CRIME
Man Dupes Girlfriend N2m In Akure, Uses It To Marry Another Woman
A 30-year- old man, Akeem Bello has been arraigned before an Akure Magistrate’s Court for allegedly defrauding his girlfriend, Olaotan Oladapo, the sum of N2 million. Akeem was arraigned on two count charges of fraud and obtaining by false pretence. He was said to have committed the offence between March and December 2020. It was gathered that the defendant started dating the...
Police Arrests 5 Relatives That Fake Kidnap
The police in Ekiti State have arrested five persons in connection with the kidnapping of the children and sister of their relative. The command spokesman, DSP Sunday Abutu, explained that on October 4, they received a complaint from one Adelana Oyetuyi, that his twin sister, Odeyemi Kehinde, and his three children, aged one, two, and three, had been kidnapped on...
Ex-Convict Rapes Pupil, 12 To Death In Ogun
An ex-convict, Mercy Orija, has reportedly raped a 12-year-old pupil, Janet Fakeye, to death in Abeokuta, Ogun State. The suspect reportedly went into hiding shortly after he committed the offence at Fehintoluwa Community Development Association in Idiya, Abeokuta-North Local Government Area of the state. Our correspondent gathered that Orija, who was convicted for assaulting a Point-of-Sale operator in the community last...
Court Orders Final Forfeiture Of Diezani’s Abuja Assets
Justice Mobolaji Olajuwon of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on Monday ordered the final forfeiture of two Abuja properties and two luxury cars belonging to a former minister of petroleum resources, Mrs. Diezani Alison-Madueke, to the Federal Government. The two properties are located at Plot 1854 Mohammed Mahashir Street, and No. 6, Aso Drive, in the highbrow Asokoro and Maitama...
Gunmen Kill Police Constable, Levy Enugu Communities
Gunmen have killed a police constable, Christopher Ukwuaba, at his residence in Onitsha, in the Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State. This is coming as the hoodlums were reported to have been going from community to community, collecting levies from wealthy individuals and traders in the area. Community sources, who spoke to our correspondent, said Ukwuaba was killed in...
Lady, 26 Kills 44-Year-Old Lover In Edo
A 44-year-old man has been stabbed to death by his lady friend in Benin City, Edo State. Police identified the woman as Gift Obieriei, 26, a mother of three, from Ethiope East local government area of Delta State. The deceased Mr Eghosa Iguodala and the woman were having extramarital affairs before the incident at about 12 noon on Monday, October 24,...
Drug Offences: Sokoto Village Head, 10 Others Arrested Over 991,320 Opioid Pills
The village head of Gidan Abba in Bodinga local government area of Sokoto State, Abubakar Ibrahim, was among eleven suspects arrested in interdiction operations in which Nine Hundred and Ninety-One Thousand Three Hundred and Twenty (991,320) pills of pharmaceutical opioids and 1,251kgs of cannabis and khat, as well as 46.637 kilograms of methamphetamine, cocaine and heroin, were recovered by...
Borno Second Wife Who Killed Chief Imam With Poison, Says She Hates Marriage
The Borno State Police Command said it arrested a housewife, Fatima Abubakar, 25, for allegedly killing her husband, Goni Abbah, with poison. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Abdu Umar, who disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri, the state capital, said the suspect was arrested on October 19 at Anguwan Doki. Umar said the victim, who was...
4 Kidnapped By Gunmen In Ekiti State
Gun-wielding men, suspected to be kidnappers, have abducted four commuters in Irele-Ekiti, Ajoni Local Council Development Area(LCDA) of Ekiti state. According to sources in the community, the victims, said to be heading to Ibadan, Oyo state capital after attending an event in Kogi state last weekend, were kidnapped around 11a.m. on Sunday. It was gathered that the four travellers were waylaid...
Gunmen Kill Ebubeagu Security Member In Ebonyi (Graphic Photos)
It is another hellish Monday as gunmen have reportedly killed a member of the Ebubeagu Security Outfit in Ebonyi State. ABN TV gathered that the incident took place at Okposi community in Ohaozara Local Government Area at 11pm on Sunday. Our source revealed that the victim, Joseph Nwanja, was said to have been gunned down at Ebubeagu checkpoint in the area. ...
