Day: July 9, 2024

A notorious drug cartel behind the production and distribution of deadly psychoactive substance, methamphetamine, popularly called ‘mkpuru mmiri’ has been taken down by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, following the arrest of the leader of the syndicate, 42-year-old Joachin Chikaodi Mbonu and his associate in his mansion tucked in his Umuomi village, Uzogba-Ezenomi autonomous community, Ikeduru local government area of Imo State. The cartel with operational bases in Imo and Rivers state became a target of the Agency following intelligence indicating it is responsible for the…

26 persons were reportedly kidnapped by terrorists who disguised in women’s Abaya (dress), in Katsina State. They attacked Runka community in the state at the weekend and abducted locals — mostly women and children. A local said the terrorists invaded the community at about 10.30 p.m., shooting sporadically. “In my house alone they abducted 10 females and two males. “In total, they abducted 26 people from the community,” he said. He attributed the attack to the nefarious activities of informants who collaborated with the hoodlums to sabotage government efforts in…

A septuagenarian, David Jackson, has been convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by Justice Abiola Soladoye of the Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court Ikeja, Lagos State, on Monday, for defiling his neighbour’s seven-year-old daughter. The judge sentenced the 72-year-old security guard after she held that the prosecution had proved the three ingredients of defilement against him beyond reasonable doubt. Delivering her judgment, Soladoye held that the victim was seven years old as of the time of the incident but was eight years old when she testified before the court…