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Mob set Anambra police station ablaze over cyclist’s death

A police station in the Aguata Local Government Area of Anambra State has been set ablaze by a mob after policemen reportedly killed a motorcyclist.
After burning the Igboukwu police station, some irate youths, reportedly took to major streets, made bonfires and barricaded the ever-busy Nnobi/Igboukwu/Ekwulobia Road to protest the murder.
The deceased was said to have been stopped by some policemen in the area who challenged for riding motorcycle in the night.
He was said to have resisted an attempt by the police to impound his motorbike, insisting that it was not yet 9pm.
A resident said, “The deceased said it was just past 8pm, and his response did not please the policemen who attempted to confiscate his bike while he resisted.
“Passers-by intervened and this caused an argument, resulting in the shooting of the deceased.
“The news spread like wild fire and in the early morning of the next day (Wednesday), our youths mobilised to the police station and burnt it.”
Police spokesperson Haruna Mohammed confirmed the incident, adding that the Commissioner of Police John Abang had ordered the arrest of the killer cops.
He said, “About 10.30pm on Tuesday, there was an altercation between police operatives and motorcycle riders over some impounded motorcycles following the 9pm restriction of their movement.
“The situation degenerated into a chaos which led to an accidental discharge that hit one motorcyclist. The Igboukwu police station was burnt by irate youths in retaliation.
“Commissioner of Police John Abang is saddened by the incident and has ordered that the policemen involved be detained and the matter investigated.”
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Bandits block road, abduct 13 travellers in Katsina

Bandits block road, abduct 13 travellers in Katsina
Armed bandits unleashed terror along the Ni’asu-Dantankari road in Katsina State on Thursday night, abducting 13 travellers after ambushing vehicles and opening fire indiscriminately.
The incident, confirmed by banditry crisis analyst Bakatsine via his verified X handle on Friday, has heightened concerns over the escalating security crisis in the region.
“Alert: Last night, bandits blocked the Ni’asu-Dantankari road, opened fire on vehicles, and abducted 13 people,” Bakatsine posted. “However, a joint team of the Nigerian Army, Civilian Joint Task Force (CWC), and local vigilante groups pursued the attackers, engaging them in a fierce gun battle and successfully rescuing 10 of the victims.”
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The remaining three abductees are still unaccounted for, as efforts continue to locate and secure their release.
Bakatsine also raised concerns that the recent peace deal brokered between bandits and the Kaduna State government might be fueling increased attacks in neighbouring Katsina State.
“Sincerely speaking, the peace deal in Kaduna State has led to an increase in attacks in Katsina South Senatorial District, which shares a border with Kaduna State,” he noted.
As of the time of filing this report, security agencies have yet to issue an official statement regarding the attack.
Katsina State has seen a worrying surge in bandit-related violence in recent weeks. On the same day as the highway attack, the former Director-General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), Brig. Gen. Maharazu Tsiga (retd.), was abducted in an attack in his hometown of Tsiga village, Bakori Local Government Area.
Bandits block road, abduct 13 travellers in Katsina
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Polytechnic student arrested for reportedly kiling friend with axe

Polytechnic student arrested for reportedly kiling friend with axe
A National Diploma (ND2) student of the Federal Polytechnic, Nasarawa, has been arrested for the gruesome murder of his friend during a violent altercation.
The suspect, identified as John Gambo, a student of the Banking and Finance Department, allegedly hacked his friend, Ibrahim Matthew, a part-time ND2 Computer Science student, to death with an axe and a knife.
According to a statement released on Friday by the Nasarawa State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Rahman Nansel, the incident occurred in the early hours of February 6, 2025, at Shagari Road, Nasarawa town.
It reads : “On the 6th of February, 2025, at about 0200hrs, a report was lodged at Nasarawa Division by one Mercy Bassey, a female resident at the address behind ECWA Peace College, Shagari Road, Nasarawa, regarding a violent altercation between two individuals. The incident occurred between one of her tenants and his friend at their lodge.
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Upon receiving the report, the commissioner of police, CP Shetima Jauro Mohammed immediately sent a team of detectives who promptly responded to the scene. The detectives found one Ibrahim Matthew, a part-time ND2 Computer Science student of the Federal Polytechnic Nasarawa (FPN), lying in a pool of his own blood. Ibrahim had suffered fatal injuries. He was immediately rushed to General Hospital Nasarawa, where he was confirmed dead. The body was subsequently deposited in the morgue for post mortem examination.
Following a swift investigation, the suspect, one John Gambo, a male ND2 student in the Banking and Finance Department of the same institution, was apprehended.
The suspect confessed to violently attacking/hacking the deceased with both an axe and a knife, leading to Ibrahim Matthew’s tragic death. Both the axe and the knife were recovered from the suspect.
The Commissioner of Police has ordered the case to be transferred to the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for comprehensive investigation and subsequent prosecution.”
Polytechnic student arrested for reportedly kiling friend with axe
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Updated: Blackout hits Oyo, Kwara as IBEDC workers begin indefinite strike, mgr says it’s picketing

Updated: Blackout hits Oyo, Kwara as IBEDC workers begin indefinite strike, mgr says it’s picketing
Some parts of Oyo and Kwara states including Ibadan and Ilorin metropolis have been thrown into total darkness as workers of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company (IBEDC) on Thursday commenced an indefinite strike.
Many residents of Ilorin and Ibadan told Newstrends on Friday that they had not enjoyed power supply before the strike action declared on Thursday.
The electricity workers in Ibadan staged a protest against the sacking of 17 colleagues and the casualisation of workers without formal employment.
The protesters occupied the IBEDC office in the Ring Road area of Ibadan.
In Ilorin, the gates leading to the two business offices of the IBEDC at Challenge area, along Murtala Mohammed Way, and Ojatuntun- Baboko area, Ilorin, were locked by the protesting workers who said they were embarking on the indefinite strike over poor welfare service.
The development came after epileptic power supply to Ilorin had forced the President of Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union (IEDPU),Alh AbdulMumini AbdulMalik, to write a protest letter to the management of IBEDC.
AbdulMalik, in a letter dated February 5, 2025 and addressed to the managing director of IBEDC, expressed the dissatisfaction of the people of Ilorin Emirate to the persistent poor power supply to Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, since last year.
Some placards placed on the gates of the company have inscriptions such as ‘IBEDC should prioritise staff welfarism, ‘IBEDC, no more half salary’, ‘IBEDC, pay our PFA, union and cooperative deductions now’, ‘Do you expect 100% performance without materials and tools?’
The secretary of the state branch of National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE), Comrade Ayodele Peters, who confirmed the IBEDC workers’ strike, said that they were being treated as slaves as they were being paid half salary by the management.
“All deductions made by the company such as pension funds, union fees and cooperative contributions were not remitted by the company to the appropriate bodies.
“So, that made it difficult for our pensioners to access their money from the pension managers while our members could not get loans from the cooperative society because the management of IBEDC did not credit the account of these bodies after deduction from the workers salaries,” he said.
Peters added, “The management laid off some workers of the company on Monday while rumour was rife that more workers would get their letters of sack today (Thursday or tomorrow (Friday).
“All these laid off workers would not have access to what the management had deducted from their salaries when they were in service because they have not credited the pension managers.”
But the IBEDC management refuted claims of any ongoing strike, attributing the recent disruption in power distribution to a picketing action by the National Union of Electricity Employees (NUEE) over staff termination.
A statement signed by IBEDC’s Head of Branding and Corporate Communication, Angela Olanrewaju, said some staff members were sacked for poor performance in line with the company’s conditions of service, noting that proper procedures were followed in the termination.
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