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Northern youths demands Justice over killing of Sheikh Masusuka

By Ibrahim Hassan-Wuyo The Northern Youth Council of Nigeria (NYCN) has called on the Federal Government and the Katsina State Government to ensure a thorough investigation into the killing of Islamic scholar, Sheikh Yahaya Ibrahim Masusuka, and bring those responsible to justice. The council, in a statement issued on Monday by its president, Comrade Isah Abubakar, condemned the killing of the cleric, describing it as a grave attack on Islamic scholarship and the moral fabric of Northern Nigeria.

Increase women’s representation in Police force, says Bengaluru Police Commissioner

CAN Demands Probe Of Video Showing Boys Chanting Threats Against Christians

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has called on security agencies to investigate a viral video showing a young man leading a group of boys in chants advocating attacks on Christians in Enugu and Jos during Sunday worship. CAN urged the Department of State Services (DSS), the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies to establish when and where the video was recorded, identify those involved and determine who organised or facilitated the activity.

Egyptian journalist Lina Attalah detained after court orders news site's closure

Amnesty International said the verdict against Attalah and independent outlet Mada Masr represented "a crushing blow to press freedom".

Contemplating law against child pornography, Centre tells Supreme Court

NGO Prajwala apprises the apex court about the absence of adequate safeguards for adults and circulation of sexual assault videos

Death toll from attack by gunmen in northeastern Nigeria rises to 62

Bandits targeted Binnari village in Taraba state, setting fire to homes, shops, food supplies and motorcycles.

'Go out and cool down': Six charged with murder of lawyer Kyalo Mbobu

At some point, defence lawyers became emotional and the judge sent them out momentarily.

Leopard kills zookeeper

The woman was attacked while caring for two Persian leopards in an indoor facility at the Beekse Bergen park in the south of the Netherlands. “The keeper started at the Beekse Bergen Safari Park at the age of 17 and worked here, with only a few short interruptions, for nearly 40 years,” the statement said.

DSS tenders firearms used during kidnap of NYSC members

By Chidi Nkwopara, Owerri The Department of State Service (DSS) on Tuesday tendered the firearms allegedly used during the kidnap of 20 prospective members of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), members travelling to their orientation camps in Abia and Akwa Ibom States. He said that during the investigation, Usman Aliyu led security operatives to a thick bush around Okuku, Owerri West local council area of Imo State, where the exhibits were concealed in a polythene bag and buried.

Hyderabad Police launch dedicated wing to probe serious crimes

The decision will allow local police personnel to focus on maintaining law and order and preventing crime

JIBWIS disowns AK-47 threat against non-Muslims in Plateau, Enugu

By Golok Nanmwa JOS – The Jama’atu Izalatil Bid’a Wa’ikamatis Sunnah (JIBWIS) has dissociated itself from a viral video in which some persons described as aides of the group allegedly called for the use of AK-47 rifles to attack non-Muslims in Plateau and Enugu states. He said, “JIBWIS, under the leadership of Ash-Sheikh Muhammad Sani Yahaya Jingir, denounces calls to violence under any guise, especially now that households are trying to endure the pains of insecurity in the form of banditry, kidnapping, armed robbery and Boko Haram in the North-West, North-Central, North-East and other parts…

Civic worker suffers severe leg injuries after suspected floor acid spill in Hanumanthanagar

Oblesh is the sole breadwinner of his family, and his condition has left him unable to work.

Court to deliver judgement in El-Rufai’s N1 billion rights suit

Mr El-Rufai filed the suit, alleging that operatives of the ICPC and the police violated his rights following the search of his Abuja house on 20 February.

Two arrested in ₹1.35-crore digital arrest fraud case

According to the police, the accused posed as Mumbai Crime Branch officers and contacted the complainant through WhatsApp voice and video calls.

Woman’s world ‘tilted on axis’ on learning husband invited men to sexually assault her, court told

Four men on trial charged with sexually assaulting Joanne Young while she was sedated, restrained and blindfolded A woman’s world was “tilted on its axis” when she discovered that for years her former husband had been drugging her and inviting men into their family home to sexually assault her while she was restrained and blindfolded, a court has been told. Businessman Philip Young advertised his then wife, Joanne Young, on dating and swinging websites, presenting it as a “kink” for both of them, Winchester crown court heard.

Mutfwang Vows To Track Down Gero Killers, Urges Communities To Remain Vigilant

Plateau State Governor, Caleb Mutfwang, has vowed to track down those responsible for the killing of residents in Gero community, Jos South Local Government Area, urging residents to remain vigilant and provide security agencies with timely information to prevent further attacks. Meanwhile, the Plateau State Police Command has confirmed that six people were killed in the Gero attack, revising the earlier figure of seven reported by community representatives.

UBA intensifies N61bn loan recovery drive, seeks jail term for WEMPCO directors

The bank accused WEMPCO of deliberate and orchestrated disobedience of court order and asked that the company’s directors be reminded in prison until they complied. It specifically accused WEMPCO of utilising thugs to evict court receiver from the steel group’s Ogun State factory

Greater Chennai Police issue Look Out Circular against Archana Veeramani

She was taken into custody by the SIT at the Chennai airport after she boarded a flight to Singapore on Friday (October 23). Investigators freeze the bank accounts of Veeramani’s business establishments

Niger Miners’ Deaths: FG panel says 37 suspects died from suffocation

A federal government panel says 37 suspected illegal miners who died in NSCDC custody in Niger State in September died from asphyxiation, following autopsies and forensic investigations.

EFCC witness admits AMCON board approved NG Eagle sale

₦149m proceeds paid into AMCON account with CBN, court told By Henry Ojelu LAGOS — A witness of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday admitted that the sale of NG Eagle airline was approved by the board of the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria, AMCON, and that the proceeds of about ₦149 million were paid into the corporation’s account with the Central Bank of Nigeria, CBN. The witness, Bawa Usman Kaltungo, made the admissions while being cross-examined by Olasupo Shasore, SAN, counsel to former AMCON Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer, Ahmed Kuru, at…

Kogi Assembly approves state police

By Boluwaji Obahopo, Lokoja ‎ ‎The Kogi State House of Assembly on Tuesday unanimously approved a proposed constitutional amendment to establish state police in Nigeria, citing the need to tackle insecurity, strengthen local intelligence gathering and create employment opportunities for youths. ‎ ‎Yusuf recalled that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu had initiated the proposed constitutional amendment, which was considered and passed by both chambers of the National Assembly before being transmitted to state Houses of Assembly for consideration in line with Section 9 of the 1999 Constitution, as…

Kolkata Police parade men arrested for stripping, abusing two teenagers in public

Police arrested two men and one woman in south Kolkata’s Sarsuna area for forcing three men — including two teenagers aged 18 and 19 — to march naked through the locality. The incident was reportedly triggered when the 18-year-old was seen meeting a 13-year-old girl from the arrested persons’ family

Man arrested with 39,000 packets of banned tobacco products in Keralam’s Thrissur

Excise team seizes contraband stocked in 52 sacks inside a pickup van during Operation Toofan raid

Elephant herds terrorise rubber estate workers, ravage crops in Keralam’s Palappilly

More than 30 wild elephants roam Muply-Chokkana; farmers in Karikulamkadavu suffer repeated crop losses despite fencing