CRIME
Recruitment Of Children By Boko Haram, ISWAP Must End Now, Gov. Zulum Talks Tough
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has expressed the fear that Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists may continue tormenting the country if proper security steps are not taken to forestall the recruitment of young children into the terror groups. He spoke when the new Governing Board and Management of the North-East Development Commission paid him a courtesy visit in Maiduguri...
Ceasefire Between Israel, Hamas ‘Will Not Happen’ — Netanyahu
Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that a ceasefire in the Gaza war “will not happen” as it would be “to surrender” to Hamas. Netanyahu also told a press conference that other countries must give more help in the struggle to free more than 230 hostages seized by Hamas in its October 7 attacks. He said the international community must...
Ogun Man Allegedly Beat Neighbour To Death Over N4,500
One Wasiu Oyekan has reportedly beaten one of his neighbours to death over N4,500 in Abeokuta, Ogun State. It was gathered that the neighbour, Ibrahim Lateef, died when the suspect allegedly punched him in the neck hence he fell, hitting his head on the ground. The incident happened around Kobiti Central Mosque, Kobiti, Abeokuta. Oyekan who resides at Ile-Elewe Family in Kobiti...
Man Beheaded In Osisioma Attack Not Policeman – Abia Police
Abia State Police Command has denied report that a man killed and beheaded in an attack in Isiahia village, Umuojima, Osisioma on October 26 is not a policeman. The command while admitting that a man was killed and beheaded at the identified spot said the victim is a vigilante operative who has been collaborating with the police. The command's PRO, ASP...
Panic As Gunmen Behead Police Officer In Abia Community, Part With The Head
There was an unusual panic in Abia community on Thursday as unknown gunmen attacked members of police Rapid Response Squad (RRS) on a stop-and-search operation along Umuode/Isiahia in Osisioma Ngwa local government, beheading one of them and parted with the head. Members of Umuode community were thrown into panic over fear of possible police invasion of following the incident which...
FCT Police Apprehend Suspected Kidnappers, Carjacker & Robbers’s Informant
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have arrested several criminal suspects in connection with armed robbery, carjacking, kidnapping, and one-chance incidents in the nation’s capital territory. ABNTV reports that on October 15, following a distress call of a robbery incident at the residence of one Dayo Blq as an aæa all 1q11qalogun of Zone B Apo resettlement, police...
Police Tell Court How Man Raped Woman In Her 70s To Death In Lagos
An Assistant Superintendent of Police, Babatunde Ashifat, on Tuesday, narrated to the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court how a man, Jelili Lawal, raped a septuagenarian (above 70) to death. The witness who was led in evidence in chief by the state counsel, Ms Bukola Okeowo, told the court that he received the case for investigation on January 2,...
Lagos Doctor Bags Life Imprisonment For Raping Wife’s 15-Year-Old Niece
The Lagos State Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence sitting in Ikeja on Tuesday sentenced the Medical Director of Optimal Cancer Care Foundation, Doctor Olufemi Olaleye, to life imprisonment for the defilement of his wife’s niece. Justice Rahman Oshodi sentenced him after he found him guilty of the offence of defilement and sexual penetration of a 15-year-old girl. The judge held that...
Police Kill Suspected IPOB/ESN Member, Recover Arms In Enugu
Operatives of Enugu State Police Command in collaboration with members of the state Neighborhood Watch Group, have neutralised a suspected member of the Eastern Security Network, the armed wing of the Indigenous People of Biafra. The security agencies also recovered his firearm and ammunition with other exhibits. The police disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday night which was signed...
EFCC Chairman Resumes, To Oversee 25 Abandoned Cases Against Ex-Govs, Others
Mr. Ola Olukoyede, the new Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC will inherit no fewer than 25 high-profile corruption cases involving former governors, ministers and senators, ABN TV learnt. Some of the cases, especially those against some ex-governors, have lasted several years. While some are still under investigation, some have spent years in court with no conclusive...
