The Nigerian Police Force has arrested a suspected kidnapper who is linked to the abduction and subsequent murder of one Nabeeha, a girl that was abducted in Abuja and later killed. According to a statement by, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, the Force Public Relations Officer, PPRO, the criminal, Bello Mohammed, 28, from Zamfara state was arrested on January 20, 2024 in Kaduna with N2.25 million cash which is suspected to be a proceed of ransom.
The Supreme Court has affirmed the five-year jail term handed to Farouk Lawan, a former member of the House of Representatives by the Court of Appeal over his acceptance of a $500,000 bribe from business mogul, Femi Otedola. In an unanimous judgment on Friday by a five-member panel which upheld the 2022 judgment of the Court of Appeal and dismissed Lawan’s appeal against the judgment of the lower court over his five year prison sentence.
Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, sitting in Lagos state has today sentenced Bishop of “I Reign Christian Ministry”, Lagos, Feyiropo Daniels, to life imprisonment for raping his 23-year-old assistant pastor. Additionally, he was also jailed for another 3 years for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old member of his same church. The presiding judge, Justice Rahman Oshodi, held that the cleric deserve to spend the rest of his life at the Kirikiri custodial facility as he is now a predator.
A High Court sitting in Kano has sentenced five vigilantes’ members to death by hanging for killing 17-year-old Ahmad Musa (Khalifa) at Sabon Titin Panshekara of Kano State. The presiding Judge, Justice Dije Abdu Aboki, mentioned the convicts as; Emmanuel Korau, Eliesha Ayuba Jarmai, Irimiya Timothy, Auwalu Jafar and Mustapha Haladu. The culprits were sentenced on two-count charges of criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide which contravenes sections 97 and 221(b) of Penal Code Law, though, the convicts pleaded not guilty to the charges.
Captain of theSuper Eagles, Ahmed Musa, has begged on behalf of Plateau residents to put an end to the ongoing killings in the state. Taking to his Instagram page on Thursday, Musa called for unity in the state.
At the resumed proceedings on Tuesday, Hamma-Adama Bello, who is the Chief Superintendent of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, and the Head of Special Investigation Team, was fielded as the eighth prosecution witness to Oyo-Ita and others who are standing trial on the allegations of fraud regarding duty tour allowance, estacodes, conference fees, and receiving kickbacks on contracts to the tune of N3bn.
