During the arraignment, the prosecution counsel, JUBRIL KAREEM, told Justice OLAWALE ALEBIOSU that the defendant beat RAMON IMAM to death, and also attempted to murder one SAMUEL OMALE by beating him with fist blows.
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The successful operation was led by the Divisional Police Officer, CSP AFENIFORO FOLAKE, and the suspects were identified as MATHEW UGOCHUKWU, and his wife, OLUWARANKAMI KEHINDE UGOCHUKWU.
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The President stated that “Early assessments confirm the elimination of the wanted IS senior leader, ABU-BILAL AL-MANUKI, also known as ABU-MAINOK, along with several of his lieutenants, during a strike on his compound in the Lake Chad Basin.”
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EFCC’s Lagos Zonal Directorate I, Ikoyi alleged that the self-styled relationship therapist defrauded one IFEYINWA NONYE OKOYE under the false pretence of leasing a six-bedroom detached duplex in Lekki, Lagos State.
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The Force Public Relations Officer, ANTHONY PLACID, said the management of the Nigeria Police Force views the actions of the dismissed police officers and those awaiting prosecution as a grave betrayal of the trust placed in them by the people.
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61-year-old Prof NKECHY EZEH committed the crime through a nonprofit known as Early Learning Neighborhood Collaborative, funded by US federal programmes, the Department of Education, and private donors.
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ADEOLA and RASHEED were picked up on Friday, May 9, 2026, at about 6:30 a.m, by police operatives from the Ifo Division of the Ogun State Police Command, following a credible intelligence-led operation at a criminal hideout in the area.
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SERAP had alleged that the DSS operatives invaded their Abuja office, and harassed and assaulted their workers, while the DSS maintained that the operatives were on a routine visit to acquaint themselves with the new leadership of the organisation.
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The Inspector General of Police, OLATUNJI DISU, presented the findings and recommendations of the Force Disciplinary Committee to newsmen at the Force Headquarters in Abuja.
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The PPRO said "In line with standard operational procedures, the Commissioner of Police, Ogun State Command, CP Bode Ojajuni, psc, FCSS, MNIPR, promptly ordered the deployment of tactical units and directed an intelligence-led rescue operation to safely locate and rescue the victims."
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The spokesman further stated that the Commission extends its deepest condolences to the bereaved family and enjoins members of the public to remain calm as justice takes its course.
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The Force PRO, ANTHONY PLACID, said the leadership of the Nigeria Police Force directed the immediate transfer of the officer and his team to Force Headquarters, Abuja, where they would face the Force Disciplinary Committee for summary disciplinary measures and prosecution.
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The drug convicts, including seventy-five women, were awarded a combined jail term of two hundred and fifty-four years.
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The Police Public Relations Officer, ABIMBOLA ADEBISI, disclosed in a statement that DOGARA JOHN was caught with twenty vandalized reflective road studs, allegedly removed from the Third Mainland Bridge.
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The PPRO said the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, TIJANI FATAI, also directed intensified police patrols, strategic positioning of officers, and increased police visibility across the identified flashpoints to ensure the safety of lives and property.
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The Director of Social Communications of the Diocese, Reverend Father MATTHEW STEPHEN KABIRAT, confirmed that the terrorists also razed down the Saint Mary’s Catholic Church, as well as the residence of the Catechist, plus a mosque, shops and several houses.
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The suspects were identified as twenty-year-old ABDULLAHI MUSTAPHA; thirty-year-old SALISU SANNUSI; and twenty-six-year-old JAMIU SAHIDU.
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NDLEA spokesman, FEMI BABAFEMI, disclosed in a statement that officers at the airport intercepted three-point-one-zero kilograms of cocaine inside tins of palm kernel oil at the export shed.
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NDLEA and US-DEA expressed commitment towards strengthening of existing partnership to counter the operations of drug cartels and decimate their capacity to fund other organized crimes such as extremism and terrorism.
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President TINUBU expressed his views in a half-hearted statement, nearly forty-eight hours after the deadly terror attack on residents of Angwan Rukuba district in Jos, Plateau State.
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CP TIJANI FATAI replaces OLORUNDARE JIMOH, who was redeployed to Zone 2 Police Command Headquarters, after he was promoted to the rank of Assistant Inspector General of Police, AIG.
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Governor Alex Otti's promise of support to him was purely on compassionate ground, in line with the administration’s altruistic disposition which has seen the government extend similar support to several citizens.
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IGP DISU also approved the posting of former Ogun State Commissioner of Police, OLANREWAJU OGUNLOWO, who is now an AIG, to the Police Accounts and Budget Office at the Force Headquarters in Abuja.
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GRACE IRINGE-KOKO, who is a Chief Superintendent of Police, said during interrogation, the suspects confessed to have delivered over twenty stolen tricycles to MOHAMMED USMAN, which he subsequently transported to Kano, Bauchi, and Adamawa states.
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In addition to the jail term, he was also slapped with a $1.2M forfeiture order and a $2.4M restitution order and will be removed from the United States when he completes his sentence.
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In a statement, the DOJ disclosed that EMMANUEL OLUWATOSIN KAZEEM attempted to steal more than Ninety-One Million Dollars from the US Internal Revenue Service in a fraud scheme targeted at over two hundred and fifty-nine thousand victims.
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Justice AYOKUNLE FAJI delivered the judgment after the defendants pleaded guilty to a four-count charge brought against them, following a plea bargain deal reached with the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.
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This comes as the Nigerian Army warns about the resurgence of suicide bombing by Jihadist groups in the northern part of the country and advised people to avoid crowded areas.
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During the trial, the court heard how the defendants, who are members of Iceland secret cult group, conspired, kidnapped and murdered their victim. They also chopped off his head and other body organs, before dumping the remains inside a pit, while the head of the victim was taken to a shrine.
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Earlier reports indicate that BRODA SHAGGY, whose real name is SAMUEL PERRY, was attacked around the Sango-Ota under-bridge area on Sunday afternoon, March 8, 2026.
