Tag: kingpin
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Boko Haran kingpin, reportedly arrested by DSS in Ogun state
There is palpable fear among the residents of Abeokuta the Ogun state capital as the report filtered in that a man suspected to be a Boko Haram Kingpin has been arrested in the State. It was gathered that the suspected terrorist was arrested Saturday night by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) in…
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Massacre looms in Zamfara as bandit kingpin vows to kill 900
A bandit kingpin in Zamfara State, Nasanda has vowed to kill 900 people in exchange for the death of his wife, her aunt and uncle. In a trending audio message, the terrorist said he was giving the Zamfara State government 14 days to pay him N30 million to avert the impending doom.
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Bandits’ Kingpin surrenders self, three AK 47 rifles to Army in Katsina
A bandit kingpin, commonly known as’’ Sada’’, has willingly surrendered to troops at forwarding Operation Base at Dansadau and submitted three AK 47 rifles, one Sub Machine Gun, and two Magazines Army’s Acting Director, Media Operations Brigadier-General Bernard Onyeuko, told newsmen in a press release made available at Army Super Camp 4 in Faskari, Katsina…
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Land Grabbing: Alleged notorious kingpin fails fo meet bail conditions, remanded in prison
…as court declares sureties unverifiable The Lagos State Special Offences Court sitting in Oshodi has declared the sureties presented by a suspected land grabbing kingpin, Chief Kamorudeen Lamina, alias Sir K Oluwo as unverifiable and thus unable to stand for his bail. The State Government, through the Special Task Force on Land Grabbers set up…
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Revealed: ‘America’ behind abduction of Lagos students
Soldiers attached to Operation Delta Safe, a joint task force saddled with ridding Ikorodu and environs of the militants terrorising the area, tracked down and killed one of their most prominent leaders, a militant leader called Ossy Ibori (aka OC) in Ajakpa, Ondo State. In the operation in which a soldier was killed, Ibori and…
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Police nab notorious kidnap kingpin in Enugu
The Police in Enugu have arrested a notorious kidnap kingpin, Christian Akpan, also known as “Mayor’’ in the state. The Police Public Relations Officer of the state Police Command, Mr Ebere Amaraizu, disclosed this in a statement issued to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Friday. Amaraizu said Akpan was arrested through…