CRIME
Entertainment Consultant Urges Ikpeazu To End Police Extortion In Abia, CP Reacts
An entertainment consultant, Chiedozie Dike Popularly known as Doodoo has called on the governor of Abia State, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu to end the orgy of police extortion in the state, saying citizens are tired. In a social media post, he listed checkpoints in Umuahia to be the most affected. According to Dike, Finbars by Bende road, Mopol base, and Rixos hotel...
Unknown Gunmen Kill 2 In Nnewi, Attack DSS, NAUTH
Gunmen operating in four Sport Utility Vehicles (SUVs) on Sunday afternoon killed two persons during an attack in the industrial city of Nnewi. They also set one of the vehicles belonging to the Department of State Service (DSS) ablaze. ABN TV gathered that the gunmen struck just as worshippers were rounding off service in their different churches. A source said they moved...
Unknown Gunmen Set Joe Igbokwe’s Country Home Ablaze [VIDEO]
The country home of a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Joe Igbokwe has been set ablaze. The house which is located at Nnewi was set ablaze on Sunday afternoon. The chieftain of the APC in Lagos State alleged that his house was razed by Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) insurgents. “IPOB invaded my house in Nnewi about now. I am...
Send Us N20m To Release 20 Abductees, Bandits Write Sokoto Community
Suspected bandits operating in the Eastern Senatorial District of Sokoto state have allegedly written a letter to a monarch in Burkusuma demanding for ransom to secure the release of 20 persons kidnapped from two communities in Sabon Birni Local Government Area. The letter was allegedly written in the Hausa language by one of the victims kidnapped by the bandits and...
62-Year-Old Detainee, Anyanwu Allegedly Dies In Imo Police Custody, Daughter, 21 Sent To Suleja Prison
A 62-year-old old man, Linus Onyewuchi Anyanwu has reportedly died in the custody of police in Imo state after he was detained along with his daughter, Eberechi Anyanwu 21 who is now cooling off in Suleja medium prison. ABN TV reports that a man who gave his name as Theodore Chinonso Uba aka NonsoNkwa of Ozisa 96.1 FM Owerri Imo...
Damboa Residents Flee To Sambisa As Boko Haram Exchanges Fire With Troops
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have invaded the Council headquarters of Damboa in Borno State, shooting heavily as they engaged Nigerian security forces. The insurgents reportedly stormed the community at about 5:30 pm. Many people were feared dead and several others injured (including the terrorists). Properties were also said to have been set ablaze. The District Head of Damboa, Zanna Lawan Maina...
Protest Rocks Ebonyi After Truck Kills 3 Persons
Following the killing of three persons by a truck at Afikpo-Abakaliki Expressway, in Afikpo North Local Government Area of Ebonyi State on Saturday morning, youths in the area took to the streets to voice their grievances. ABN TV reports that the articulated vehicle veered off the road and took the life of three youths said to be motorcyclist and two...
Permanent Secretary, Granddaughter Abducted After A Wedding In Niger State
The Permanent Secretary in Niger Ministry of Transportation, Dr. Ibrahim Garba Musa, has been abducted along with his granddaughter. He was abducted in his house in Zugeru on Friday night. ABN TV learnt that he was in Zugeru for a wedding celebration and picked up by the gunmen in the night after the celebration. A family source told ABN TV that the gunmen...
Kidnapped Retired Military Chief, AVM Smith Freed After 5 Days
Five days after his kidnap at Langbasa area of Lagos, retired Air Vice Marshal (AVM) Sikiru Smith, has regained freedom, ABN TV has learnt. Smith was rescued from the waterside at Langbasa where his kidnappers abandoned him around 4am on Saturday by police operatives. ABN TV reports that hooded gunmen who kidnapped the former Chief of Logistics of the Nigerian Air...
Gunmen Attack Reps Member’s Convoy, Set Ajali Police Atation Ablaze In Anambra
Gunmen have reportedly attacked the motorcade of House of Representative member representing Nnewi North, Nnewi South/Ekwusigo Constituency, Chris Emeka Azubogu in Anambra state. An online video that emerged on Wednesday revealed that the incident took place at Nnobi in Idemili South Local Government Area. having his driver shot dead. Azubuike Media aide Ikechukwu Onyia confirmed the incident, said the lawmaker was...
