CRIME
Since 2021, About 47,975 Terrorists Have Surrendered — Defence Headquarters
The Defence Headquarters says a total of 47,975 terrorists and their families have so far surrendered to troops of Operation Hadin Kai in the North East from September 2021 to date. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, said this while giving an update on military operations between March 10 and March 24, on Thursday in Abuja. Onyeuko said the...
Court Sentences Man To Two Years Imprisonment For Vandalizing EEDC Property
A 24-year-old-man, identified as Idris Ibrahiim has been sentenced to two (2) years imprisonment. He was jailed by his Worship, Ojinnaka C of a Magistrate Court, sitting in Imo State, for vandalizing a distribution substation belonging to the Enugu Electricity Distribution PLC (EEDC), situated at Imo Housing, World Bank Estate, Owerri, Imo State and stealing electrical armoured cable. The offence is...
Scrap Metal Dealer Stabs Man To Death In Akwa Ibom
A scrap metal dealer reportedly stabbed one Edikan Edoho to death along Marina Junction in Eket Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State. It was gathered that following the ban on the activities of scrap dealers across the state in January 2022, some people now go to the Marina Junction to sell their metal scraps. According to Vanguard, an indigene of...
Mother, Son Arrested For Abducting, Raping Teenage Girl In Ekiti 3 Years Ago
Three years after a teenage girl left home for an extra-mural lesson in preparation for WAEC and was thereafter reported missing by her parents on March, 2019, the police in Ekiti State have arrested a woman, Mrs Felicia Ademiloye, and her son, Adewumi, in connection with the girl’s abduction, exploitation and rape. The victim’s mother, on March 15, received credible...
Mother Who Set 10-Year-Old Daughter Ablaze Arrested
A mother of five has been arrested by the Ogun State Police for setting her 10-year-old daughter ablaze. The command’s public relations officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi confirmed this in a press statement on Tuesday. “The suspect, Aisha Tijani was arrested following a report lodged at Mowe divisional headquarters by one Moroof Ayinde, who reported that the suspect who lives in the same...
Court Sentence Labourer To Nine Months Imprisonment For Stealing N47,000
A Grade I Area Court, Dei-Dei, Abuja, on Tuesday sentenced a 23-year-old labourer, Mathew Yakubu to nine months imprisonment for stealing N47,000. Mathew, who lives in Kubwa pleaded guilty to housebreaking and theft and begged for leniency. The judge, Malam Sulyman Ola, however, gave the convict an option to pay a fine of N40,000. Ola ordered the convict to pay N42, 200...
Security Operatives Take Over C’River Assembly After Court Judgment
Armed policemen on Tuesday morning took over the Cross River State House of Assembly. The policemen drawn from the anti-kidnapping squad and regular policemen were also seen around the routes leading to the House of Assembly. Movement into the Assembly complex on Diamond Hill was restricted. Their presence followed the High Court ruling on Monday sacking 20 lawmakers in the state for...
EFCC Punishes Officer Behind Leaked Video Of Ex-Anambra Gov Obiano
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has meted out punishment on one of its officers responsible for recording and leaking a video of Ex-Anambra Governor, Willie Obiano in custody. Obiano trended on social media on Sunday after video footage of him clad in shirts and shorts in an EFCC detention facility emerged online. Below is a statement from the commission...
Alleged Shooting Of Baker: Fake News, DSS Denies
The Department of State Security Services, DSS, has denied reports that its personnel attacked and killed a baker in Enugu. The report which was published by a news medium, Punch, alleged that a young female baker, identified as Chinenye Opah, a native of Mgbowo in Awgu Local Government Area of Enugu State, was killed by operatives of the security agency...
DSS Operatives Allegedly Shoot Baker Dead In Enugu
Operatives of the Department of the State Service, DSS have reportedly killed a young lady baker, identified as Chinenye Opah, a native of Mgbowo in Awgu Local Government Areas of Enugu State. Although the reason for the killing of the young lady was yet to be ascertained, sources told PUNCH (not ABN TV ) on Monday that the incident happened...
