CRIME
Police Fire Tear Gas As Nasarawa Varsity Students Protest Over Kidnap Of Colleagues
There was panic yesterday as officers of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF) fired tear gas at students of the Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa, who were protesting against the abduction of their colleagues in the wee hours of Thursday by gunmen suspected to be kidnappers. According to reports, the kidnappers stormed the varsity community and kidnapped some of the students...
Olukoyede Never Called Seven Of 10 Nigerian Students Criminals — EFCC
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)has denied media reports that its Chairman, Ola Olukoyede allegedly referred to seven out of every 10 Nigerian students as criminals. The spokesperson for the anti-graft agency, Dele Oyewale made the development known in a statement on Thursday. He revealed that the EFCC Chairman at a recent meeting with members of Civil Society Organisations, had...
3 Operatives Injured As NDLEA Officers, Armed Hoodlums Clash In Edo Forest
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said its operatives repelled gunfire from armed hoodlums in Opuje, Edo State, as they sought to access forest warehouses storing psychoactive substances. This was made known in a statement signed by the Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, shared on the agency’s X account on Thursday. The incident followed a similar attack 11 months...
Gunman Reportedly Kills 3 In Shooting On UNLV Campus
A gunman opened fire on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), on Wednesday, killing three people and wounding a fourth before being shot dead by police. The suspect has not been named but according to law enforcement sources is a man in his 60s. He began shooting on the fourth floor of Beam Hall, a building...
How OAU Student, Age 18, Was Killed For Rituals
The police have given insights into into how an 18 – year old undergraduate students at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile – Ife, who was initially deemed missing, was murdered and his head, two wrists harvested and sold for N100,000 to body parts dealers. Quadri Salami was last seen on November 8, 2023 by the family. When he was no...
UK Police Detain Nigerian National For Allegedly Strangling Wife To Death
The police in the United Kingdom have taken a Nigerian, David Abodunde, into custody over alleged murder of his wife, Taiwo Owoeye. Abodunde reportedly strangled Owoeye, a former ophthalmic nurse at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, to death on Tuesday, November 28 in their apartment in Suffolk, UK. Owoeye, a mother of three and nurse in the UK, was said...
Kaduna Community Bombing A Mistake, Should Not Warrant Chief Of Army Staff’s Resignation — Sen. Yar’Adua
The Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, Senator Abdul’aziz Yar’Adua, has described the accidental drone attack that claimed the lives of scores of Kaduna villagers as an honest mistake that should not warrant the resignation of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja. In an interview on Wednesday, the lawmaker, who instead commended the COAS for...
Shettima Calls For Adoption Of Non-kinetic Means To End Insecurity In South East
Vice President Kashim Shettima, on Tuesday said the best option to end the insecurity in Southeast is a non-kinetic approach except the country wants to engage in an endless war of attrition. Senator Shettima said the most atrocious of wars are at the end of the day sorted out on the negotiation table. Recall that the Southeast has been battling with...
Chief Of Army Staff Leads Prayer At Mass Grave Of Those Killed In Kaduna Bombing
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Taoreed Lagbaja on Tuesday prayed for the victims of the accidental bombing by the Army which killed dozens at Tudun Biri, in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The Nigerian Army, mistaking a village for a bandits’ camp on Sunday night, bombed a Maulud event in Kurmin Biri village in Igabi...
Court Convicts 4 Northern Boko Haram Financiers (FULL LIST)
A federal high court in Abuja, on Monday, has convicted four Boko Haram financiers. AbnTV understands that the quartet- Modu Aisami, Zana Zarama, Umar Mohammed Bunu Kame- were convicted and handed prison terms, after they pleaded guilty to charges that FG preferred against them during a special trial the Federal High Court held at Dawaki in Abuja. While the Attorney General...
