CRIME
Security Forces Kill Terrorists Harvesting Crops In Zamfara Community
The troops of the Nigerian military attached to Operation Hadarin Daji, have neutralized some terrorists at Yar Tashar village in Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The terrorists were reportedly killed while they were trying to harvest farmers’ produce in the village. The military personnel also killed a notorious bandit kingpin identified as Bada, who was reported to have attacked...
NAF Bomb ISWAP Leaders In Lake Chad
Airstrikes executed by the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) on Saturday have killed leaders of Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP), Ali Kwaya and Bukar Mainoka at Lake Chad. Kwaya and Mainoka were influential members of the ISWAP Shura (Consultation) Council. They died after the Air Component of Operation Hadin Kai conducted air interdiction missions at Belowa. Belowa, one of the ISWAP/Boko Haram...
Soldier Stabs 34-Year-Old Man To Death In Abia (Graphic Photo)
A 34-year-old man identified as Offor Uchenna has been stabbed to death by a soldier attached to a Chinese construction company in Umuahia, Abia state, ABN TV reports. ABN TV gathered that an altercation ensued between the duo at about 10am on Saturday around Umuahia railway station. The private soldier, Saeed Sabo of the 82 division of Nigerian Army Enugu was...
Blind Man From Niger Republic, Two Pakistanis Nabbed For Drug Trafficking
A blind citizen of the Niger Republic and Two nationals of Pakistan have been arrested for cocaine trafficking in Nigeria. While the Pakistanis were apprehended at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Lagos, the Nigerien was nabbed in Katsina, according to the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. In a statement on Sunday, NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi identified the Pakistanis as Asif...
Man Who Threatened To Kill Father With Cutlass Appear In Ondo Court
A commercial motorcycle operator, Tope Oladiji, who allegedly threatened to kill his father Kolawole Oladiji with a cutlass, has been arraigned before an Ondo Magistrate Court. Tope, aged 39, was arraigned on a one-count charge bordering on threat to life. He was said to have committed the offence on October 28, 2022, at Holy Trinity Italuowo, Ondo town. The offence is punishable...
NDLEA Destroys 3.7 Hectares Of Cannabis Farmland In Ekiti
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Ekiti State Command, has destroyed no fewer than 3.7 hectares of Hemp farmland at Ire-Ekiti Forest in Oye Local Government Area of the state. Also, the agency had arrested eight suspects, including a woman alleged to be involved in cultivating the illegal crop, and seized 1,465kg of substances suspected to be hemp from...
Two Arraigned On Alleged Defamation Post On Gov Ganduje
Two persons, Mubarak Muhammad and Nazifi Bala were on Wednesday arraigned before Kano Magistrate Court 58 Noman’s land Kano, for alleged defamation of character against the Governor of Kano State, Dr. Abdullahi Ganduje. According to First Information Report, the duo in a video, posted on Facebook that the governor did not see land without selling it and that he slept...
3 Gunmen Killed By Security Operatives In Anambra
Security operatives in Anambra State have killed three fierce-looking gunmen during a duel. The incident took place on Wednesday at Umunze, Orumba South local government area. The gunmen had different charms on their bodies, including legs, necks, waists, and hands. ABN TV gathered the gunmen were part of the group killing innocent citizens around the Orumba area. READ ALSO: Resolution Of South East Governors To...
Insecurity Under Control – President Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has dispelled insinuations that insecurity was on the rise in the country. According to him, the narratives by some western countries on the security situation in the country are false. The president spoke at the opening ceremony of a 3-day strategic communication conference for State Commandant and Public Relations Officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps...
39 Children Kidnapped By Gunmen On Katsina Farm
Gunmen have kidnapped nearly 40 children working on a farm in northwest Nigeria and demanded ransom for their release, police and a local official said on Wednesday. Dozens of gunmen on motorcycles stormed a farm outside Mairuwa village in Faskari district of Katsina State on Sunday and rounded up 39 children who were harvesting crops for a fee, the police...
