CRIME
48-Year-Old France-Bound Footballer Nabbed With 111 Wraps Of Cocaine
A 48-year-old France-bound businessman and prospective footballer, Emmanuel Orjinze has been arrested after failed attempts to traffic 111 wraps of cocaine on May 21. Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted Orijinze at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja upon suspicion that he was not clean. During the outward clearance of Air France flight AF 878 from Abuja...
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...
Gunmen Abduct Heavily Pregnant Wife Of NULGE Zamfara Chairman
Heavily-armed bandits in the early hours of Tuesday invaded Damba area of Gusau Local Government Area (LGA) of Zamfara and abducted the wife of the State Chairman of the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees (NULGE), Sanusi Isah Gusau. ABN TV l...
Newborn Baby Found Dead In Abia Drainage (Photo)
A newborn baby of about one week has been found dead in a drainage in Umuahia, the capital of Abia State. ABN TV reports that the lifeless body of the baby was found in the early hours of Thursday along Umuwaya Road, directly opposite the Young Shall Grow Motors premises. The police command in the state has been notified of the...
Police Officer Killed In Adamawa Over Broken Pot Of Soup
Adamawa State Police Command has arrested two persons in connection to the gruesome murder of a police officer identified as Ibrahim Maizabuwa. The suspects nabbed include Ezekiel Kefas, 67, and Stephen Zabadi, 44, who hail from Wamsa Suwa Ward in Lamurde local government area of the State. The Police Command's spokesman, SP Suleiman Yahaya Nguroje, confirmed the arrest and said the...
Attacks On Imo Police, Correctional Facility Act Of Terrorism, Buhari Reacts
President Muhammadu Buhari has condemned what he described as a “deadly insurgent attack” on the Police Command Headquarters and the Correctional Facility in Owerri, Imo State, on Monday, calling it an act of terrorism. President Buhari in his reaction that was contained in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Mallam Garba Shehu in Abuja,...
Insecurity: Call For Buhari’s Impeachment In Order — Adamawa APC Senator
A serving senator of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has backed the move by his opposition colleagues to impeach President Muhammadu Buhari, the leader of his party, over the security challenges bedevilling the nation. Senator Elisha Abbo, who...
BREAKING: EFCC Nabs Another FBI Suspect Wanted for $2.5m Internet Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ilorin Zonal Office has arrested a 38-year-old man, Festus Akinyemi Abiona who was indicted by the Federal Bureau of Investigations, FBI over his alleged involvement in internet fraud. Abiona had been on the wanted list of the Commission for more than eight months over the alleged fraud case, before luck ran out on...
Insecurity Won’t Stop Elections, NSA Monguno Vows
The National Security Adviser, Major Gen Babagana Monguno (rtd), has assured that the 2023 census would be conducted safely despite security challenges in the country. Speaking during the inauguration of the security and logistic committee for the census yesterday in Abuja, Monguno said potential threats to the exercise would manifest in physical attacks on staff and facilities, attacks on security...
Trailer Loses Control In Abia, Crashes Into Street Traders, Kills One (Photos)
At least one person was feared dead in Umuahia, Abia State capital on Tuesday after an articulated vehicle, popularly known as a trailer lost control and crashed into a crowd displaying wares on the roadside, ABN TV reports. The fatal accident which occurred at Ahiaeke Junction along Ikot Ekpene Road also led to the destruction of property. Despite...
