CRIME
Unknown Gunmen Kill 3 Policemen At Enugu Checkpoint
Three policemen of the Enugu State command have been shot dead by unknown gunmen at Agbani, headquarters of Nkanu West Local Government of the state. The incident, ABN TV learnt, occurred on Saturday morning at a roundabout near the Agbani Divisional Police station. The police officers were on stop-and-search duty when the assailants sighted them and immediately opened fire, bringing down...
Unknown Gunmen Kill Ebubeagu Operatives Near Police HQ As Tension Mounts In Ebonyi
No fewer than two members of Ebubeagu were shot dead at the popular Ebebe Junction, along Ogbaga Road in Abakaliki, Ebonyi State. The incident, which took place on Friday night, caused tension among indigenes of the state as many were seen scampering for safety. ABN TV gathered that many were injured following the incident. An eyewitness stated: The shooting of the Ebubeagu...
I Killed My Mother-in-Law To Cover Up My Illicit Affairs With Wife’s Sister — Suspect
A 38-year-old man, Jimoh Soewu Jogbo, has confessed to killing his mother-in-law and one other person to cover up his crime. The suspect, who had been having a sexual relationship with his wife’s 14-year-old younger sister, was caught in the act by his mother-in-law and that he killed her (mother-in-law) to prevent her from revealing the affair. He said, “I didn’t...
EFCC Re-arraigns Former Kaduna Governor, Others Over Diezani’s N700m Cash
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, November 21, 2022, re-arraigned a former governor of Kaduna State, Mukhtar Ramalan Yero before Justice R.M Aikawa of the Federal High Court sitting in Kaduna on an eight-count amended charge bordering on money laundering. The re-arraignment is sequel to the transfer of the former trial judge, Justice M.G Umar, from the...
EFCC Secure Conviction Of Four Internet Fraudsters In Port Harcourt (Photos)
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, on Tuesday November 22, 2022, secured the conviction of four internet fraudsters, Omosebi Ezekiel Timi, Sunday Boateng, Ibrahim Sani and Victor Madu Egbuchua before Justices A. T. Mohammed, S. I. Mark, and E. A. Obile of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. The offence runs contrary to section 22...
Court Remands Pastor For Murder Of Member’s Son
An Ondo State Chief Magistrates Court sitting in Akure, the state capital has remanded a pastor, identified as Samuel Alade-Emin, over his alleged involvement in the death of the son of one of his church members. It was gathered that the deceased had been declared missing for seven days after which he was found in the pastor’s custody at Alagbado...
Herdsmen Attack Rivers Community, Kill Two
Suspected killer herdsmen have allegedly invaded Agbeta II Tuabon Community in Ebubu Clan, Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State and reportedly killed two persons. The killers had attacked the community last Sunday and killed two men and injured some other persons. It was gathered that since March that the community farmlands have been invaded repeatedly and that the intruders allegedly...
Residents Panic As Another Lifeless Body Surfaces In Umuahia City (Graphic Photos)
Residents of Umuahia, Abia State capital are currently in fear following the discovery of another lifeless body in the street in the early hours of Wednesday. This is one of the series of lifeless bodies discovered in the street of the capital city in recent times. The latest was sighted around Ozuitem by Owerri road Umuahia, sending fear in the minds...
Three Months After Reconciliation, Wife Stabs Husband To Death Over Sexual Advances In Oyo
A 27-year-old housewife, Odunayo Olumale has stabbed her husband, Olamilekan Salahudeen to death for making sexual advances to her. The incident happened three months after the couple reconciled and reunited following their separation. Speaking in Ibadan while parading the suspect at the Oyo Police Command headquarter, Eleyele, Ibadan, yesterday, Police spokesman, Adewale Osifeso, said preliminary investigation showed that the deceased and...
EFCC, NDA To Collaborate On Cybersecurity
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa on Wednesday, 23 November, 2022 restated the desire of the Commission to intensify its training collaboration with the Nigerian Defence Academy, NDA especially in the area of cybersecurity to tackle emerging threats. He stated this when he received Major Gen. I.M Yusuf, Commandant NDA at the Commission`s...
