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The Yobe State High Court sitting in Potiskum has sentenced a dismissed soldier, Lance Corporal John Gabriel, to death by hanging for killing an Islamic cleric, Sheikh Goni Aisami.    The court also sentenced Lance Corporal Adamu Gideon, an accomplice in the murder, to 10 years  imprisonment.    Aisami, a …

A dismissed soldier, Mohammed Dagana has been arraigned before a Badagry Magistrate Court in Lagos State for allegedly impersonating a military officer.   The 31-year-old suspect who was arraigned on Tuesday, May 30, pleaded not guilty to the charge of impersonation.   This came after the Police Inspector Ayodele Adeosun …

The Department of State Services (DSS) has intercepted nine members of suspected criminal gangs including an ex-soldier and recovered arms at various locations in the country.   The spokesperson for the service, Peter Afunanya, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, March 26, 2023, said the suspects were arrested …

Operatives of the Zamfara State Police Command have arrested a former soldier who supplies arms to terrorists in Kaduna, Katsina, Niger, and Kebbi states.    The suspect, Sa’idu Lawal, a native of Zamfara State, voluntarily retired from the Nigerian Army in 2021 but has been supplying arms to bandits in the …