Five youths have been arrested for allegedly attacking officials of the Hisbah Board during an operation in Furagirke community, Rimi Local Government Area of Katsina State.

The incident was disclosed in a statement issued by the Rimi Local Government Hisbah Board, which said the attack occurred while its operatives were carrying out a routine enforcement exercise aimed at curbing immoral activities in the area.

According to the statement, three of the suspects are residents of Furagirke, while the remaining two are from Yandurumma community.

The board said the youths were apprehended and sanctioned for their actions after investigations into the incident.

The Hisbah Board added that the suspects admitted their wrongdoing and pledged not to engage in such acts again or obstruct the activities of the agency in the future.

It further disclosed that the parents of the youths visited the board to apologise for the conduct of their children and appealed for leniency.

The board reaffirmed its commitment to carrying out its mandate of promoting moral conduct and maintaining public order across communities within the local government area.

The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced a 37-year-old man, Zakaria Garba, to death by hanging for his role in the deadly 2014 Nyanya Motor Park bomb attack that claimed several lives and left many others injured.

Justice James Omotosho handed down the sentence during the recently concluded mass trial of terrorism suspects in the Federal Capital Territory.

Garba was convicted after pleading guilty to a five-count terrorism-related charge filed against him by the Office of the Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice.

The Nyanya bomb blasts, which occurred on the outskirts of Abuja in April 2014, killed at least 70 people and injured several others, making it one of the deadliest terrorist attacks recorded in the nation’s capital.

Delivering judgment in the case marked FHC/KNJ/CR/985/2026, Justice Omotosho imposed varying penalties on the defendant across the five counts.

The court sentenced Garba to 35 years imprisonment each on counts one and two, life imprisonment on count three, and death by hanging on counts four and five.

Omotosho held that the defendant’s guilty plea and the evidence before the court established his involvement in the attack, which resulted in significant loss of lives and destruction.

The conviction formed part of a broader effort by authorities to prosecute those linked to terrorism-related offences and bring closure to victims of attacks that have plagued parts of the country over the years.

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 84-year-old man, Godfrey Orji and 75-year-old Godwin Obulunbiya Obiora for allegedly selling illicit drugs to teenage secondary school students in Umuahia, Abia state capital.

Femi Babafemi, Director, Media & Advocacy of the agency, in a statement on Sunday said Pa Obiora was arrested by NDLEA operatives on Friday 19th June 2026 following credible intelligence that he was selling illicit substances to young students and others in his patent medicine store located at 4 Club road, Umuahia, where 4.64 kilograms of opioids including tramadol and diazepam were recovered from him during a search of his premises.

According to the statement, Pa Orji a pensioner was also nabbed by security guards at Saint Silas Secondary School, Old Umuahia, for supplying illicit drugs to two teenage students

The statement further added that the suspects were arrested and handed over to the NDLEA on Thursday, 18th June, 2026.

In his confessional statement, 15-year-old SS2 student claimed the 84-year-old grandpa supplies him the drugs which he takes and also sells to fellow students, adding that the two suspects will be charged to court as soon as investigations are completed just as the students will be counseled and rehabilitated.