CRIME
Police Call For Calm After Mentally Ill Man Beat Wife To Coma, Killed 62-Year-Old Pastor In Imo
Imo State Police Command has called on residents to remain calm and go about their normal businesses after a man, said to be mentally unstable allegedly beat his wife to coma and stabbed a 62-year-old old Redeemed Christian Church pastor in Owerri, Pastor Thompson Onyekwuru to death. The command in a statement made available to ABN TV on Monday by...
Errant Policeman Who Beat Up Woman, Caused Panic In Aba Detained
Abia State Police Command has confirmed that Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP), Ifeanyi Henry is currently in custody following reckless behaviour he exhibited a few days ago at the Aba Central Police Station. Henry was said to have ran amok and caused serious tension at Okwu na Uka Street and St Michaels Road in Aba. It was gathered that the police...
Man Who Stabbed Wife, RCCG Pastor To Death In Imo Finally Lynched By Angry Mob
A man has stabbed his wife and a pastor to death in a community in Owerri West local council of Imo State. The pastor was of the Redeemed Christian Church of God, it was said. The incident happened on Friday. The assailant’s wife Ogechi and their one-year-old son were said to have cried for help from their apartment, attracting the attention of...
Police Nab Two Suspected Robbers Terrorising Imo Residents, Recover Arms
Imo State police command has arrested two suspected robbers in Umuevu Onitsha Ezinihitte Mbaise LGA in Imo State said to be terrorising Mbaise and its environs. This follows a piece of credible information on the gang by the command tactical teams. The suspects Darlington Ogubike age 36 years and Ihuoma Emeriole age 25 years both of Umuevu Onitsha Ezinihitte Mbaise LGA...
Another Military Aircraft Crashes In Kaduna
The location was given as “somewhere in Kaduna State”. ABN TV learnt that the crashed plane is an Alpha jet. “The fighter jet left Yola, the Adamawa capital, this morning to go clear bandits”, the informant added. Nigerian Air Force spokesman, Air Commodore Edward Gabwet, could not be reached as at press time. Mohammad Abdulkadri, Special Assistant to the Defence Minister did not...
REVEALED: ESN Plotting To Attack Prison, Free Nnamdi Kanu
A top security personnel has revealed that officers of the Eastern Security Network (ESN) are plotting to launch an attack if Nnamdi Kanu transferred to Kuje prison. Recall Nnamdi Kanu who is the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) is currently being detained in the Department of State Service (DSS) detention facilities, pending the determination of his trial Nnamdi Kanu through his counsel asking...
Imo Police Commence Investigation Into Video Of Suspected Child Trafficking Syndicate [Photo]
Imo State Police Command says it has commenced investigation to unravel the authenticity of a viral video in which an old woman and a young woman were seen carrying a baby of about 9 months suspected to have been stolen from Akwa Ibom state and brought to the state. ABN TV reports that they were allegedly caught on camera along...
Fire Guts Ebeano Supermarket In Abuja
A multi-million naira shopping centre, Ebeano supermarket, Lokogoma, Abuja, is currently on fire. The inferno, which started a few hours ago was described as massive. The cause of the fire outbreak could not be immediately ascertained but it was learnt that many firefighters are currently battling to put it out. The FCT Fire Service spokesman, Ibrahim Muhammad, confirmed the incident on Saturday...
Sheikh In Prison For Blasphemy In Kano
Islamic cleric, Sheikh Abduljabbar Kabara, has been remanded in a Kano prison for blasphemy. The Sharia court remanded him in prison for blasphemy, incitement, and sundry offences, by the Kano state government on Friday evening. Speaking on the case, Commissioner for Information, Mr. Muhammed Garba, noted that the Kano-based Islamic cleric was famous for controversial religious commentaries and statements, which were...
We’ve Nothing To Support Our Claim That Nwanta Anayoeze Is Corrupt — EFCC Witness
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has admitted that despite initiating a bogus allegation bordering on fraud of over $8.5million against Abia-born businessman and philanthropist, Ikenna Kingsley-Onwuzuruike, popularly known as Nwanta Anayoeze, it has no evidence whatsoever to prove the concocted accusation. The anti-corruption body while testifying before a Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, where...
