CRIME
Unknown Gunmen Strike At Abagana, Hoist Flag, Destroy Vehicles (Photos)
Unknown Gunmen today, Thursday, 15th April, 2021, struck at the First Bank Plc, Abagana in Anambra state where they shot sporadically into the air, dispersing bank customers and passersby, ABN TV reports. The gunmen, numbering about ten, who drove in black Honda Pilot Sports Utility Vehicle (SUV), equally hoisted Biafran flag at the gate of the bank, set...
Five Young Arm Robbery Suspects Nabbed In Abia Community (Video)
Five suspected arm robbers at their young age have been arrested by local vigilante in Ugwuakuma Arochukwu local government area of Abia State. They are alleged to be terrorising the community for a long time. Luck however ran out of them as they hav...
Ex-Militants Petition EFCC Over Misuse Of Amnesty Fund
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has received a petition from some former militants from the Niger Delta regarding alleged financial misappropriation at the Presidential Amnesty Program. In a petition sent to the EFCC on Friday, the ex-militants, under the banner of the Niger Delta Liberators and Ex-Agitators Forum, demanded a probe into the activities of the program led by...
Abduction Of Methodist Church Prelate Kanu Pathetic, Evil — Senator Kalu
Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu has lamented the abduction of the Prelate of the Methodist Church of Nigeria, His Eminence Samuel Kanu. The Prelate alongside the Methodist Bishop of Owerri, Dennis Mark a...
We’re Soft Target For Robbery Attacks — Aba, Umuahia POS Operators Lament
Operators of Point of Sale outlets in Aba, the commercial nerve of Abia State, and its environs have decried incessant robbery attacks on their members, calling on the police and other security agencies to protect their business interest. The operators who spoke to our reporter on Friday lamented series of attacks on their business by hoodlums who have made them...
Serial Vandal Arrested In August Linked To July Hotel Theft In Abia (Video)
Fresh revelations have emerged about 27-year-old Chidiebere Ohama, the suspected vandal arrested on Friday, August 2025, for stealing an Enugu Electricity Distribution Company (EEDC) ladder in Umuahia. Investigations by ABN TV have revealed that Ohama, who hails from Umuariaga Ohoma in Ikwuano Local Government Area, had been involved in another high-profile crime just last month. According to the owner of...
Chief Ukeh Urges Investment In Education To Tackle Insecurity
Abia born philanthropist, Chief Kalu Ijomah Ukeh has called for massive investment in youth education and development as a way of tackling insecurity in the country. Ukeh stated this at a media chat on Wednesday night, explaining that such investment will provide opportunities for youths to be meaningfully engaged instead of indulging in violence and crime. Ukeh, who was recently bestowed...
BREAKING: Canadian Military Helicopter Crashes In Ionian Sea
There are reports a Canadian NATO helicopter has crashed into the Ionian Sea on Wednesday. The Associated Press wire service has published a report saying that a military helicopter operating off of a Canadian frigate went missing while taking part in a NATO operation in the Mediterranean. ABN TV has learned the Canadian military is now in a communication lockdown. A spokesperson for...
Tinubu Appoints Mohammed New NIA DG, Ajayi As DSS Boss
President Bola Tinubu has appointed new Directors-General for the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Department of State Services (DSS). In a statement on Monday, presidential spokesman Ajuri Ngelale said Tinubu appointed Mohammed Mohammed as the new NIA boss while Adeola Ajayi has been appointed to lead the secret police. Ngelale said the fresh appointments followed the resignations of Ahmed Rufai...
How Gunmen Whisked Catholic Priest Away In Anambra
A yet-to-be-identified Catholic priest has been reportedly abducted at the Nnobi roundabout in the Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State. An eyewitness said the man who was driving a Lexus FX 300 with plate number Anambra GDD 882 PW was heading towards the Awka-Etiti direction when the gunmen waylaid him. “The assailants forcefully bundled the priest into their jeep...
