CRIME
IGP Wants Increased Efforts To Fight Kidnappers In FCT
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has called for the intensification of efforts to “decimate kidnappers and other criminally-minded individuals” in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The IGP spoke on Tuesday after a meeting with the Force Management Team and Tactical Squads in Abuja following the worrying state of security in the nation’s capital. “The IGP expressed deep concern...
Court Sends Binance Executive To Kuje Prison
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has remanded a Binance executive, Tigran Gambaryan, in Kuje Correctional Centre, pending the determination of his bail application. The trial judge, Justice Emeka Nwite, gave the order after Gambaryan pleaded not guilty to the money laundering charges preferred against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday. The judge subsequently adjourned the matter...
Nnenna Ukeje’s Home Fire: Hon. Ben Kalu Threatens Legal Action Against Promise Okoro, Vincent Ihendu, Others Over Alleged Defamation
Member representing Bende Federal Constituency Abia state, Rep. Benjamin Kalu has threatened to seek redress in the court following alleged defamatory publications against him by one Mr. Promise Uzoma Okoro in his Facebook page along with Vincent Ihendu , Obike Kanu and others. The lawmaker said he is currently consulting with his lawyers following what he called unsubstantiated accusations against...
Parents Explode In Tears, Joy As 28 More Kidnapped Students Regain Freedom In Kaduna
28 more abducted students of the Bethel Baptist Secondary School in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State have regained their freedom. The students were found inside the Tsoho Gaya Forest in Chikun Local Government Area of the state in the early hours of Sunday. It is not clear whether the bandits released them for ransom or they were rescued by...
Buhari Must Resign Immediately – Northern Elders Insist
Northern Elders Forum, NEF, has maintained that President Muhammadu Buhari should resign and allow a more competent hand to pilot the affairs of the nation. Renewing its call for the resignation of Buhari, the group said the President has failed as the Commander in Chief. The Spokesman of the group, Hakeem Baba Ahmed, said this during an interview on Channels Television’s...
Bandits Strike Again In Katsina, Abduct Over 50
Over 50 residents of Ruwan Godiya village of Faskari local government area of Katsina state have been abducted in a fresh attack, according to sources. A resident, who pleaded anonymity, said the bandits came on over 60 motorcycles and started shooting sporadically. He said they operated unchallenged for over two hours. The resident alleged that there were over 20 military personnel in...
Man Who Denied Access To Money For Treatment, Slumps, Dies In Bank (Video)
Nigerians on social media have expressed outrage after a video of an unidentified man slumped and died in front of a bank in Rivers state went viral. According to an eyewitness, Uwaifo Obiano who share the video on Facebook, the man died due to the unfriendly attitude of the new generation bank staff. ABN TV gathered that the deceased was allegedly...
Two Arraigned For Land Scam In Borno
The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, September 28, 2021 arraigned the duo of Abor Gambomi and Abdulmumini Ali before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court sitting in Maiduguri on a one count amended charge bordering on conspiracy and obtaining N420, 000.00 (Four Hundred and Twenty Thousand Naira) by...
We’ll Arm Amotekun With Sophisticated Weapons — Akeredolu
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State, yesterday, insisted that state security outfits in the country, backed by law must have access to sophisticated weapons to combat insecurity. Akeredolu said this during the Passing-Out Parade of Courses 3 and 4 of the State Amotekun Corps in Akure. His words: “State Security outfits backed by law whether in Western Nigeria, Katsina, Borno, Benue...
Oil Theft: 42 More Tapping Points Uncovered In Two states
Ex-militant leader, Government Ekpemupolo, alias Tompolo, and security officials have discovered 42 more perforations on the nation’s oil pipelines. The tapping by crude oil bunkers seeking to divert the nation’s crude oil is uncovered in two states of Delta and Bayelsa This brings the total tappings to 58. The breakthrough came as bunkers, angry with the leader of the defunct Movement for...
