CRIME
Police Parade Suspected Killers Of Imo DPO, Dislodge “Terrorists”
The police authorities in Imo State have arrested the suspected killers of a Divisional Police Officer and an Inspector at Ahiazu Mbaise Local Government Area of the state. Parading the suspects at the Command Headquarters in Owerri the Imo State capital on Sunday, the Commissioner of Police, Danjuma Aboki, said the relentless efforts of the police and other security operatives...
Gunmen Kidnap Abuja Landlords, Place N20m Ransom
Gunmen on Sunday kidnapped two landlords in the Asokoro extension area of the Federal Capital Territory. The gunmen are demanding N20m ransom to release the victims. Our correspondent gathered that armed men pointed a gun at one of the landlords in the area whom they used to gain access to a victim. A resident of the area who simply identified himself as...
Court Convicts 4 Northern Boko Haram Financiers (FULL LIST)
A federal high court in Abuja, on Monday, has convicted four Boko Haram financiers. AbnTV understands that the quartet- Modu Aisami, Zana Zarama, Umar Mohammed Bunu Kame- were convicted and handed prison terms, after they pleaded guilty to charges that FG preferred against them during a special trial the Federal High Court held at Dawaki in Abuja. While the Attorney General...
UK Police Detain Nigerian National For Allegedly Strangling Wife To Death
The police in the United Kingdom have taken a Nigerian, David Abodunde, into custody over alleged murder of his wife, Taiwo Owoeye. Abodunde reportedly strangled Owoeye, a former ophthalmic nurse at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, to death on Tuesday, November 28 in their apartment in Suffolk, UK. Owoeye, a mother of three and nurse in the UK, was said...
How OAU Student, Age 18, Was Killed For Rituals
The police have given insights into into how an 18 – year old undergraduate students at Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) Ile – Ife, who was initially deemed missing, was murdered and his head, two wrists harvested and sold for N100,000 to body parts dealers. Quadri Salami was last seen on November 8, 2023 by the family. When he was no...
Gunman Reportedly Kills 3 In Shooting On UNLV Campus
A gunman opened fire on the campus of the University of Nevada, Las Vegas (UNLV), on Wednesday, killing three people and wounding a fourth before being shot dead by police. The suspect has not been named but according to law enforcement sources is a man in his 60s. He began shooting on the fourth floor of Beam Hall, a building...
3 Operatives Injured As NDLEA Officers, Armed Hoodlums Clash In Edo Forest
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said its operatives repelled gunfire from armed hoodlums in Opuje, Edo State, as they sought to access forest warehouses storing psychoactive substances. This was made known in a statement signed by the Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, shared on the agency’s X account on Thursday. The incident followed a similar attack 11 months...
Court Gives Stringent Bail Cconditions For UTME Impersonators
A Federal High Court sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, has granted stringent bail conditions to three persons who were arrested for UTME registration impersonation examination malpractice. Timilehin Akinwale, Olayinka Mustapha and Peter Okereke, were arrested on February 15th, 2023 at Aina Awaw International College, Ilu Abo, which was a CBT centre for Jamb registration and examination. They were arraigned and remanded to...
17-Year-Old Boy Arrested For Alleged Intimacy With Cock In Adamawa
Operatives of the Adamawa state police command have arrested a 17-year-old boy for alleged intimacy with a cock. The command, describing the act as an ‘unnatural offence’, said in a press statement on Friday, December 8, that the arrest of the boy resulted from a complaint made to the police by one Esther Dimas. In a statement passed to newsmen by the state...
Suspect Who Killed Mother, Sister Arrested In Enugu
The Enugu State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a young man who allegedly killed his mother, Mrs Charity Orji, and his sister, Miss Ukamaka Orji, and buried them in a shallow grave in their backyard in the state. The suspect, identified as Somadina Orji from Igboariam in Anambra State, was said to have committed the offence on Monday,...
