CRIME
Shekau Is Crippled – Captured Boko Haram Fighter
A captured Boko Haram fighter says Abubakar Shekau, leader of the sect, can no longer walk effectively. Mohammed Adam, a teenage fighter, who is currently in the custody of troops of 195 battalions of the Nigerian army, said Shekau got injured during an aerial bombardment on an insurgents’ camp in Timbuktu, Sambisa forest, a Boko Haram stronghold in Borno state. In...
All Missing Katsina Students Will Return Home In Few Hours – Defence Minister
The Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Magashi, has given an assurance that all the schoolboys missing in Katsina State will return home in the next few hours. He gave the assurance on Sunday when he led a delegation of the Federal Government, including the service chiefs to Katsina to sympathise with the parents and teachers of the victims, as...
Katsina Abduction: 333 Students Missing, Says Governor Masari
Katsina State Governor, Aminu Masari has confirmed that three hundred and thirty-three students are missing following an attack on Government Science Secondary School, Kankara, Katsina on Friday night. The governor gave the figure when he received a Federal Government delegation led by the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno on Sunday. The governor who explained that the school has a population of...
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...
