CRIME
Five Guards Brigade Killed In Abuja By Bandits Laid To Rest
The Army on Thursday buried five members of the Guards Brigade killed by bandits during a clearance operation in the Federal Capital Territory recently. The soldiers were laid to rest at the Guards Brigade Cemetery, Maitama , Abuja, according to a statement by Guards Brigade spokesperson, Captain Godfrey Anebi Abakpa “Until their demise, the gallant soldiers were serving with 7 Guards...
Military Arrests Owo Catholic Church Attackers
The Defence Headquarters said it has arrested the terrorists behind the attack on the St. Francis Catholic Church in Owo, Ondo State. The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, who made the disclosure during a parley with media executives at t...
We Now Know The Unknown Gunmen, They’re Igbo People Killing To Harvest Human Organs — Soludo
After wreaking havoc in various communities in Anambra State for several months during which many people were kidnapped, killed, and sometimes beheaded, many of the so-called unknown gunmen have, at last, become known. Many of them whose dreaded camps in the thick forests in the state have been raided and destroyed, have been running their mouths and narrating their escapades,...
MOUAU Final Year Student Jumps From 3-Storey Building, Dies After Taking Hard Drugs (Graphic Photos)
A 500-level student of the Michael Okpara University Of Agriculture Umudike, Abia State, identified as Modestus Hyacinth Egbulefu has lost his life, ABN TV gathered. The electrical/electronic engineering student was said to have jumped from the third...
Catholic Priest Abducted In Abia, Kidnappers Demand N50m Ransom
A Catholic priest, identified as Reverend Father Chinedu Nwadike has been kidnapped by bandits along the Okigwe – Enugu expressway in Umunneochi council area of Abia State. Sources told our correspondent that Nwadike who is also the Deputy Registrar of Spiritan University Nneochi, SUN, was abducted alongside a seminarian on their way to Enugu for an official assignment. The sources hinted...
₦31 Million Cash Stolen By Unknown Persons At Katsina Govt House
Katsina State government has confirmed the stealing of some monies by some unknown persons at the account section of the Government House. The Director-General (Media) Alhaji Al-Amin Isa who confirmed the theft in an interview with newsmen, said he could not disclose the amount stolen. He however maintained that some of the suspects were in police custody and investigations are ongoing. A...
Akwa Ibom Monarch To Die By Hanging For Committing Murder
The Village Head of Efen Ibom in Ika LGA in Akwa Ibom State, Chief Essien Matthew Odiong, has been sentenced to death by hanging. The monarch, who stood trial on four counts of conspiracy, was convicted for the murder of one Udoma Udo Ubom. الروليت العربي According to the verdict delivered by Justice Edem Akpan of the Akwa Ibom State...
Insecurity: Terrorists Creating Parallel Govt, Consolidating Their Base In Kaduna, El-Rufai Tells Buhari
Terrorists are consolidating their grip on communities in Kaduna with a parallel government and permanent operational base, according to Governor Nasir El-Rufai in a memo to President Muhammadu Buhari. El-Rufai in the memo, warned the president of the terrorists’ consolidation in a late July memo, according to online platform, Premium Times. The terrorists belonging to Ansaru for short, are believed to...
Terrorists Kill FIRS Director
A Director with the Federal Inland Revenue Service, FIRS, Alhaji Mohammadu Kudu Lawal, has been killed by gunmen who attacked the vehicle in which he was traveling in the Saminaka village of Lapai local government area of Niger state on Sunday night....
Scare As Fire Guts House Of Representatives New Wing
The new wing of House of Representatives, National Assembly Abuja was on Thursday evening gutted by fire incident. Director, Information, National Assembly, Agada Rawlings Emmanuel, who confirmed the incident, said the fire occurred in one of the Janitors located on the 2nd floor, Room 227 in the new-wing of the House of Representatives. He said the fire was suspected to have...