CRIME
Electrician Fell Off Ladder In Popular Abia Hotel, Dies (Graphic Photos)
An electrician identified as Bright Okon has been pronounced dead at the Federal Medical Centre Umuahia, Abia State after he fell off ladder. A source told ABN TV that the incident took place on Thursday at about 12:30pm when the 24-year-old was carrying out maintenance work at Evergreen Hotel, Umuahia. He was said to be at the top of the ladder...
Kidnapping: They Don’t Have Ordinary Tracking Device, Wike Taunts Police DSS
The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has berated the lack of tracking equipment for security agencies in the nation’s capital, saying his administration will purchase drones for surveillance at border communities. He singled out the FCT commands of the police and the Department of State Services, which he said lacked ordinary tracking devices. The minister spoke during a chat with journalists on...
Zamfara: Gov. Lawal Places Ban On Sale Of Unlabelled Bread, Fuel Above 50 Litres To Curb Insecurity
Governor Dauda Lawal of Zamfara has signed an executive order banning the sale of unlabelled bread, bagging of bread, sale of petrol above 50 litres and the use of tinted glasses in Zamfara State. Governor Lawal signed the executive order yesterday in his office at the Government House, Gusau. A statement by the Zamfara governor’s spokesman, Sulaiman Bala Idris, said the...
Kaduna Abduction: No Dime Will Be Paid To Criminal Elements, Tinubu Vows
President Bola Tinubu on Wednesday reiterated his directives to security agencies and the ministry of defence that no ransom should be paid by the government to kidnappers, bandits, or any criminal elements for the release of abducted persons. The Minister of Information and National Orientation disclosed this while briefing State House correspondents at the end of the Federal Executive Council,...
Troops Rescue 10 Abductees In Zamfara
Troops of the Joint Task Force Operation Hadarin Daji have thwarted an attempt to abduct 10 people in Tsafe town of Zamfara on Tuesday. The Information Officer to the Operation, Lt. Suleiman Omale, in a statement issued in Gusau on Wednesday, said the troops responded to a distress call and were able to overpower the abductors. “Responding swiftly to a distress...
Police Rescue Abducted UNTH Security Man, Nurse Still Missing
Operatives of the Enugu State Police Command have rescued a security man attached to the University of Nigeria Teaching Hospital, Ituku Ozalla, who was reportedly kidnapped on Tuesday with a staff nurse. This was contained in a statement the command issued on Wednesday, adding that a manhunt to arrest perpetrators and rescue the staff nurse had been launched. Some gunmen believed...
Man Sentenced To Jail For S3xually Abusing 5 Teenage Boys
A 35-year-old man Damilare Adekojo has been arraigned before an Akure Magistrate Court for allegedly molesting five boys sexually. Adekojo reportedly committed the offences between October 2021 and February 2023 at Bada Community, Ala, Akure. He was alleged to have sexually molested the five minors by masturbating their sexual organs without their consent. A five-count charge bordering on sexual assaults were preferred against him. Adekojo...
Police Nabs 3 Over Mutilated Body Of Missing Tricycle Operator
Kwara Police Command has arrested three persons in connection with the dismembered corpse of the Chairman of the Tricycle Owners and Riders Association of Nigeria (TOAN), Idiose Alorin, Mr Musibau Aliu, which was found in the Oko-Olowo area in Ilorin South local government area of Kwara State on Tuesday. The three suspects in police custody are Abdullahi Ibrahim of Medina...
Don’t Behave Like Buhari, Negotiate With Bandits Now, Gumi Tells Tinubu
A prominent Islamic cleric and former military officer, Sheikh Ahmad Abubakar Gumi, has renewed his call for the federal government to go into negotiations with bandits in a bid to secure the release of abducted Nigerians. Gumi during the administration of ex-President Muhammadu Buhari, tried convincing the government to dialogue with bandits. In a statement, the cleric said he was willing...
Insecurity: Don’t Be A Failure Like Buhari, Afenifere Tells Tinubu
Afenifere, the Yoruba socio-political group, on Monday, called on President Bola Tinubu to deal decisively with terrorists operating across Nigeria, saying he could not afford to fail like his predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari. The group said Tinubu must demonstrate the political will and courage to annihilate these “monstrous individuals killing and abducting people, in their hundreds, particularly innocent school children and...