CRIME
Labour Party Senatorial Candidate In Ebonyi Kidnaped By Gunmen
Gunmen, on Sunday, kidnapped the Labour Party senatorial candidate for the Ebonyi South Senatorial District, Mr. Linus Okorie. It was gathered that Okorie, who arrived in Abakaliki, the Ebonyi State capital, from Abuja on Saturday, was to meet with his supporters on Sunday in the Onicha Local Government Area of the state. He was said to have been kidnapped while driving...
Gunmen Kidnap Two Sons Of Scrap Dealer In Kwara, Demand N20m Ransom
Gunmen have abducted two sons of a scrap dealer, Mr Lukman Aliyu, in Aseyori community, Alagbado area of Kwara State. ABN TV gathered that over six hoodlums invaded the residence of the victims around 12 midnight and shot sporadically in the process. While speaking with our correspondent on Sunday, Mr Aliyu and his wife, Sarat, confirmed the incident and said those abducted...
Prophetess Kills Self In Enugu
Chris Ikechukwu, Nsukka A self-acclaimed prophetess has reportedly killed herself in Igogoro community, Igbo-Eze North local government area of Enugu state, ABN TV reports. Our source revealed that Prophetess Anrhonia Odo allegedly hung herself on top of a tree on Sunday evening for an undisclosed reason as she did not drop any suicide note. It was gathered that Prophetess Anrhonia whom everyone...
How Two Nigerians Allegedly Scammed Swiss Woman £612,000 In London
A 60-year-old Swiss woman has been scammed out of £612,000 by two men pretending to be a doctor who was in love with her, a court heard. The woman believed her online romance was with an English doctor living in London. But she was actually communicating with James Olagbaiye, 47, and Adesola Adebayo, 38, flatmates from Newham, East London. The pair sent...
Policeman Attached To Abia Assembly Member, Kills Colleague (Graphic Photos)
A policeman identified as Inspector Benedict Atule who is attached to the home of a member of Abia State House of Assembly, Hon. Ginger Onwusibe in Ntigha Umukalu village Isialangwa North Local Government Area at the weekend shot and killed his colleague, Inspector Samuel Ugwuor, killing him on the spot. A source who spoke with ABN TV on the condition...
I’m Not Responsible For Ataga’s Death, Only Fled In Fear
A Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square, on Tuesday, continued the trial of Chidinma Ojukwu, who was alleged to have killed the Chief Executive Officer of Super Tv, Usifo Ataga. Ojukwu, an undergraduate of the University of Lagos, Akoka, was arraigned alongside Adedapo Quadri and Chioma Egbuchu on October, 12, 2021, on nine counts over the alleged...
Fake EFCC Operative Arrested For Defrauding Belgian €45,000
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested a 29-year old Ume Ifechukwu Clinton for impersonation, computer related fraud, obtaining by false pretence and money laundering. It was gathered that Clinton was arrested on October 18, 2022 at No 46 Atoke Gbadebo Street, Isheri, Lagos, by operatives of the EFCC, following a news story published by an...
Gunmen Who Attacked, killed Ifeanyi Ubah’s Aides Arrested, Says Gov. Soludo
Anambra State Governor, Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, has revealed that some of the gunmen who participated in an assassination attempt on Senator Ifeanyi Ubah have been arrested. Soludo revealed this on Friday when he visited Enugwu-Ukwu in Njikoka Local Government Area of the state, the same community where the attack happened about a month ago. Ubah had lost four security aides and...
NSCDC Parades Six Cable Thieves In Kaduna
The Kaduna Commandant, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Idris Yahya Adah, on Friday, warned criminals in the state to desist from their evil acts or face immediate punishment. Adah gave this warning while parading six criminals who specialized in vandalizing cables, street lights, solar panels, transformers, and other government facilities in the state. He said the suspects are Murtala...
Gunmen Attack Apostle Suleman’s Convoy, Kill 3 Policemen (Photos, Video)
Unknown Gunmen attacked the convoy of Apostle Johnson Suleman along the Benin Auchi Road, Edo State, and allegedly killed seven persons including three policemen. ABN TV gathered that Suleman returned from a foreign trip and was heading to a destination in Edo State on Friday when the gunmen attacked his convoy around the Auchi area of the state. During the attack,...
