₦airaland Forum

SmallmebigGod:
I am shocked too. Nairaland MODs are behaving like set of incompetent Nigeria rulers. How can you push a story to front page , no link to background o details of what led the boy to prison. They made it look like he was in prison for standing in front of Obi's convoy.

StUriah:
Instead of him visiting the boy in correctional center, he should just have arrange lawyers for him to handle his case.

If the boy hadn't committed any crime he wouldn't have been put in prison for unjustifiable reasons and human rights community will just keep quiet

Obi just like to chase clout

Beremx:
you go cry tire. No peace for Tinubu's e-rats.

immortalcrown:
No negative news about Nigeria surprises me.

Any update on Hamdiya Sidi’s case?

She was arrested after lamenting the insecurity and the negligence of the Sokoto State Governor.

While other states are progessing, our northern state governments are arresting anyone who dares to question their incompetence.#FreeHamdiyaSidi pic.twitter.com/tS5KmrhDPO

— Saadatu Madaki (@saadatumadaki) November 9, 2024

An 18-year-old Nigerian lady, Hamdiyya Sidi Shariff, has been sentenced to 12 strokes of the cane, two years imprisonment, or a fine of ₦50,000 for expressing concerns about insecurity in Sokoto State.

The incident, now trending on X (formerly Twitter), revealed that Shariff was arrested in November 2024 after sharing videos online lamenting the rising insecurity in her region.

She had recounted how bandits freely attacked communities, displacing residents and subjecting vulnerable women to sexual exploitation.

Before her release, authorities accused her of inciting the public and using abusive language against Governor Ahmed Aliyu in a TikTok video.

However, translated transcripts of her seven videos presented in court showed no attempt to incite violence or insult the governor.

Shariff was reportedly abducted by armed men while retrieving her phone, beaten, and thrown from a moving tricycle, leaving her seriously injured.

She was later detained and charged before both Sharia and Magistrates’ Courts.

Her case drew the attention of Amnesty International, which condemned the threats to both Shariff and her lawyer, Abba Hikima.

The organization described the intimidation and stalking they faced during trial as an abuse of power aimed at silencing dissent.

Amnesty urged authorities to focus on tackling insecurity in eastern Sokoto, where killings, kidnappings, and destruction of villages have become frequent, rather than punishing those who speak out.

At a hearing in February 2025, the Police Prosecutor submitted translated videos and a flash drive as evidence.

However, it was disclosed during cross-examination that her statement was taken without legal representation. Despite this, the court upheld her bail conditions until her sentencing.

Hillarie:
And who/what is this almighty God?

RichBoy247:
JAGABAN the father of modern Nigeria, your worthy son Olubunmi-Ojo is doing a great job

PresidObi:
Fake bishops
Fake NBS data
Fake Chicago certificate
Fake subsidy removal
Fake state of emergency
Fake soldier

Alexiiydon:
and may God punish you if obi caused untold hardship on the people of anambra when he was a governor

reiddecuti:
PDP.

zero8zero:
Slow and steady, those bunch of illiterates that does not understand basic economics are looking for magic after decades of rot. Also, remember that FG is giving free treatments for Obstetric and VVF throughout the states. God bless Nigeria, God bless President Tinubu.

According to a report by Daily Trust on March 26, the Rivers State Police Command has apprehended four individuals, including a traditional healer and a young girl, who are alleged to be connected to the ritualistic slaying of two 7-year-old siblings, Chizaram Onuche and Chidinma Onuche.

This tragic event occurred in the Ogbodo Pipeline area of Rukpokwu within the Obio-Akpor Local Government Area (LGA). SP Grace Iringe-Koko, the police spokesperson for the state, stated in a press release on Wednesday that, after receiving a report from the Special Area Division, the Anti-Kidnapping Unit acted quickly to apprehend the suspects.

The individuals taken into custody, as detailed by Koko, include Aniekan Sunday Uko, Luis John Uwelemele, Kingsley Opurum, and Friday Silas. Uko, 27, as per information from Linda Ojims, an attorney assisting in the police inquiry, is alleged to have enticed the children to a different location, drugged them, and subsequently murdered them, draining their blood in the process.

She said, “The children were coming back from church. So along the line, the suspect took them to an uncompleted building. He then induced the drink he gave to them. The children slept, he raped and murdered them.

“Law enforcement officials visited the scene of the crime and recovered additional exhibits. The following items were retrieved: a kitchen knife identified as the murder weapon, a bottle filled with the victims’ blood, scooped by the suspect, an empty can of Black Bullet, used to drug the victims before the act, and a spoon, used to collect the victims’ blood.”

According to the police spokesperson, during questioning, Uko admitted that he became embroiled in the ritual killing after visiting the native doctor, where he observed similar rituals being performed for others seeking wealth.

Enwhen:
See Wetin grandpa still dey type



70 years old man