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  • Buhari greets Abdullahi Ibrahim at 80

    President Muhammadu Buhari has felicitated with Mr Abdullahi Ibrahim, on his 80th birthday.

    Describing the celebrant as one of Nigeria’s finest and most erudite lawyers, the President said that he is honoured to have enlisted the services of the dedicated gentleman as Minister of Transport and Education, during his tenure as Nigeria’s military Head of State.

    In a statement by the Senior Special Assistant on Media and publicity, Garba Shehu, the President said “As you mark your 80th birthday, I am proudly reminded of your remarkable record of service as my then Minister of Transport and Education during my time as military leader.

    “Your landmark achievements in law and in the public service are impressive and worthy of emulation by others,” the President wrote in a congratulatory message to the octogenarian.

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    President Buhari noted that “one of the greatest achievements of any individual is the ability to serve his country without compromising his reputation and integrity”, hailing the senior lawyer for “passing this test.”

    “As you celebrate your 80th birthday, the country is proud of your record of service, patriotism and integrity, and you remain a role model to others in the country”, the President said.

    “As you attain 80 in your life’s journey, I am proud to be a living witness to your shining virtues. May God continue to bless you with good health, wisdom and many more years of service to your community, country and society”, President Buhari said.

  • Two labourers remanded in prison over theft of N1.2m cow bones

    An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court  on Wednesday remanded two labourers in Kirikiri Prison  for allegedly stealing cow bones valued N1. 2 million and property of one Adedotun Ayodele.

    The defendants, Abubakar Abdullahi, 28, and Abdullahi Ibrahim, 22, were arraigned on a two-count charge of conspiracy and stealing before Chief Magistrate, Mrs S. K. Matepo.

    Prosecuting Police prosecutor, Sergeant Innocent Odugbo  told the court that the defendants committed the offence with others still at large on November 28, 2018 at about 1.30 a. m. at Abattior, Oko-Oba, Agege, Lagos.

    He said the defendants  brought sacks and loaded the bones into them.

    He said they were caught by a passer-by and were handed over to the police.

    Abdullahi and Ibrahim however pleaded guilty to the charge of conspiracy and denied the charge of stealing preferred against them by the Police.

    Chief Magistrate Matepo remanded the duo in Kirikiri Prisons, pending sentencing at the next date of adjournment.

    Matepo adjourned the case until December 12, 2018

     

  • Police arrest Six over Herdsmen/Farmers conflict

    Police arrest Six over Herdsmen/Farmers conflict

    The Police Command in Adamawa has arrested six suspects in connection with the latest conflict between herdsmen and farmers in Simba and Shure villages of Song Local Government Area of the state.

    The Commissioner of Police, Mr Abdullahi Ibrahim, disclosed this on Tuesday in Yola while briefing newsmen.

    Ibrahim cautioned people in the state against taking the laws into their hands and urged them to report any suspicious characters to security agencies.

    Meanwhile, the Adamawa Government has condemned the recent incident during which several lives were lost.

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    A statement by the Commissioner of Information and Strategy, Ahmad Sajoh, said government would do everything possible to bring the culprits to justice.

    “The government feels disturbed that at a time when normalcy is returning to the other parts that were engulfed in crisis, a new wave of attacks is taking place in areas that have been peaceful.

    “This is unacceptable. Government will do everything possible to deter further expansion of theater of conflict in the state,” Sajoh said.

    He commended security forces for their prompt action that ensured the speedy control of the situation.

    “Government is equally doing everything possible to support the police and other security services to apprehend and bring the perpetrators to book,” the commissioner said.

     

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  • Police arrest 13 suspects for kidnapping, car snatching, others

    Police arrest 13 suspects for kidnapping, car snatching, others

    The police on Wednesday paraded 13 suspects arrested in Gawu Babangida area of Niger State for alleged kidnapping, car snatching, cattle rustling and other crimes.

    The suspects were – Dalha Ali, Shehu Jalel Alh. Mallam, Ibrahim Isah, Babangida Hassan,  Ashafa Aliyu, Abdullahi Ibrahim,  Garba Haruna, Shehu Abdullahi, Hudu Yahaya, Mohammed Nasiru Tanimu, Mohammed Bashar, Umar Isiyaku and Zayyanu Sani.

    Items recovered from them include three AK47 rifles, several ammunitions, locally made guns, dane guns, three cutlasses and six vehicles.

    The police said some of the suspects were arrested while trying to paint the cars they stole to other colours.

    The police also said over 50 vehicles have been recovered in the last four weeks.

    Speaking during the parade, the Force Spokesman, Jimoh Moshood, said the men were arrested by personnel of the IGP Special Tactical Squad (STS).

    He said: “After we received complaints about the increasing rate of crime along Kaduna-Minna axis, the operatives of the Force swung into action and we were able to arrest 13 suspects for kidnapping, armed robbery, car snatching, cattle rustling and other crimes.

    “Some of the suspects have perfected the act of crime. Some stole the cars at gun point, some stole it where they were parked and even went further to try to repaint the cars.

    “We are urging members of the public to be more vigilant and those whose cars have been stolen,  we advise that they go to our various state commands with proof of ownership for claim.”

     

     

  • Court jails labourer 30 days for mischief

    Court jails labourer 30 days for mischief

    A Masaka Chief Magistrates’ Court in Nasarawa State, on Thursday, sentenced a 28-year-old labourer, Abdullahi Ibrahim, to 30 days imprisonment for mischief.

    Ibrahim, a resident of Kauchikau in the state, faced a three-count charge of criminal conspiracy, assault and mischief.

    However, the accused pleaded guilty and begged for leniency.

    The Prosecutor, Mr Ibrahim Salisu, had told the court that one Harrison Adejo of Masaka in Nasarawa State, reported the matter at the Divisional Police Station, Masaka on Nov. 16.

    Salisu said that on the same day, the complainant received a call from an unknown person, asking him to meet him at the Road Safety Junction, Kauchikau.

    He said that the caller told Adejo that he was calling him in respect of his friend’s phone that was in his possession.

    Salisu stated that when Adejo arrived at the place, he met the accused and three others now at large, who beat him up and made away with the items in his possession.

    According to the prosecutor, the offence contravenes Sections 97, 266 and 327 of the Penal Code.

    The Magistrate, Mr Victor Manga, sentenced Ibrahim to 30 days imprisonment with an option of N2,000 fine.

    Manga warned the accused to desist from committing crime and urged him to be of good behaviour.

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  • Journalist, wife, three children die in auto crash

    Journalist, wife, three children die in auto crash

    A senior reporter with the African Independent Television (AIT), Abdullahi Ibrahim, along with his wife and three children, died in an auto crash last Thursday, while on his way to his hometown, Okaba, in Ankpa Local Government Area of Kogi State.

    Ibrahim who was stationed in Agenebode, Edo State, was preparing for his daughter’s wedding coming up this December, when the accident occurred between Ojodu and Ochadamu communities along the Ajaokuta-Ayingba highway.

    He was said to be travelling in his Peugeot 504 saloon car, with three of his children and his pregnant wife, when the accident occurred.

    Eyewitness account had it that he was involved in a head on collision with an oncoming Toyota hiace belonging to a transport company.

    He was said to have died instantly, along with the pregnant wife and three children.

    Ibrahim, who was in his late 50s was at the Nigeria Union of Journalist (NUJ) press centre Lokoja, together with the members of his family, on the day of the accident, before they proceeded on the ill-fated journey.

    He was said to have lost his first wife and a daughter, five years ago, before he later remarried.

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  • Police seize over 1000 bags of adulterated fertilisers in Zaria

    The Police Area Command in Zaria, Kaduna State, have uncovered and seized over 1,000 bags of adulterated fertilisers at a fake factory in Zaria.

    ACP Abdullahi Ibrahim, the Area Commander, Zaria Police Area Command, made the disclosure at a news conference in Zaria on Tuesday.

    He said that the fake factory, owned by one Mohammed Lawal-Bashir, was located at Dala on Birnin Gwari Road, Gwargwaje, Zaria.

    Ibrahim added that investigation showed that one bag of Urea was being mixed with five bags of sand to produce six bags of adulterated fertilisers.

    According to him, both the owner of the factory and the seized bags of fertilisers have been taken to Kaduna for further investigation.

    He said the police have recovered many materials used in perpetrating the nefarious act.

    The area command boss noted that the act was meant to scuttle Federal Government’s effort tagged “Presidential Fertiliser Initiative”.

    When contacted, the Chairman of Fertiliser Dealers’ Association in Zaria, Alhaji Sani Danmarke, distanced his members from what he described as inhuman act.

    He said the association had raised a security committee that would go round the area to flush out “bad eggs” out of the business.

    A cross section of farmers interviewed by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Zaria appealed to government to fish-out the producers of the sack used in packaging the commodity.

    They observed that identifying and arresting the producers would curtail the spread of adulterated fertilisers.