CRIME
Six Suspects Arrested As Police Uncover Depot Where Petrol Used For Attacks Are Stored In Imo
Imo State Police Command says it has arrested six suspects after uncovering an illegal petroleum depot located at Ogboshishi, Naze in Owerri North Local Government Area, Imo State. The products which according to the command are suspected to have been obtained through bunkery are stored for onward transportation to locations targeted for attacks. PPRO of the command, SP Bala Elkana in...
Troops Neutralise Seven IPOB Members In Rivers – Army
The Nigerian Army on Saturday said troops of 6 Division Garrison, Port Harcourt and 29 Battalion on Thursday raided the enclaves of suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra at Agbomchia Forest. It said the raid was a joint operation between the Nigerian Army, operatives of the Nigerian Police Force, Department of State Service and Nigerian Security and Civil...
Army Sacks 3,040 Soldiers Over Desertion, Murder, Rape, Drunkenness
The Nigerian Army has dismissed no fewer than 3,040 soldiers from service for various acts of misconduct, and indiscipline, including desertion, possession of hard drugs, rape and murder. Some of the soldiers were discharged for cowardice, forgery, drunkenness, poor performance, disobedience to orders, absence from duty/parade and failure to perform military duty. Similarly, scores were also axed for Bank Verification Number...
Parents Of 14 Abducted Greenfield University Students Allegedly Paid N70m Ransom — Source
Reports have emerged that family and relatives of 14 abducted students and staff of Greenfield University in Kaduna State allegedly paid a whopping sum of N70 million to secure their release from bandits. They were released on Saturday afternoon at a location along the Kaduna- Abuja highway. The Chairman of the Parents Forum, Markus Zarmai and few others received the students...
Lagos Govt Seals Chinese Company Over Death Of 17-Year-Old Worker
The Lagos State Government has sealed the Mingy Trading Company Limited, located at No 11, Ila Orangun Street, Ijegun-Egba, Satellite Town, for violating the State’s safety rules that led to the death of a teenage worker. 17-year-old Babatunde Abdulrahmon died after he was sucked into a mixing machine on the day he resumed work at the factory. Speaking during the sealing...
Gunmen Raze Down State CID Headquarters Umuagu In Abia (VIDEO)
Unidentified gunmen on Saturday burnt down the Abia State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department of the state police command located in Umuagu, Umuahia the state capital. ABN TV could not categorically ascertain the level of damage incurred in the latest attack. This is coming days after the DIG in charge of Operations in the Nigerian police and the Coordinating DIG South...
Unknown Gunmen Burn Down Another Police Station, High Court In Imo [VIDEO]
Gunmen on Saturday went berserk by razing Atta Divisional Police Headquarters in the Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State. The Hoodlums equally razed the Atta Magistrate and High Court and vandalized the community’s health centre. The development had caused serious panic in the area, as the youths of the community nearly lynched. His gadgets were sized, damaged and money extorted from...
Coordinating DIG South East Tasks Abia Police Command On Teamwork
Deputy Inspector General of Police, DIG in charge of Operations and the Coordinating DIG South East, Joseph O. Egbunike has urged officers and men of Abia State Police Command to embark on teamwork targeted at positive delivery of duties and responsibilities. ABN TV report that DIG Egbunike who is also the Coordinator of the Operation Restore Peace in the Geo-Political...
Security forces Kill 5 Gunmen Allegedly Preparing To Attack Rivers
At least five gunmen allegedly preparing to launch an attack on a police division in Eleme Local Government Area, Rivers State, have been killed by security operatives. It was gathered the operatives also arrested six of them after a gun battle that lasted for some time. The gunmen were reportedly camped at a forest between Oyigbo and Eleme council areas where...
Biafra Day: Ignore Any Sit-At-Home Order, Police Urge Abians
The Abia state command of the Nigerian Police has called on citizens and residents in the state to ignore any order by Biafra secessionist group, IPOB to sit at home in commemoration of the 2021 Biafra Day. Recall that the group had issued a sit-at-home order between Saturday, May 29 to Tuesday, June 1, 2021. The command in a statement urged...
