CRIME
NDA MMatriculates 441 Cadets Of 75th Regular Course
The Nigerian Defence Academy (NDA) conducted its matriculation ceremony in Kaduna, formally welcoming 441 cadets into the 75th regular course. The event featured an oath-taking ceremony as the cadets were officially inducted into their respective academic programs. In his opening remarks, the Commandant of the Academy, Major General John Ochai, said out of a staggering 30,000 applicants, only 441 cadets, including...
Minister Of Police Affairs Leads Nigerian Delegation To Interpol General Assembly
The Minister of Police Affairs, Senator (Dr) Ibrahim Gaidam, has led a Nigerian delegation to the 91st Interpol General Assembly held in Vienna, Austria. This was disclosed in a Tuesday statement by the Ministry of Police Affairs, saying the event which also commemorated the centenary celebrations of Interpol, witnessed the gathering of 196 member countries from Africa, Asia, and Europe. The...
Avoid Vices, FCT Minister Tells 3,826 Corps Members
The FCT Minister of State, Dr Mariya Mahmoud, has advised corps members deployed to the FCT for the one-year National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) scheme to shun vices such as cultism and drug abuse. She gave the advice during the swearing in of the 2023 Batch C Stream 2 members held at the NYSC Orientation Camp in Abuja on Tuesday. The...
Ex-CBN Governor, Emefiele To Spend Christmas In Prison
Godwin Emefiele, the embattled former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), will spend both the Christmas and New Year's Day celebrations behind bars. This is as he failed to meet his bail conditions on Tuesday. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) charged Emefiele with six counts bordering on alleged breach of procurement procedure in the award of the...
Court Sentenced Nigerian Man To Death By Hanging For Killing Bricklayer
A middle-aged man, Joseph Abayomi, was on Monday sentenced to death for hacking his neighbour, Thomas Oluwole, to death in Ondo State. AbnTV reports that Abayomi was sentenced by an Ondo State High Court, sitting in Akure after he was found guilty of killing Oluwole in 2021 at the Ijoka area of Akure, the state capital. The convict was said to have...
Missing Fulani Leader Found Dead In Plateau
Umar Ibrahim, a Fulani leader who went missing on Wednesday, November 27, has been found dead in an abandoned well in the Jokom community of Mangu town in the Mangu local government area (LGA) in Plateau state. Before his death, the deceased was the Ciroma of Kumbun district of Mangu LGA of the state. Captain Oya James, spokesperson for Operation Safe Haven,...
Court Jails 33 Internet Fraudsters In Ogun, Oyo
The Ibadan zonal command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentencing of 33 internet fraudsters to various jail terms. The convicts were jailed by Justices Ladiran Akintola, Adebukola Olajide, and M.O. Ishola of the Oyo State High Court, Ibadan; Justice B.B. Adebowale of the Ogun State High Court sitting in Abeokuta and Justice...
Abia Community Arrests 3 Men For Allegedly Stealing Battery From Communication Mast (Photos+Video)
Three persons have been arrested by youths of Inyilla Ibere Community, Ikwuano Local Government Council of Abia state. They were arrested in connection with alleged stealing of seven batteries from an Airtel communications mast located in the community. A source who spoke with ABN TV on Sunday said they received information about the activities of the vandals in the location. https://twitter.com/abnonlinetv/status/1728903494348980653?t=r42v3upgwBnNJuuvAlEdpg&s=19 The youths...
Anambra Catholic Priest Who Allegedly Raped, Impregnated Teenager Remanded In Prison
Rev. Fr. Nwaigwe Stephen, a Catholic Priest in Anambra state, has been remanded for allegedly raping and impregnating a teenager. An Awka Chief Magistrates’ Court, otherwise known as the Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court , Anambra State remanded the priest in prison till December 6, 2023. The magistrate ordered the prosecutor to transmit the original case file to the office...
Troops Arrest Herdsmen Who Killed Newly Married Couple
Troops of Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) have arrested a prime suspect in the Killing of a newly-married couple in a shooting in a secondary school in Jos, the Plateau State capital. Mr Rwang Danladi, 37, and his wife Mrs Sandra Rwang, 28, were murdered by suspected herdsmen who led a herd of cows into their school. The couple met their deaths...
