CRIME
We’re Achieving Safe, Secure Nigeria, Chief Of Air Staff Abubakar Assures
The Chief of the Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, has stated that the prospect of a safe and secured Nigeria is in sight, as long as the Armed Forces of Nigeria continue to collectively keep their ‘eyes on the ball’ in getting the job done. He also noted that aside kinetic means of curbing the current security challenges confronting...
Lockdown Enforcement Team Allegedly Shots Policewoman Dead In Rivers (Graphic Photos)
Information reaching ABN TV indicates that a traffic Policewoman stationed at a junction at Eneka Town in Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State has been shot dead by another Police Officer. The sad incident happened on Thursday to the shock and annoyance of residents. The embattled Police Officer is said to be attached to the Rivers State Taskforce on-road decongestion. The...
Court Convicts Mama Boko Haram Over N34m Fraud
The Borno State High Court in Maiduguri has convicted and sentenced, Aisha Alkali-Wakil, also known as Mama Boko Haram, as well as one Tahiru Saidu-Daura and Lawal Shoyode to seven years imprisonment. They were prosecuted by the Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on a three-count charge of conspiracy and cheating to the tune of...
Gunmen Kill JTF Commander, Abduct Medical Doctor, 16 Others In Kaduna
A joint task force commander and a resident of Sabon Gero community, New Millennium City Settlement, in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State were killed when bandits stormed the area on Tuesday. The invasion of the bandits in the communit...
Policeman Who Killed George Floyd Charged With Murder, Manslaughter
Minneapolis police officer Derek Chauvin has been charged with murder after he was seen kneeling on the neck of black man George Floyd in a video of his arrest that sparked violent protests across the country, ABN TV reports. The 44-year-old white cop was arrested by state investigators on Friday afternoon and was charged with third-degree murder and manslaughter, Hennepin...
EFCC Declares Ex-Kogi Gov. Yahaya Bello Wanted
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared a former governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello, wanted for offences relating to economic and financial crimes. This was contained in a notice posted on the commission’s official Facebook page on Thursday. “Former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello, is wanted by the EFCC for offences relating to economic and financial crimes to...
FG To Build Six New Prisons
The federal government on Saturday disclosed that it would establish six new modern custodial facilities in the six geo-political zones in the country. The Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola, disclosed this in Kano while inspecting the ongoing model maximum security custodial facility project at Janguza in Kumbotso Local Government Area of the state. Aregbesola said the project was part of projects...
Youths Nab Man Who Ran To Ohafia After Snatching Keke From Umuahia (Photos)
The youths of Amaekpu in Ohafia LGA area of Abia state have apprehended a man whose identity could not be ascertained for allegedly snatching a tricycle popularly known as Keke NAPEP in Umuahia and ran to the community for a cover, ABN TV reports. The youths led by one Stormy Stainless on Monday apprehended the suspect following a tip-off by...
Insecurity: FG Issues New Directive In Response To Fresh Borno, Benue Attacks
The Federal Government has called for an overhaul of military tactics to address Nigeria’s worsening insecurity. This, it said the country needed rather than a security summit. The Senate on Tuesday resolved to hold a two-day national security summit to brainstorm a solution to the rising wave of killings and other forms of insecurity in the country. The decision followed a motion...
NASS, Ex-generals Demand Urgent Military Intervention
Retired military generals has urged the Federal Government to urgently equip the Nigerian Armed Forces over the resurgence of terrorists’ attacks and killings in the North-East. This comes as the House of Representatives on Tuesday expressed deep concern over a recent deadly attack on a military facility in Giwa, Borno State, describing the incident as a glaring indicator that Boko...
