CRIME
IPOB, OPC Same As Boko Haram, Says Dambazau
A former Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Abdulrahamah Dambazau (rtd), on Friday, said the activity of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC) is not different from Boko Haram’s bloody campaign in the northern parts of the country. According to Dambazau, a former minister of Interior Nigeria is witnessing a new wave of ethnic extremism...
They Used Dynamite, Police Say As Gunmen Destroy Vehicles, Buildings In Imo Police Station Attack (Photos, Video)
Unknown gunmen early hours of Saturday bombed Umuguma Police station in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo state, with explosive devices. An eyewitness who spoke to ABN TV from the Umuguma area said the attackers came in three vehicles and 2 motorcycles. He said more than 5 vehicles were destroyed by the explosives and the building was set ablaze by...
BREAKING: Fleeing Suspected COVID-19 Patient Captured In Abia, Quarantined (Photos)
The Abia state government has announced that a fleeing coronavirus patient Vincent Prosper, who had earlier had contact with a confirmed case in Akwa Ibom is now in custody, ABN TV reports. The suspected patient was tracked down with the help of security agents who pinned him to his location after he had severally refused to turn up for testing. A...
Insecurity Remains Global, Stop Ethnicising And Politicising It – Keyamo
The Minister of State for Labour and Employment, Festus Keyamo, (SAN), has urged Nigerians to stop ethnicising and politicising insecurity in the country, arguing that security threats remain a global issue. Keyamo made this call on Friday, in a brief statement shared on his official Twitter page. While making reference to recent shootings in the US, Keyamo opined that insecurity was...
Residents Turn Vigilantes As Robbers Terrorize Ogun, Lagos Communities
Lagos and Ogun State communities were laid prostrate yesterday, as residents of various communities in response to the incessant raiding of robbers and cult boys took to the streets and formed vigilante bands to protect their homes against the marauders. Communities such as Agege, Ikeja, Ogba, Pen Cinema, Abule Egba, Elliot, Ajuwon, Iju, Ishaga, Akute, and environs were like a...
Over 40 Policemen Invaded My House In Abia Over Undisclosed Petition – Max Nduaguibe (Video)
Dr. Max Nduaguibe, former Director General of Dr. Alex Otti's 2019 Governorship Campaign Organization, has alleged that over 40 policemen invaded his residence in Umuomainta Nbawsi, Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area of Abia State in the early hours of today, Sunday, December 15, 2024, in an attempt to arrest him, ABN TV reports. Speaking with our correspondent via telephone, Dr....
Two Policemen On Duty Allegedly Kidnapped In Abia Community By Gunmen
Two officers of the Nigeria Police Force attached to Nkporo division in Ohafia local government area of Abia State have been kidnapped. ABN TV gathered that they were taken away by gunmen on Sunday night to an unknown location. More details later...
4 Kidnapped By Gunmen In Ekiti State
Gun-wielding men, suspected to be kidnappers, have abducted four commuters in Irele-Ekiti, Ajoni Local Council Development Area(LCDA) of Ekiti state. According to sources in the community, the victims, said to be heading to Ibadan, Oyo state capital after attending an event in Kogi state last weekend, were kidnapped around 11a.m. on Sunday. It was gathered that the four travellers were waylaid...
NBA, Obono-Obla Tackle Gov Ayade For Backing The Military’s Reprisal On Cross River Communities
The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and former presidential aide, Chief Okoi Obono-Obla, have condemned Governor Ben Ayade’s call to the Nigerian Army to sustain reprisal action on Nko and Onyedama communities in Cross River State, where its full mi...
Air Force Denies Killing Innocent Herdsmen In Nasarawa Air Strike
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has said the ‘38 herders’ killed in airstrikes carried out in January in Rukubi community of Doma Local Government Area of Nasarawa State were terrorists and not innocent persons. The NAF which had kept mum over the incident widely reported in the media about six months ago, said those killed were trying to wreak havoc,...
![Ohafia Monarchs Reject 'UDUMEZE OF OHAFIA' Title, Insist It's Unrecognized, Misleading [Document Attached]](https://abntv.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/FB_IMG_1752179354516-300x194.jpg "Ohafia Monarchs Appeal For Calm, Reaffirm Neutrality In Ohafia Improvement Union Election Process")
![Ohafia Monarchs Reject 'UDUMEZE OF OHAFIA' Title, Insist It's Unrecognized, Misleading [Document Attached]](https://abntv.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2025/07/FB_IMG_1752179354516-100x75.jpg "Ohafia Monarchs Appeal For Calm, Reaffirm Neutrality In Ohafia Improvement Union Election Process")