University Student, 5 Others To Die By Hanging

A High Court in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, has sentenced six youths to death by hanging for armed robbery. The convicts were found guilty of mounting illegal roadblocks and robbed passengers in 2015 along Lafiya-Numan highway. Those convicted are Munbe Bala, student of the Department of Mathematics and Education of  Modibbo Adama University Yola, Afu Stephen former staff of Nigeria Communications Satellite (NiComSat), Abuja, Peter Eli, Hassan Yusuf, Bobi Mabudi, and Emmanuel Kenneth. Justice...

272 Community Policing Officers Inaugurated In Enugu State, The CPOs to Complement The Police Says The CP

The Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Ndatsu Aliyu has charged the Community Police Officers, CPOs, to be professional in information gathering and apprehending of criminals and other law offenders in their various localities. The CP made this call during the inauguration of the 272 Special Constables recruited and trained at Oji River Police College, for Community Policing in the state; 16 persons were recruited from each of the 17 Local Government Area in the...

Gunmen Kills Three Men, Opens Fire at Crowd, in Nkpor

By Goldie Njideka, Staff Writer NKPOR (Anambra) — Three men have been shot dead after two unidentified gunmen stormed the Nkpor town Civic Center, Eke Nkpor in Idemili Local Government Area of Anambra state and opened fire at persons gathered at the center today February 10. The West African Pilot News (WAP) gathered that some Nkpor indigenes had assembled at the Civic Center for the inauguration of the Nkpor Community task force. Shortly after the...

Bandits in Zamfara Surrendered20 AK-47 Rifles, One RPG To Security Agencies

Auwalu Daudawa, a notorious leader of bandits and six members of his gang operating in Zamfara State have repented and surrendered 20 AK-47 rifles and one RPG to security agencies in Gusau the state capital. The bandits had declared their repentance from banditry before Governor Bello Matawalle and security agencies in Gusau. Daudawa who spoke on behalf of other bandits sort the forgiveness of the state government and the people of the state. Responding, Governor...

Police in Adamawa Recovers Toyota Corolla x, Tricycle

Adamawa State Police Command’s Rapid Response Squad (RRS) has a vehicle and Tricycle along Gwalantabal and Ngurore in Song and Yola South local governments. According to DSP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, Police Public Relations Officer Adamawa state Command that patrol team on 5/2/2020 sighted some criminal elements that attempted to kidnap their target but abandoned their vehicle and escaped arrest upon noticing police around. The statement added that the Tricycle was found abandoned and recovered at...

Man, 39, Docked for Allegedly Forging Bank Letterhead

LAGOS —  A 39-year-old man, Anslem Achunine, on Tuesday appeared before a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly forging eight copies of Stanbic IBTC Bank letterhead to collect N1.7 billion. Achunine, who resides in the Shomolu area of Lagos, is facing a two-count charge of conspiracy and forgery. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charges. The Prosecutor, Mr. Ibijoke Akinpelu, told the court that the defendant committed the offences in Dec. 2019, at...

Senate to Debate Fulani Herdsmen Crisis on Tuesday

The Leader of the Senate, Yahaya Abdullahi, has disclosed that the upper legislative will discuss the issue of Fulani herdsmen menace rising across the country on resumption on Tuesday. Abdullahi said this while talking to journalists on Monday in his office, adding that his deputy who is representing Ondo North in the Senate, Prof. Ajayi Boroffice, will come up with a motion on the issue. The Senate Leader said the Federal Government has a role...

Nigeria’s Governance Under Siege ―Terror, Banditry Overrun Peace and Stability

“ In a general term, Northern Nigeria is at the tip of becoming ungovernable,” ―Ebuka Onyekwelu Bandits and terrorists are enemies of the state. They plainly set out to sabotage the most sacred quintessence of the state which is the protection of lives and properties of citizens. It is undisputed, therefore, that banditry and terrorism are two twin evils that are resolute about destroying the fabrics of the modern state as well as altering the...

Adamawa PCRC Chairman Advocates Sensitization of Citizens on Security Matters

The Adamawa State Chairman of Police Community Relations Committee (PCRC) Prince Olu Adegoka has advocated for sensitization of citizens on security as a way of bringing to end insecurity being experienced in some part of the country. He made the remark during a congratulatory visit on the new commissioner of Police in the state Aliyu Adamu Alhaji. “Members of the committee in all the 21 local governments are ever ready to work with the Police...

Mob Kills Shila Boy In Jimeta For Robbery

One of the miscreants operating in Jimeta-Yola, the Adamawa state capital under the group “Shila boys”  by using commercial tricycles called NAPEP was burnt to death by an angry mob for alleged robbing and stabbing a lady at Mubi roundabout in Jimeta, Yola North Local Government Area. This brings to three jungle justice against the ‘Shila boys’ gang through mob attacks from January to date. Confirming the incident, the Police Public Relations Officer Adamawa state...

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