CRIME
A Security Man In Ebonyi Allegedly Beats Pupil to Death
One of the security men drafted to work on the construction site of Ebonyi International Airport, at Onueke, in the Ezza South Local Government Area of the state, identified as Chukwuma Anyigor (aka Ite Igwe), has allegedly beaten a 17-year-old pupil, Miss Nwuka Nwafor, to death. PUNCH Metro reports that the victim was a Senior Secondary School (class one) pupil...
Why Terrorists’ Negotiator Tukur Mamu Was Arrested – DSS
The Department of State Services, DSS has explained why the lead negotiator between the terrorists and passengers kidnapped from the attacked Abuja-Kaduna train, Alhaji Tukur Mamu, was arrested. ABN TV earlier reported that Mamu was arrested in Cairo, the Egyptian capital, on Tuesday. The terrorists’ negotiator was arrested in Egypt alongside his family members. Mamu was on his way to Saudi Arabia for...
Edo Medical Doctor Kills Taxi Driver With Injection, Steals Car
The Edo State Police Command on Wednesday paraded a medical doctor, Abass Adebowale, for allegedly injecting a cab driver, Emmanuel Agbovinuere, to death in the Benin City area of the state. Adebowale, after perpetrating the crime, allegedly dumped Agbovinuere’s corpse in a bush, and stole the victim’s Toyota Voltron car. He was said to have driven the car to the Osogbo...
Gunmen Attacked And Killed Three Policemen In Enugu
No fewer than three policemen were reportedly shot dead by gunmen at New Haven area in the Enugu State capital. Report had it that the incident happened on Wednesday night around 10:30 pm in front of Francis Supermarket at block bus stop. Sources told our correspondent on Thursday morning, that the gunmen believed to be armed robbers stormed the area and...
Suspected Gunmen Kill Three Policemen And Two Others In Enugu
Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers have reportedly killed five persons including three policemen and kidnapped another in Enugu State. The two other persons were reported to be civilians. The incident happened at New Haven area of the Enugu North Local Government Area of the state capital on Wednesday night. Sources told our correspondent on Thursday, that the attack occurred around 10:30...
DSS Conducts Search On Bandit Negotiator, Tukur Mamu’s Home, Seizes Laptops, Documents
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) invaded the Kaduna residence of arrested terrorists’ negotiator, Tukur Mamu, in the early hours of Thursday. The operatives came in about 20 vehicles in what a witness described as a commando-styled operation. “They ransacked the house and carted away documents, phones, and laptops. Those in the house were ordered to sign a document...
Gunmen Kidnap Popular Supermarket Owner In Kogi
Unknown gunmen have kidnapped one Funke Ayodele, owner of a popular supermarket known as ‘Cheapest Ladies and Kiddies Place’. She was reportedly accosted at the gate of her house on Wednesday night after closing from her shop in Lokoja, the Kogi state capital. An eyewitness said the woman was about to enter her compound at Baptist church area in Ganaja-Lokoja when...
Nigerian Bags Prison Sentence In Scotland Over Rape
A Nigerian man, Jeffery Oviasogie resident in Aberdeen, Scotland who raped a woman has been sentenced to four years and eight months by a High Court in Glasgow. Oviasogie pleaded guilty to raping a 29-year-old woman in Bon Accord Terrace Gardens early on September 26, 2021. The 21-year-old attacked his victim and forced her down on his return home from a...
Bandits Intercept Ambulance Carrying Dead Body In Abia Community, Kidnap 2 Persons
Suspected bandits on Thursday, intercepted an ambulance conveying a dead body to Isuikwuato community in Abia State, ABN TV reports. The incident took place around Umunneochi/Ihube Okigwe axis of the Enugu-Port Harcourt Expressway, a family source confirmed. ABN TV gathered that the ambulance was coming from Abraka in Delta State when the incident occurred. According to the family source, armed bandits waylaid...
Two Siblings, One Other Land In Jail For Cybercrime In Ilorin (Photos)
Justices Adebayo Yusuf of the Kwara State High Court, Ilorin and Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin have convicted two siblings - Shekoni Kayode Taofeek and Shekoni Habeeb Damilare, alongside Adegbe Thankgod, for offences bordering on cybercrime and retention of proceeds of unlawful activities. They were convicted on Thursday, September 8, 2022 after pleading guilty to...
