The Nigerian Army, NA, authorities have said its troops gunned down a notorious terrorist leader named Maikusa in a gun duel in Batsari LGA of Katsina State. Maikusa, said the NA, was the second-in-command of the terrorist cell led by another notorious terrorist Modi Modi whom the police are hunting for. Modi has a N50 million bounty on his head, as earlier reported by Pilot News. Maikusa was slain alongside three other outlaws on Monday,...

The Katsina State Police Command has announced a reward of N50m to any individual who provides valuable information that will lead to the arrest of two bandits’ kingpins in Katsina. ASP Abubakar Sadiq Aliyu, Police spokesperson in Katsina in a statement said the two wanted suspects are Modi Modi and Jan Kare, both operating within Katsina State, particularly in the regions of Kankara and Safana Local Government Areas. The statement reads in part: “The safety...

The Gombe Division of the Court of Appeal, on Thursday, February 22, 2024, upheld the conviction of Alhaji Idris Yahaya, the auditor general for local government in Yobe State. Dele Oyewale, spokesman of EFCC in a statement said Yahaya allegedly received funds from the Office of the Auditor General for Local Government and Emirate Affairs, Yobe State, for the purchase of an official vehicle, a 2015 Toyota Corolla, and diverted part of the money to...

Eleven suspected currency racketeers have been arrested by the operatives of the Kano Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for their alleged involvement in the sales of new naira notes. According to a statement by the EFCC spokesman, Dele Oyewale, suspects were arrested on Monday, February 19, 2024, for allegedly specialized in selling naira notes, following intelligence that unmasked a syndicate of fraudsters operating along Lagos Street adjacent to the Central...