CRIME
Ebonyi Woman Regains Freedom After Abduction From Suspected Herdsmen, Narrates Ordeal
A woman kidnapped by gunmen suspected to be herdsmen in Ishiagu, Ivo Local Government area of Ebonyi State, last week, Mrs Nkechinyere Onachukwu, has been reportedly rescued. The woman was kidnapped on her farm in Amaonye community in Ishiagu last week Tuesday. She was released on Monday, following a manhunt by security agencies in conjunction with the council’s security led by...
DSS, Prison Officials Fight Dirty Over Emefiele
There was drama at the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday when the Department of State Services (DSS) operatives and officials of the Nigeria Correctional Centre (NCC) fought over the custody of Godwin Emefiele, suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). Emefiele, who has been in DSS detention since June, was arraigned in court on Tuesday. Justice Nicholas...
Imo: Perpetrators Of Insecurity Should Prepare For Bloody Nose, New Army Commander In Obinze Talks Tough
Respite seems to have come the way of residents of Imo State with the Nigerian Army 34 Artillery Brigade Obinze in Imo State reading the riot act to bandits in the state. The new Commander of the Nigerian Army 34 Artillery Brigade, Imo State, Brigadier General Usman Lawal, shortly after taking over at the Brigade Command headquarters in Obinze, vowed...
After 40 Days In Detention, Pressure Mounts On DSS To Release Ex-EFCC Chairman, Bawa
Today, it will be 40 days since the immediate past chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has been in the custody of the State Security Service (SSS). The embattled anti-graft czar, who has been languishing in the detention facility of the secret police in Abuja, popularly called “Yellow House” since June 14, was arrested by...
Man Bags 25 Years Jail Term For Raping Minor In Cross River
A trial court in Cross River state has sentenced one Matthew Uyangha to 25 years imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old orphan. The convict was said to have repeatedly raped the victim, whose identity is not divulged, for two months before nemesis caught up with him and he was arrested. The rapist had drugged and abducted the teenage girl from...
Fear Grips Bandits As DHQ Says Troops’ War Mode Has Been Activated Against Terror
Defence Headquarters said, yesterday, that the current leadership of the Armed Forces has activated troops into ‘war mode’, with a view to countering the threats of terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and economic sabotage being perpetrated against Nigerians. Consequently, in the last one week, troops neutralised 23 terrorists, bandits and IPoB militants, rescued 17 kidnapped civilians and arrested 32 criminal elements, including...
37-Yr-Old HIV-Positive Man Who Raped 4-Yr-Old Girl In Abia Sentenced To Life In Prison
A magistrate court in Umuahia, Abia State has slammed life imprisonment on a 37-year-old HIV-Positive man, Mr. Chiemela Victor Ekeke for raping a 4-year-old girl in Umuahia, ABN TV reports. Magistrate N. Lekwa had in the last sitting found the accused person guilty of infant defilement. The court however discharged the accused person on count 1, which is bordering on conspiracy. READ...
Anambra Lady Allegedly Beaten To Death, Body Dumped In Hotel Swimming Pool (VIDEO)
A middle aged woman identified as Chinyere Awuda has been killed and her body reportedly found in an abandoned swimming pool in Cosmila Hotel Awka, Anambra State. ABN TV gathered that Miss Awuda hails from Nnobi, in Idemmili South Local Government Area of the state. Sources say the victim was at Club Mila, a nightclub reportedly owned by Cosmila Hotels in...
UNICAL Undergraduate Bags Jail Term For Internet Fraud
An undergraduate from the University of Calabar, Peter Againpriye, has been sentenced to three years in prison for internet fraud by a Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The EFCC, in a statement by its spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, on Tuesday, listed the charges as impersonation, obtaining money by false pretence and possession of fraudulent documents. The convict, who pleaded guilty...
Lagos Boyfriend Kills 21-Year-Old Lover, Makes Shocking Confessesion From Hideout
A 21-year-old undergraduate of Lead University, Ibadan, Oyo State, identified as Augusta Osedion has been reportedly killed by her lover, Benjamin, in Oral Estate, Ikota, Ajah, Lagos. According to reports, the loverbirds had a misunderstanding, which degenerated into a fight and the victim, Augusta, was stabbed to death in the process. It was learned that on July 11, 2023, Augusta called...
