CRIME
Gunmen Attacked And Killed Three Policemen In Enugu
No fewer than three policemen were reportedly shot dead by gunmen at New Haven area in the Enugu State capital. Report had it that the incident happened on Wednesday night around 10:30 pm in front of Francis Supermarket at block bus stop. Sources told our correspondent on Thursday morning, that the gunmen believed to be armed robbers stormed the area and...
Edo Medical Doctor Kills Taxi Driver With Injection, Steals Car
The Edo State Police Command on Wednesday paraded a medical doctor, Abass Adebowale, for allegedly injecting a cab driver, Emmanuel Agbovinuere, to death in the Benin City area of the state. Adebowale, after perpetrating the crime, allegedly dumped Agbovinuere’s corpse in a bush, and stole the victim’s Toyota Voltron car. He was said to have driven the car to the Osogbo...
Why Terrorists’ Negotiator Tukur Mamu Was Arrested – DSS
The Department of State Services, DSS has explained why the lead negotiator between the terrorists and passengers kidnapped from the attacked Abuja-Kaduna train, Alhaji Tukur Mamu, was arrested. ABN TV earlier reported that Mamu was arrested in Cairo, the Egyptian capital, on Tuesday. The terrorists’ negotiator was arrested in Egypt alongside his family members. Mamu was on his way to Saudi Arabia for...
A Security Man In Ebonyi Allegedly Beats Pupil to Death
One of the security men drafted to work on the construction site of Ebonyi International Airport, at Onueke, in the Ezza South Local Government Area of the state, identified as Chukwuma Anyigor (aka Ite Igwe), has allegedly beaten a 17-year-old pupil, Miss Nwuka Nwafor, to death. PUNCH Metro reports that the victim was a Senior Secondary School (class one) pupil...
Police Confirms Bank Robbery Attack In Kogi
The recent robbery attack on three banks in Ankpa Local Government of Kogi state has been confirmed by the State Police Command on Wednesday It was earlier reported that three commercial banks were simultaneously attacked on Tuesday by robbers who came in their numbers with sophisticated weapons. A source in Ankpa told our correspondent that two persons lost their lives during...
Nigeria’s Bandit Negotiator, Tukur Mamu Arrested In Egypt Says He’s Not Afraid
Alhaji Tukur Mamu, Kaduna-based publisher who was involved in the controversial negotiation that led to the release of some train passengers, has opened up on his encounter in Egypt. Daily Trust had reported how he was arrested in Cairo, Egypt, on the “orders of the Nigerian Government. 1xbet casino ” Mamu, who claimed he was on his way to Saudi Arabia...
FG Dissolves NSCDC Unit In Charge Of Guiding Pipelines, Alleged Connivance With Oil Thieves
The Federal Government has dissolved all the anti-vandal units of Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, guarding oil pipelines in Niger Delta as part of ongoing efforts to eliminate connivance with some bad eggs in the system with non-state actors. Commandant General of NSCDC, Dr. Ahmed Audi, ordered the dissolution, yesterday, in Abuja during a meeting with the top...
He Was A Mad Man About To Die, I Helped Him By Killing Him To Reduce His Pain, Suspected Ritual Says
A 26-year-old suspected ritualist, Olaolu Falowo, has confessed why he killed a farmer, and removed his body parts for money rituals, at Kuseru Village via Odigbo council area of Ondo State. The victim’s body parts found in the suspect’s house include human limps (two legs and two arms) while a human skull in a sack was recovered from his father’s...
5 Dead As Armed Robbers Attack Banks, Police Station Kogi (Photos)
Robbers this afternoon attacked the First Bank and Zenith Bank branches at Ankpa town, Ankpa LGA, Kogi State, ABN TV learnt. The robbers were said to have operated for nearly an hour without resistance as they besieged the facilities in several vehicles including buses and saloon cars shooting sporadically. They proceeded to blowing up the security doors and ransacking the buildings. 5...
Police Rescue Abducted Children From Fake Reverend Sister In Rivers Community
The police in Rivers State has said its operatives rescued 15 children who were kidnapped within and outside the state and kept in the house of a fake Rev. Sister in Aluu, Ikwerre Local Government Area of the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Friday Eboka, disclosed this in Port Harcourt, at a news briefing to showcase some of the...
