CRIME
NCS Intercepts Container Load Of Tramadol Worth N1.5bn From India
The Nigeria Customs Service Apapa Command apprehended a 40-foot container from India containing twenty cartons of tapentadol drugs, a new variant of tramadol worth N1,560,000,000. Yusuf Malanta, the controller in charge of the Command Comptroller, revealed this information during a press briefing on Thursday, December 1, 2022, at Classic Terminal Festival Town in Lagos. According to him, the cargo arrived at...
Terrorists Attempting Nigeria Law School Invasion Ambush President Buhari’s Guard In Abuja
The Presidential Guards Brigade was in a gun duel with terrorists on Monday in Abuja. Three of the highly-trained officers suffered serious injuries as they were ambushed by the insurgents. ABN TV reports that there are fears the gunmen planned to at...
They Used Dynamite, Police Say As Gunmen Destroy Vehicles, Buildings In Imo Police Station Attack (Photos, Video)
Unknown gunmen early hours of Saturday bombed Umuguma Police station in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo state, with explosive devices. An eyewitness who spoke to ABN TV from the Umuguma area said the attackers came in three vehicles and 2 motorcycles. He said more than 5 vehicles were destroyed by the explosives and the building was set ablaze by...
BREAKING: Fire Guts Accountant-General’s Office In Abuja [VIDEO]
Fire on Wednesday gutted the Treasury House which is the office of the Accountant General of the Federation in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. It was gathered that the fire started from around the third floor, razing the building upwards including the Accountant General’s office and most of the important offices. The cause of the fire is however unknown as at...
Court Sends Woman, Who Drowned Daughter, For Psychiatric Evaluation
The Lagos State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Igbosere has sent Oluwafunmilola Adisa, who drowned her daughter, Oluwanifemi, in a bucket of water, for psychiatric evaluation at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital. This followed an application filed by the Office of the Public Defender, which is representing Oluwafunmilola, that based on Section 217 (3) of the Administration of Criminal Justice...
Court Orders EFCC To Pay Abia Journalist, Nora Okafor N3.5m Damages Over Privacy Invasion With Apology
A Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia, Abia State on Monday ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC to pay the sum of N3.5m to journalist, Norah Okafor for illegally invading her privacy in the dead of the night on 23rd September, 2021. The court presided over by Justice Thomas C Johnson also ordered the anti-graft agency to tender...
Gunmen Abduct Catholic Priest In Imo
Suspected gunmen on Sunday kidnapped a Catholic priest, Rev. Prof. Izu Marcell Onyeocha in Imo State. It was gathered that the cleric was kidnapped in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo State along Enugu -Port Harcourt Express Road. Onyeocha who is also a lecturer in the Faculty of Humanities at the Imo State University is a native of Avuru Community in...
After Viral Video, Zamfara Residents Say Bandits Did Not Seize Military Vehicles
Some residents of Zurmi town in Zurmi local government area of Zamfara state have dispelled rumors about seizure of two Armored Personnel Carrier (APC) vehicles from soldiers by a Bandit Kingpin, Bello Truji. Speaking in an interview, a resident of Zurmi town, Abdullahi Dogo (not real name) said the bandits never seized the vehicles from the soldiers, rather they found...
Gunmen Kill Doctor, Abduct Daughter In Kwara
Gunmen suspected to be assassins have murdered one Dr. David Adefikayo, the Medical Director of Dafikayo Clinic, in his residence in Kanbi, Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State. The assailants reportedly broke into the deceased’s residence around 8:30 pm on Thursday and brutally murdered the medical officer in the presence of his wife and children. It was gathered that the...
IPOB’s ESN Exists Only On Social Media, MASSOB Backs Ebubeagu
Leader of the Movement for the Actualisation of Sovereign State of Biafra, MASSOB, Chief Ralph Uwazuruike, says the only security outfit recognised in the South-East region is Ebubeagu which was recently announced by the governors of the zone. According to him, the Eastern Security Network established by the Indigenous People of Biafra and its leader, Nnamdi Kanu, only exists on...
