CRIME
Nigeria Under Siege By Bandits, Terrorists, Resign Now, PDP Reps Caucus Tells Buhari
Members of the Peoples Democratic Party Caucus in the House of Representatives have said Nigeria has been seized by kidnappers, bandits and terrorists who extract ransom from the poor and impoverished, citizens, and turn homesteads, hamlets, villages, towns and cities into killing fields under the regime led by the President, Major Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.). The minority lawmakers, therefore, demanded...
Court Remands Man For Allegedly Defiling 14-Year-Old Girl
A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Kano on Wednesday, ordered that a 33-year-old man, Bashir Audu, who allegedly defiled a 14-year-old girl, be remanded in a correctional centre. Audu, who resides in Jabara Village, Dawakin Tofa Local Government Area of Kano, is charged with defilement. Chief Magistrate Auwal Yusuf-Suleiman who gave the order, adjourned the matter until Jan. 25, 2022 for...
Sylvester Oromoni: Detained Students Get N1m Bail Each
Chief Magistrate Olatunbosun Adeola of a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court yesterday granted N5 million bail to each of five pupils of Dowen College, Lekki, Lagos being tried in connection with fellow schoolmate, Sylvester Omoroni’s death. The court also ordered that the defendants stay within 2km of their residences at all times. Adeola granted the students bail following their arraignment by the...
Abia Couple Kidnapped Few Days To Their School’s Christmas Party Freed After 200k Ransom
A man and his wife who are proprietors of an undisclosed private school in Ugwunagbo Local Government of Abia State have regained freedom from their abductors. They were kidnapped at the heels of preparations for end of year/Christmas party of their school. Their freedom follows the payment of N200,000 ransom. The couple were kidnapped at Umuobasi Ukwu village in Umugo community, Ugwunagbo...
How I Killed Lucky Igbinedion’s Mother With Stool – Housemaid
A 25-year-old housemaid, Dominion Okoro, on Tuesday in Benin revealed that she killed Madam Maria Oredola Igbinedion, 85, the mother of a former Governor of Edo State, Chief Lucky Igbinedion. Narrating how she carried out the nefarious act on December 2, Okoro, who was arrested in her hometown, Calabar, said she hit her late boss with a stool while sleeping...
Gunmen Kill 2 Policemen, Burn Patrol Vehicle In Anambra
Gunmen on Monday killed two policemen in Obosi, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, ABN TV learnt. The hoodlums also burnt their patrol vehicle. The incident occurred at a checkpoint in the Idemili-Obosi Interchange on the Onitsha-Owerri Road. ABN TV gathered that about 10 policemen were at the checkpoint when the gunmen attacked. A motorist, who pleaded anonymity, said the checkpoint...
NDLEA Arrests Pregnant Woman With Illicit Drug, Skunk
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it has arrested a 27-year-old expectant mother, Eze Joy Chioma, for possessing 1,442 kg of imported skunk in Lagos State. The agency also said four men including 62-year-old Basset Emmanuel, were arrested with 182,000 tablets of Tramadol. Its spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement yesterday, said they were arrested by operatives who raided...
Ogun Couple Who Sold Their Baby For N50,000 Arrested
A couple residing at Ilara area of Ode Remo, in Remo North Local Government Area of Ogun State have been arrested for selling their one-month-old baby for the sum of N50,000. The police public relations officer, Abimbola Oyeyemi who disclosed this in a press statement said the buyer is currently at large and efforts are ongoing to rescue the baby. “The...
Police Nab 11 Kidnap Suspects Who Killed Cop, Recover 11 AK-47 Riffles, Others In Taraba
No fewer than 11 suspected kidnappers have been arrested in Taraba by Operatives of the Nigeria Police Intelligence Response Team in collaboration with the Taraba State Police Command. This is even as the police recover seven AK-47 riffles, 2 Beretta pistols, 121 live ammunition of different calibre, four magazines, masks, illicit drugs and other incriminating items during raids of various...
Imo Chief Priest Kidnapped
Hoodlums on Saturday morning kidnapped the Chief Priest of Ala Owerri, in Owerri Municipal Council, Mr Reginald Ejiogu. ABN TV learnt that the incident happened at Church Christ road by Ihugba street in Owerri. He was said to have been kidnapped alongside a village chairman of Umunwagbara in Owerri Municipal council. When Vanguard called the Imo Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, Micheal...
