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JUST IN: Bandits Attack Three Bauchi Villages, Kill Many Villagers, professional Hunters

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An unconfirmed number of people have been killed in an ambush attack by bandits on a combined team of professional hunters from Duguri and Gwana District in Alkaleri Local Government Area of Bauchi State.

The bandits also killed many residents who fled from their villages following the attack which occurred on Sunday 4th May 2025, at about 5.40am.

The hunters were on a routine patrol along Duguri, Mansur, and the Dajin Madam forest bordering Bauchi and Plateau States when the armed bandits attacked them.

Details on the exact number of the hunters and residents killed are still sketchy but residents say nine people were killed, while some say that the number could be as high as 15.

The Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Police Command, Ahmed Wakil, who confirmed the incident in a statement to journalists on Monday did not give the exact number of casualties but said that many people were killed both on the side of the bandits and that of the hunters.

He said those killed also included civilian residents from Sabuwar Sara village, who were mercilessly shot by the bandits while attempting to flee from the attack.

Wakil also said the Commissioner of Police Bauchi State, CP Sani-Omolori Aliyu, has deployed tactical teams to Mansur village in Alkaleri LGA of Bauchi following a visit to relevant stakeholders where he strongly condemned the recent killings, expressing deep sorrow over the tragic loss of lives.

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JUST IN: Kidnapped Bayelsa Judge, Umukoro, regains freedom

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After 13 days in captivity, Justice Ebiyerin Omukoro, a Bayelsa State High Court Judge, who was kidnapped by gunmen, has been released.

The judge was abducted on June 21, 2025, around 7pm by gunmen dressed in combat fatigue in front of a popular eatery at the Ekeki suburb of Yenagoa.

It was gathered that Justice Omukoro was released on Thursday evening and is still with security operatives.

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Eight Arrested in Lagos for Public Urination and Breach of Peace

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The Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps, LAGESC, also known as KAI, has arrested and arraigned eight persons over offences related to public urination and disturbance of public peace in the Yaba area of Lagos.

This was disclosed by the Corps Marshal of the agency, Major Olaniyi Olatunbosun Cole (rtd), during a media briefing held at the command headquarters in Bolade, Oshodi.

“As the premier enforcement Agency in the State with operatives situated across 21 Divisions in the State, we must not allow public indecency such as open urination and defecation to fester undeterred and this daily monitoring of Lagos environs lead to the arraignment and prosecution of 8 offenders in the same vein and we remain unshaken,” he stated.

Major Cole confirmed that the eight suspects were brought before Magistrate Oshikoya of the Special Offences (Mobile Court) in Oshodi, where they were charged with offences under Section 168(1)(d) of the Lagos State Criminal Law, 2015, which addresses breach of public peace, and Section 5(1) of the Lagos State Public Health Law, 2015, which prohibits open urination.

The Corps Marshal further explained that the court sentenced the offenders to one month in prison.

He emphasized that the ruling serves as a strong deterrent to others who may consider engaging in similar acts of public indecency.

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Salome Adaidu: Court Sentences her Killer to death by hanging

Salome, 24-year-old, was a serving corps member recently murdered by the 31-year-old convict when she visited him at his residence…

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Gospel singer Oluwatimileyin Ajayi, the killer of Salome Adaidu, has been sentenced to death by hanging.

Salome, 24-year-old, was a serving corps member recently murdered by the 31-year-old convict when she visited him at his residence in Papaladna village of Karshi Development Area, under the Karu Local Government Area of the state.

A Nasarawa State High Court sitting in Lafia,delivered the judgement, the previous day.

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In the judgment, trial judge, Justice Simon Aboki said that the prosecuting counsel proved their case beyond a reasonable doubt that the convict killed the victim at his residence.

The judge held that the defendant claimed that he became unconscious after having a good time with his girlfriend, and was unconscious when he wrote his confessional statement, which does not hold water.

The court found Ajayi guilty of the offence after several months of trial.

Justice Aboki stated that Ajayi was convicted under Section 221 of the Penal Code of Northern Nigeria, which prescribes the death penalty for persons guilty of such an offence.

“The law is clear on this, and the punishment is death.

Therefore, the accused is hereby sentenced to death by hanging,” Justice Aboki ruled.

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