CRIME
Vandal Arrested For Selling EEDC Properties To Scrap Dealers In Abia (Photos + Video)
A suspected vandal, identified as 27-year-old Chidiebere Ohama from Umuariaga Ohoma in Ikwuano Local Government Area, has been arrested in Umuahia for allegedly stealing a ladder belonging to the Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) at Mission Hill, ABN TV reports. Ohama was apprehended in the early hours of Friday, August 2025, by members of a local vigilante group while...
Police Arraign Alleged Lagos Hitman For Murder
A suspected contract killer, Wasiu Akinwande, has been arraigned at the Ogba Magistrate Court in Lagos on 11 counts bordering on murder, unlawful possession of arms, and other felony-related charges. The Lagos State Police Command arrested the suspect—popularly known as Olori Eso—during a coordinated tactical operation and has now brought him before the court to face justice. The Police Public Relations...
Abuja Police Arrest Sisters, Couple Over Staged Kidnapping
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has arrested four suspects, including two sisters, for orchestrating a fake kidnapping plot to extort N5 million from their father. In a statement released on Tuesday, FCT Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, said the case began when one Mr. Innocent, a resident of Jikwoyi Phase II, reported that his 16-year-old daughter,...
Abia Police Smash Notorious Kidnapping Gang, Recover Six AK-47 Rifles, Other Weapons (Photo)
The Abia State Police Command has recorded a significant breakthrough in its fight against kidnapping and violent crime with the dismantling of a notorious kidnapping syndicate operating in Ukwa West Local Government Area. In a statement released by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Maureen Chinaka, and made available to ABN TV, the raid was carried out on June 30,...
Prosecutors Calls PSG’s Achraf Hakimi To Face Rape Trial
French prosecutors on Friday called for Paris Saint-Germain star Achraf Hakimi to face trial for the alleged rape of a woman in 2023 which the Moroccan international denies. The Nanterre prosecutor’s office told AFP that they had requested that the investigating judge refer the rape charge to a criminal court. “It is now up to the investigating magistrate to make a...
Anambra Businessman Killed By Gunmen Despite Ransom Payment
Unidentified gunmen have killed a well-known businessman, Ifesinachi Onyekere, popularly known as “Fish Magnet”, despite a ransom payment of an undisclosed amount. Onyekere, the son of a chieftain of the All Progressives Grand Alliance in Anambra State, was abducted during a late-night attack on Saturday at his home in Ezinifite community, Okpuno, Awka South LGA. The incident sent shockwaves through the...
EFCC Nab 32 Over Internet Fraud In Bauchi, Recovers Firearm, Vehicle
The Economic and Financial Crime Commission has disclosed the successful arrest of thirty-two suspects linked to internet fraud in Bauchi. The disclosure was made in a statement posted on the commission’s official Facebook handle on Monday. The statement said the suspects were arrested in Sabon Kaura and Gwalameji areas of Bauchi, Bauchi State capital, following credible intelligence that linked them to...
Ogun Police Nab Two Soldiers, 20 Others In Midnight Cult Raid
The Ogun State Police Command on Saturday announced the arrest of 22 suspected cultists, including two soldiers, during a midnight raid on Hilton Hotel in Osiele, Abeokuta. According to a statement issued by the Command’s spokesperson, CSP Omolola Odutola, the operation was carried out on July 25, 2025, at approximately 8:20 p.m., following credible intelligence. “A joint team consisting of operatives...
Anambra Police Bust Interstate Child Trafficking Syndicate, Rescue 11 Children
The Anambra State Police Command says it has investigated and busted an interstate child stealing, abduction, and trafficking syndicate operating in Uruagu, Nnewi North Local Government Area of the state. The command revealed that during an operation carried out by police operatives attached to the Anambra State Criminal Investigation Department, Awka, in collaboration with Adamawa police operatives on July 15,...
Bauchi Police Nab Two For Allegedly Sodomising 12-Year-Old Boy
Bauchi State Police Command has said it is investigating three men who were suspected of sexually abusing a 12-year-old boy. In a statement on Tuesday, Police Public Relations Officer Ahmed Wakil explained that the case was reported at ‘C’ Divisional Police Headquarters on July 16 by one Ibrahim Maikudi. Wakil said the complaint detailed that Mr Maikudi discovered excrement on the...
