CRIME
Ikpeazu Spits Fire As Policemen Shoot At AbiaPoly Students For Protesting Colleague’s Sexual Assault
The Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu, has condemned the shooting by some Police Officers on Thursday at the Abia State Polytechnic Aba during a protest by students of the institution over alleged rape of their colleague. The Governor noted that the act of the Police Officers was excessive, uncalled for and could aggravate an already tensed situation which could...
FENRAD Seeks Justice For Abia Poly Student Allegedly Raped By Police Officers, Prosecution Of Suspects
A pro-democracy, human and environmental rights advocacy group, Foundation for Environmental Rights, Advocacy and Development, FENRAD has called for justice for a student of Abia State Polytechnic said to have been raped by men of the Nigeria Police Force attached to the Rapid Response Squad, RRS formation in Aba. The Foundation also called for identification, arrest and prosecution of police...
Ikpeazu Launches Abia Security Fund, As State Becomes First To Adopt Digital Security Cards (Photos)
Governor of Abia State, Okezie Ikpeazu has officially launched the Abia State Security Fund and commencement of the Security Support and Residents' Card with a call on residents to help government drive the initiative by enrolling and obtaining their cards. This is even as the state becomes the first in the country to embrace digital security cards for identifying her...
Abia Assembly Summons Umunneochi LG Chairman, Ministry of Homeland Security Perm Sec Over Insecurity
Members of Abia State House of Assembly have invited the Executive Chairman, Umunneochi Local Government Area, the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry of Homeland Security, and the Chairman of Lokpanta cattle market for interaction over the growing security concerns in the local government. This follows a matter of urgent public importance raised during plenary at the floor of the Assembly...
ISWAP Terrorists Attack Babangida Town In Yobe
A large column of ISWAP insurgents is currently attacking Babangida town in Yobe State, Northeast Nigeria, according to HumAngle. Located about 42 km from Damaturu, the state capital, Babangida had also been attacked in August 2021. ISWAP is a militant group and the administrative division of the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL), a Salafi jihadist militant group and...
Nigerian Army Reacts To Trending Video Of Soldier Dehumanizing Female Corper
The Nigerian Army (NA) says it has taken cognizance of a video clip currently making the rounds on social media, where a commissioned female officer, Lt. Chika Viola Anele was videoed dehumanising a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Ezeiruaku Ifeyinwa Fidelia. Fidelia was serving at 13 Brigade Headquarters in Calabar, Cross River State. The harassment happened after an argument between the duo. ...
Army Officer Manhandles Female Corper In Calabar (Photos, Video)
A Military Officer serving in the 13th Brigade Command of the Nigeria Army in Calabar, Lt. Chika Viola Anele, has been caught on camera manhandling a female youth Corp member Ezeiruaku Ifenyinwa Fidelia. The Corp member is reportedly serving in the 13th Brigade. It was learnt she was mishandled by the soldier after over disagreement on an unknown issue. Dressed in her...
Alleged N600m Debt: Court Faults AMCON’s Seizure Of Buhari’s Property
A Federal High Court in Abuja has faulted the procedure adopted by the Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) in obtaining an order empowering it to seize houses belonging to Senator Buhari Abdulfatai for allegedly owing a new generation bank N600million. Justice Inyang Ekwo, in a ruling on Thursday, found that AMCON misled and concealed important facts from the court...
Pandemonium In Lagos As Policeman Killed, Scores Wounded (Graphic Photos)
Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit, also known as Lagos Taskforce, on Thursday clashed with commercial motorcyclists, popularly called Okada in Ajao Estate, Airport Road, Lagos. One policeman has been confirmed dead and several wounded. ABN TV gathered that Task Force officers seized bikes and it turned violent. Fights between Okada riders and Lagos State Taskforce officers is not new. There is a...
EFCC Secures 978 Convictions
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa on Thursday, September 23, 2021 disclosed that the Commission has so far recorded 978 convictions in 2021. He made this disclosure during a courtesy visit to the Administrator of the National Judicial Institute, Justice Salisu Garba Abdullahi at Jabi, Abuja. Bawa, who said he was visiting to promote...
