CRIME
Fake Recruiter Who Raped, Murdered Young Lady In Akwa Ibom Arrested
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a suspected fake recruiter, Uduak Akpan, for allegedly raping and killing a jobseeker, Iniubong Umoren, in the Airport Road area of Uyo. It was gathered that Umoren had on Thursday gone for a job interview after Akpan allegedly lured her with a fake offer on social media. However, a few minutes after she...
Gunmen Raze Akwa Ibom INEC’s Office, Kill 12 Cows In Clash With Herdsmen (Photos)
Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have burnt down the office of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC at the Essien Udim LGA headquarters in Afaha Ikot Ebak, Akwa Ibom state. Several armed hoodlums on motorcycles were said to have breached the dusk-to-dawn curfew imposed on Essien Udim and the adjoining Local Government Areas of Ikot Ekpene and Obot Akara, to launch the...
DSS Warns Against Unguarded Utterances On Unity Of Nigeria
The Department of State Services, DSS on Sunday warned the members of the public against further making unguarded utterances that are inimical to the unity of Nigeria as a nation. This was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by the spokesperson of DSS, Dr Peter Afunanya. The DSS condemned what it described as “the unsavoury statements by...
Gunmen Kidnap CRUTECH Graduate, 9 Others Along Lokoja Highway
Suspected gunmen have kidnapped a fresh graduate of Cross River University of Technology, CRUTECH, Queen Ogar, and took her to an unknown destination. Queen Ogar, a Biochemistry graduate from Bekwarra, Cross River State was kidnapped alongside 9 others along Abuja – Lokoja Road on Monday, April 26 ABN TV learnt that the abductors attacked their bus along the busy Abuja-Lokoja road...
Under Buhari, Nigeria Has Become A Giant Killing Field – PDP
The National Caucus of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has decried the current security situation in the country, saying Nigeria has become a giant-killing field. In a communique read by the national chairman of the party after a meeting of the caucus at the Akwa Ibom Governor's Lodge in Abuja, the party said Nigeria was fast descending into anarchy, with...
Police Intercept 753 Machine Gun Ammunitions Heading To Abia (Photos)
In its continued onslaught against criminality in the Southeast, operatives of the Nigeria Police Force attached to the Ebonyi State Police Command have intercepted 753 live ammunition of General-Purpose Machine Gun (GPMG) concealed in a sac being transported in a commercial vehicle from Abakaliki, Ebonyi State to Umuahia in Abia State. In a statement signed by CP Frank Mba, Police...
Security, Economic Challenges: Nigeria Sliding To Failed State — FENRAD Weeps
Foundation for Environmental Rights Advocacy and Development, FENRAD, a pro-democracy and rights group, has raised the alarms over the worsening state of security across Nigeria and government's failure to address them, saying the country is gradually becoming a failed state. FENRAD says virtually all parts of the country is confronted with a situation where non-state actor of the militia type...
Trailer Loses Brake In Imo, Crushes 20 Women To Death (Graphic Photos)
At least twenty women have been crushed to death after a trailer lost control and ran over them at Nkwo Mmiri in Nwangele LGA of Imo State. According to an eyewitness who confirmed the sad incident to ABN TV, residents of the area are in tears over the incident. ABN TV gathered that about fifteen persons that sustained injuries have been...
Abductor Of Kankara Schoolboys, Auwal Daudawa Shot Dead
Four days after he renounced his earlier repentance and returned to the forest, Auwal Daudawa, best known for his role in the abduction of 300 schoolboys in Katsina State has been killed by a rival gang. Zamfara Commissioner for Security and Home Affairs, Abubakar Dauran, said Daudawa was killed after he murdered somebody and rustled his cattle. “After he swore by...
Nigeria’s Insecurity Massively Complex, Beyond Military Approach — UK
The British Minister for Africa, James Duddridge, has said the current spate of insecurity in Nigeria is massively complex. He further said there is no partnership from the international community that would resolve the multiplicity of the country’s problems, whether it is Boko Haram insurgency or a number of other issues. Duddridge disclosed this while responding to questions from journalists in...
