CRIME
18-Yr-Old Boy Tope Strangles Mother To Death For Calling Him Bastard
An Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court, weekend, ordered the remand of 18-year-old Tope Momoh, for allegedly strangling his 52-year-old mother, Stella Momoh to death. Police Prosecutor, Nelson Akintimehin, said that the defendant was arraigned for murder. According to Akintimehin, the defendant committed the offence at midnight on September 6, 2022, at Ikakumi Akoko, in Ondo state. He informed the court that Tope strangled...
Lifeless Body With Marks Of Burns Recovered In Umuahia (Photo)
An unidentified lifeless body of a middle aged man was on Saturday discovered at New Heaven junction in Olokoro, Umuahia South local government area of Abia State. The victim has marks of violence that look like burns all over his body, ABN TV reports. Residents of the earlier woke up to the development in the early hours of Saturday, wondering the...
Mob Lynch Suspected Generator Thief In Aba
A middle aged man suspected to be involved in stealing power generating sets in Aba, Abia State has been lynched by a mob of angry residents along Faulks road Aba. ABN TV gathered that the suspect along with two others had in the early hours of Saturday hit the city, scavenging for generators to steal. They are said to specialise in...
Unknown Gunmen Attack Enugu Community, Kill APC Youth Leader
Unknown gunmen have invaded Igboeze South Local Government Area of Enugu state, killing the state APC youth leader, Hon. Lucky Okechukwu. ABN TV reports that the murder of Hon. Okechukwu has led to an unrest in parts of the state. Though the details of the incident is still sketchy, Hon. Okechukwu was reportedly shot dead on Saturday night in Unadu town. On...
Suspected Internet Fraudsters Nabbed For Allegedly Killing 40-Year-Old Man In Ogun
Two suspected internet fraudsters otherwise known as yahoo boys, have reportedly butchered a 40-year-old man Abdullahi Azeez and used him for money making ritual. The suspects, Friday Odeh, 21, and Poso Idowu, 20, were arrested at their hideout in Owode-Egba, three months after they allegedly committed the crime . The Police Public Relations Officer in the state, SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed...
Hoodlums Who Allegedly Raped, Robbed Kwara Students Arrested With 87 Phones
Police operatives from the Kwara State command on Sunday said they arrested three suspects who allegedly robbed and raped some female students of the Kwara State University, Malete, in the Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State. The suspects are Ridwan Abdulfatai (20); Ibrahim Akorede (25) and Aliyu Apalado (25), all from the Oke Fomo area, Ilorin. The state Police Public...
Oil Theft: 42 More Tapping Points Uncovered In Two states
Ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, and security officials have discovered 42 more perforations on the nation’s oil pipelines. The tapping by crude oil bunkers seeking to divert the nation’s crude oil is uncovered in two states of Delta and Bayelsa This brings the total tappings to 58. The breakthrough came as bunkers, angry with the leader of the defunct Movement for...
Three Brothers, Friend Nabbed For Robbery On Ogun
Three brothers and their friend have been apprehended by the police “for carrying out series of robbery operations in Ijebu-Ode area of Ogun State.” The Ogun State police image maker, Abimbola Oyeyemi, identified the three brothers as Hammed Jagbojagbo, Idris Jagbojagbo and Tobi Jagbojagbo, while their accomplice was named Tosin Ogundeko. Their arrest, Oyeyemi said, followed a distress call received at...
Gunmen In Military Uniform Attack Security Vehicle, Kill Policemen
Gunmen have attacked a white security vehicle and allegedly shot two police officers along Akokwa/Arondiizogu/Ikpeora/Okigwe road in Imo state. An eyewitness who confirmed it said the incident happened last Saturday evening. He said the gunmen were in military uniforms in a Siena and Hilux vehicle with security sirens ash and black colour respectively. One of the reasons given by an eyewitness was...
Court Sentences Man Seven Months For Raping Sister
A Federal High Court sitting in Awka, Anambra State, has sentenced a 21-year-old man, Chinedu Eziuzo, to a seven-month prison term for raping his 14-year-old sister in the Adazi-Enu Anaocha Local Government Area of the state. Eziuzo was said to have committed the crime in 2021 but was arrested on May 30, 2022. Delivering the judgment, the Presiding Judge, Dr Nnamdi...
