Crime

The homicide occurred after a face-off at Makara Area of Gwoza Local Government Area (LGA).

The corporal opened fire on the deceased and his colleagues with an Anti-Gun Aircraft (AAG). The shooting also damaged some facilities at the Limankara Police Training Camp.

Tafida was among the MOPOL Special Forces Team deployed to Gwoza last August, on counter-insurgency operations and would have completed his six months anti-terrorism operation on February 8, 2020.

Rowland, a father of two young girls, had already planned to depart Borno this

The second wife of a former secretary to Ebonyi State Government, Mrs. Joy Mbam, on Friday, slumped in court while being arraigned for forgery and murder.

The accused was arraigned in a magistrate court sitting Abakaliki, capital of Ebonyi state, for allegedly forging the late husband’s will with intent to confiscate properties.

Recall that the former, SSG, Chief Fidelis Ovuoba Mbam died on 23rd April, 2018, and her second wife Joy was accused by children of her co-wife of causing the death of their father.

Joy was accused of forging documents by the second son of the co-wife, Mr. Morris

A district Head of Gayari town in Gummi Local Government Area of Zamfara State, Alhaji Hassan Mohammed kidnapped by notorious kidnappers in the district has regained his freedom.

The kidnappers, however, did not release his son , Yasir Mohammed , who was also kidnapped along with his father last Saturday .

One of the members of Mohammed ’s family, Farouq Gayari , told newsmen in Gusau, the state capital that the kidnappers were paid a ransom of N5 million as against the N40m they had earlier demanded for the release of the father and son.