CRIME
Gunmen Kill House Of Assembly Member In Katsina
A member of the Zamfara state house of assembly, Mohammed Ahmed is dead. Ahmed was killed by suspected bandits in Katsina along the Sheme-Funtua Road. According to the Clerk of the Zamfara House House of Assembly, Saidu Anka, Ahmed was traveling to his town when he was killed by the bandits. Funeral rites are scheduled to hold at Sheikh Ahmed Umar...
FG Arrests IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu (Photos, Video)
The Federal Government has arrested the leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu. The Attorney-General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami(SAN), who made the disclosure to journalists on Tuesday, revealed that Kanu was arrested and brought back to Nigeria on Sunday. He said the arrest followed a collaborative effort between security agencies in...
Investigation Reveals How 21-Year-Old Chidinma Strangled, Stabbed Usifo Ataga To Death
Fresh details have emerged revealing how a 21-year-old student of the University of Lagos, UNILAG, Chidinma Ojukwu killed Mr. Micheal Usifo Ataga. ABN TV earlier reported that Chidinma, a 300 level student of Mass Communication gruesomely murdered Ataga in an AirBnB short-let apartment in Lekki Phase one 2 weeks ago. She was arrested by police detectives at her parents’ house...
Ex-South African President Zuma Sentenced To Prison
South Africa’s constitutional court has ruled that the former president Jacob Zuma was in contempt of court for failing to appear at a corruption inquiry earlier this year, and ordered that he be imprisoned for 15 months, ABN TV reports. Zuma failed to appear at the inquiry led by the deputy chief justice, Raymond Zondo, in February. The inquiry is examining allegations...
Abia Assembly Appoints Opposition Members To Investigate Alleged Corruption In Paris Club Refund [SEE LIST]
Abia state House of Assembly has appointed members of the opposition parties in the House to investigate allegation of outrageous consultancy charges by firms engaged by the state government to handle its Parish Club Refund. The Assembly on Monday during its plenary received a petition from a Law firm, Ndukwe Iheanyi & Co, bordering on Paris Club Refund to Abia...
DSS Arrests Suspects Who Allegedly Raped UNILORIN Student To Death
The Department of State Services (DSS) has apprehended eight prime suspects over the murder and rape of Olajide Blessing, a 300-level agricultural science of the University of Ilorin. The deceased was gagged before her attackers raped her to death. She was left with injuries all over her body at her Tanke residence, University road, Ilorin. The incident had sparked protests by many...
Unknown Gunmen Kidnap Popular Lawyer Okey Mbanaso In Umuahia
Information reaching ABN TV indicates that a popular Umuahia-based legal practitioner, Okey Mbanaso has been abducted by unknown gunmen in Umuahia, Abia State capital. Our correspondent gathered that the human right lawyer was abducted along Enugu road by Uwalaka street, around 7:30pm on Monday. His kidnappers, however, abandoned his car, mobile phones, and other devices and took him away to an...
Usifo Ataga’s Neck Was Broken, Hands Tied, Was Tortured – Family Opens Up
The death of Super TV CEO, Micheal Usifo Ataga has yet again taken another twist as his family claims that he was tortured before his death. Ataga was reportedly stabbed to death one Miss Chidinma Ojukwu, a 300 level student of the University of Lagos, last week, in the Lekki area of Lagos. However, his family has called on the...
Imo Police Nab Fleeing Inmates Who Engaged In Robbery, Kidnapping [PHOTO]
Imo state police say they have re-arrested four suspects in connection with kidnapping and robbery in the state, stating that two of the suspects are fleeing inmates of Nigeria Correctional Centre, Imo state who escaped in the jailbreak that occurred earlier in the year in Owerri, Imo state, ABN TV reports. The arrest of one of the fleeing inmates, Eze...
ESN Allegedly Kills, Beheads Native Doctor Over Charm Failure
The Eastern Security Network, ESN, a security wing of the Southeast Secessionist group, Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has allegedly killed their native doctor, Paschal Okeke from Umudim-Ukwu Orji, Awomama in Oru East Local Government Area of Imo State over failure of charm he prepared to protect them against police bullet. The development was disclosed in a statement on Saturday...
