CRIME
Police Helicopter Crashes In Bauchi
A helicopter belonging to the Nigeria police has crashed at Bauchi airport. The helicopter had on Wednesday evening took off in Abuja. Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) disclosed this on Thursday in a statement in Abuja. The statement partly read, “the accident occurred on 26th January 2022 around 7:30pm (Local Time) at Bauchi Airport. “The NPF helicopter had departed Abuja at 16:54 UTC for...
PSC Orders Fresh Probe Into Abba Kyari’s Link To Hushpuppi
The Police Service Commission (PSC) has directed the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, to deepen investigations into the connection between the suspended erstwhile head of the Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, and an internet scammer, Abbas Ramon, commonly known as Hushpuppi. The commission, it was learnt, gave the IG two weeks to turn in the report which would be reviewed...
US Court To Sentence Hushpuppi On Valentine’s Day Over Money Laundering
The United States Attorney’s Office at the Central District of California says that Ramon Abbas, aka, Hushpuppi, will be sentenced on February 14, 2022. The court’s Director of Media Relations, Thom Mrozek, said Hushpuppi has been scheduled for sentencing on Valentine’s Day, according to BBC Pidgin. Mrozek was, however, yet to respond to an email inquiry by The PUNCH (not ABN TV) as...
Abia Federal High Court Fire Caused By Illegal Transload Of Product From Diesel Tankers Parked As Exhibit — Report
The last may not have been heard about the Tuesday fire which engulfed the neighborhood of Federal High Court Umuahia in Abia State which also consumed no fewer than four diesel tankers. When ABN TV visited the venue of the fire incident on Tuesday, men of the Abia state Fire Service were on ground to put the inferno under control. Enquiry...
Police Corporal Rapes Female Suspect In Custody
A Ghanaian police officer identified as Corporal Roland Agbovi Tetteh, has been arrested for allegedly raping a suspected thief in custody. The policeman from Asutuare was accused of raping a 17-year-old girl who was brought to the police station for allegedly stealing from her ex-boyfriend. The incident occurred shortly after the victim identified as Precious Azumah vomited, making Corporal Roland...
Ebonyi Govt Declares Ex-Reps Member Wanted
Ebonyi State Government Tuesday declared the former House of Representatives member, Hon. Linus Okorie, who represented Ohaozara/Onicha/Ivo federal constituency at the National Assembly wanted for publishing an inciting article against the State on the social media (Facebook). The article, according to the Government, was alleged to have led to the beheading of an Ebubeagu Security operative (names withheld) in Ikwo...
Son Stabs Mother Severally For Rituals in Imo (Photos)
A woman identified as Eziada Chika Mbachu has escaped from her son, who stabbed her with a knife severally to allegedly use the mother for ritual. Vanguard gathered the incident happened early hours of Monday, between 7 am and 8 am at Heroes apartment opposite Concord hotel in Owerri. According to an eyewitness who spoke to Vanguard said the young man...
Court Orders Arrest Of Diezani Alison-Madueke Over Money Laundering
The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, issued a warrant for the arrest of former Minister of Petroleum Resources, Diezani Alison-Madueke, in the United Kingdom. Justice Bolaji Olajuwon issued the order after he heard an oral application the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, made through its lawyer, Farouk Abdullah. EFCC said its investigations revealed that the ex-Minister who...
Property Worth Millions Of Naira Destroyed As Fire Guts Shops, Homes In Umuahia (Photos, Video)
Fire on Saturday night gutted some residential buildings and shops along old Timber market Road, World Bank Housing estate Umuahia, Abia State, destroying property worth millions of Naira. The fire incident occurred around 11pm on Saturday night after the EEDC restored power to the area, ABN TV gathered. Speaking with our correspondent on Sunday, the caretaker of the affected buildings, James...
Buhari Talks Tough, Vows To Crush All Terrorists In The Country
President Muhammadu Buhari has said that his administration will crush terrorists in Nigeria. He said residents of Kaduna should be assured of his government’s determination to crush terrorists and criminal gangs operating in the state and in other parts of the Nigeria. He was hosted to a State Banquet organised by Governor Nasir El-Rufa’i of Kaduna State to round up his...
