CRIME
Bandits Are Going Nowhere, Shiekh Gumi Declares
Prominent Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has declared that bandits currently troubling the northern part of Nigeria “are going nowhere”. According to Gumi in a post on his known Facebook page on Monday morning titled’ ‘Zamfara: The Flaring Of Crisis’, military action against criminal herdsmen and bandits will not solve the security challenge, but “will only worsen the situation”. The controversial...
NDLEA Nabs 22-Year-Old NYSC Member Over Importation Of Drugged Candies
A 22-year-old youth corps member, Arnold Maniru, has been arrested in Abuja by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), for importing four kilogrammes of drugged candies from the United Kingdom. NDLEA’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi disclosed this yesterday in a statement in Abuja. He said, Maniru, who was serving with a government agency in Abuja,...
Military Coup In Guinea, President Alpha Conde Arrested (PHOTOS, VIDEO)
The development came after residents heard about two hours of heavy gunfire across the capital Conakry. Guinea soldiers on Sunday said they have taken control of the government and suspended the Constitution. Colonel Mamady Doumbouya of the Guinea military said in a video recorded in the capital Conakry that the National Assembly has been dissolved. READ ALSO: FG Demands Return Of Constitutional...
Details Emerge How Gunmen Abducted Katsina Lawmaker’s Wife, Children
Bandits have reportedly kidnapped the wife and two children of the lawmaker representing Bakori Constituency in the Katsina State House of Assembly, Dr. Ibrahim Kurami. The bandits, according to a resident, stormed the country house of the lawmaker located at Kurami village in Bakori Local Government of Area of the state at about 9:00 pm on Saturday after the Muslim...
Tension In Abia Community, One Killed, Shops Razed During Ekpe Festival (Graphic Photos)
At least one person has been killed in Ndume Ibeku Umuahia in Umuahia North Local Government Area of Abia state following a fracas during ekpe festival in the community on Saturday. An eyewitness who spoke to ABN TV on the condition of anonymity said the victim, one Samuel in his early 20s and his group had invaded one Chinonso's shop,...
Police Arrest 18-Year-Old For Attempt To Rob ABSU Students, Three Others [PHOTOS, VIDEO]
Anti-Cultism Unit of Abia state police command on Command on 31 August 2021 arrested 18-year-old Nwosu Chibuike, a native of Ajata Olokoro for laying siege with intent to rob passersby at Uchenna road junction Umuahia and further attack some students at Abia State University, Uturu, ABN TV reports. Parading the suspect on Thursday in Umuahia, Commissioner of Police in the...
Police Arrest Ex-Convict, Two Others For Murder Of Ugwa Jacob Kalu In His Compound In Aba [Photos, Video]
Men of Intelligence Response Team (IRT) of the Nigerian Police on operation Restore Peace in Abia State on 26 August, 2021 arrested an ex-convict, 36-year-old Chinedu Agwu, a native of Akanu village Ohafia LGA of the state for the murder of 47-year-old Ugwa Jacob Kalu, ABN TV reports. ABN TV reports that Chinedų Agwu had served four years eight months...
EXCLUSIVE: How 7 Persons Died After Allegedly Eating Suya, Fruit Juice In Abia [PHOTOS, VIDEO]
It may take a long while for Mrs. Chibuzor Ikwunze who lost her four children in a day to get over her pains as she says life seems and will never remain the same for her. ABN TV had reported that seven persons lost their lives in Umuahia Abia state after eating barbecue meat, known as Suya, and an undisclosed...
Police Investigate Killing Of Rice Farmer In Enugu
Enugu State Police Command has begun investigation over circumstances surrounding the alleged killing of a rice farmer and jungle justice meted to the suspected killer. Nenwe in Aniniri Local Government Area of Enugu State was in turmoil on Tuesday afternoon after a young farmer was killed while returning from farm with his wife. His alleged assailant, a 25-year-old Ifeanyi Ubah, a...
Fulani Herdsmen Are Being Sponsored – Bishop Oyedepo Attacks FG
The Senior Pastor of the Living Faith Ministries, Bishop David Oyedepo, has said that the Fulani herdsmen have become a menace in the country and that he knows that they are being sponsored. His comments are coming shortly after cattle herders group, Miyetti Allah Kauta Hore stated that they will not recognise the Southern governors’ anti-grazing policy, describing it as...
