CRIME
Three-Storey Building Collapses In Umuahia (Photos)
A three-storey building near the popular Ahiaeke market on Umuahia-Ikot Ekpene Expressway on the outskirts of Umuahia, the Abia State capital on Sunday caved in. The eight-flat apartment was said to be occupied as at the moment of the incident. No ca...
Gunmen Kill Three, Abduct Many In Catholic Church In Kaduna
Unknown gunmen on Sunday attacked St. Moses Catholic Church, Robuh, Ungwan Aku in the Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State while worshippers were winding down the first mass. In the course of the attack on the church, three worshippers were k...
Buhari Vows To Deal With Those Profiting From Insecurity
President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday said those taking laws into their hands, bearing arms illegally and seeking to profit from a climate of fear and insecurity would be decisively dealt with. He spoke in Wudil, Kano, at the Passing-Out-Parade of the...
IPOB Unmasks Identity Of Alleged Kidnappers In South East
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) has released the names of alleged kidnappers in the South East. This was contained in a statement signed by IPOB’s spokesman, Emma Powerful. The secessionist group dissociated itself from the criminals, saying...
Traumatised Wife Of Kidnapped Abia Journalist, Chuks Onuoha Narrates How He Was Kidnapped, Seeks His Immediate Release
The family of Abia-based journalist, Mr. Chuks Onuoha, who was kidnapped by armed men who gained entry into his home in Ohuhu Umuahia, on Tuesday night, has appealed for assistance to rescue the head of the family from his abductors. His abduction is...
Abduction Of Our Member, Chuks Onuoha Devastating, Unfortunate – Abia NUJ Cries Out
The Abia State Council of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ) says it received the news of the unfortunate abduction of one of her members, Mr Chuks Onuoha, by gunmen with great shock, utter bewilderment and despondency. Mr Onuoha, a former Abia S...
Bandits Abduct Ex-Commissioner In Adamawa, Two Killed
A former Commissioner for Housing and Urban Planning, Engr. Babangida, was said to have been kidnapped in Adamawa State on Tuesday. It was learnt that his abductors had surrounded his home situated at Bajabire village in Girei Local Government Area o...
Gunmen Kidnap Journalist In Abia (PHOTO)
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have reportedly kidnapped an Umuahia- based journalist Chuks Onuoha. It was gathered that Onuoha was kidnapped at his residence at Ohuhu in Umuahia North LGA in Abia State. Onuoha was a former Abia correspondent o...
Police Speak On Abduction Of Ameerah Along With Other Victims In Abuja
The FCT Police Command has assured that it is working to free Ameerah Sufyan and other abductees. On Tuesday, she raised an alarm via her Twitter account, @ameerah_sufyan. The citizen alerted that she and 16 others were kidnapped at gunpoint by armed...
Man Docked For Defiling 9-Year-Old Lover’s Niece In Rivers
Police in Rivers State has arraigned one Preye Harry for allegedly defiling a 9-year-old minor. The 38-year-old accused was arraigned before a Magistrate Court sitting in Choba Community, Obio-Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State, on two cou...
