Operatives of the Special Tactical Squad have arrested a 30-year-old woman identified as Hauwa Yusuf for hiding one AK-47 and four AK magazines inside a sack of garri. Yusuf was arrested along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway during a stop-and-search operation. The Force spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this while parading suspects at the STS Headquarters in Abuja on Friday. Adejobi added that Yusuf confessed that a notorious bandit terrorising Katsina State, Aminu Basullube, sent her to take delivery of the arms in Danum Madam Camp, Katsina State. Adejobi said, “On August 14, 2024, just recently, acting on intelligence, operatives of STS intercepted…
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The Oyo State Police Command, on Friday, paraded a suspected ritualist, Muhammad Adekunle, for allegedly killing and selling human parts in Ibadan, the state capital. Also arrested were Muniru Salawudeen, Rashidat Akanji, Ismail Olalekan, and Obaleye Sanmi, who confessed that they bought different types of human parts for money ritual from the said Adekunle. The command said Adekunle, sometime in January 2024, together with three accomplices, Lukman, Olobe and one Ifa, all now at large, conspired to kill people for money ritual. Speaking while parading the suspect at the command headquarters in Eleyele, Ibadan, the state Commissioner of Police, Ayodele…
The arrest of Alhaji Bashir Hadejia, a former aide to the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, by security operatives has sparked outrage. Some Nigerians, who reacted to the development, demanded answers from the authorities after videos and photos indicated that the suspect was connected to top government functionaries and politicians. Hadejia, who was a special adviser to Matawalle when he was the Governor of Zamfara State, was arrested on Monday. A search warrant issued to the Nigeria Police Force, FCT Police Command, dated August 12, 2024, showed that the suspect was accused of “treason and subversion against the…
In line with the directive of the Governor of Edo State, Godwin Obaseki, the Edo State Universal Basic Education Board has recruited 5,500 teachers. The Executive Chairman of Edo SUBEB, Ozavize Salami, on Friday in Benin, the state capital, said the recruitment was to fill teachers gaps and boost teaching and learning in schools. She noted that the teachers who went through a rigorous recruitment process would fill identified gaps in primary and junior secondary schools across the state. She noted that 19,931 applications were received for vacant teaching positions in the teaching service out of which 16,038 were selected…
VICTOR AYENI writes about the dehumanising treatment faced by victims of rape and their family members, the frustration they endure when denied justice, and the deep-seated pain of seeing culprits set free by the police roam freely without thorough investigation As Mr Samuel Olajide sat in the dimly lit living room of his house in Egbeda, Lagos State, he was engulfed in a mixture of rage and sorrow. Clenching his hands into fists, he recounted the traumatising ordeal of his 17-year-old daughter (name withheld) to our correspondent. “A suspect broke into our home, sexually assaulted my daughter and stole N180,000,”…
Security operatives have been deployed to rescue the 20 medical students who were abducted along the Otukpo-Otukpa-Enugu Road on Thursday evening, Saturday PUNCH has learnt. Speaking to our correspondent on Friday, the spokesperson for the state command, SP Catherine Anene, said the command, in conjunction with other security agencies, had deployed officers to ensure that the abducted medical students were rescued. She said, “Yes, we have deployed officers to rescue the abducted medical students. It is definitely a joint force; police in collaboration with other security agencies were deployed.” Anene also added that the medical students were abducted around Ojano…
The Department of Mass Communication, Lagos State University of Science and Technology, is set to collaborate with the Department of Mass Communication at the University of Lagos to explore opportunities in areas such as student exchange programs, joint research, and staff development. The UNILAG’s immediate past Head of Department for Mass Communication, Prof Adepoju Tejumaye, disclose this during his visit to LASUSTECH where he inspected the LASUSTECH FM radio station and other departmental facilities. Tejumaye welcomed by the Ag. Head of Department of Mass Communication, LASUSTECH, Dr. Steven Adesemoye, and other senior members of the department, commended the institution for…
Irate youths in Niger State have killed an Immigration officer, Isah Mohammed, following a land dispute between two communities. Mohammed, an indigene of the Zhitsu Babi area of the Doko community was killed on his farmland in a dispute between the Doko and Kupafu communities in Lavun Local Government Area of Niger. The incident happened on Wednesday when the victim went to his farmland where he was said to have been attacked by some hoodlums suspected to be from the rival community over the land dispute. Recall that the land dispute between the two communities had gone on for years…
Days after the #EndBadGovernance protest ended, renowned United States-based Nigerian scholar and columnist, Professor Farooq Kperogi, in this interview with BIODUN BUSARI, x-rays the numerous demands presented, violence, use of force, and other national issues Do you think the purpose of embarking on the #EndBadGovernance protest was achieved? There are always at least two consequences for any undertaking: the intended and the unintended consequences. We can apply that to what you called the purpose of the protest. The protest was the culmination of deep, disparate resentments across Nigeria. The purpose of the protest was many and varied. It was not…
A Non-Governmental Organisation, Christian Conscience, on Friday called on Nigerians to contribute to the country’s growth from the grassroots by participating in the local government elections. The Director of Publicity for the group, Tunji Oguntuase, highlighted this in a communiqué issued after their monthly executive meeting on Thursday, August 15, 2024, in Lagos. The communiqué was jointly signed by National Chairman Dr Yetunde Akinluyi and General Secretary Rev. Kolawole Verrals. The communiqué stated, “It is a general consensus, all over the world that the nearest system of Government to the people is the local Government, and if it is left…