelope didn’t match the address listed on the registration form, Hughes included the standard $5 registration fee and everything else seemed in order. A couple of weeks later, the FAA registry officially transferred ownership of the aircraft, a twin-engine, three-passenger plane with a range of nearly 1,000 miles, over to Hughes. Hughes, who identifies…
Multiple attacks by bandits on Wednesday in Faskari and Sabuwa local government areas of Katsina State led to the death of 5 people. Also, Divisional Police Officer, Mr Aminu Abdulkarim, was shot while Head of administration of Danmusa local government, Mr Yahaya Musa Sabuwa, was kidnapped. Confirming the incidents, the state governor, Mr Aminu Masari said; “the state is daily recording attacks from operations of unrepentant bandits. “It is a very terrible situation about our people, some of them is not about Coronavirus, it is about bandits virus.” He said; “DPO of Faskari was nearly killed as a result of…
Plateau State again woke up on Monday to news of the death of seven of its citizens in Naraguta, Shimilang and Kwal villages in Jos North, Mangu and Bassa Local Government Areas respectively. At Naraguta, Mr Ali Shekara, an astute miner, was shot dead by gunmen at his residence at about 7:30 pm on Sunday. He was said to be relaxing after a hectic day before the assailants swooped on him. A resident of the community, who would not want to be named, said Shekara was an easy going man who would not ordinarily get himself into trouble, wondering how…
The numbers are staggering. Federal Trade Commission says coronavirus-related scams have cost Americans $13.4 million so far this year. Google blocks more than 100 million phishing emails every day as criminals try to steal money and personal information. About 18 million of them are coronavirus-related. Scam websites pose as the real thing, collecting personal data and credit card numbers. With over 40,000 domain names using the word “coronavirus,” you have to be on alert. Scam calls are getting more convincing, too. In the last year alone, Americans were swindled out of $19.7 billion over the phone. That number will only…
At least seven persons were killed and one abducted as gunmen in their numbers descended on three Kaduna communities. The attack took place in Chikun Local Government Area of the state. The gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen also burnt houses and foodstuffs. Reporters also gathered that five persons who sustained injuries have been taken to the Sabon Tasha General Hospital, Kaduna. President of Gbagyi Development Union (GDU), Mr Peter Aboki, disclosed that the attack started in the early hours of Thursday, up till about 4pm as the bandits went from village to village shooting people and pursuing others into…
Scores of farmers, including their wives, were wounded when suspected Fulani herdsmen invaded and set four communities in lgbatoro/Ala/Imafon communities in Ondo North, Ondo state ablaze over disagreement on grazing and destruction of their farmlands. The state police commissioner Undia Adie had swiftly deployed detectives to the troubled communities to maintain peace. Also, officials of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps have been keeping vigil in the communities after the attack. Residents of the communities destroyed which included Adejubu, Adewole, Olotin, Olondan, Jojo have relocated to other neighbouring communities following the attack by the herdsmen. The attack took place last…
Armed bandits Saturday attacked communities in three local governments of Katsina State, killing 47 persons. Katsina State Police Command confirmed the early morning attacks and the casualty. The command’s spokesman, Gambo Isah, made this known in a statement made available to journalists on Sunday in Katsina. He said that the bandits carried out the attacks in Dutsinma, Danmusa and Safana local government areas at about 00:30 hours on April 18. The spokesman did not give further details, but said that police, army, air force, civil defence and SSS personnel had been deployed to restore normalcy in the affected communities. In…
Barely a week into the lockdown order declared in Ogun, Lagos and the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on March 29 by President Muhammadu Buhari, harsh realities of having to stay away from work had already begun to manifest in the household of Olusegun Ikumawoyi, a resident of Bisi Adedire Street, European Quarters, Akitan, in the Meiran area of Lagos State. The father of two and his wife had devised means of managing their meagre resources to get through the lockdown occasioned by the coronavirus pandemic. They retired to bed with the only N10,000 on them that Sunday evening, hoping to…
Scammers are sending 18 million hoax emails about Covid-19 to Gmail users every day, according to Google. The tech giant says the pandemic has led to an explosion of phishing attacks in which criminals try to trick users into revealing personal data. The company said it was blocking more than 100 million phishing emails a day. Over the past week, almost a fifth were scam emails related to coronavirus. The virus may now be the biggest phishing topic ever, tech firms say. Google's Gmail is used by 1.5 billion people. Individuals are being sent a huge variety of emails which…
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Ademola Lookman named 2024 CAF Men’s Player of the year. These players won in other…

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