CRIME
Angered For Waking Him From Sleep, 27-Year-Old Man Hacks Father To Death In Ogun
Police in Ogun State have arrested a 27-year-old man, Ibrahim Sikiru, for allegedly killing his biological father, Mumuni Ibrahim. The suspect was arrested following a complaint lodged at the Onipanu divisional headquarters by one Abiodun Sunday, identified as a neighbour to the deceased. The complainant reportedly told the police that the victim, who was a security guard, had returned home in...
Sit-At-Home: Gunmen Burn Down 3 Police Stations In Anambra
Some unknown gunmen have burnt down Osumenyi, Amichi and Ezinifite Police Station all in Nnewi South Local Government Area (LGA) of Anambra State. ABN TV reports that this is coming less than 12 hours after the hoodlums burnt some buildings in Nnewi South Local Government Headquarters, Ukpor, which attracted a visit by Governor Charles Chukwuma Soludo. There, the Governor had...
I’m A Fake Officer, Says Suspected Smuggler Arrested With Police ID Card
The suspected police officer with the rank of Assistant Superintendent of Police arrested for smuggling by operatives of the Katsina Customs Command last week has confessed that he is not a police officer but only impersonated to enable him to beat security checkpoints with his contraband items. The suspect who was arrested along Katsina- Kano road was conveying contraband items,...
Police Arrest Suspected 100-Year-Old Female Ritualist, Two Others For Plucking Eye Of 12-Year-Old Boy In Kano
The police in Kano State have arrested a 100-year-old suspected female ritualist, Furera Abubakar, and two others, for allegedly plucking out the right eye of a 12-year-old boy, Mustapha Yunusa. The other suspects are Isah Hassan (17) and Sani Abdulrahman (16). The Kano State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Haruna, in a statement on Thursday, said the Almajiri boy was...
After Eight Days of Freedom, Suspected IPOB Informant, Glory Okolie Re-arrested
The Nigerian Police Force has re-arrested a suspected informant for the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Glory Okolie. The 21-year-old woman, who was only released from Suleja prison facility in Niger State last week after more than 8 months of incarceration, was picked by policemen on Thursday. Men of the Imo State Police Command arrested her at a bank branch in...
Nigerians Should Begin To Bear Arms For Self Defence, House Leader Doguwa Advocates
The House of Representatives Majority Leader, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa, on Thursday, said Nigerians must be allowed to take up arms and defend themselves against terrorists. He advocated for the bearing of arms when the lawmakers debated, on the floor of the House, the growing insecurity in the country, during which emotions ran high in the chamber. This is after a member of...
Gunshots As Residents Sight Bandits On Kaduna-Abuja Highway
There was pandemonium along Kaduna-Abuja highway when bandits, in a large number, crossed over the ever-busy road. The bandits headed towards western part of the main road shooting sporadically. ABN TV gathered that the gunshots forced motorists to make emergency U-turn around 3:pm, even though there was no report of abductions. Sources along the highway told our correspondent that the bandits passed...
You’re Taking Us For Jokers, Reps Blow Hot Over Refusal Of Service Chiefs To Honour Invitation
The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase, on Wednesday blasted service chiefs and the ministers of relevant agencies over their failure to honour the lawmakers’ invitation. The lawmakers summoned the service chiefs and ministers of relevant ministries and agencies to appear before it in conjunction with the chairmen of the committees on aviation, security and intelligence, police...
Again, Bandits Abduct Customs Officer, Son, Eight Others In Kaduna
A customs officer, Muawiyya Gambo Turaki, and nine others have been abducted in Kofar Gayan low-cost, Zaria, Kaduna state. Bandits were said to have invaded the area around 9.00pm on Wednesday. This is the second time bandits would invade Kofar Gayan low-cost and abduct people. Sometime last year, the bandits invaded the neighborhood and abducted the wife of another customs officer and...
Physically Challenged Man Rapes 11-Year-Old Niece To Death In Lagos
An 11-year-old girl has reportedly died of complications sustained at the hands of her deaf and dumb uncle, who subjected her to sexual abuse in the Alimosho area in Lagos. According to family sources, Peter consistently defiled the little girl and her elder sister, who live with their grandmother in Lagos. It was learned that the girl became very sickly from...
