CRIME
Bandits Abduct Students From GSSS Kankara In Katsina State
Scores of students from the Government Science Secondary School Kankara in Katsina State, North-West Nigeria have been reportedly abducted by bandits during an attack on the school Friday night. The principal of the school, Usman Abubakar who confirmed the development to ait.live in a phone call said, the bandits arrived at the school at around 10.15 pm Friday night and...
ICC Prosecutor Seeks Investigation Of Nigeria For War Crimes
The International Criminal Court, ICC prosecutor said Friday she had enough evidence to open a full probe into ongoing violence in Nigeria by both Islamist insurgents and security forces. Fatou Bensouda’s announcement comes as violence continues to wreak havoc in the northeast, where at least 76 people were slaughtered by Boko Haram jihadists two weeks ago. “Following a thorough process, I...
BREAKING: Hoodlums Kill Mobile Policeman In Delta, Cart Away Rifle
Arms-wielding hoodlums on Friday afternoon shot a mobile policeman dead and made away with his rifle in Delta State. The incident occurred around in Effurun, Uvwie council area of the state. ABN TV learnt that the incident occurred at about 2:30 p.m along the popular Jakpa Road. Details surrounding the incident were still sketchy as of the time of filing this report. It...
Police Recover Stolen Ogun Assembly Mace In Lagos
The stolen mace at the Ogun State House of Assembly has been recovered in Lagos State, the police said on Friday. According to a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Police Command, Muyiwa Adejobi, the mace was recovered around the Abule Ado area of Lagos. “The police operatives attached to Trade Fair Station of the Lagos State...
Protests Erupt As Police Officer Reportedly Shoot Keke Driver Dead Over N100 Bribe In Rivers(Videos)
A young Keke driver known as ‘Schoolboy’ has been killed today 10th of December, by a policeman at Rukpokwu Town in Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Within Nigeria gathered that the deceased wife who recently put to bed two days ago was weep and inconsolable at the scene of the incident. According to multiple eyewitness reports, the policeman shot the young man...
JUST IN: Maina Collapses In Court
The former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, Mr Abdulrasheed Maina on Thursday collapsed in court. The Federal Government is prosecuting Mr Maina on a 12-count charge of fraud and money laundering before a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. Mr Maina was recently extradited from the Niger Republic after he jumped bail and escaped the country. The former pension...
In 5 Months I’ve Only Stolen 3 Babies In Abia — Suspect (VIDEO)
A suspected child trafficker, Mrs. Ngozi Ukpabi has said she has only stolen 3 babies within 5 months she ventured into the business. In a confessional statement obtained by ABN TV during her parade at the headquarters of Abia State police command in Umuahia on Tuesday, Mrs. Ukpabi said she was lured into child trafficking by her friend. According to the...
N2bn Fraud: I Have No Case To Answer, Maina Tells court
Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the Pension Reformed Task Team (PRTT), told the federal high court, Abuja, that he has no case to answer on the allegations levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Maina told Okon Abang, the presiding judge, shortly after the EFCC, through its counsel, Farouk Abdullah, closed its case on Wednesday. He said...
We’ll No Longer Tolerate Attacks On Northerners – Northern Elders
THE Northern Elders Forum on Tuesday declared that it would no longer tolerate further attacks on members of the northern community in the southern part of the country. The Chairman, NEF, Prof. Ango Abdullahi, made the declaration in Port Harcourt on Tuesday during a town hall meeting with members of the northern community in Rivers State. While noting that the forum...
Buhari Meets Governors Over Insecurity, Says More Equipment Are Being Procured
The Nigerian government is procuring more equipment in its bid to overcome the security challenges in various parts of the country, President Muhammadu Buhari has said. President Buhari disclosed this to members of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) at a security meeting held on Tuesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. His special adviser on media and publicity, Mr Femi Adesina,...
