CRIME
NDLEA Nabs 5 Drug Kingpins, Seizes Skunk, Meth Hidden In Compressors
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have successfully dismantled a trans-border drug cartel and arrested five leaders of the syndicates operating in parts of the world in a special operation that lasted weeks during which different quantities of skunk, methamphetamine and ephedrine as well as air compressors used to conceal and distribute them globally were recovered. The...
Gunmen Kill 2 Soldiers, Three Policemen In Enugu-Ebonyi Border
Rampaging gunmen struck again on Saturday night killing two soldiers and three policemen at the Enugu-Ebonyi border. ABN TV gathered that the gunmen, who operated in a Toyota Sienna, first killed the two soldiers at a checkpoint in Enugu before proceeding to the Enugu-Ebonyi border. Three policemen were reportedly shot dead at the border checkpoint. Another wounded policeman is said to be...
Lawyer Remanded In Correctional Facility For Alleged N10m Scam In Uyo
The Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, January 31, 2023 arraigned one Barrister Utibe Hanson Inem before Justice Bassey Nkanang of the State High Court, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State on a two-count charge bordering on issuance of dud cheque and stealing by fraudulent conversion to the tune of N10, 000.00 (Ten Million...
Woman, Son Beat Inlaw To Death Over Meat In Benue
A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court, Benue State, on Tuesday ordered that a 40-year-old housewife, Charity Upev, and her son, Tertsea, be remanded in a custodial centre for alleged culpable homicide. The News Agency of Nigeria reported that the police charged Charity and her son with criminal conspiracy and culpable homicide. Magistrate Roseline Iyorshe did not take their plea. Iyorshe adjourned the matter...
Gunmen Bomb INEC Office, Police Station In Anambra
Hoodlums have attacked the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, office in Ojoto and a police station in Nnobi, both in Anambra State's Idemili South Local Government Area. The hoodlums were said to have stormed the facilities around 1:45 a.m. on Wednesday in four unmarked Sienna vehicles, armed with IEDs, petrol bombs, and other explosives. DSP Tochukwu Ikenga of the State Police,...
Zimbabwean Woman Crushes Her Children With Rock After Misinterpreting Bible Verse
Mary Rukobo, a Zimbabwean woman, was arrested by police in Muzokomba for crushing the heads of her two-month-old and two-year-old children against rocks after misinterpreting a bible verse. According to reports, the tragic incident occurred on January 19, 2023 in Mashangana Village, Buhera. According to eyewitnesses, the 24-year-old woman misinterpreted Psalms 137 verse 9 after reading it in isolation rather than...
Pastor In Court For Publishing Own Obituary To Avoid N3m Debt Repayment
A cleric, Paul Oyewole, has been arraigned before a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Ondo town, Ondo State, for allegedly publishing and posting his obituary on social media, in order to evade repayment of N3 million owed his church member. The 43-year-old pastor was dragged to court for fraudulently obtaining N3 million from one Boyede Emmanuel, under the pretence to pay...
Police Begin Manhunt For Man Wielding Pump-Rifle In Lagos
The Lagos State Police Command has declared one Tajudeen Olanrewaju Bakare, alias Oba Ogboni Abalaiye Ajamajebi, wanted for threatening public peace and illegal possession of firearms. Bakare, who also addressed himself as the first President of the Supreme Body of Ogboni Association Worldwide, was seen in a viral video on social media earlier in the week wielding a pump action...
VIDEO: We Have Bought Weapons With New Notes – Terrorist Leader Boasts
A terrorist leader, Kachalla Balleri, has said that his gang has purchased weapons with new notes. Balleri is one of the most wanted terrorist leaders terrorizing some areas of Zamfara, Katsina, and Kaduna states; and some parts of Niger Republic. The bandit leader was shown in a video flaunting the newly redesigned naira notes. https://twitter.com/abnonlinetv/status/1621200274856493056?s=20&t=uKC3oRKnLXxvxfOWIK2xKg READ ALSO: Pay New Notes Over The Counter,...
Gunmen Attack Ebonyi APGA Guber Candidate, Kill Driver
The governorship candidate of the All Progressives Grand Alliance (APGA) in Ebonyi State Prof. Bernard Odo escaped death on Thursday night when his convoy was attacked by gunmen suspected to be assassins. His Media Aide, Charles Otu confirmed the incident to The Nation (not ABN TV). He said the candidate was returning from a campaign rally when they ran into the...
