CRIME
Losing Officers Has Increased Our Problems ― Buhari
President Muhammadu Buhari has lamented the loss of officers at a time the country is battling security problems, saying that last Friday fatal air crash has increased the country’s problems. He made the assertion, on Monday, when he received a delegation from the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF) who came to the presidential villa, Abuja to condole with him on the...
We Must Defend Ourselves Against Killer Herdsmen- Ortom Tells Benue People
Governor Samuel Ortom of Benue State has charged his people to stand up and defend themselves against the killer herdsmen terrorizing them in the State. The Governor spoke during a funeral rite in honour of Mama Enenu Ebute, mother of Justice Mary Abounu, wife of the Benue State Deputy Governor, where he told his people to resort to all safety...
Police Detain Abuja Car Sales Agent For 45 Days As Absconds With N1.2m Belonging To Customer
A car sales agent, Martins Izuchukwu, has been arrested by men of the Anti-Car Theft of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command after his partner, identified simply as Thankgod, allegedly absconded with the N1.2m a customer paid for a car at Nyanya in the Abuja Municipal Area Council. Izuchukwu was said to have advertised the car on his WhatsApp status...
Ignore Rumours That Fulanis Are In Imo To Kill Igbo People — Gov. Uzodinma [VIDEO]
Imo State Governor, Sen. Hope Uzodinma has called on people of the state to ignore rumours that Fulani people are in the state to kill Igbo people, describing it as propaganda. The governor while stating that some of the attacks in the state were not carried out by Igbos insisted that some people he described as idiots are sponsoring kidnappers...
Twin Attack As Gunmen Raze INEC Office, Police B Division In Awka, Kill Officers (VIDEO)
Unidentified gunmen on Sunday launched a twin attack in Anambra State, razing down INEC office and attack B division of the Nigerian Police Force both in Awka, the state capital. ABN TV gathered that undisclosed number of policemen lost their lives in the attacks. The level of casualty has not however been fully ascertained. Recall that earlier on Sunday, yet-to-be-identified gunmen also...
Gunmen Attack Anambra NSCDC Outpost, Kill 2 Officers, Burn Vehicle, Loot Arms (Graphic VIDEO)
Heavily armed Gunmen, whose Identity is yet to be revealed, have attacked an Outpost of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, killing 2 officers, and their rifles carted away in Anambra State. Sources told ABN TV that the officers on duty engaged the gunmen in a gun duel after which their operational vehicle was set on fire. The NSCDC...
Count Me Out Of Alleged Plan To Attack Sen. Kalu’s Home — Chukwuma Obidike
A UK-based lawyer, Barr. Chukwuma Obidike has dissociated himself from an online publication in which his name was mentioned in relation to a planned attack in Igbere, home of Sen. Orji Uzor Kalu, Chief Whip of the Senate. The name Chukwuma Obidike was in the said publication referred to as a member of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra IPOB...
NAFDAC Destroys N500m Unwholesome Foods, Medicine In Northeast
National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, NAFDAC said it has destroyed unwholesome foods, falsified medicine, and expired products worth over N500 million in the northeastern part of Nigeria. NAFDAC Resident Media Consultant, Sayo Akintola in a statement on Sunday quoted Prof Adeyeye as saying that the exercise was in line with one of the Agency’s strategies aimed...
Gunmen Kill Emir’s Driver In Kaduna
Bandits on Saturday killed one of the domestic driver of the Emir of Birnin Gwari, Mallam Jibrin Maigwari. Confirming the development to the Sunday Tribune in an interview, Shamaki Birnin Gwari, Mika’ilu said one of the drivers in the palace had been killed. According to him, he was one of the pilot drivers, saying he was killed by the bandits on...
Police Repel Attack In Ebonyi Division, Kill One
The Police Command in Ebonyi on Sunday repelled attack on its division, killing one of the attackers and recovered an AK47 rifle. DSP Loveth Odah, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of the command, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday in Abakaliki. “At 1200hrs of Sunday, hoodlums, numbering about 20 in a Mitsubishi L300 Bus, and some others on foot,...
