CRIME
Unknown Gunmen Attack Enugu Community, Kill APC Youth Leader
Unknown gunmen have invaded Igboeze South Local Government Area of Enugu state, killing the state APC youth leader, Hon. Lucky Okechukwu. ABN TV reports that the murder of Hon. Okechukwu has led to an unrest in parts of the state. Though the details of the incident is still sketchy, Hon. Okechukwu was reportedly shot dead on Saturday night in Unadu town. On...
Mob Lynch Suspected Generator Thief In Aba
A middle aged man suspected to be involved in stealing power generating sets in Aba, Abia State has been lynched by a mob of angry residents along Faulks road Aba. ABN TV gathered that the suspect along with two others had in the early hours of Saturday hit the city, scavenging for generators to steal. They are said to specialise in...
Lifeless Body With Marks Of Burns Recovered In Umuahia (Photo)
An unidentified lifeless body of a middle aged man was on Saturday discovered at New Heaven junction in Olokoro, Umuahia South local government area of Abia State. The victim has marks of violence that look like burns all over his body, ABN TV reports. Residents of the earlier woke up to the development in the early hours of Saturday, wondering the...
18-Yr-Old Boy Tope Strangles Mother To Death For Calling Him Bastard
An Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court, weekend, ordered the remand of 18-year-old Tope Momoh, for allegedly strangling his 52-year-old mother, Stella Momoh to death. Police Prosecutor, Nelson Akintimehin, said that the defendant was arraigned for murder. According to Akintimehin, the defendant committed the offence at midnight on September 6, 2022, at Ikakumi Akoko, in Ondo state. He informed the court that Tope strangled...
Boy, 18 Years Old Kills Mother For Calling Him Bastard On Ondo
An Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court, weekend, ordered the remand of 18-year-old Tope Momoh, for allegedly strangling his 52-year-old mother, Stella Momoh to death. Police Prosecutor, Nelson Akintimehin, said that the defendant was arraigned for murder. According to Akintimehin, the defendant committed the offence at midnight on September 6, 2022, at Ikakumi Akoko, in Ondo state. He informed the court that Tope strangled...
Trader Blinded By Ogun Traditional Ruler After He Allegedly Danced With Queen Demands Justice
A trader, Wasiu Oduwole, has demanded justice after a traditional ruler, Nureni Oduwaye, allegedly kicked his eye at the Moore Blessing Hotel, Ikenne, in the Sagamu Local Government Area of Ogun State. The victim claimed he could no longer see with the eye. Oduwaye perpetrated the act after allegedly accusing Wasiu of dancing with his queen during a birthday celebration at...
Woman, 37 Arrested In Anambra For Allegedly Torturing Granddaughter To Death
Anambra State Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has arrested a 37-year-old woman, Udeogu Chinelo, for allegedly flogging her three-year-old granddaughter to death. NAPTIP’s Public Relations Officer, Okafor Anthony, in a statement, yesterday, said the suspect hails from Enugwu-Ukwu but married in Nibo, Awka South Local Council of the state. He said Chinelo was...
Buhari Meets Freed Kaduna Train Passengers, Assures Nigerians Of Security
President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, met with the passengers of the Abuja-Kaduna train who recently regained their freedom from captivity. On March 28, an attack on a train on its way to Kaduna from Abuja resulted in killings, injuries and abductions. A total of 61 persons were said to have been kidnapped during the attack. The abductees have been released at various...
Customs Arrest Five Suspects, Seize Contrabands Worth N600m
The Nigeria Customs Service said it arrested five suspects, intercepted ammunitions and other contrabands worth Duty Paid Value of over N622m in September. The Acting Customs Area Controller in charge of the Federal Operations Unit, Zone A, of the service, Hussein Ejibunnu, while addressing journalists at the unit on Wednesday, said the unit also recovered N107m within the period under...
Two Vigilantes Arrested Over Attempted Rape In Anambra
Two vigilante personnel in Anambra State have been arrested for an attempted rape of a 12-year-old girl. It was gathered that the incident happened at Nkutaku area of Okpoko in the Ogbaru Local Government Area of the state. The suspects, whose identities were not disclosed, are currently at the Okpoko Police Division, within the same local government. It was gathered that the...
