CRIME
We’ll Make You Uncomfortable, Abia Government Warns Criminal Elements
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Abia State Government has warned criminal elements engaging in illegal collection of levies, phone snatching, "one-chance" operations with keke, particularly in Aba and Umuahia as well as kidnapping for ransome to stay away from the state or face hard times. The state government says it's not oblivious of the rising spate of criminal activities in certain parts of the state,...
Yunusa Yellow Who Abducted Ese Oruru From Bayelsa Regains Freedom After Jail Term
Dahiru Yunusa Yellow who was accused of child trafficking and sentenced to serve a 26-year jail term has regained freedom after serving a reduced sentence of seven years by an Appeal Court. It would be recalled that Yellow was accused of abducting Ese Oruru from Yenagoa in Bayelsa State to Kano, and possibly converted her to Islam and married her. Public...
How Cross River Twin Sisters Butchered Elder Brother To Death Over Family Property
The Police in Calabar have arrested twin sisters for allegedly butchering their elder brother to death with machetes, for selling their late father’s land and refusing to share the proceeds with them. The twin, identified as Ikwo Effiong and Idak Effiong, allegedly took the life of their elder brother, Kokoette Effiong, for selling their father’s land, located at Ikot Nakanda,...
Governor Otti Sets Up Panel To Recover Government Properties, Funds
The Abia State Government will on Tuesday, June 27, 2023, inaugurate a Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the Recovery of Government Properties and Funds belonging to the state. This is contained in a statement on Monday signed by the governor's chief press secretary, Kazie Uko. He said the panel, approved by the state governor, Dr. Alex Otti, has five members. Hon Justice...
Man Sells 9-Year-Old Son For 400k In Akwa-lbom, Says Poverty Responsible
Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested one Gabriel Okon Ekpiri, a native of Ekit Itam Akpan Obong community in Itu Local Government Area of the state, for selling his nine-year-old son for the sum of N400,000. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Odiko Macdon, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday night in Uyo, the state capital, said the...
Anambra Vigilante Commander, 2 Others Arrested Over Abduction, Killing Of Keke Rider
Police operatives from Ogidi Division, Anambra State, yesterday, arrested the Ojoto community vigilante commander and two others for the alleged kidnap and murder of a tricycle operator, known as Keke NAPEP Oluchukwu Onah. Onah, a 25-year-old commercial tricycle rider from Ovoko community, Igbo-Eze South Local Government Area of Enugu State but who resided in Oba, Idemili South Local Government Area...
Suspects Narrate How They Killed Ondo Naval Officer
The three suspects arrested over the murder of a Naval Officer, Sub-Lt. Samuel Akingbohun, in ldo- Ani, Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, have narrated why and how they killed the officer, after an altercation. In an interview, while they were paraded by the state police command, the suspects, Ayomide Sambo, Johnson Adeleke and Shagari Francis, 17, confessed to...
Gunmen Kill Ogun RCCG Pastor During Vigil, Kidnap 7 Members
Unknown gunmen on Saturday stormed a branch of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), in Abule-Ori in Obafemi Owode Local Government Area of Ogun State, killing the Pastor and abducting seven worshippers. The Commander of the Ogun State government-owned security outfit, So-Safe Corps, Soji Ganzallo, who confirmed the incident, said his officers rescued the seven church members and killed...
Tension Brews In Enugu Community Over Killing Of 2 Persons By Soldiers, Many Injured
There is unease in Eke community, Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State following the alleged killing of a neighborhood watch group member by soldiers attached to the 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, Enugu. Also allegedly shot dead is a housewife from the same community. ABN TV reports that other members of the local security network who survived the said...
Kano Anti-Graft Agency Summons Ex-Gov. Ganduje Over Dollar Videos
The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) has summoned ex-Governor Abdullahi Ganduje for questioning over the controversial dollar videos. In 2017, Daily Nigerian, an online publication, had released some videos of Ganduje allegedly collecting kickbacks from contractors. The ex-governor had denied the allegation, saying the videos were doctored. READ ALSO: Group Kicks Against Call For Ceding Of Ministerial Slot To...
