By Suleiman Yakubu

Niger State Commissioner of Police, CP Shawulu Ebenezer Danmamman, has assured NYSC management in the state of adequate safety and protection of corps members serving ib Niger State.
CP Danmamman stated this when he received the state coordinator of NYSC, Mrs. Abdulwahab Olayinka, who paid a courtesy visit to his office yesterday at the command headquarters in Minna.
The police commissioner said the leadership of the force in the state under his watch will not in any way compromise with the already cordial relationship it has with the scheme in the state.
Mr. Shawulu Ebenezer Danmamman disclosed further that the protection and safety of the lives of NYSC members in the state remained paramount, considering the crucial role of the scheme, which was tailored towards promoting peace and unity among the diverse cultures of corps members across the country.
He further explained that the command under him will continue to ensure the existing partnership that existed between the police and the scheme.
Speaking earlier, the NYSC coordinator in the state, Mrs. Abdulwahab Olayinka, said that her visit to the state command of the NPF was to solicit for the continued support and cooperation of the police to assist NYSC management in the state with security so as to ensure the lives and safety of corps members deployed to serve in the state.
She also commended the performance of the Nigerian police during the orientation of corps members and urged the police to sustain the pace of ensuring continuity.

By Suleiman Yakubu

The Minna Chief Magistrate Court Number One Tuesday ordered the remand of two middle-aged men in correctional custody for gang-raping a 12-year-old girl.
The Presiding Chief Magistrate, Hajiya Ummulkhatum Mohammed, who ordered their remand, said the court will conduct a full trial of the case in view of its heinous nature against the innocent girl.
Umaru Hussaini and Zulkibilu Musa, all residents of the Sabon Gari area of Kagara, headquarters of Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, were said to have lured the girl into the room of Zulkibilu Musa, after which they raped her one after the other.
According to police Prosecutor Inspector Bello Mohammed Beji, the two defendants were standing trial on two counts of charges of joint act and unlawful sexual intercourse with a child, "which contravened sections 79 of the penal code law and section 26 (2) of the Niger State Child Rights Act 2021.".
He told the court that one Lawal Haruna of the Sabon Gari area of the same address reported to Kagara Divisional Police headquarters that the two defendants lured his 12-year-old daughter to the room and gang raped her one after the other.
Upon receipt of the report, he further told the court that detectives swung into action and effected the arrest of the two defendants, and during police interrogation, they both confessed to having committed the offence.
When the charges were read to them by the presiding chief magistrate, Hajiya Ummulkhatum Mohammed, Umaru Hussaini pleaded guilty to the crime, while Zulkibilu Musa pleaded not guilty.
The police prosecutor, Inspector Bello Mohammed, applied for the adjournment of the case for the police to bring their witnesses to commence a full trial in the case, while he requested the remand of the two defendants in correctional custody.
Ruling on the application of the prosecutor, Hajiya Ummulkhatum Mohammed, then ordered their remand and adjourned the case to February 14, 2024, for hearing.