CRIME
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,...
Gunmen Kidnap Taraba Lawmaker Bashir Mohammed
Unknown gunmen on Wednesday kidnapped Barr. Bashir Mohammed, the member representing Nguroje Constituency in the Taraba State House of Assembly. A family source who preferred anonymity said the Chairman House Committee on Information was picked up from his residence behind Dr Jalo Eid prayer ground in Jalingo at about 1:45 am. The source also disclosed that during the operation which lasted...
Senate Slams N10m Fine On Police For Killing UNIPORT Undergraduate
The Senate has indicted the Nigeria Police Force for allegedly killing a final year student of the University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, Chinedu Obi, and mandated the police authorities to pay to his family N10m as compensation. Obi, who was arrested on July 19, 2019 after a disagreement with a female phone seller for alleged assault, died in controversial...
Two Teachers Kidnapped By Gunmen In Military Uniform In Delta school
There was pandemonium in Ohorhe community, Uvwie council area of Delta state, Tuesday, as two teachers were reportedly kidnapped by armed men dressed in a military uniform from Ohorhe Secondary School. The suspected kidnappers were reported to have gained entrance into the school’s premises in a gold-colored Highlander SUV. It was gathered that they hovered in the school compound for over...
Abia Police Command Parades 5 Over Child Trafficking (Photos, Video)
No fewer than 5 suspected child traffickers were on Tuesday paraded by the Commissioner of Police Abia State, CP Janet Agbede. The suspects include Chinonso Sylvanus, 17, Ekene Duru, 31, Rose Okoro, 45, Ngozi Ukpabi, and Mr. Chidi Okoro. ABN TV reports that the suspects were arrested at various locations in connection with stealing babies in Abia. Parading...
