CRIME
Killing Of Policemen In The State, Nationwide Worrisome – Abia Speaker Decries
The Speaker Abia State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Chinedum Orji has decried incessant attacks and killings of policemen in the state and across the country, saying it is worrisome. While further adding that it has become a recurrent decimal, the Speaker while reacting to a matter of urgent public importance on attacks on security agents brought before the Assembly...
Suspects Narrate How They Killed Ondo Naval Officer
The three suspects arrested over the murder of a Naval Officer, Sub-Lt. Samuel Akingbohun, in ldo- Ani, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, have narrated why and how they killed the officer, after an altercation. In an interview, while they were paraded by the state police command, the suspects, Ayomide Sambo, Johnson Adeleke and Shagari Francis, 17, confessed to...
New Female Tenant Kidnaps Two Children Of Landlord, Neighbour In Ogun
A yet-to-be-identified woman has allegedly kidnapped two minors who are children of her landlord and neighbour in the Sango Ota area of Ogun State. The woman was said to have disappeared with the two kids three days after she moved into the apartment. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident on Wednesday. Odutola said the landlord, Johnson Oshinowo, reported...
Katsina Nurses Threaten Strike Over Rising Insecurity
The Katsina State Council, the National Association of Nigerian Nurses and Midwifery, threatened on Tuesday to remove its members from the state's frontline local government areas due to the government's purported inability to address welfare and security concerns. The association also threatened to embark on an indefinite strike should the government refuse to address their demands by the end of...
Boko Haram Slaughters 40 Farmers In Borno State
Boko Haram fighters have killed 40 civilians in Kala Balge Local Government Area of Borno State. Our correspondent gathered that a large number of the insurgents surrounded the harmless civilians and began to slaughter them on Sunday. The federal law...
Nigeria Recorded Zero Jailbreak, Attack In 2023 — Correctional Service
The Nigerian Correctional Service says it recorded zero jailbreaks and attacks in all 253 custodial centres across the country in 2023. The spokesman, Assistant Controller of Corrections Abubakar Umar, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria on Thursday in Abuja. Umar said that the government had taken comprehensive measures to bolster the security of the facilities and...
BREAKING!! #EndSARS: Amnesty International Lied, Says IGP
Following report by Amnesty International, that soldiers and Police officers shot at peaceful protesters at Lekki Tollgate, Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, Friday described the report as untrue, misleading, and contrary to all available empirical evidence. The non-governmental rights group had in its report accused the Nigerian Army and Police of shooting and killing #ENDSARS protesters at Lekki...
Butcher Nabbed In Niger State For Camping, Raping Minor For Three Months
The Niger State Police Command has arrested a middle-aged butcher, Zaiyanu Abdullahi and charged before a Minna Senior for allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl. Abdullahi was accused to have harboured the girl for three months where she was continually raped for three months along with his friends now at large. He is facing a three-count charge of removing a child from...
Police Nab Plateau Deadly Army Robbery Syndicates
Operatives of the Intelligence Response Team at the Force Intelligence Bureau (FIB/IRT) of the Nigeria Police have arrested four persons suspected to be armed robbery kingpins terrorising Shendam area and other neighbouring communities in Plateau State. The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, stated this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, the nation’s capital. The suspects were arrested by the...
One Arrested Over Death Of Blessing Ogbonna In Umuahia
The Abia State Police Command has arrested one Mr. Kelechi Amose in connection with the death of one Blessing Ogbonna in the state. Unanimous source who spoke with ABN TV said Blessing Ogbonna until her death resided at Orieogwu Afra Ukwu Ibeku in Umuahia North local government area of the State. She was found dead on Sunday, April 19, 2020, and...
