CRIME
Policemen Involved In Ohafia Shooting Acted Under Influence Of Alcohol – Abia CP
The Abia state Police Command has announced the arrest of policemen involved in sporadic shooting in Ohafia on Friday that led to the death of an indigene of the area, identified as Ifeanyi Arunsi. The State Police Command said it received with nostalgia the news of the shooting incident in Ebem Ohafia by a team of policemen led by an...
Lockdown Enforcement: Resist Extortion By Police Officers, Abia CP Tells Residents, Releases Helpline
The Commissioner of Police in Abia State, CP E. Ene Okon has called on members of the public to resist attempts by policemen enforcing the stay-at-home order in the state to curb the spread of COVID-19 to extort money from them while performing their duty. The CP in a release on Saturday signed by the command's PRO, SP Ogbonna Geoffrey...
BREAKING: Suspected Killer Of Fasoranti’s Daughter, 2 Others Test Positive For Coronavirus In Ondo
Ondo State has reported three new positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the state to seven. The state governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, announced this in a series of tweets on Sunday. He disclosed that one of the new cases was one a suspect arraigned in a court in Akure, the state capital on Friday last week. The...
BREAKING: Police Arrest 3 Suspected Killers Of Catholic Seminarian In Kaduna
The police said they have arrested three suspects in connection with the kidnap and murder of a Catholic Seminarian, Nnadi Michael of the Catholic Good Shepherd Major Seminary in Kaduna State. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mba disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday. The criminal gang had on Jan. 9, stormed the Catholic Seminary and...
Ex-JAMB Registrar To Forfeit School, Radio, Petrol Stations, Mansions Others To FG
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the interim forfeiture of Gravity FM, Igboho, and some other properties belonging to Former Registrar of the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde. Ojerinde, was also a pioneer Registrar of the National Examination Council, NECO, had joined the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the build-up to the 2019 general...
BREAKING: Gunmen Kidnap Ekiti Commissioner, Councillor Killed
Commissioner for Agriculture in Ekiti State, Folorunso Olabode has been kidnapped by gunmen. A councillor who was with him was shot dead on the spot. According to TVC News, it was gathered on Sunday evening in Ekiti that the kidnap and murder a councillor took place between Isan and Iludun-Ekiti area of the State.
Fraudsters Impersonating Me On Social Media — CMD FMC Umuahia Decries
The Chief Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre Umuahia, Dr. Azubuike Onyebuchi has called on the public to be weary of suspected fraudsters who have created social media accounts with his name and image with intention to perpetrate fraud. The CMD in a chat with ABN TV on Sunday emphasised that aside his WhatsApp line, he has not social media account. He...
Rivers Govt Mourns Member Of Taskforce Who Was Attacked At Demolished Hotel, Converts Site To Primary School
The Rivers State Government Wednesday announced the death of a member of its Taskforce on COVID-19 attacked by hoodlums at the demolished Prodest Hotel in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, who though did not mention the name of the victim, said he died from injuries he sustained during the incident. Nsirim, who...
21-Year-Old Man Murdered By Jealous Friend In Imo, Body Discovered in Anambra (Photos)
A 21-year-old man, identified as Micah Isaiah but also known as Leo Wire has reportedly been murdered by his friend an ex-militant out of jealousy. According to reports surrounding Isaiah’s death, he was murdered on May 12th around Willow Wood hotel in Owerri, Imo state’s capital. Isaiah, a 21-year-old man was reported to be close friends with his murderer —a supposed...
EFCC Arraigns Oyo Permanent Secretary Over Alleged N4.4m Fraud
The Ibadan zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has docked a Permanent Secretary in the Oyo State Ministry of Agriculture, Alhaji Rasaq Kolawole, for allegedly defrauding one Ibikunle Alonge of N4,400.000 (Four Million, Four Hundred Thousand Naira). Kolawole was arraigned before Justice Aderonke Aderemi of the Oyo State High Court on Wednesday, May 13, 2020, on...
