CRIME
Two Students Of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Dead In Private Hostel
Two persons suspected to be students of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, Anambra state have been found dead in a private hostel room close to the institution. The male and female bodies were found on Sunday afternoon after the door to the room said to be belonging to the girl was broken by neighbours. When our Correspondent visited the Williams hostel, a...
Gunmen Attack Enugu Commissioner, Kills Two Police Orderlies
Two police orderlies of the Enugu State Commissioner for Lands, Chidi Aroh, were Sunday, killed as gunmen attacked the commissioner in Anambra State. A source told ABN TV that the two officers, Inspector David Adabu and one Inspector Solomon, lost their lives as they were allegedly ambushed by the gunmen in Anambra State while returning from a visit to the...
Man Bags 2 Years Jail Term For Internet Fraud In Lagos
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos on Monday, February 21, 2022, convicted one Wilfred Fajemisin, for the possession of fraudulent documents following his prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC for an alleged land scam. The EFCC had on July 6, 2020 arraigned Fajemisin before Justice Taiwo on a three-count charge related...
Two Feared Dead As 2 Vehicles Collide At Nawfia Axis, Enugu-Onitsha Expressway (Photos)
Two people are feared dead as two vehicles collided at Nawfia axis of the Enugu-Onitsha expressway, ABN TV reports. The vehicles involved in the accident are a Toyota Highlander with registration number ACA 688 PX and a Mercedes 911 with registration number AH 367 UWN. Eyewitnesses around the accident scene, including Mr Amos Nwovu attributed it to loss of concentration perhaps...
EFCC To Arraign Okorocha, Anyim Nyerere, Others Tuesday Over Alleged N2.9bn Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, will on Tuesday, arraign a former Governor of Imo State, Rochas Okorocha, before the Federal High Court in Abuja over his alleged complicity in a N2...
Court Refuses To Order Abba Kyari’s Release From NDLEA Custody
Justice Inyang Eden Ekwo of the Federal High Court in Abuja has refused to order the Federal Government to release the detained Deputy Commissioner of Police (DCP), Abba Kyari, from the custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The judge rather ordered that Kyari put the Federal Government on notice of the existence of the suit he instituted...
Abba Kyari Drags Federal Government To Court
Detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, DCP, Abba Kyari has dragged the Federal Government before a Federal High Court in Abuja challenging his continued detention by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). In the suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/182/22, Kyari who is currently on suspension from the Nigerian Police Force is seeking an order of court to immediately release him. In the alternative,...
NDLEA Arrests Man With $4.7m Counterfeit Cash In Abuja
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted fake $4.7 million cash from Abuja. In a statement issued on Sunday, the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said operatives of the agency had in the early hours of Friday, February 18 stopped a consignment sent from Lagos to Abuja at the Abaji area of the Federal Capital Territory. According to...
Suspected Herdsmen Kill Three Persons Returning From Burial In Gov. Ortom’s Community
Three kinsmen of Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State were, Saturday evening, reportedly killed by suspected herdsmen while returning from a burial ceremony along Iordye- Gbajimba road in Guma Local Government Area of the state. This came as the governor, yesterday, raised the alarm that armed herdsmen have taken over communities in his home town making it impossible for him...
Five Persons Feared Dead In Fresh Benue Attack
Five people have been reportedly killed in a fresh attack on Tse Udeghe village of Mbapa Council ward in Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State. Witnesses said several people were injured when the gunmen in large numbers allegedly stormed the village about 4:30 pm on Thursday and opened fire on the inhabitants, killing four on the spot. The witnesses...
