Crime

Kaduna Labour Party’s women leader has been assassinated

Kaduna Labour Party’s women leader has been assassinated

The Labour Party Women Leader in Kaura, Kaduna State, Victoria Chintex, was on Monday shot dead by suspected assassins. The gunmen reportedly stormed her residence on Monday night and shot her dead while her husband sustained gunshot injuries on his leg. Confirming the incident on Tuesday, Edward Simon Buju, the Publicity Secretary of Labour Party, Zone 3, Kaduna State, described the late women leader as a dynamic, hardworking and dedicated woman who died at a time the party and the country needed her most. While encouraging the people of Kaura Local Government and the party faithful to be law-abiding, Buju…
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Buhari blames Russia-Ukraine conflict for compounding terrorism in Nigeria

Buhari blames Russia-Ukraine conflict for compounding terrorism in Nigeria

While the Russia-Ukraine Conflict rages, President Muhammadu Buhari has bemoaned its impact in the Sahel region of West Africa, insisting that it is compounding the Boko Haram crisis, especially in the Lake Chad Basin region. The President used his opening address at the 16th Summit of the Heads of State and Government of the Lake Chad Basin Commission (LCBC), held at the Conference Hall of the Presidential Villa, Abuja to lament the situation. According to President Buhari, who doubled as chairman of the summit, illicit weapons and fighters are already infiltrating the region from Russia and Ukraine, a trend that…
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12-year-old boy kidnaps 3-year-old girl, demands N150,000 ransom

The operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested a 12-year-old boy for allegedly kidnapping a three-year-old girl. The father of the girl reported to the police that he got an anonymous call informing him that his daughter had been kidnapped. The anonymous caller demanded N150,000 from the girl’s father as ransom before his daughter would be released. The Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Police Command, Ahmed Wakil, stated these in a media statement made available to journalists in the state on Saturday. The statement titled, ‘The arrest of a minor for Kidnapping’ read, “the suspect lured the girl…
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Homosexual allegedly rapes five-year-old boy to death in Ogun State

Homosexual allegedly rapes five-year-old boy to death in Ogun State

The Ogun State Police Command says it has arrested a 36-year-old homosexual suspect, Sikiru Ajibola, who allegedly raped a five-year-old boy to death in the Ogijo area of Sagamu local government of the state. SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, the State Police Public Relations Officer, disclosed this in a statement issued in Abeokuta on Saturday. Oyeyemi explained that the suspect was arrested, on Friday, following a report lodged at Ogijo divisional headquarters by the CDA Chairman of Olorunwa Arogbeja Ogijo. Oyeyemi said that the chairman had reported that one of the community members informed him that the suspect had unlawful carnal knowledge…
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Ohafia Council Boss Orders Ban Of Fire Arms, Vigilante Outfits, sit-at-home

Ohafia Council Boss Orders Ban Of Fire Arms, Vigilante Outfits, sit-at-home

The Chairman, of Ohafia Local Government Area, Dr. Okorafor Ukiwe has directed the immediate ban of all vigilante outfits in the local government stressing that anyone found with dangerous weapons at night would be arrested by law enforcement agencies. The directive is coming on the heels of the present security situation which has left some communities at loggerheads with the military at14 Brigade Ohafia. The Ohafia Council Boss also directed that all illegal firearms should be properly licensed with the appropriate agencies or should be immediately surrendered to the traditional rulers for proper profiling and amnesty. A Press Statement signed…
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