CRIME
Gunmen Kill 2 Chinese Nationals, One Officer In Abia As Police Rescue 4 Others (Photos + Video)
The Abia State Police Command has confirmed the killing of two Chinese expatriates and a police escort officer following an ambush by unknown gunmen in Uturu, Isuikwuato Local Government Area of Abia State, ABN TV reports The tragic incident occurred on Friday night, April 4, 2025, when a group of Chinese nationals, accompanied by police escorts, were en route to...
Tinubu Urged To Declare State Of Emergency Over Insecurity In Zamfara
The United Democratic Coalition (UDC) has urged President Bola Tinubu to declare a state of emergency in Zamfara State right away in response to the insecurity incidents that have occurred there. The group asked the president to nip the crisis in the bud before it snowballs into a breakdown of democratic order in the state. The demand was contained in a...
Army Foils Drug Smuggling Operation In Ogun
In the Alamutu general area of the Odeda Local Government Area, Ogun State, troops of the Nigerian Army operating under the 81 Division, Kofo Abayomi, Lagos, have intercepted 320 wraps of a substance suspected to be Cannabis sativa from a suspected transnational drug syndicate. Acting Deputy Director Army Public RelationsArm, 81 Division , Lt. Col Olabisi Ayeni, who confirmed the...
Site Engineer Beaten, Buried In Shallow Grave By His Own Employees In Delta (Photos)
Delta State Police Command has launched an investigation into the gruesome murder of a site engineer, Chigozie Udalor, allegedly killed by his employees after they discovered he had a large sum of money in his account. According to a statement by the Command’s spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, the incident came to light after a report was made on December 12,...
Abia Govt Cracks Down on Traditional Rulers Harboring Criminals
The Abia State Government has intensified efforts to combat criminal activities, particularly by closely monitoring traditional rulers suspected of harboring criminals in their communities. Speaking on the government’s renewed security measures, the Commissioner for Information, Prince Okey Kanu, warned that security operatives would conduct targeted raids in areas suspected of providing shelter to criminals. He emphasized that any traditional ruler...
Security Operatives Enforce Lockdown In Uromi Amid Killings
In Uromi, the headquarters of the Esan North East Local Government Area in Edo State, police, military personnel, and plainclothes security agents have taken control of key junctions following the mob killing of 16 northern travelers last Thursday. The security agents were said to have been deployed to stave off reprisals as residents of the area are now worry over...
Youths Attack Mortuary Attendants Over Dead Man’s Missing Body Parts In Abia
There was chaos in Umuezibe, Obingwa, along the Aba/Ikot Ekpene highway in Abia State, following the shocking discovery that the testicles of a deceased young man were missing from his corpse at a local mortuary. The deceased, identified simply as Chimaobi, was reportedly electrocuted while tampering with high-tension electricity cables in Abayi Okorator. His body was subsequently deposited in the...
Nigerian Police Arrest Syndicate Trafficking Girls To Mauritania
The Zone 2 Police Command in Onikan, Lagos, has arrested a syndicate for allegedly smuggling Nigerian girls to Mauritania for sexual exploitation and prostitution. The Zonal Public Relations Officer, CSP Umma Ayuba, confirmed this in a statement on Tuesday in Lagos. She said the syndicate was apprehended on March 22 at the command in the Meiran area of the state. “Operatives of...
Security Operatives Of Abia Operation Crush Involved in Fatal Accident, One Dead (Photos, Video)
A fatal accident involving security operatives of "OPERATION CRUSH" occurred on Sunday evening at Ihie Ibeku along the Bende Road in Umuahia, Abia State, resulting in one confirmed death and several others sustaining injuries. ABN TV reports that the vehicle transporting the operatives, which included personnel from the Nigerian Police Force, the Nigerian Army, and the Nigeria...
Uromi Killings: Okpebholo Orders Suspension Of Vigilante Groups In Edo
In response to the lynching of tourists in Uromi, Esan North East Local Government Area of the state, Edo Governor Monday Okpebholo has suspended the operations of all vigilante groups. In a statement issued by the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Umar Musa Ikhilor, the governor also suspended the Commander of the Edo State Security Corps, CP Friday Ibadin...
