CRIME
EFCC Nabs Husband, Wife Over Alleged N935m Ponzi Scheme In Lagos
The Lagos Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a couple for allegedly defrauding unsuspecting victims in a N935m Ponzi scheme. Authorities of the EFCC say the suspects, Emmanuel and Victoria Jaiyeoba, who were arrested at their residence in Ibadan, Oyo State, are parents to Adewale Daniel, Marketing Director, Wales Kingdom Capital Limited. According to a...
Police Parade 7 Kidnap Suspects Who Killed Victim After Receiving N700K Ransom In Abia [Photos, Video]
Abia state police command on Wednesday paraded a 5-member gang in connection with series of kidnappings and armed robberies in the state. Parading the suspects in Umuahia, the state Commissioner of Police, Janet Agbede warned young people who see crime as the only means of livelihood to desist or have the security agencies to contend with. While calling on members of...
Why I Reported Abia To EFCC Over $151m Paris Club Refund – Witness
Group Executive Director and Chief Executive Officer of Mauritz Walton Nig. Ltd, Dr. Maurice Ibe, told a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Kubwa why he reported some alleged shady activities of Abia State Government and its officials to the Economic and Finance Crimes Commission (EFCC). Ibe, while testifying in the case filed against Abia Government by his...
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...
