Ekiti State Police Command has arrested one Kunle Ogunnusi, a resident of Oke-Ila, Ado-Ekiti, who allegedly inflicted injuries on his 4-year-old son, while “correcting” him.

This is contained in a statement by the police spokesman in the state, Mr Sunday Abutu, indicating that the suspect was arrested following a tip-off by residents of his Oke-Ila community.

“During interrogation, the suspect confessed to committing the crime, claiming that he was provoked by his son.

“Further investigation revealed that the suspect has formed the habit of abusing the child.

“He beats the boy with dangerous objects and inflicts injuries on him at the slightest provocation,” he said.

The statement quoted the Commissioner of Police, Mr Akinwale Adeniran, as saying that the suspect would be arraigned accordingly.

The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested two suspects for allegedly burying a man alive in Zaria.

The Command’s spokesperson, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the development in a statement issued on Thursday in Kaduna.

Hassan said that the detention of the two suspects in Zaria for alleged complicity was sequel to a viral video showing a person buried with only his head left out.

He said that immediately the police got wind of the video, efforts were made to locate the 20-year-old victim, from Gauraki village in Kufena Ward, Zaria council area, and possibly detain the culprits which eventually yielded result.

The spokesperson further stated that preliminary investigation revealed that the victim and the two suspects were working as labourers in a construction site in Abuja.

He said that the cell phone of one of the suspects, valued at N35,000, was stolen where they were all lodged.

Hassan said that the victim was suspected to have stolen the handset, thus making the two suspects to resolve that the victim’s daily wages would be used to buy another phone as replacement.

He said that the victim, piqued by the suspects’ decision, left Abuja and to Zaria, where he was eventually trailed to by the suspects who are siblings.

“On Aug. 10, the suspects located their victim and forcefully took him to an uncompleted building and dug the ground akin to a grave.

“They bound his hands and feet, covered his mouth with a piece of clothing, placed him inside the hole and returned the earth, leaving only his head outside

“They left their victim in the said condition until a passerby heard his groans and alerted the public before he was rescued,” he said.

Hassan said that the suspects, who were later arrested, admitted to committing the act during interrogation

He said that the Commissioner of Police, Audu Ali, warned the general public against taking law into their hands.

The spokesperson said that the case would be carefully investigated and that the outcome would be handled professionally

The Apapa Port Command of the Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted 12 containers laden with Tramadol, expired drugs and 27, 540 pieces of cutlasses and machetes with a duty-paid value of N1.8 billion.

Comptroller-General of Customs Bashir Adeniyi made this known while unveiling the contraband in Lagos on Thursday.

He pointed out that the expired pharmaceutical products were imported without undergoing the necessary regulatory requirements.

He further said that some of the drugs did not obtain National Agency for Food Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC, numbers.

“We also have containers that were seized due to false declarations, ostensibly to evade duty payments, which amount to smuggling.

“In total, 12 containers have been seized with a duty-paid value worth N1.8 billion.

“These importations are in flagrant violation of Section 233 of the Nigeria Customs Service Act (NCSA) 2023,” he said.

Adeniyi said that another 20-foot container with expired pharmaceutical products was found to contain cartons of Royal Tramadol 225mg concealed with expired cartons of analgesics, antiseptics, and anti-inflammatory tablets without a NAFDAC number.

According to the customs boss, the 20-foot container was also found to contain rolls of Tramadol 225mg concealed with expired cartons of Zokomol and Diclofenac, pharmaceutical products without a NAFDAC registration number.

American actor and rapper, Jaden Smith has been accused of cheating on his girlfriend Sab Zada after he and another woman were photographed together on a yacht being intimate.

The Hollywood star Will Smith’s son was captured kissing and holding the waist of Instagram model Khleopatre in Ibiza despite not publicly ending his three-year-old relationship with Zada.

Jaden’s public display of affection with another woman comes as a surprise to many, as he was last seen with Zada just a week prior during a night out at The Nice Guy in West Hollywood, according to TMZ.

The photos have divided fans online, with some accusing him of “cheating” on his girlfriend Sab Zada while others claimed he is now dating Khleopatre.

However, Jaden is yet to publicly comment on the status of his relationships with Zada and Khleopatre.

The Bauchi State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), has confirmed four persons dead in recent flood disaster in the state.

The flood also destroyed houses, submerged farmlands and washed away some sections of the Kano-Maiduguri expressway.

Mr Masud Aliyu, the Director-General of the agency, confirmed this on Wednesday in Bauchi.

He said the flood affected Shira, Giade and Katagum Local Government Areas of the state, following torrential rains in the past days.

“The flood left thousands homeless, submerged farmlands and cut-off roads,

“The affected roads Include Giade-Isawa, and Kano-Maiduguri expressway,” he said.

Aliyu said the state government had mobilised contractors to repair the failed sections of the roads, to provide an alternative route for road users.

He, therefore, urged the people to heed to the warnings by the Nigeria Meteorological Agency (NIMET) about impending flood disaster.

The Ogun State Government, on Thursday, released the list of members of non-statutory boards recently appointed by Governor Dapo Abiodun to run the various boards in the state.

This indication was given in a statement by the Special Adviser, Media and Strategy to the governor, Hon. Kayode Akinmade.

The appointments, the statement said, are the first in the series of appointments that will soon be announced by the state government.

The appointments cover the Ogun Waste Management Authority (OGWAMA), Ogun State Agricultural and Multipurpose Credit Agency (OSAMCA), Plantgate Limited and the Ogun State Alternative Medicine Board (OGAMB).

The membership of OGWAMA, which has Hon. Ajibola Kaka as chairman, includes Prince Salako Olalekan, Mr. Iroko Ganiu, Hon. Adefisan Kazeem, Aare Fagade Ajibola, Otemolu Sheu Olakunle, Hon. M.A.O. Akovoyon, Hon. Olubode Mankole, Mr. Olukoya Bankole Adelaja and Mr. Kadejo Akeem Adekunle.

The statement also listed the members of the new OSAMCA board to include Sodeinde Kunle (chairman), Olaonipekun Tajudeen A., Akinoso Olusesi Olayinka, Kuye Rasaq Abiodun, Odeyemi Rafiu, Alh. Agoro Akinlagun, Adeogun Wasiu, Mr. Kazeem Adeyanju, Mrs. Bello Iyabo, Barr. Risikat Sanusi, Elder S.M.A. Akinyemi and Oyewole Akeem A.

For Plantgate Limited, the members are Engr. Mukaila Olugbuyi Bello (chairman), Hon. Nuberu Adesanya Olufemi and Adeleye Jimo Pelumi.

For OGAMB, however, the members include Nurudeen Olaleye Alawoerin (chairman), Chief Mrs Tuke Omotara, HRH Agasagan Awusinu, Chief Kokumo Abiodun Edubona, Alhaja Iyabo Sonubi (Agbebi) Aroyeun Shuaib Ajisope (Onisegun), Prof. Cyril Gbolagade Omisande, Haruna Ishola Elegbede, Alhaji Tunde Abioye, and the representatives of the ministries of Culture And Tourism, Agriculture, Forestry, Local Govt And Chieftaincy Affairs and Ministry of Health.

The statement enjoined the appointees to put in their best in the respective agencies, justify the confidence reposed in them by the Ogun State Government, and give the various agencies a massive turnaround.

Nigeria Under 18 Women handball team on Wednesday lost their first match against Croatia 11-31 at the ongoing 2024 International Handball Federation Championship in Chuzhou, China.

The Nigerian girls, who could not match up their opponent, trailed their Croatian counterparts by 16:6 at the break.

It was Croatian Lucija Renić who led the onslaught putting nine goals past Nigeria in the group B encounter.

The Nigerian girls who had more shots against Croatia could not score more than five goals.

The Croatians showed that they were a better side all through, with a 66 per cent productivity rate against the 42 per cent of the Nigerian side.

Nigeria had a total of 52 shots as against Croatia`s 47 shots.

Nigeria will meet Montenegro on Thursday in their second match.

Nigeria is grouped in group B alongside Croatia, Montenegro and Angola.

Nigeria will also face Angola in their last group match on Saturday.

The 2024 IHF Women’s Under 18 Handball World Championship is the 10th edition of the IHF Women’s Youth World Championship.

The championship which started on August 14 is expected to end on August 25 in Chuzhou, China.

The Kano State Police Command has arrested two suspects involved in the theft of the Bachirawa Police Station sign post in the Ungogo Local Government Area of the state.

The spokesperson for the state police command, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, disclosed this on Facebook on Wednesday, adding that the suspects were arrested with the help of residents in the area.

His message written in Hausa, translated to English, read, “The person who stole Bachirawa Police Station (sign post) and the person who collected it are working hand-in-hand. Residents of the neighbourhood have brought up a new sign post.

“We are grateful to the people of Bachirawa.”

A farmer identified as Joshua Gbadamosi has been killed on his farm in Ifira-Akoko, Akoko South East Local Government Area of Ondo State.

The body of the teenage farmer, which was discovered on his farm in the agrarian community, created tension among the people as they accused some herders of committing the crime.

The gruesome killing of Ayeni came a few days after a farmer was also murdered in Uba Oka-Akoko, Akoko South West Local Government.

The deceased, who was from Odoro Quarters of the community, was said to have been killed at the Ogudu Farm Settlement by a suspected herdsman.

The deceased, who was from Odoro Quarters of the community, was said to have been killed at the Ogudu Farm Settlement by a suspected herdsman.

According to sources, the assailants brutally macheted the farmer and left his lifeless body on the farm, with his remains discovered when he did not return home.

One of the sources, however, said policemen from Isua Akoko visited the scene of the incident, recovered his body, and deposited it at the mortuary in Ipe-Akoko General Hospital.

While confirming the incident, the police image maker in the state, Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, said a young man, Farouk Adamu, has been arrested in connection with the incident.

Meanwhile, the Owa of Ogbagi-Akoko, Oba Victor Olasehinde, who also chaired the Akoko Divisional Council of Obas, decried the killings as “callous, wicked, and unacceptable.”

The Police Command in Katsina State on Wednesday said it has foiled a kidnapping attempt at Yan Shantuma village, in Danmusa Local Government Area and rescued seven victims.

The spokesman of the command, ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, disclosed this in a statement issued in Katsina on Wednesday.

He said, ”On Wednesday, at about 4:30 pm, a distress call was received at the Danmusa Divisional Police Headquarters that some suspected bandits attacked the village.
“The suspected bandits kidnapped three persons, rustled 23 goats, robbed the villagers of foodstuffs and some valuables.

“Upon receipt of the report, the police mobilised operatives in collaboration with the members of the Katsina State Community Watch Corps (KSCWC), and rushed to the scene.

“The team ambushed the assailants at Tashar Ice village while trying to escape with the victims, where a fierce fight ensued.

”This resulted in the assailants fleeing the scene with gunshot injuries as all the kidnapped victims were rescued unhurt and the stolen items recovered.

“Consequently, on Tuesday, at about 6:50 pm, information was received at Safana Divisional Police Headquarters.

”It was to the effect that a Volkswagen Golf II wagon, loaded with goods, was seen abandoned by the roadside at Gobirawa village along Gora-Runka road with its occupants suspected to have been kidnapped.”

Sadiq-Aliyu said that the DPO quickly mobilised a search and rescue team to the scene where the surrounding bushes were vigorously combed.

According to him, four occupants of the abandoned vehicle were successfully rescued following a fierce gun duel with the suspected kidnappers, and rushed to the hospital for medical attention.

“Efforts are being intensified with a view to arresting the fleeing bandits as the investigation proceeds,” he said.

Commending the efforts of the operatives, the Commissioner of Police in the state urged them to sustain the tempo.

He called on residents to keep providing the command and other security agencies with crucial and timely information on criminal activities.

The Ogun State Police Command has alerted members of the public of a notorious one-chance gang operating within Sagamu, Ijebu Ode to Mowe Expressway.

Omolola Odutola, the command’s spokesperson, in the late hours of Wednesday, made the announcement.

She said the command had received numerous complaints from residents, one of which involved a victim who was robbed of N700,000 at gunpoint after getting into a car from Kajola on Wednesday.

The spokesperson while warning traders and business owners not to risk traveling with huge cash, advised commuters to record and send a video to the police media if they are unsure about a boarded vehicle.

Odutola said, “The Ogun State Police Command has become inundated with complaints of a notorious gang operating within Sagamu, Ijebu Ode to Mowe.

“Commuters on that axis, make a video of your next trip and upload it to police media when in doubt of the vehicle.

“Please alert our traders, and business owners not to risk traveling with huge cash.

“Today, N700,000 was transferred from a victim, who joined from Kajola and at gun point they drove her into a street and made the transfer into a POS machine.

“Investigation is ongoing.”

The Premier League has confirmed there will be a significant change to the Video Assistant Referee, VAR, ahead of the 2024-25 season.

Since its introduction in the 2019-20 campaign, VAR has been involved in a couple of controversial incidents.

Ahead of the new season which begins this week, the Premier League has announced fresh steps as they attempt to address those issues.

On Tuesday, the Premier League launched a new account on X, which will provide “near-live” explanations of refereeing decisions.

“In the absence of live VAR audio being broadcast, as it is not permitted in football, the Premier League Match Centre will be able to relay on social media near-live information from the VAR Hub during a game,” the statement read in part.

His Eminence, John Cardinal Onaiyekan, the Emeritus Archbishop of the Catholic Archdiocese of Abuja, has said the EndBadGovernance protesters never wanted to end President Bola Tinubu’s administration but were against bad governance in the country.

Onaiyekan said the youths want to see Nigeria better managed than it is now.

He spoke at an event organised by the Christian Youth for Peace and Development Initiative in Abuja on Tuesday.

According to Onaiyekan: “The 10 days of #EndBadGovernance protests saw the young people coming out in large numbers. From my own opinion, they were not coming out to insult anybody.

“They didn’t say that they were ending Tinubu’s government. They simply said they want to end bad governance. Is there anything wrong with that? We all must be seen to be trying to end bad governance.

“But what has come up is that we all seem to agree that we can do better than what we are doing as far as governance and management of Nigeria is concerned.”

Stressing that he understands the impatience of the youths, the clergyman marvelled at the decision of the president asking them to be patient.

“I’m not sure whether he was very patient when he was 30 years old. He wasn’t patient.

“The young people cannot be patient, but they should not be patient. Because if they are patient, they will just sit down and do nothing,” he added.

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested and charged a suspect, Aliyu Saad, with stealing a streetlight pole in the New Artisan area of Enugu.

This was revealed in a statement signed by the Enugu State Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent of Police, Daniel Ndukwe, on X.com on Tuesday.

Saad was apprehended on August 8, 2024, at 4:30 am by operatives from the New Haven Division, following a tip-off about the criminal activity.

He was subsequently charged in the Enugu North Magistrates’ Court and remanded in the Correctional Custodial Centre, Enugu, pending further hearings.

The statement said: “One Aliyu Saad, male, arrested on 8 August 2024 at approximately 4:30 a.m. by operatives of the Enugu State Police Command serving in the New Haven Division, was today, 13 August 2024, charged in the Enugu North Magistrates’ Court and remanded in the Correctional Custodial Centre, Enugu, pending further hearings.

“The suspect was arrested for allegedly uprooting and stealing a streetlight pole at New Artisan, Enugu, following the operatives’ swift response to credible information about the criminal act.

“This operational achievement comes on the heels of the directives issued to police operatives of the Command by the Commissioner of Police, CP Kanayo Uzuegbu, psc (+), to clamp down on unrepentant criminal elements, including those intent on vandalising public infrastructure in Enugu State.

“The CP urges the operatives to maintain their efforts and encourages the citizens of the State to remain law-abiding, vigilant, and to promptly report criminals and their activities to the nearest police station.”

Japan’s unpopular Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is set to quit after announcing on Wednesday he will not seek re-election as party chief.

The ruling Liberal Democratic Party, which has governed almost uninterrupted since 1945, is due to hold a leadership contest next month, with the winner to become prime minister.

“In this (party) presidential election, it is necessary to show the people that the LDP is changing and the party is a new LDP,” Kishida told reporters in Tokyo.

“For this, transparent and open elections and free and vigorous debate are important. The most obvious first step to show that the LDP will change is for me to step aside,” he said.

Kishida, 67, in office since October 2021, has seen his and his party’s poll ratings slide sharply in response to rising prices hitting Japanese incomes and several scandals.

In November, Kishida announced a stimulus package worth 17 trillion yen (more than $100 billion at the time) as he tried to ease the pressure from inflation and rescue his premiership.

But this failed to make him any less unpopular, both among voters in the world’s fourth-largest economy and within his own party.

Along with inflation – for Japanese voters an unfamiliar and unwelcome phenomenon – growth has spluttered, shrinking 0.7 percent in the first quarter.

Despite some recovery in recent weeks, the yen has been one of the world’s worst-performing currencies, making life easier for exporters but pushing up import prices.

Kishida could in theory have governed until 2025, and there had been speculation he might call a snap election to shore up his position.

But NHK reported that growing voices inside the LDP believed it would fare badly in elections under Kishida. In April, the party lost three by-elections.

Kishida, who last year escaped a pipe-bomb attack unscathed, has also faced severe criticism over a major kickbacks scandal linked to fundraising parties.

Kishida decided to jump because he knew he would lose the leadership battle, said Koichi Nakano, political science professor at Sophia University.

Kishida has sided decisively with Ukraine since Russia’s invasion, welcoming President Volodymyr Zelensky to a G7 summit in Hiroshima and visiting Kyiv.

Under Kishida, Japan also pledged to double its defence spending to the NATO standard of two percent of GDP by 2027.

Encouraged by the United States as the two countries seek to confront an increasingly assertive China, this marked a major change for Japan from decades of strict pacifism.

US President Joe Biden hosted Kishida at the White House in April when the two countries announced a “new era” in cooperation.

Japan and the Philippines in July signed a defence pact allowing for the deployment of troops on each other’s territory.

On climate, Kishida promised at COP 28 in December that Japan would build no new coal power stations that were “unabated”, or lacked measures to reduce emissions.

Critics said that the necessary technologies, such as “co-firing” coal with ammonia or capturing and storing emissions, were unproven on a large scale.

Pineapple sweets dished out by a New Zealand charity have tested positive for potentially lethal amounts of methamphetamine, police said Wednesday, sparking an urgent race to remove them from the streets.

A child, a teenager and a charity worker have already been taken to hospital after they tasted the candies.

Although none are seriously ill, police have launched a criminal investigation and are now trying to track down up to 400 other people who may have received the sweets.

“We need to round these up as quickly as we can,” said Detective Inspector Glenn Baldwin, adding that 16 of the sweets had been found so far.

Police suggested the drugs might have been packaged under the “Rinda” brand by traffickers or dealers to evade detection.

They are then believed to have been donated to anti-poverty charity the Auckland City Mission, which inadvertently distributed them via a food bank.

“Drug importation is complex, and organised criminal groups use a range of measures and techniques to try and evade enforcement agencies, not only in New Zealand, but around the world,” Baldwin said.

A child and a teenager were taken to hospital after tasting the sweets and spitting them out. Both are okay, Baldwin added.

A charity worker was also treated for symptoms consistent with methamphetamine, but later discharged.

The New Zealand Drug Foundation said a test sample of an innocuous-looking piece of white candy in a bright yellow wrapper indicated it contained methamphetamine.

Foundation spokeswoman Sarah Helm said the tested sweet contained approximately three grams of meth – hundreds of times greater than the common dose taken by users.

“Swallowing that much methamphetamine is extremely dangerous and could result in death.”

Helm urged people who had received confectionaries from the Auckland charity not to consume them.

“We don’t know how widespread it is.”

Pineapple sweets dished out by a New Zealand charity have tested positive for potentially lethal amounts of methamphetamine, police said Wednesday, sparking an urgent race to remove them from the streets.

A child, a teenager and a charity worker have already been taken to hospital after they tasted the candies.

Although none are seriously ill, police have launched a criminal investigation and are now trying to track down up to 400 other people who may have received the sweets.

“We need to round these up as quickly as we can,” said Detective Inspector Glenn Baldwin, adding that 16 of the sweets had been found so far.

Police suggested the drugs might have been packaged under the “Rinda” brand by traffickers or dealers to evade detection.

They are then believed to have been donated to anti-poverty charity the Auckland City Mission, which inadvertently distributed them via a food bank.

“Drug importation is complex, and organised criminal groups use a range of measures and techniques to try and evade enforcement agencies, not only in New Zealand, but around the world,” Baldwin said.

A child and a teenager were taken to hospital after tasting the sweets and spitting them out. Both are okay, Baldwin added.

A charity worker was also treated for symptoms consistent with methamphetamine, but later discharged.

The New Zealand Drug Foundation said a test sample of an innocuous-looking piece of white candy in a bright yellow wrapper indicated it contained methamphetamine.

Foundation spokeswoman Sarah Helm said the tested sweet contained approximately three grams of meth – hundreds of times greater than the common dose taken by users.

“Swallowing that much methamphetamine is extremely dangerous and could result in death.”

Helm urged people who had received confectionaries from the Auckland charity not to consume them.

“We don’t know how widespread it is.”

A three-day burial plan for the designer of the Nigerian national flag, Pa Taiwo Akinkunmi, will commence on Wednesday, September 4 and end, on Friday, September 6, 2024, in Ibadan, the Oyo State capital.

A statement by his son, Akinwumi Akinkunmi, on behalf of the family, on Monday in Ibadan, requested that the nation flag be flown at half mast in honour of the deceased during the burial.

Akinkunmi appreciated the Federal Government for its concern, especially the condolence visit of a delegation led by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Idris Mohammed.

He said the family was still hoping to receive support as promised by the Federal Government.

The statement read, “We thank the Federal Government for sending the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Idris Mohammed, to pay condolence to the family when the incident happened.

“We are still hopeful of hearing from the government as regards its promises in respect of the burial plan.

“While the family is waiting for the government to fulfil its promises, it appreciates the roles played by members of the 7th Oyo State House of Assembly, the Chairman, Oyo State Advisory Council, Bolaji Ayorinde, and members of the council for standing by the family.”

The National Judicial Council is set to meet on Friday, August 16, to decide on the successor of the outgoing Chief Justice of Nigeria, Justice Olukayode Ariwoola.

Ariwoola is billed to bow out on August 22, when he will attain the mandatory retirement age of 70.

An impeccable source at the Supreme Court told our correspondent on Tuesday that the NJC had fixed a meeting for Friday to deliberate on who becomes the next CJN.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorised to speak to the press, noted that whatever name(s) was decided on at the NJC meeting would be forwarded to President Bola Tinubu for consideration.

The source said, “The NJC has fixed Friday to meet to take a decision on the name to be forwarded to the President on who the next CJN would be. No name has been sent to the President yet as the NJC has not even met.”

The Supreme Court currently has the full complement of 21 Justices.

In the long tradition of the apex court, the next most senior Justice will likely step in.

By their hierarchies, Justice Kudirat Kekere-Ekun is the most senior Justice on the apex court bench and is the likeliest successor.

Justice Ariwoola will exit his position as CJN on August 22, 2024, upon attaining the mandatory retirement age of 70.

The Supreme Court has fixed the same date for a valedictory session to honour him for his service to the country.

Justice Ariwoola, from Oyo State, became the CJN on October 12, 2022, succeeding Justice Tanko Mohammed from Bauchi State.

Going by Section 231 (4) of the 1999 Constitution, Justice Ariwoola’s exit will lead to the emergence of a new CJN. The most senior justice of the Supreme Court will succeed him.

This translates to the baton automatically going to Justice Kekere-Ekun, who is the next most senior Justice on the apex court bench.

Previously, a source at the Supreme Court had confirmed to The PUNCH that Justice Kekere-Edun’s emergence as the next CJN “is very certain”.

“This one is very certain. You know normally they will send three names but it is always the most senior and even the most senior is already warming up to take over,” the source said.

When confirmed as the next CJN, Justice Kekere-Ekun will become Nigeria’s second female CJN after Justice Aloma Mukhtar, who served between July 2012 and November 2014.

If confirmed as the next CJN, 66-year-old Justice Kekere-Ekun will steer the judiciary for four years till 2028 when she will clock the mandatory retirement age of 70.

A life bencher, Justice Kekere-Ekun started her career in private practice from 1985 to 1989 after which she was appointed as a Senior Magistrate Grade II, Lagos State Judiciary in December 1989.

She was appointed a judge of the High Court of Lagos State on July 19, 1996. She served as Chairman Robbery and Firearms Tribunal, Zone II, Ikeja, Lagos from November 1996 to May 1999.

She was elevated to the Court of Appeal on September 22, 2004, where she served in various divisions of the court and as presiding justice of two divisions of the court (Makurdi & Aku) in 2021 and 2022, respectively.

She was elevated to the Supreme Court of Nigeria as the fifth female Justice of the court and was sworn in on Monday, July 8, 2023.

The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old man, Abdullahi Alhassan, who connived with one Abdulazeez Adamu, kidnapped and k!lled his brother after collecting N15m ransom in Dawakin Kudi Local Government Area of the state.

The State Commissioner of Police, CP Salman Dogo Garba, who disclosed this when he briefed newsmen at the command headquarters in on Monday, August 12, 2024, said the incident came to light following the arrest of Abdulazeez Adamu, in connection with the abduction of another resident in Dawakin Kudi.

According to the CP, Abdullahi Alhassan’s brother, Aliyu Alhassan, was kidnapped in 2023 and the abductors demanded N60m ransom.

The abductors later collected N15m but didn’t release the victim.

During preliminary investigation, the principal suspect, Abdulazeez, confessed to have conspired with the first victim’s brother, Abdullahi Alhassan, to kidnap him for ransom.

Upon arrest, Abdullahi Alhassan confessed that they k!lled his brother and the second victim on the day they were kidnapped.

The Commissioner disclosed that the bodies of the victims have been recovered and deposited at Dawakin Kudu General Hospital.

“In continuation with the case of kidnapping incidents reported at the Command on 05/06/2024 by residents of Dawakin Kudu LGA, Kano, thus: (i) Sometimes in the year 2023, one Aliyu Alhassan, ‘m’, 48 years old, of Dawakin Kudu LGA, Kano State was kidnapped by unknown person(s) and a ransom of sixty-million naira (N60,000,000:00) was demanded,” the statement read.

“Instead of reporting the incident to the Police then, the relatives resorted to payment of ransom of fifteen million naira (N15,000,000:00), but the victim is yet to be released.

“On 01/06/2024, one Abba Abubakar, ‘m’, 30 years old of the same address was also kidnapped.

“The kidnappers after demanding a ransom claimed to have masterminded the kidnapping of the first victim and that they are both held hostage with them.

“On receipt of the reports, the Commissioner of Police, Kano State Command, CP Salman Dogo Garba raised a team of detectives from the Command’s Anti-kidnapping Squad and directed the rescue of the victims and arrest of the culprit(s).

“Consequently, sustained follow-up coupled with technical intelligence-led operations resulted in the arrest of the principal suspect; Abdulazeez Adamu, ‘m’, 35 years old of the same address as the victims at Dawakin Kudu LGA, Kano State

“On preliminary investigation, the suspect confessed to have conspired with the first victim’s brother, one Abdullahi Alhassan, ‘m’, 40 years old and kidnapped the two victims and collected the ransom.

“The said Abdullahi Alhassan was also arrested. The suspect further confessed that all the kidnapped victims were killed on the day they were kidnapped. The first victim was killed at the victim’s house while the second victim was k!lled at the suspect’s house and buried in a shallow grave.

“All the bodies (one of which already decayed) were evacuated and deposited at Dawakin Kudu General Hospital. The case will be charged to court upon completion of the investigation.”