TWO TEENAGERS KILLED IN FAILED BORNO SUICIDE ATTACK
Two female suicide bombers were killed on Wednesday morning while attempting to attack a mosque in Borno State, North-east Nigeria.
The Borno state Commissioner of Police, Mr Damian Chukwu, confirmed this in a statement personally signed by him.
He revealed the attackers tried to gain entry into the Alhaji Bunu Mosque during the morning prayers in Jiddari Polo general area on the outskirts of Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.
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DEATH TOLL RISES TO 71 IN KADUNA MILITIA, BANDIT CLASH
The death toll from a bloody clash between armed bandits and militiamen over the weekend in Kaduna, northern Nigeria has risen to 71, a traditional ruler told AFP on Tuesday.
More bodies were recovered after bandits overran a local militia protecting the village of Gwaska in Kaduna state on Saturday, putting the spotlight on the increasing violence in West Africa’s largest economy ahead of presidential polls next year.
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LABOURER BAGS THREE MONTHS IMPRISONMENT FOR THEFT
A Kuje Magistrates’ Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced a 24-year-old labourer, Dan-Azumi Amadu, to three months imprisonment for stealing a gate.
The judge, Asmau Akanbi, said the court had no option than to sentence the accused since he admitted committing the offence.
Akanbi said that the sentence would serve as a deterrent to those with similar intentions, adding that cases of theft were becoming rampant in the area.
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POLICE APPREHEND ROBBERS, PIPELINE VANDALS IN LAGOS
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested five pipeline vandals accused of vandalising NNPC pipeline at Ekoro area of Abule-Egba.
According to the state Commissioner of Police, CP Edgal Imohimi, the suspects were arrested based on information received and analysed by the intelligence arm of the command.
The CP said that the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) Ops Decoy Team was dispatched to the scene to prevent economic sabotage and possible outbreak of fire.
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LADY IN CUSTODY FOR ALLEGED MURDER OF SOUTH AFRICAN BOYFRIEND IN HOTEL
Detectives from the homicide unit of the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department (SCIID), Panti, Yaba, Lagos State, have arrested a lady, Gift Mike, 26, for allegedly killing her South African boyfriend, Daniel Grant, 50, in a Lagos hotel.Police said her arrest was sequel to some discoveries made by the team of investigators following the man’s death. Although the man was found hanging on the ceiling of the hotel room, police investigation later revealed that the deceased might have been killed and hung on the ceiling to make it appear like a suicide.
Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Imohimi Edgal, while parading the suspect yesterday at the command headquarters, said the incident occurred on May 5, 2018. He said on the day of the incident, the deceased had checked into the hotel in company of the suspect, who happens to be her boyfriend.
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