CRIME
EFCC Arraigns Couple Over N410m Fraud In Kano
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Aisha Salihu Malkohi, and her husband, Abubakar Mahmoud, who is now at large, before Justice Aisha Mahmud of the Kano State High Court for allegedly defrauding one Farida Ibrahim to the tune of N410,518,000. The Financial Crimes agency disclosed this in a post made on its X (formerly Twitter) account...
Gunmen Attack Night Club In Oba Anambra, Kill Seven
Seven people including members of a local vigilante group were feared killed in an attack by gunmen on Porsche nightclub at Oba, in the Idemili Local Government of Anambra State on Sunday. Confirming the incident in a phone call, the spokesperson for the Anambra State Police Command, DSP Tochukwu Ikenga, said the police recovered some bodies from the scene. He...
Tension In Rivers As Gunmen Kill 4 Soldiers
Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen on Tuesday killed four soldiers attached to 5 Battalion of the Nigerian Army in Port Harcourt, who were on a routine escort duty for an oil company at Enweh West manifold, Ahoada East Local Government Area of Rivers State. A statement issued in Port Harcourt on Tuesday by Major Danjuma Jonah, Acting Deputy Director, 6 Division, Army...
EFCC Declares Ex-Power Minister, Agunloye, Wanted
A former Minister of Aviation, Dr Olu Agunloye, has been declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission. The minister who hails from Akoko North Local Government Area of Ondo State was declared wanted by the anti-graft agency over an alleged case of corruption and forgery. The PUNCH reports that the EFCC in September quizzed Agunloye over an alleged $6 billion Build,...
New Female Tenant Kidnaps Two Children Of Landlord, Neighbour In Ogun
A yet-to-be-identified woman has allegedly kidnapped two minors who are children of her landlord and neighbour in the Sango Ota area of Ogun State. The woman was said to have disappeared with the two kids three days after she moved into the apartment. The command’s Public Relations Officer, Omolola Odutola, confirmed the incident on Wednesday. Odutola said the landlord, Johnson Oshinowo, reported...
Ogun Police Arrest Three For Allegedly Stealing Car, Motorcycle
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested three people suspected of stealing a car and a motorcycle in the Mowe and Ifo areas of the state. A source in the command disclosed this in an exclusive interview with PUNCH Online on Thursday. The source told our correspondent that a suspect identified as Matthew Segun smashed the head of a motorcyclist with...
Suspected Ritualist Who Beheaded OAU Student Says He Learnt Using Human Head For Money On Facebook
A 35-year-old suspect, Akeem, who detectives in Ogun State Police Command arrested after he allegedly murdered an 18-year-old student of Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Quadri Salami, to get body parts for sale, has revealed how he learnt about the use of human heads from Facebook groups. The mystery surrounding the disappearance of Quadri for almost a month unraveled when Akeem...
New Female Tenants Kidnaps 4 Children Of Different Parents In Umuahia
![[OPINION] Abia On A State Of Emergency, By Godwin Adindu](https://abntv.com.ng/wp-content/uploads/2023/11/Abia-State-map-2-640x431.jpg "New Female Tenants Kidnaps 4 Children Of Different Parents In Umuahia")
Barely two weeks after four children of the same parents were taken to an unknown destination by a tricycle driver, in Umuahia, while on their way to school, a female tenant who newly moved into an apartment has allegedly abducted four children belonging to three different parents. The kids named Chioma, 6, Ogbonne, 6, Miracle, 5, and Joy, 3, were...
Police Confirm Abduction Of 4 Children In Abia By New Female Tenant, Warn Against Entrusting Children With Strangers
Abia State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of four children of three parents in Abia community, warning the public against entrusting their children in the custody of strangers. AbnTV reports that four children, namely JOY UDOMA (Female, three years old), OGBONNA UDOMA (Male, six years old), CHIOMA KINGSLEY (Female, five years old) and MIRACLE IKECHUKWU (Female, five years old)...
Rivers Policeman Commits Suicide After Mistakenly Killing Colleague
A policeman, Inspector Nelson Abuante, has committed suicide after he mistakenly shot dead a colleague, one Inspector Monday Gbaramana, during an attempt to arrest a suspect in Rivers State. The incident happened on Sunday afternoon at Nyogor-Lueku, Khana Local Government Area of the state. The two officers attached to Taabaa Division were said to have gone to Nyogor-Lueku to arrest one...
