CRIME
Italy-Based, Lekki Businessman Nabbed By NDLEA Over Alleged Drug Trafficking
Arokodare Damil Ebenezer, the owner of Damillionz Takeout and a businessman from Lekki, was arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Sunday. The arrest was related to the shipment of 60 packages of loud, potent cannabis from the United States to Nigeria. Director of Media and Advocacy of the agency, Femi Babafemi, said, “The 43-year-old businessman was...
Court orders release of Dasuki’s passport
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Maitama, Abuja, on Wednesday ordered the release of the passport of a former National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd). Justice Hussein Baba-Yusuf at Maitama made the order to enable the ex-NSA to renew the expired passport and secure a visa to travel abroad for medical consultation. Dasuki had deposited the passport in...
Lai Mohammed Says Terrorists Have Suffered Heavy Casualties In Kaduna, Blames PDP For Hunger In Nigeria
The Minister of Information, Lai Mohammed Wednesday said the terrorists who attacked a military base in Birnin Gwari area of Kaduna State suffered heavy casualties when they were repelled. He said thi...
[UPDATE] Two Policemen Killed As Gunmen Attack Ubakala Police Station In Abia (Photos, Video)
No fewer than two policemen were killed and their rifles were carted away from Apumiri Ubakala Police Station in Umuahia, Abia State in the early hours of Monday following an attack by yet-to-be-identified gunmen, ABN TV learnt. https://youtu.be/IwiYccmPX5s ABN TV gathered about five (5) police patrol vehicles were also burnt in addition to the building which was razed down by fire. Also,...
Gunmen Attack Police Station In Ondo, Kill One Officer
A police officer has been killed in Ondo State following the invasion of Okuta Elerinla Police Division by gunmen. ABN TV reports that the gunmen stormed the station and caught the officers on duty unaware in Monday around 1:00 am. The mission of the...
NDLEA Arrests Siblings In Aba Over Drug Worh N4.1bn
Officers of the Special Operation Unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have taken down a cartel controlled by a drug baron, 49-year-old Kelechi Monday Nwaobasi and his 50-year-old elder sister, Ms Chinwe Rose Nwaobasi, which housed cocaine and methamphetamine consignments worth over N4.1billion in street value from their hideout in Aba, Abia state. According to a statement...
Hold IPOB Responsible For Attack On Imo INEC Office — Police
The police in Imo State have said gunmen suspected to be members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its armed affiliate, Eastern Security Network (ESN) carried out the attack on the Oru West office of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC). Mike Abattam, the state police spokesperson, said in Owerri on Sunday that the operatives on duty,...
“The Child Is Below 18” – UK Police Speaks On Ike Ekweremadu’s Organ Harvesting Case
The UK Metropolitan Police has revealed that the child in the centre of an Organ Harvesting Case involving Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu is below 18 years. ABN TV on Thursday reported that Ekweremadu and his wife, Beatrice were arres...
Court Adjourns Trial Of Ex-P-Square Manager, Jude Okoye In ₦850m Money Laundering Case To April 14
The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Monday, adjourned the trial of Jude Okoye Chigozie, the older brother and former manager of music duo Paul and Peter Okoye, to April 14, 2025. Okoye is facing a seven-count charge alongside his company, Northside Music Limited, over allegations of money laundering brought against him by the Lagos Zonal Directorate of the...
Three Killed In Rival Cult Clash In Aba
Three persons have been killed as two rival cult groups clashed in Aba, Abia State. The Nation gathered that the weekend clash between the Aye and Aro groups was for superiority over the commercial capital of the state. Two persons were reportedly killed in the Omuma area of Ama-Ogbonna, while the body of the third victim was found off Aba-Owerri Road. Some called the development a bloody...
