CRIME
Bandits Free Abducted Emir Of Kajuru, Withhold Children Captivity
The kidnapped Emir of Kajuru in Kajuru Local Government area of Kaduna State, Alhaji Alhassan Adamu, has been released by his abductors, ABN TV reports. One of the kingmakers of the Emirate Council, Dahiru Abubakar, confirmed the development. The Emir was released on Monday afternoon, few hours after bandits demanded N200 million ransom for the monarch and 10 other family members...
Chidinma Denies Killing SuperTV CEO, Usifo Ataga [MUST WATCH]
Chidinma Ojukwu, the suspect arrested in connection with the death of Michael Ataga, CEO of Super TV, has denied killing him. Ataga was found dead days after checking into an apartment with the suspect in Lekki, Lagos. The suspect had fled the scene of the crime until she was arrested at her father’s house in Yaba, Lagos. When she was paraded by...
Court Threatens Arrest Warrant Against Stella Oduah, Others Over Alleged N10bn Fraud
A Federal High in Abuja has threatened to issue arrest warrants against former Aviation Minister, Stellah Oduah and eight others named in a charge pending should they fail to attend court on the next date. Justice Inyang Ekwo gave the warning on Monday when Oduah (now a serving Senator, representing Anambra North Senatorial District) and some other defendants were absent...
IGP Squad, Troops Comb Bushes For 85-year-old Kaduna Emir, Wives, 7 Others
Operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command have confirmed the abduction of the 85-year-old Emir of Kajuru, Alhaji Alhassan Adamu, by bandits in the early hours of Sunday. The bandits attacked the residence of the monarch in Kajuru, Kajuru Local Government Area of the state, and kidnapped him and 10 of his family members, according to the police. The state Police...
Police Nab Suspected Cultist Posing As NBM Of Africa Member In Lagos
Men of the Nigerian police have arrested one suspected cultist, Koffi Ayamafuga for masquerading as a member of African liberation movement, NBM of Africa in Lagos. Arrested at a bar in Abraham Adesanya Estate, Lekki-Ajah with the aid of the President of the Lekki chapter of NBM of Africa, Mr. Chukwuma Madike, the suspect was said to have dressed in...
Bandits kidnap Emir of Kajuru, 13 family members
A group of armed Bandits have kidnapped the Emir of Kajuru and 13 members of his family, ABN TV reports. Alhaji Alhassan Adamu Kajuru and 13 of his family members in his palace in Kaduna in the early hours of Sunday morning. The 85-year-old was abducted alongside Salama Kajuru, Abubakar Kajuru, and his grandchildren. An eyewitness disclosed: “We are afraid the Emir might not survive it...
Major Police Equipment No More Working, Detectives Struggle To Track, Arrest Bandits
Key tracking equipment deployed by the police to go after kidnappers, bandits and terrorists has remained inactive since the beginning of the year amid raging violent crimes across the country, ABN TV has learnt. Multiple reliable sources, who confided in PUNCH, attributed the downtime to non-subscription and failure to engage the relevant company to carry out system upgrade, among other challenges. At least 2,943...
Send Us Foodstuffs To Feed Your Children Or Hunger’ll Deal With Them, Bandits Warn Parents Of Abducted Kaduna Students
The abductors of the 121 students of Bethel Baptist Secondary school in Chikun local government area of Kaduna state have demanded for food items from their parents to enable them feed the children. The bandits warned that failure to do so will expose the children to impending starvation. The parents disclosed this on Saturday during their daily prayer sessions to seek...
After Mass Slaughter In Zamfara, Kaduna, Buhari Calls For Crushing Of Bandits
President Muhammadu Buhari on Saturday demanded a crushing response against bandits after repeated killings in Zamfara and Kaduna states. This was made known in a statement signed by presidential spokesman Garba Shehu. At least 35 persons were killed after bandits attacked five communities in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State on Thursday. Bandits have also continued to terrorise Kaduna state, launching...
Ikpeazu Denies Calling For Nnamdi Kanu’s Imprisonment, Set To Take Legal Action
Abia State Governor, Okezie Ikpeazu has described as 'FAKE NEWS making rounds in some sections of the media that he called for the imprisonment of the re-arrested leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB Mazi Nnamdi Kanu. Describing it further as thrash, the Governor in a statement on Saturday made available to ABN TV by the Commissioner for Information,...
