CRIME
With Over 100 Senior Policemen, 34,587 Men, Police Vow To Crush Any Threat At Anambra Governorship Election
Ahead of November 6 governorship election in Anambra State, the Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Usman Baba, has ordered not less than 100 senior police officers to provide adequate security in the State. Among the officers deployed in Anambra are two Deputy Inspector-General of Police, five Assistant Inspectors-General of Police, 14 Commissioners of Police, 31 Deputy Commissioners of Police and 48...
I’m A Fake Officer, Says Suspected Smuggler Arrested With Police ID Card
The suspected police officer with the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police arrested for smuggling by operatives of the Katsina Customs Command last week has confessed that he is not a police officer but only impersonated to enable him to beat security checkpoints with his contraband items. The suspect who was arrested along Katsina- Kano road was conveying contraband items,...
BREAKING: DSS Attempts To Rearrest Sowore In Court
Operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS on Friday morning allegedly disrupted the ongoing trial of activists Omoyele Sowore and Olawale Bakare, attempting to rearrest the two men, who were only released from its detention on Thursday evening. The DSS operatives also chased away the presiding judge, Justice Ijeoma Ojukwu while also brutalising a journalist with a popular television...
Gunmen Abduct Nine Travellers In Edo State
Suspected kidnappers on Monday abducted nine persons from a luxurious bus, in Okpella, in Edo North area of the State. The State Police Command Spokesman, SP Kontongs Bello, disclosed this in a statement Monday evening. He disclosed that the bus was traveling from one of the states to Abuja, when it was intercepted by the hoodlums at Okpella. The victims were however...
Ex-Immigration Boss, David Parradang, Killed By Kidnappers In Abuja
Former Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), David Shikfu Parradang, has been killed by kidnappers in Abuja. According to counter-insurgency expert Zagazola Makama, Parradang was abducted in the Area 1 axis of the Federal Capital Territory in the early hours of Tuesday. Makama disclosed that the assailants trailed the former Immigration chief from a bank, where he had withdrawn money....
Navy Nabs 42 Suspected Cultists During Initiation In Cross River
Nigerian Navy Victory Ship (NNSV) has apprehended over 42 suspected cultists during initiation at Akpabuyo LGA of Cross River state. The suspects who were arrested by naval personnel were handed over to the Cross River Government for further investigation and prosecution. ABN TV reports that Briefing newsmen on Tuesday in Calabar, the Commander of NNVS, Rear Admiral Vincent Okeke, said 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...
Two Police Officers, Indian Expatriate Killed, Others kidnapped In Ajaokuta, Kogi State
Five persons have been killed while three other foreigners were kidnapped by unidentified gunmen in Ajaokuta Local Government Area of Kogi State. It was gathered that two Police Officers, an Indian expatriate, a driver and one other person were kille...
Nigerian Legion Officer Stabbed To Death By Police Officer
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a mobile policeman, Ahmed Mohammed, for allegedly stabbing a personnel of the Nigerian Legion to death. The 28-year-old victim, Chinedu Edwin, was killed on Saturday in Ota, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area of the state, during the monthly environmental sanitation in the town. ABN TV learnt that the arrested mobile policeman also inflicted knife cuts...
Gunmen Shot Reverend Father Returning From Mass In Ogun, Kill Him
Gunmen in Ogun State have shot dead a 38-year-old Reverend Father, Luke Adeleke, on Christmas Eve, while returning from Mass. The Spokesman of the State Police Command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, confirmed the development to newsmen on Sunday. The gunmen, according to report, laid ambush for Adeleke at Ogunmakin in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of the State. However, before the gunmen could escape,...
