CRIME
How 22-Year-Old Man Raped Drunk Woman After Birthday Party, Policeman Tells Lagos Court
A police officer, Sgt. Odunayo Ologe, on Wednesday told an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court how a man, Joshua Torile, allegedly raped a 22-year-old woman while she was drunk. The News...
Human Trafficker Nabbed While Trying To Secure Passport For Victim
The Anambra Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) detained one suspected trafficker in person on Wednesday. The Commander of NAPTIP, Mrs. Judith-Chukwu Ibadin, announced this in a statement made availab...
Police Arrest Man For Defrauding Banks, Govt Of N816m
One Odeleye Oluwabukola Moses, alias Beedel, has been apprehended for allegedly scamming five firms and a government agency to the tune of N816 million. The 50-year-old man was arrested by detectives from the Special Fraud Unit (SFU), Ikoyi. The susp...
Bandits Abduct Ex-Commissioner In Adamawa, Two Killed
A former Commissioner for Housing and Urban Planning, Engr. Babangida, was said to have been kidnapped in Adamawa State on Tuesday. It was learnt that his abductors had surrounded his home situated at Bajabire village in Girei Local Government Area o...
Abduction Of Our Member, Chuks Onuoha Devastating, Unfortunate – Abia NUJ Cries Out
The Abia State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) says it received the news of the unfortunate abduction of one of her members, Mr Chuks Onuoha, by gunmen with great shock, utter bewilderment and despondency. Mr Onuoha, a former Abia S...
Organ Harvesting: Ike Ekweremadu’s Child Needs A Transplant – Kperogi Opens Up
Popular critic and Social Commentator, Farooq Kperogi has given some insight into an Organ Harvesting Case facing Ex-deputy senate president, Ike Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice. Ekweremadu and his wife are currently in police custody in the United...
Gunmen Kidnap Another DPO In Kaduna State
A Divisional Police Officer, DPO, in Birnin Gwari, Kaduna State has been abducted by suspected bandits terrorizing the area. ABN TV learnt that the incident occurred early hours on Monday when the criminal elements operated in the area along Kadun...
Lagos Government Shuts Redeemers School Over Drowning Of Pupil
The Lagos State Ministry of Education on Monday evening said it has shut the Redeemers Nursery and Primary School, Ogba. ABN TV reports that the government said the school will remain closed, pending an administrative investigation of its operations ...
ISWAP Claims Responsibility For Kuje Prison Attack, Releases Video Of Its Men In Action
The Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) has claimed responsibility for the attack on Kuje Prison in Abuja. ABN TV had reported how terrorists broke into the prison and released over 800 inmates, including high-profile suspects. In a footage...
Terrorists Demand ₦4.3 Billion For Abducted Kaduna Train Hostages
Terrorists are demanding a N100m ransom for each of the 43 abducted Kaduna train passengers, who are still in their custody, ABN TV has learnt. The demand was communicated to the families of the hostages last week. This is coming five days after th...
