Category: Crime

FIVE EX-SENIOR POLICE OFFICERS TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR ALLEGED AGE FRAUD. 

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The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has filed charges against five retired senior Police officers for allegedly falsifying their ages to unlawfully extend their service years. The case, brought before the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) high court, has been assigned to Yusuf Halilu, a judge, who has fixed Thursday, September 25, for the arraignment of the defendants.  The retired Police Chiefs are to face 14-count charge lists: Idowu Owohunwa, a retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police; Benneth Igwe and Ukachi Opara, both retired Commissioners of Police; Obo Ukam Obo, a…

FBI investigating after 1 killed, 2 wounded in shooting at Dallas ICE facility

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Sooth News has learned that at least one person has died and two others have sustained injuries after being shot by a suspect sniper at an immigration facility in Texas, according to officials. According to the BBC, on Wednesday, ’’the shooter is also dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after the incident in Dallas, said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. The attack unfolded on Wednesday morning at a detention centre for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The incident follows a string of attacks on ICE facilities across the US…

BAUCHI STEPMOTHER BRUTALLY BURNS 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN HORRIFIC CHILD ABUSE CASE.

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By: Bashir Hassan Abubakar Barely few weeks after a viral story of a housewife in Magama Gumau of Toro LGA of Bauchi State burning the private of a 12-year-old girl for accusing her of alleged involvement in witchcraft, another housewife, Rabi Nuhu, in the same Magama Gumau has allegedly brutalised the body of a five-year-old girl for bed wetting. It was gathered that the girl, a minor, (name withheld) has lost her mother about a year ago and lives with her father, Mohammed Umar and his wife but has been…

NIGERIAN ARMY COURT-MARTIALS 3 SOLDIERS TO DEATH FOR ARMING TERRORISTS

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Nigerian Army special court-martial has convicted four soldiers for illegal arms trade and aiding terrorists in the north-east. The trial, convened by Ugochukwu Unachukwu, a brigadier general and acting general officer commanding 7 division and commander of sector 1, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), was held at the officers’ mess, Theatre Command Headquarters in Maiduguri, Borno State. Delivering judgment, Mohammed Abdullahi, a brigadier general and president of the court-martial, sentenced Raphael Ameh, a sergeant; Ejiga Musa, a sergeant and Patrick Ocheje, a lance corporal, to life imprisonment. Omitoye Rufus, a corporal,…

WANTED ABUJA BANDITS KILLED IN SHOOTOUT WITH SECURITY FORCES.

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The Police Command of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has confirmed how notorious bandits who operated in the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Abuja, met their deaths. Addressing the press at the command headquarters in Abuja, on Friday, CP Adewale Ajao revealed how an official of the FCTA was rescued after he was abducted by the bandits, saying the command received a distress call on September 17, 2025, at about 10:23 pm after some group of bandits struck in Karu and whisked away the victim. Nafiu Idris, a staff member of…

POLICE ARREST TRANSPORT UNION LEADER OVER DISPATCH RIDER’S DEATH; COMMISSIONER VISITS SCENE

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Lagos State Police Command has arrested a 55-year-old man, Shamsideen Oladiti, a National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) leader on Lagos Island, popularly known as Shameleon, over allegations of assault and murder. According to the command, Oladiti is currently being held at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID), Panti-Yaba, where inconspicuous investigations into the two cases are ongoing. It was reported that on Wednesday, September 17, 2025, at about 3:00 p.m., the suspect allegedly attacked a dispatch rider in Lagos Island, using a helmet and fists to inflict serious injuries.…

NIGERIAN ARMY SEIZES ARMS CACHE IN YOBE STATE, DESTINATION UNDER INVESTIGATION.

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Soldiers of the Joint Task Force (JTF) North East, Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), have achieved a breakthrough in counter-terrorism operations by intercepting a large consignment of logistics supplies concealed in a trailer along the Nguru–Gashua road in Yobe State. Howbeit, the Nigerian Army is yet to make a statement on this, but stories heating up on Friday from Maiduguri disclosed that, acting on intelligence, troops under Operation DESERT SANITY IV intercepted a red 14-tyre trailer on September 16, 2025, at around 7:40 a.m. The vehicle was moved to a secure…

MILITARY NEUTRALIZES GUNMEN, RECOVERS ARMS AND MOTORCYCLES IN PLATEAU VILLAGE

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The troops of the Nigerian Army’s 3 Division and the Joint Task Force, Operation Enduring Peace (JTF OPEP), have intensified operations to curb bandit activities on the Plateau, neutralizing a suspected bandit and recovering arms and other items during recent raids. In a statement released by Major Samson Zhakom, Media Information Officer of JTF OPEP, the latest operation was carried out on Tuesday. “Acting on credible intelligence, troops launched an ambush along routes leading to the Odare Forest at Dutsen Zaki in Wase Local Government Area (LGA). The soldiers intercepted…

16 HOSTAGES RELEASED IN KATSINA FOLLOWING BANDIT’s SURRENDER TO AUTHORITIES.

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As some communities are engaging the kidnap kingpin for negotiation, recently, Notorious bandit leaders have laid down their arms and released 16 hostages in exchange for amnesty in Katsina State. The Nigerian Army disclosed this in a statement on its official social media handles, saying the development followed a surrender and disengagement initiative led by the leadership of Operation Fagge Fasan Yamma in collaboration with relevant stakeholders. The terse statement read: “Several notorious terrorist kingpins operating in Dan Musa Local Government Area, identified as Kamulu Buzaru, Manore, Nagwaggo, Lalbi, Alhaji…

FORMER NSIPA CHIEF HALIMA SHEHU FALSIFIES INVOLVEMENT IN N44B FRAUD, SAYS SHE WAS BY-PASSED

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The former National Coordinator of National Social Investment Program Agency (NSIPA) Halima Shehu denies any involvement in ‘N44bn fraud’, says she was bypassed in financial transactions. Shehu, has dismissed allegations that she diverted N44 billion of public funds. She was appointed in October 2023, and suspended by President Bola Tinubu in January 2024. She was investigated by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over alleged unauthorised withdrawals from NSIPA accounts into private and corporate accounts. In an interview with the Press, Shehu said she never made transfer of funds…