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  • DSS arraigns Kaduna activist, Sultan over alleged extortion, intimidation

    DSS arraigns Kaduna activist, Sultan over alleged extortion, intimidation

    The Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday arraigned Kaduna-based social media activist, Abubakar Muhammad, popularly known as Sultan, before a Magistrate Court in Rigasa, Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

    Sultan was docked before Chief Magistrate Muhammad Musa on a two-count charge bordering on extortion and criminal intimidation by anonymous communication, offences contrary to the Penal Code Law of Kaduna State 2017.

    According to the prosecution counsel, the charges followed a petition by one Hafsat Yusuf Paki, who alleged that Sultan threatened her via fake social media accounts and demanded payments in cryptocurrency and through a vendor.

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    The Prosecutor told the Court, “The complainant alleged that the accused threatened to leak her indecent pictures to the public if she refused to comply, and even issued kidnap threats.

    He added, “While investigation has not established kidnap elements, there is a prima facie case of extortion and criminal intimidation, hence the arraignment.”

    The accused, Muhammad, however, pleaded not guilty. DSS applied for his remand in correctional custody, but the Magistrate admitted him to bail in the sum of ₦1 million with two sureties in like sum.

    The Court ordered that the sureties must be civil servants not below Grade Level 16 in the Kaduna State Government, with passport photographs and bank statements showing not less than ₦1 million. The court clarified that no cash deposit was required, but the sum would be forfeited if Sultan jumped bail.

    The case was, however, adjourned to October 6, 2025, for continuation of the hearing.

    Sultan was arrested on September 27 at Rigachikun, where investigators claimed they recovered the social media handles allegedly used for the offence, along with digital footprints and payment records.

  • We will not tolerate any breach of peace in Kano – Ganduje‎

    Ahead of the supplementary elections in Kano on Saturday, Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano state says that his government will not tolerate any breach of peace by any group or person in the state.‎

    ‎Ganduje gave the warning on Tuesday in Kano when an amalgam of 320 associations, called Kano Peace Ambassadors, paid him a solidarity visit.‎
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    “We will not tolerate breach of peace under whatever guise, and the government will not fold its arms and watch people instigating instability in the state.‎

    “As a governor of Kano state and the Chief Security Officer of the state, I cannot sleep if any drop of blood is wasted.

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    ‎”I am not speaking as a gubernatorial candidate, but as the executive governor of Kano state and the chief security officer of the state. Anybody wishing to disrupt the peace of the state will not go scot-free,” he said.‎
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    The Kano Peace Ambassadors assured Ganduje of their resolve to promote peaceful co-existence before, during and after the re-run election.

    Abubakar Muhammad who led the groups commended Ganduje for making statements that were peaceful in all intent and purposes.

    “We are monitoring speeches that are being made by political leaders in the state. We find out that, many out there are only triggering instability.

    “We are indeed commending your political statements, that prove to be in line with peaceful engagements,” he said.(NAN)

  • Man kills wife for sexual starvation

    A father of five, Muhammed Manu from New Bussa in Niger state has been arrested by the Niger state Police Command for killing his wife who he alleged starved him of sex on a daily basis.

    According to the 35 year old husband from Barusa Village in New Bussa Local Government Area, his wife, Hassana Bulo, was fond of giving excuses each time he approaches her for sex adding that she had no right to deny him his fundamental marriage right.

    “How can my wife refuse me making love to her, it is an abomination where I come from. She does not have the right to do that.”

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    Manu confessed that he killed her with pistols after she provoked him several times and constantly denied him of sex adding that he had warned her of the danger of starving him sex daily.

    “Time without number, I have been warning my wife to stop refusing me sex which is one of the fundamentals of any marriage, each time I demanded sex from she will treat me like a leper, which is unacceptable.

    “On this fateful day, when I pressed for sex further, she pushed me to the side and I lost my temper and killed her. She is always fond of giving excuses each time I want to make love to her”, the suspect said.

    The Police Public Relations Officer, Abubakar Muhammad confirmed the arrest saying the suspect was arrested on Thursday by a team of policemen attached to New Bussa Division.

    He said that the suspect was apprehended for murdering his wife and the case has been charged to Court.

  • FG tackling youth unemployment – NDE Boss

    Dr Nasiru Ladan, the Director-General, National Directorate of Employment (NDE) on Wednesday said the Federal Government was committed to tackling youth unemployment in Nigeria through the introduction of various initiatives.

    Ladan, who spoke in Dutse at a one-day orientation exercise for 50 recruited trainees on inter lock tiles production said that the youths could utilise the initiatives to become gainfully employed.

    Represented by Mr Bashir Abdulkadir, the DG pointed out that the NDE would not be about creating jobs alone but how it would help assist those who are already into petty jobs to accommodate others.

    He therefore urged the beneficiaries to be of good conduct, as well as obey and respect their trainers.

    “This training is simultaneously going on all the 36 states of the federation and FCT.

    “I want to appeal to the beneficiaries to ensure that they attend regularly.

    “If you don’t attend regularly, you will be replaced as others are outside looking for the same opportunity,”he said.

    Ladan said the trainees would be given N2,000 monthly transport allowance.

    In his remarks, the NDE Coordinator in the state, Mallam Abubakar Muhammad, said the beneficiaries, drawn from across the state, would receive a three month training on inter lock tiles production.

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    Muhammad added that the trainees would be attached to inter lock producers in their respective local government areas to learn the skill from Nov. to January 2019

    “We selected all manners of unemployed youths without considering their educational qualifications in order to cater for all.

    “I urge the beneficiaries to take the training seriously in order to understand all aspect of the training, because one day, you will also become an employer of labour.

    “This is because white-collar job is no longer available, but skills acquired last forever.

    “You should also work hard to optimise this opportunity made available to you and justify the investment being made on each of you by the Federal Government,”Muhammad said.

    Speaking on behalf of the beneficiaries, Mr Shafi’u Muhammad commended the FG and the directorate for the gesture and pledged to work hard to acquire the skills in order to become self-reliant.

    The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the training is being conducted under the NDE’s Environmental Beautification Training Scheme (EBTS).

  • Police parade kidnappers, others in Abuja

    The Federal Capital Territory Command (FCT) police command has arrested four kidnappers linked to the abduction of a 12- year old Fulani girl at Wumi village, Abuja.

    The police also arrested other suspects for various crimes across the nation’s capital.

    The Commissioner of Police in the FCT, Musa Kimo, while parading the suspects on Tuesday in Abuja, said the suspects’ arrest was part of the command’s quest to ensure adequate protection and lives and properties in the FCT.

    He said: “What you are witnessing today is the fruit of hard work, dedication and the drive in the command to fulfill its constitutional mandate of protecting lives and property in the Federal Capital Territory.

    “I would state without any iota of doubt that the increased visibility policing, enhanced intelligence gathering, robust and round the clock patrol, massive deployment of police personnel at strategic points and bumper to bumper supervision of the men deployed on duty is indeed yielding the desired result.”

    Kimo listed the suspected kidnappers as Abdullahi Sanda, Abubakar Muhammad, Shehu Usman and Usman Abubakar.

    He said the suspects were members of a notorious kidnapping syndicate laying siege at Fulani settlements and taking their victims hostage in exchange for money.

     

  • FCT Police arrest five armed robbery suspects

    The FCT Police Command said on Tuesday that it had arrested five notorious armed robbery suspects and a car snatching syndicate.

    The suspects are: John Peter, 30, gang leader, Solomon Atabo, 33, Salisu Suleiman, 29, Olobo Rilwan, 25, and Emeka Umera, 34.

    The FCT Police Commissioner, Mr. Musa Kimo, who presented the suspect to newsmen, said they were arrested through the inter-agency collaboration initiative of the command.

    He explained that Peter was arrested by the police after he went into hiding on hearing that four of his members were arrested on March 6 by the Army and transferred to the command for investigation.

    Kimo said that eight locally made pistols used for the operation were recovered from the suspects.

    He said that the suspects who had all confessed to the crime would be charged to court on conclusion of investigation.

    In a related development, Kimo said the police had arrested an armed robbery/murder suspect, Obinna Echianu, 42, who hailed from  Aba in  Abia.

    Kimo said that the suspect was arrested by police attached to the command’s special anti-kidnapping squad at Apo mechanic village, Abuja on March 13.

    He said the suspect killed a cab operator who he hired on Dec. 22, 2016 at the Berger junction to convey him and his members now at large, to Airport road in Abuja.

    Kimo said the victim was murdered at the Gosa pedestrian bridge after being robbed of his phone, cash and Nissan Almera car which was driven to his house in Aba.

    The commissioner said the suspect confessed to have personally killed the deceased with the help of his cohort who was at large.

    “Efforts have been intensified to arrest his cohort who is now at large,“he said.

    Kimo said the suspect would be arraigned in court on conclusion of investigation into the crime.

    The commissioner said that the command had also arrested four suspected kidnappers linked with the kidnapping of a Fulani girl at Wumi village, in Gwagwalada area of Abuja on March 19.

    The suspects are : Abdullahi Sanda, 25, Abubakar Muhammad,30, Shehu Usman, 30, and Usman Abubakar.

    He said that the suspects were arrested with one locally made revolver and two locally made single barrel gun.

    Kimo said that the suspects were members of a notorious syndicate of kidnappers and cattle rustlers who specialised in laying siege at Fulani settlements to take their victims.

    He added that the suspects were intercepted and arrested at Wumi while trying to escape after kidnapping one of their female victims who was rescued by the police.

    “The suspects have been transferred to the command special anti-kidnapping squad for further investigation,” he said.

    Other suspects arrested according to the commissioner included eight members of a cult.

    The suspects are: Emeka Ani, Felix Oje, Promise Ezubuike, Efiong Chidi, Paul Chinedu, David Elkana,Ikechukwu Okoro and Osinachi Anyanwu.

    He said the suspects were arrested on March 23 by the police attached to Karimo division, after a tip-off from members of Angwan Shehu village in Karmo, Abuja.

    Kimo said the suspects had been terrorising and robbing the residents of the village.

    He said that items recovered from them include one pick axe and a beret.

    He said the suspects had been transferred to the command’s Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (CIID) for discreet investigation  and prosecution.

    The commissioner said that the achievements were a result of hard work and dedication of the command to fulfill its constitutional mandate.

    He commended the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Ibrahim Idris, for his unflinching support to the command.