The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, sitting in Kubwa, Abuja presided over by Hon. Justice Asmau Akanbi-Yusuf on Monday convicted and sentenced Dr. Abubakar Mustapha Danraka, Ph.D. to life imprisonment for Sodomy under Section 1 of the VAPP Act of 2015. A statement on Tuesday by the National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) spokesman, Vincent Adekoye and made available to newsmen. The statement described the conviction as a historic and...

The Adamawa State Jail Delivery Committee has sentenced a middle age man, Nafiu Sabe to 6 months imprisonment for stealing 6 cartons of Maltina drinks in Yola, the state capital. The conviction followed voluntarily confession to the crime which he was arrested and remanded. The Committee headed by the Adamawa State Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Hapsat Abdulrahaman sentenced the accused when it visited Jimeta correctional center where the accused was awaiting trial. The convict, Nafiu...

Adamawa State Jail Delivery Committee has discharged 223 out of 461 inmates including women awaiting trial at Yolde Pate New Medium Security Custodial Centre in Yola South local government area. In the same vein, the committee discharged 26 convicted inmates out of 178 serving various jail terms at the correctional center and admitted 52 to bail. Addressing those discharged, the Chief Judge, Hon. Justice Hapsat Abdulrahaman who headed the committee warned them not to commit...

Anambra State commissioner of police, CP Aderemi Adeoye has said that five out of seven local government areas in Anambra South Senatorial Zone have been freed from the grip of insurgents. The commissioner who spoke to journalists in Awka at the weekend said the command is working to totally end terrorism in the state, but have been very tactical in the fight, to avoid what he described as collateral damage. Adeoye said the command has...

Police Operatives of Enugu State Command has foiled an attempt to kidnap some road users at Ogbeke-Nike, along Ugwogo-Nike/Opi/Nsukka road. According to report the  hoodlums had blocked the road and shot sporadically, before the Operatives, some of whom were on VIPs escort duty, gallantly responded. The state Commissioner of Police, CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, through  the police spokesman,  Daniel Ndukwe in a statement made available on Monday said 2 of the miscreants were neutralized on the...

The Adamawa State Police Command in collaboration with some professional hunters in the state had arrested 32 suspects in connection with kidnapping activities in the state. SP Suleiman Nguroje, the Police Command Spokesman in the state disclosed this Monday while briefing newsmen in Yola. He added that the command also succeeded in dislodging four identified hideouts where the kidnappers normally operate. Nguroje attributed the success recorded by the command to the support received from the...