CRIME
Anambra Lady Allegedly Beaten To Death, Body Dumped In Hotel Swimming Pool (VIDEO)
A middle aged woman identified as Chinyere Awuda has been killed and her body reportedly found in an abandoned swimming pool in Cosmila Hotel Awka, Anambra State. ABN TV gathered that Miss Awuda hails from Nnobi, in Idemmili South Local Government Area of the state. Sources say the victim was at Club Mila, a nightclub reportedly owned by Cosmila Hotels in...
37-Yr-Old HIV-Positive Man Who Raped 4-Yr-Old Girl In Abia Sentenced To Life In Prison
A magistrate court in Umuahia, Abia State has slammed life imprisonment on a 37-year-old HIV-Positive man, Mr. Chiemela Victor Ekeke for raping a 4-year-old girl in Umuahia, ABN TV reports. Magistrate N. Lekwa had in the last sitting found the accused person guilty of infant defilement. The court however discharged the accused person on count 1, which is bordering on conspiracy. READ...
Man Bags 25 Years Jail Term For Raping Minor In Cross River
A trial court in Cross River state has sentenced one Matthew Uyangha to 25 years imprisonment for kidnapping and raping a 13-year-old orphan. The convict was said to have repeatedly raped the victim, whose identity is not divulged, for two months before nemesis caught up with him and he was arrested. The rapist had drugged and abducted the teenage girl from...
After 40 Days In Detention, Pressure Mounts On DSS To Release Ex-EFCC Chairman, Bawa
Today, it will be 40 days since the immediate past chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Abdulrasheed Bawa, has been in the custody of the State Security Service (SSS). The embattled anti-graft czar, who has been languishing in the detention facility of the secret police in Abuja, popularly called “Yellow House” since June 14, was arrested by...
Woman Kills Twin Daughter Over Bad Behaviour
A mother who smothered her three children told cops she killed one of her twins first because she was “badly behaved”, a court has heard. Lauren Anne Dickason, 42, was charged with murdering her daughters Liane, aged six, and twins Maya and Karla, aged two. Dickason, who is on trial in the High Court in Christchurch, New Zealand, has admitted to...
Man Dies Attempting To Vandalise Electricity Installation In Imo
A man whose name was yet to be identified last Thursday night was found dead at the transformer of the Government Secondary School, Owerri, Imo state. An eyewitness who narrated the story to newsmen in Owerri on Saturday said the charred victim’s body was found inside the housed transformer. According to him, he was suspected to have engaged in trying to...
Police Arrest, Detain NDLEA Officials Over Killing Of 2-Year-Old Boy In Delta
Delta State Police Command on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of some officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) whose stray bullet allegedly killed a two-year old boy, Ivan Omhonria, in Okpanam area of the state capital territory. Tragedy struck on July 13 when officers of the agency raided a suspected drug joint, leaving on its trail the death...
Hoodlums Who Attacked Church In Osun During Vigil, Raped Worshipper Arrested
Three suspects were on Tuesday paraded at the Osun State Police Command’s headquarters over an alleged attack on a Celestial Church located in Odu Village near Osogbo. The suspects allegedly attacked the church during a vigil in the early hours of Tuesday. During the attack, the perpetrators abducted 12 members of the church, but the victims fled from their captors when...
Osun Police Arrest Father, Son For Alleged Kidnapping
A middle-aged man and his teenage son have been apprehended by the Osun State Police Command for allegedly kidnapping members of a church during a vigil in Osun State. According to information made available by the Police Commissioner, Patrick Kehinde Longe, the man, Adamu Saliu and his 15-year-old son abducted the church worshippers in the Osun area of the State. READ...
Hike In Petrol Price Pushed Me Into Robbery, 29-Yr-Old Driver Confesses
A 29-year-old cab driver, Adeniran Jeremiah, arrested for alleged armed robbery has said that he went into robbery as a result of the increase in pump price of petrol. The suspect, who was arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for leading a three-man gang to rob in a night club, blamed his woes on hardships caused by fuel subsidy...
