A young man who is yet-to-be named has been nabbed after stabbing his mother to death in Niger state.
Details of the incident is not fully available now but Salemgists gathered that the man killed his mother after she rushed to separate a fight between him and his wife.
A source said his mother who rushed to separate them was stabbed after he pulled a knife to stabbed his wife but ended up stabbing his mother instead.
The eyewitness added that unfortunately the mother couldn’t survive, she died just some few minutes later.
The wife who was badly beaten by the husband was taken to the hospital for medical attention.
The ugly development happened at Zawiyya, Tudunwada area of Kontagora Local Government, Niger State.
Lifeless body of a yet-be-named young man was recovered from a small Dam in Benue state.
Salemgists gathered that the young man’s lifeless body was found yesterday evening, February 27.
A source at the scene of the incident reveal that the deceased have been missing since Saturday, Feb. 26. He said all efforts to find the deceased proved abortive.
The source further reveal that the body was found after an intensive search was lunched around the Dam. He said blood was gushing out of his mouth when he was found. Killing people using water or streams is very common in Benue state. This means is actually diabolical. Many people at the scene were suspecting that the death of the young man too was through this means.
It was strange how blood was gushing out of the mouth of someone who allegedly drown and also how he went missing in the Dam even when search party searched for him thoroughly in the Dam.
A young lady who was caught and disgraced for stealing some valuables in Makurdi, the Benue state Capital yesterday, February 8 has found a new life.
The life of the young lady identified as Mnena Iornumbe changed for good after photos of her being disgraced by mob for stealing rappers went viral.
Salemgists earlier reported that Mnena who is from Gboko Local Government of the state was terrorizing people by stealing their valuables each time they went to work.
She was caught after she used a ladder to climb into a compound in her neighborhood to steal wrappers.
Mnena run out of luck when she was caught by the owner of the house. Angry mob descended on her and beat her thoroughly. They also shaved her hair using razor blade.
However, the story of Mnena took a different dimension after a concerned member of the society decided to help her.
A man identified as Kpum Moses Mhide said he was touched by the story of the young lady after he learnt that she has been stealing all her life.
He further narrated that he took her for deliverance at an Abuja church, Everlasting Light of Hope International Ministry.
He said the young lady was delivered from the spirit of stealing. He assured that since the deliverance session, Mnena is free.
Mhide said the pastor empowered Mnena with the sum of N250,000 naira and a copy of the bible to start a new life.
At least, 649,300 capsules of Tramadol 225mg and 809,850 Euros cash were among consignments from Pakistan, Austria and Italy intercepted at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos where various quantities of Heroin and other illicit drugs were also blocked from being exported to the United States, United Kingdom and Canada by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA.
At the Skyway Aviation Handling Company cargo warehouse at the airport, anti-narcotic officers seized 649,300 capsules of Tramadol 225mg weighing 460.95kg imported from Pakistan via Addis Ababa through Ethiopian Airline on Wednesday 16th Feb. A suspect, Nwadu Ekene Christian was arrested in connection with the seizure.
On the same day, a female passenger, Ms. Ayeki Happy who arrived the airport from Italy on Turkish Airline flight was arrested with 69,850 Euros cash concealed in her luggage. This was four days after another lady, Precious Idahagbon was arrested with 740,000 Euros cash hidden in her luggage and undeclared upon her arrival at the airport from Vienna, Austria via Istanbul, Turkey. Both cash seizures are currently under investigation to establish if they are proceeds of drug business.
At the NAHCO export shed of the airport, operatives seized a consignment of 131 parcels of Cannabis concealed in packages of black soap (Dudu-Osun), during outward clearance of cargo going to the UK. This is as another consignment presented for export to Dubai, UAE at SAHCO shed was also recovered after 30 parcels of cannabis hidden in cartons of cornflakes were discovered in it.
Not less than 6.5kg of Heroin, Khat and Oxycodone packaged for export to USA, and Canada were seized at a major courier company in Lagos by operatives of the Directorate of Operation and General Investigations, DOGI. The drugs were concealed in shoes, and carton walls.
In Kano, a 34-year-old Nasiru Abdulrahman was arrested with 476kg of Cannabis at Kwanar Dan Gora, Kiru local government area of the state on Friday 25th Feb, while in Adamawa, 4,000 tablets of Tramadol 225mg were seized from Abdulmuminu Abubakar, 24, who was arrested at Gidan Madara, Mubi North LGA on Tuesday 22nd Feb while travelling on a motorcycle to deliver the drugs in Bukula, Cameroon Republic. He claimed another suspect, Fahad Mohammed, 19, gave the consignment to him. Fahad was later arrested in a follow up operation at his home in Kasuwan Borkono Area of Mubi town.
In Abuja, two consignments were intercepted from transport vehicles in Abaji area of the FCT. While the first contained 12kg cannabis, the second has 356kg of the same substance. A follow up operation in Kaduna led to the arrest of the owner of the 356kg cannabis, Ayomide Adewale, 29.
While commending the officers and men of the MMIA, DOGI, Kano, Adamawa and FCT Commands for the arrests and seizures, Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) charged them and their colleagues across the country to intensify the offensive action against all drug cartels in every part of Nigeria.
Femi Babafemi Director, Media & Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja Sunday 27th February 2022
Sen. Jarigbe Agom’s Convoy Attacked As INEC Declares APC’s Jude Ngaji Winner Of Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency Bye-election
Senator representing Cross River North, Jarigbe Agom’s convoy was attacked in Igoli, Ogoja Cross River State by government thugs.
Armed security men have also stormed various wards in Yala 2 and they’ve destroyed election results.
A source at the scene of the incident alleged that the attack was aimed at replacing the election results with Fake ones.
The attack came after the senator raised alarm that election materials were being hijacked by political thugs.
He had said in a statement:
“My attention has been drawn to the imbecility displayed by some State Actors in the on-going Ogoja/ Yala Federal Constituency By- Election. I appeal to all members/ supporters of PDP to remain calm, as we call on the Heads of the various Security Agencies to intervene, because the DPO of Beteriku in Boki LGA, Supol Inyang is leading the Squad that is hijacking materials and firing live ammunitions in the Mbube area of Ogoja LGA.
Materials for Polling Unit 008 in Mbube West, Ward 1, have been carted away by the team, headed by Supol Inyang, as directed by some APC political weaklings.
We need an immediate intervention by the Security Heads, please. We do not want bloodshed.”
Meanwhile, the candidate of the All Progressives Congress, (APC) in Cross River State, Jude Ogbeche Ngaji has emerged winner of the Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency bye election.
The APC candidate who emerged in a fierce contest pulled 22,778 votes to defeat his closest opponent, Mike Usibe of the PDP who came second with 20,590 votes.
At the state level, the candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Ekeng Effiom Edet emerged winner at the Akpabuyo state Constituency bye election. Ekeng scored a total of 5,866 votes to defeat the candidate of the APC.
The Ogoja/Yala Federal Constituency seat was declared vacant by the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, following the resignation of its former occupant, Jarigbe Agom who also won a bye-election at the upper chambers of the national assembly.
A major drug kingpin operating the notorious Patey Lagos Island drug haven, in Lagos state, Mrs. Sherifat Kehinde Lawal has been arrested along with six other suspects by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, who also recovered 5,862 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs including Loud and Codeine in a raid on Saturday 26th February 2022.
Following credible intelligence and follow up surveillance on illicit drug dealing in Osho, Gambari, and Beecroft Streets, Patey Area of Lagos Island, anti-narcotic officers stormed the Gambari street base of the drug kingpin where they arrested her and six of her accomplices at 9:30am Saturday 26th Feb. Other members of the cartel operating in the axis however mobilised hoodlums who attacked the operatives with stones, bottles and guns in a bid to prevent the officers from arresting other kingpins marked for arrest as well as taking the suspects already nabbed and drug exhibits away.
The operatives were able to tactically defend themselves, took the suspects and exhibits away. Other suspects in custody with Mrs. Lawal include: Ahmed Yisau; Solomon Alape; Olayemi Akinola; Salami Qudus; Bakare Rafiu; Rose Samson; Yusuf Rofiat, and Chukwudi Egon.
In his reaction to the development, Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) commended the officers and men of the Lagos Command of the Agency for the successful operation. He warned those being used by drug cartels to obstruct or attack anti-narcotic officers in the course of doing their work to desist or face dire consequences.
Femi Babafemi Director, Media & Advocacy NDLEA Headquarters, Abuja Saturday 26th February 2022
Police tactical teams and vigilante members neutralize scores of bandits today, February 25 in Niger state.
The spokesperson of the command, DSP Wasiu A. Abiodun stated that the operation was necessary after information was received that armed bandits/terrorists attacked Sahon-Rami village, Mashegu LGA and killed three persons.
He added:
“However, Police tactical teams and vigilante members were immediately mobilized to the area, and while the bandits were on their way trying to escape, they were engaged in a fierce gun battle by the tactical teams.
Consequently, scores of the bandits were neutralised and others escaped with gunshot injuries into the forest, while two among the bandits corpses were left behind due to the firing power of the tactical teams and were subsequently recovered.
However, the Commissioner of Police, Niger State Command CP Monday Bala Kuryas, fsi commended the galantry performance of the tactical teams and vigilante members. He also urged them to sustain the tempo as the Command will not rest on it’s oars until the State is rid of banditry and other criminality in our various communities.
He further calls on members of the public to continue to support and cooperate with the Police and other security agencies by giving accurate and useful intelligence on the activities of these hoodlums towards eradicating banditry activities in the State.”
A man identified as Wisdom Joseph allegedly strangled his wife identified as Evelyn Alifiya to death in Abuja, Nigeria’s capital city.
A source who narrated the incident stated that after some month into Marriage wisdom moved into his wife’s apartment in lugbe, citing jobless as the reason.
Evelyn who is from Kogi state took responsibility for Wisdom’s upkeep, Feeding, clothing and shelter.
However, Wisdom who is from Abia state will constantly beat Evelyn and would threaten to take her life.
According to reports, Evelyn told his family member about it and they intend to move her out of the house. On Saturday evening she found out that wisdom had a gun in his bag.
It was gathered that Evelyn tried to report the incident to her sister so they could both go to the police station and report but unluckily for her wisdom noticed that Evelyn had seen his Gun.
Wisdom strangled Evelyn to death with his hands, covered her body with blanket and called Evelyn’s father to come and pick up his daughter’s corpse.
The sister of the deceased rushed to the house with some officers of the Nigerian police, they broke down the door and found Evelyn’s dead body.
Salemgists gathered that the murderer is currently on the run.
Troops of 82 Division Nigerian Army on Wednesday 23 February 2022 conducted Operations to clear criminal havens, from where members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed wing, Eastern Security Network (ESN) operate at Azia, Orsumoghu, Lilu Forest, Mbosi and Uli in Ihiala and Orsu Local Government Areas of Anambra and Imo States respectively.
During the clearance operations, troops overpowered and routed the dissidents, who staged an ambush against the gallant troops. The troops then proceeded to clear Lilu Forest, where they were met with resistance from the outlawed group. The criminals were again over ran by the troops who effectively cleared Lilu Forest and the adjoining areas earlier occupied by the dissidents. During the clearance operations, the troops uncovered decomposing remains of kidnapped and murdered victims dumped in a deep well by members of the irredentist groups.
While conducting the operations, the unrelenting troops encountered and cleared four ambush sites along roads Orsumoghu-Mbosi - Ihiala-Uli, dislodging the irredentists from their criminal havens.
The gallant troops neutralized one of the criminals, arrested three suspects and recovered one Pump Action Shotgun, two live Cartridges, two mobile phones, One black coloured Toyota Hilux vehicle, a polythene bag containing substances suspected to be Cannabis and the sum of #1, 920.
In a separate operation conducted today 24 February 2022, troops of 82 Division Nigerian Army in collaboration with the Nigerian Police have bursted an IPOB/ESN syndicate that disrupted the just concluded Local Government Council elections at some polling stations in Nkanu West of Enugu State.
During the intelligence driven operation, carried out around Centenary Estate Obeagu Uno, troops uncovered 7 AK 47 rifles, 2 Pump Action rifles, 10 rifle Magazines, 8 live cartridges, 74 live rounds of 7.62mm Special ammunition, one hand grenade, a tipper truck containing 3 corpses among other items. The items have been handed over to Enugu State Police Command for further action.
The Nigerian Army reassures residents of South East Nigeria of our commitment to restoring lasting peace in the region.
ONYEMA NWACHUKWU Brigadier General Director Army Public Relations 24 February 2022
No fewer than five persons were killed by unknown gunmen during the Enugu state Local government polls.
It was gathered that the armed hoodlums after attacking voters also set ablaze some vehicles that were packed at the scene of the incident.
In a video sighted by salemgists,a voice was heard warning people to stay at home, citing violence as the reason.
An eyewitness at the scene identified as Frank Nnaji said:
"I am lucky to be alive, they came where we are doing Chairmanship election and shouted no election and started shooting, many casualties, I was nearly hit. RIP to the dead."
Officials of the Nigeria Customs were spotted in a video harassing a lawyer who was on legitimate assignment to their offices.
It was gathered by Salemgists that the legal practitioner was at their office to make enquiries on behalf of a client when the official s bounced on him.
Sources said the lawyer visited the Apapa office of the agency over the “unlawful” seizure of his client’s car when the senior customs official ordered that he be detained after he (lawyer) pointed out the illegality of the seizure.
The video showed how the customs official manhandled the lawyer in the presence of senior officers.
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA in a major operation that lasted seven days, have destroyed a total of 255 hectares of cannabis farms spread across five local government areas of Ondo state.
In addition, 13 suspects were arrested and 250 kilograms of cannabis seeds as well as 63.85kg cannabis weeds were recovered during the operation deep inside five major forests: Omolowo/Powerline forest; Ipele forest; Ala forest; Ogbese forest; Utte and Okuluse forest that spread across five local council areas of the state.
The exercise codenamed ‘Operation Abub’, which began at Ogbese forest on Tuesday 15th February lasted till Monday 21st Feb, 2022. At the Ogbese forest, a suspect, Olatunde Olaoluwa was arrested in his cannabis farm measuring 10 hectares, which was destroyed and burnt along with other cannabis farms spread across the Ogbese riverbank.
The following day, 16th of Feb, the Agency’s Strike Force operatives in their numbers stormed Ipele forest where they arrested Amos Mark; Luke Job; Monday Momoh, and Otunuya Waya while 19 hectares of irrigated cannabis plantations were destroyed. One of the suspects, who escaped during the farm destruction, was later arrested in his house.
The Omolowo community in Ogbese area was next on Wednesday 17th Feb when one Mary Udonije was arrested inside a 10-hectare farm with 16.5kg of cannabis seeds and 4.5 kg of processed cannabis. Also recovered in the farm was an irrigation pumping machine with over 700 metres hose for watering the illicit weed.
Not less than 154kg of cannabis seeds was also seized at Ala forest, Akure North Local Government Area with over 30 hectares of irrigation cannabis farms destroyed and burnt. A suspect, John Mike who claimed to be a labourer was also apprehended with 2.5kg of cannabis seeds.
On day four of the operation, 54 hectares of cannabis farm was destroyed at Utte and Okuluse forest, Ose Local Government Area of the state. Also recovered in the farm was 95kg of cannabis seeds, 2.5kg of processed cannabis sativa and a pumping machine with long hose
On the fifth day, one Anthony Agbe, 58, was arrested with 43kg of fresh cannabis inside a farm that was earlier destroyed at Ogbese. He claimed he was contracted by one Henry Daniel, (a.k.a Calender) who is at large to help gather the destroyed cannabis weeds. On the same day, one Ahmadu Abubakar was arrested with three Dane guns in a hut within a farm where over three hectares were destroyed at Akure North Local Government Area of the state.
On the last day of the operation, Monday 21st Feb, over 50 clusters of cannabis farm spread across 47 hectares were destroyed and 2kg of cannabis seeds seized, while a suspect, Olorunlogo Lekan was apprehended inside a large cannabis farm measuring 10 hectares at Ala forest before it was destroyed and burnt by Strike Force officers drawn across Edo, Oyo, Osun, Ekiti and Ondo states Commands of the anti-narcotic agency. At least, 72 hectares of other cannabis farms in small clusters close to the identified ones in the five forests were also destroyed in the course of the operation.
Chairman/Chief Executive of NDLEA, Brig. Gen. Mohamed Buba Marwa (Retd) commended the officers and men of the Strike Force corps of the Agency for their sacrifices and commitment to the directive by President Muhammadu Buhari that all such cultivation and plantations in the forests must be located and destroyed.
He charged them to look out for more of such farms in any part of the country for similar response.
We in Benue are not bothered again because Ortom assured us that with the Anti-grazing law, the issue of herdsmen will be addressed but it's more severe.... It seems it was all political
I strongly believe the children with them won't be anything better.
How sure they have repented completely?. We are moving in circles with this issue of terrorism in Nigeria, we need to start eliminating those who voluntarily kill others on economic or religious grounds
Chairman/CEO of Ofoma Associates Ltd, Chief ESV Gabriel Ofoma has been reportedly gunned down in Nnewi.
The deceased who is based in Port Harcourt was killed this morning by unknown gunmen on his way back to Portharcourt from his home town Nnewi.
He was murdered on the Ukpor- Lilu- Orsumoghu- Azia- Mbosi Road after his driver made a detour from the Onitsha-Owerri Highway en route to Port Harcourt, due to the traffic jam on the highway.
A source at the scene of the crime stated that he was killed probably because he was riding in an SUV and looked like a “big man.”
He said:
“Many people have been murdered on that Ukpor- Lilu- Orsumoghu- Azia- Mbosi Road by these people who kill anybody that is in a big car and looks like a big man. It has become a crime to ride a big car in the Southeast, except you have a battalion of security operatives guarding you. During the Christmas/New Year mass return, the killers seemed to have gone on holiday and resumed afterwards.”
ASSENT TO ELECTORAL BILL: NO NEED FOR SABER RATTLING
Some interest groups are cashing in on what they consider a delay in the signing of the Electoral Bill into law by the President to foment civil disorder and muddy the waters.
One can just pity their ignorance of Constitutional requirements, as the President has a window of 30 days within which to sign the Bill, or decline assent, after it had been transmitted to him by the National Assembly.
It is on record that the amended Bill was sent to the Presidency on January 31, 2022, which means that the Executive could do due diligence on it till March 1, as prescribed by the Constitution.
A proposed legislation that has to do with the electoral fortunes of the country needs to be thoroughly scrutinized, and be made as near-perfect as possible.
Those playing cheap politics with it are, therefore, encouraged to hold their peace, knowing that the right thing will be done within the lawful time.
BREAKING: Based on intelligence report, today troops of 144 Battalion Madagali-Adamawa State in conjunction with Civilian JTF laid an ambush on withdrawing ISWAP/BHT after a superiority clash between the terror groups. Scores of terrorists were neutralized at Mandara mountains.
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