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At least 13 persons have been reported killed after a bandit attack in Karekuka village of Gassol local government area of Taraba state. Many others were also left injured. A source who confirmed the incident to Channels Television via telephone said no fewer than six local vigilante members lost their lives in the Friday attack. The source disclosed that the vigilantes also killed six of the bandits. Meanwhile, the bandits also attacked Garin Gidado community on Saturday morning but met it empty, the source added. For breaking news and more, join the what's group below to receive news at your fingertips. https://chat.whatsapp.com/Kw0iFWKZUeI3YilnfaZ2Rc The community had been previously attacked by bandits. Police spokesperson in Taraba confirmed the attack on Karekuka village and said efforts are in top gear to restore normalcy. He added that officers have been drafted to the scene to convey the corpses to a nearby morgue as investigations commence.

A commercial motorcycle (okada) operator in Lagos State, Andrew Otega, has been brutalized by the police in Yaba area of the state over his alleged failure to offer N40,000 bribe demanded by the operatives. It was gathered that some police operatives enforcing the ban on motorcycle operations in the area apprehended Otega at the Yaba College of Technology (Yabatech) gate where he operates and impounded his motorcycle. After impounding the motorcycle, the police allegedly demanded a bribe of N40,000 from the rider for them to release his bike but the motorcyclist said he did not have such money on him. Angered by the rider’s response and unwillingness to offer the requested bribe, the operatives aggressively harassed him before confiscating his motorcycle.

Salman Rushdie, who spent years in hiding after an Iranian fatwa ordered his killing, was on a ventilator and could lose an eye following a stabbing attack at a literary event in New York state Friday. The British author of “The Satanic Verses”, which sparked fury among some Muslims who believed it was blasphemous, had to be airlifted to hospital for emergency surgery following the attack. His agent said in a statement obtained by The New York Times that “the news is not good.” “Salman will likely lose one eye; the nerves in his arm were severed; and his liver was stabbed and damaged,” said agent Andrew Wylie, who added that Rushdie could not speak. Carl LeVan, an American University politics professor attending the literary event, told AFP that the assailant had rushed onto the stage where Rushdie was seated and “stabbed him repeatedly and viciously.” Several people ran to the stage and took the suspect to the ground before a trooper present at the event arrested him. A doctor in the

Mr Effiong was on July 27 sent to one month imprisonment by Akwa-Ibom chief judge Ekaette Obot for purported “contempt of court”. •August 12, 2022 The Nigerian Correctional Service in Akwa Ibom says the hair and beard of human rights lawyer, Inibehe Effiong, in its custody, was shaved as a security precaution. Mr Effiong was on July 27 sent to one month imprisonment by Akwa-Ibom chief judge Ekaette Obot for purported “contempt” while defending his client in Ms Obot’s court.  However agitations grown against Uyo prison officials since reports of assault and torture of Mr Effiong made the headlines. In a statement on Friday, the Akwa Ibom Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service claimed that shaving inmates’ hair was a standard practice at correctional institutions. “On arrival at Uyo, he was duly admitted into the facility and was also informed of the need to cut his hair and beards as a security measure as well as a routine practice in the facility,” the statement signed by spokesp

Akwa Ibom State High Court, presided by Justice Edem Akpan, has sentenced 82-year-old Village Head of Efen Ibom in Ika Local Government Area of the State, Chief Essien Matthew Odiong, to death by hanging for murder. The monarch, married to 12 wives and has 60 children, wasAccording to the judgement, the late Ubom was accused by his brothers of being a wizard and was reported to the Village Head, who brought him before the Council, where the deceased was administered an oath to swear and prove his innocent. standing trial on four counts of conspiracy, directing unlawful trial by ordeal, stealing of the motorcycle and murder of the owner, one Udoma Udo Ubom. Delivering judgment on Friday, Justice Akpan said the court found the accused guilty of murder of the deceased by injecting some chemical substance on him, leading to his death on 26th April, 2017.

In the suit with number FCT/HC/CV/252/2022 filed by his lawyer, Dr Reuben Atabo (SAN), Buratai asked the FCT High Court to declare that Sahara Reporters’ publication captioned “Exclusive: Anti-graft agency, ICPC uncovers billions in cash meant for arms, ammunition to fight Boko Haram in Abuja home of ex-Chief of Army Staff, Buratai” of June 23, 2022 amounts to defamation of character. He further demands an order of the court compelling the newspaper to publish a retraction and an apology in two national dailies and its online platform “where the defamatory publication was made.” Buratai, who was appointed Nigeria’s ambassador to the Benin Republic after he retired from the army, averred that the publication damaged his reputation after he diligently served Nigeria in various capacities and was awarded various meritorious honours for his distinguished service. No date has been fixed for the hearing.