CRIME
Gunmen Invade Bishop Kukah’s Church, Abduct Priests, Others
Gunmen early Wednesday broke into one of the parishes presided over by the Bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Sokoto, Matthew Hassan-Kukah, ABN TV has learnt. Our correspondent gathered that the armed hoodlums kidnapped two priests and two others in...
Abductors Issue Fresh Threat In New Video, Says Abducted Kaduna Train Passengers May Not Leave Here Alive
Terrorists who abducted passengers on a Kaduna-bound train have released yet another video. Six passengers, including a Pakistani, were seen in the footage exclusively obtained by ARISE TV. The victims, who were obviously traumatised, appealed to the...
N21m Discovered In Teenager’s Bank Account In Kwara, Jailed Over Fraud
The Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, has convicted and sentenced a 19-year-old undergraduate, Oyedotun Adebowale, to two years’ imprisonment for cyber fraud. The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...
‘Unknown Gunmen’ Behind South-East Violence Are Igbo – Governor Soludo
Governor Charles Soludo of Anambra state has said majority of the “unknown gunmen” behind the high rate of violence in the state are Igbo. Speaking while declaring curfew in seven Local Government Areas of the state, Soludo condemned the activiti...
Akwa Ibom Man To Die By Hanging For Killing Pregnant Wife
52-year-old man, Nkereuwem Emah, has been sentenced to death by hanging for killing his pregnant wife, whom he accused of infidelity in Mbiabam in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. Emah, the father of five killed his wife on the 1...
Court Denies Senator Okorocha Bail Over N2.9bn Money Laundering Case
A Federal High Court in Abuja on Friday refused to admit a former governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, to bail pending the determination of a suit he filed against the Federal Government. Justice Inyang Ekwo declined to compel the Economic and Fin...
Gunmen Abduct Methodist Church Prelate, Others In Abia
Gunmen have kidnapped Prelate of the Methodist Church Nigeria, His Eminence, Samuel Kanu. He was abducted on Sunday along Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia. ABN TV gathered he was abducted with two Methodist ...
I Am Not Involved In Arms Deal, 2023 Presidential Race — Ali-Modu Sheriff
A former governor of Borno State, Senator Ali Modu Sheriff has said he is not into arms deals as alleged in some quarters and threatened legal action against those blackmailing him. Sheriff who contested for the office of APC national chairman, in a ...
N100m Paid For My Release, Abducted Methodist Cleric Breaks Silence
The kidnapped Prelate of the Methodist Church, His Eminence Samuel Uche, on Tuesday said N100m was paid as ransom before he was released. At a press conference in Lagos, the cleric said the monies were arranged in five sacks of N20 million. The funds...
EFCC Releases Suspended Accountant-General, Ahmed Idris
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the release of Mr Ahmed Idris, the suspended Accountant General of the Federation, from its custody. Mr Wilson Uwujaren, the Head of Media and Public Affairs of the commission, told th...
