CRIME
60-Year-Old Man, Sons Who Attacked FRSC Official, Set Official Vehicle Ablaze Arrested
The Police, in Bauchi, have arrested a 60-year-old man and his two sons, for allegedly attacking and injuring an operative of the Federal Road Safety Corps during patrol. They were also said to have set the FRSC patrol van ablaze. The Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, while confirming the incident to journalists in a telephone conversation, said that the...
BREAKING: Governor Wike Bans #EndSARS Protests
Governor Nyesom Wike has banned all forms of protests in Rivers State. The governor specifically said all proposed protests by #EndSARS campaigners have been prohibited. Wike’s directive was contained in a statement on Monday night by his Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim. He explained that there was no need for any form of demonstration since the Inspector-General of Police, Adamu...
Amaechi, Wike Trade Tackles Over Insecurity In Rivers
Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, and the Minister of Transportation, Rotimi Amaechi,on Sunday clashed over the spate of insecurity in the state. Amaechi who spoke while presiding over the formal defection of two former commissioners in the Governor Nyesom Wike-led administration and others to the All Progressives Congress in Port Harcourt on Sunday attributed the rising crime in parts of...
30 Feared Killed As Soldiers, Gunmen Clash In Plateau
Reports have indicated that a violent clash has erupted between soldiers and gunmen in two villages of Mangu local government area of Plateau State early Saturday morning. A source, who preferred anonymity, told our correspondent that many people were killed during the confrontation. The clash allegedly followed the relaxation of the 24-hour curfew imposed on the troubled Mangu LGA by the...
Interpol, EFCC Nab Three Suspected Nigerian Global Scammers
An INTERPOL-led operation targeting malware cyber fraud across Southeast Asia leads to the Nigeria arrest of three suspected global scammers, ABN TV reports. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) arrested the suspects in a sting operati...
Sen. Okorocha, Uche Nwosu Escape Death After Heavy Gunfire (PHOTOS)
The Senator representing Imo West constituency, Sen. Rochas Okorocha on Sunday reportedly escaped death by whiskers after his car was riddled with bullets by suspected thugs, ABN TV reports. Also in his convoy was Mr. Uche Nwosu, the governorship candidate of Action Alliance in the 2019 governorship election in Imo state. The former Imo state governor was said to have visited...
Woman Nabbed For Selling Day-Old Baby For 10k In Ondo
Men of the Ondo State Security Network (Amotekun) have arrested a 22-year-old woman, Seun Oladayo, in Ondo West Local Government Area of the state, over an attempt to sell her day-old baby to a pastor at the sum of N10,000. The young lady who was arrested in Abejoye area of Ondo city confessed selling the baby to the pastor because...
Husband Sets Wife On Fire In Anambra Over Alleged Affair
A middle-aged man named Nwana is accused of setting his wife, Chioma Nwana, on fire in Eziezekwe village, Abagana, in the Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State, following a heated argument over alleged infidelity. The tragic incident, which occurred on Tuesday evening, escalated after the suspect accused his wife of having an affair. Chioma, who sustained severe burns, was...
Some Of Us Are Planning To Return To The Bush, Come And Assist Us, Repentant Terrorists Tell Govt
Repentant Boko Haram terrorists have called on the government to provide them with a means of livelihood as they resettle back into communities having undergone series of rehabilitation. Speaking exclusively to Channels Television at the Bulumkutu Rehabilitation Centre, Maiduguri where the Minister for Humanitarian Affairs and Poverty Alleviation, Betta Edu, distributed food items to them and some rescued Chibok girls,...
Be Tough On Criminals, Chief Of Army Staff Tells Special Forces
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, has charged the newly inducted 699 Special Forces personnel of ‘Exercise Restore Hope II’ to be brutal and merciless against criminal elements threatening the peace and stability of...
