CRIME
Court Sentences Abdulrasheed Maina To Eight Years Imprisonment
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday sentenced Abdulrasheed Maina, the former chairman of the now-defunct Pension Reformed Task Team, to eight years in prison. Maina was found guilty of money laundering in a judgment delivered by Justice Okon Abang. The court held that the prosecutor, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has produced essential evidence through witnesses to...
Declare Bandits Terrorists, Says Miyetti Allah
The Bauchi State chapter of the Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore said it is in support of the clamour for bandits to be declared terrorists. In support of the stance of the Senate, House of Representatives, and Speakers of State Houses of Assembly who harmoniously called for such declaration, the association advised the Federal Government to do the needful if it’s...
NDLEA Arrests Suspect Who Packaged Drug For Export To London In Dudu Osun Soap Packs (PHOTOS)
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA says it has arrested a notorious drug dealer, Okoli Collins Ikenna, who is the mastermind of recent multiple attempts to export illicit drugs to London in the United Kingdom through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, and some courier companies in Lagos, ABN TV reports. According to NDLEA, Okoli has been on court bail...
Man Who Beat 2-Month Old Daughter To Death In Osun For Persistently Crying Arrested
The Osun State Government on Sunday said it arrested a resident identified simply as Sanjo, in Osogbo, the state capital, for allegedly beating his child to death. The state Commissioner for Women, Children and Social Affairs, Olubukola Olaboopo, in a statement, said the 43-year-old suspect, who lived around the Alekuwodo area, had been handed over to the police. Olaboopo, who claimed...
How BNG Commander Stole Our Biscuits After Taking Free Fuel, Abia Filling Station Manager Narrates (VIDEO)
The total monetary loss recorded by Benkama filling station located at Amaekpu Ohafia, Abia State has finally been ascertained by ABN TV following the invasion of the station by gunmen who identified themselves as Biafran National Guard, BNG. It is estimated at about N26,300 only. They were said to have besieged the business premises with a convoy of five cars suspected...
About 17,000 Insurgents So Far Surrendered – Theatre Commander
The Theatre Commander, Joint Task Force, “Operations Hadin Kai”, Maj.-Gen. Christopher Musa, has said that the number of insurgents who have surrendered to the government has now reached 17,000. Musa made this known on Friday in Maiduguri during a courtesy call on the management of North East Development Commission (NEDC). Musa said those that surrendered comprised combatants, non combatants, those conscripted...
NDA Attack: I Was Embarrassed, Says Chief Of Defence Staff
Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, has said that he was embarrassed that the army did not foresee the attack on the Nigerian Defence Academy. “Nigerian Defence Academy is not a place where we could think that we should fortify to such a level that liberty that is required to be able to emplace the level of leadership learning...
Chief Of Army Staff Reveals Strategy To End Insurgency, Banditry
Chief of Army Staff, COAS, Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya, Friday, said the four command pillars of professionalism, readiness, administration and cooperation were his strategy to ensure a discipline and professional Nigerian army that will defeat terrorists and bandits. He also stated that central to the pillars was the welfare of the officers and men of the institution which is geared...
When It Was My Turn, I Didn’t Last Up To 3 Minutes, Rapist Tells Police
A rapist, Sangokunle Akintola, who accompanied his friend, Ismaila Raimi, to teach a girl playing hard-to-get a lesson, has told Osun State policemen that he did not last for more than three minutes when it was his turn to rape the girl. Ismaila had been friends with the girl for six months, giving her money and hoping for a relationship. However,...
Gunmen Open Fire In Imo Community, Kill Three [VIDEO]
No fewer than three persons have been shot dead at Neokeisima junction Umulogho in Obowo Local Government Area of Imo State, ABN TV reports. Our correspondent gathered that gunmen invaded the community on Friday and started shooting sporadically at passersby at Neokeisima junction, killing the three victims on the spot. The shooting, which took place around 7.50pm, caused pandemonium as residents...
