CRIME
Gunmen Kill 5 Policemen In Fresh Attack, Abduct One In Imo
Unidentified gunmen on Monday attacked Okigwe South Area Command Headquarters of the Nigerian Police in Orieagu, Imo state leaving five police officers dead, ABN TV reports. According to a police officer at the headquarters name withheld the attackers launched explosives on the police facility and successfully freed all the suspects and made away with arms. A community source , said that...
Fears As Gunmen Shoot Imo Commissioner, Others
Fresh facts emerged on Monday on how gunmen shot the Imo State Commissioner for Entrepreneurship and Skill Acquisition, Iyke Ume. The PUNCH had reported that there was panic in Owerri, the state capital, as gunmen shot no fewer than four motorists in a Sunday night robbery attack. The incident happened at Orji, on Owerri- Okigwe Road very close to the Orji Divisional...
Leave ESN Alone, Focus On Ebubeagu – Senator T.A. Orji Tells South-East Governors
The immediate-past Governor of Abia State and the incumbent Senator representing Abia Central district, Senator Theodore Orji, has advised South East Governors to leave the Estern Security Network, ESN, alone and focus on the Ebubeagu security outfit which they recently announced. Senator Orji who gave the advice in an exclusive interview with our Correspondent, said that Igbo land ”is in...
South East Governors Insist On Restructuring, Condemn Attack On Uzodinma’s Home
South East Governors under the auspices of South East Governors Forum has insisted that the country must restructure now to move forward even as it maintains that the Saturday attack on governor Hope Uzodimma of Imo State's home is condemnable. The Governors and Leaders made the condemnation after a meeting at Lion House, Enugu on Sunday. Briefing newsmen on the outcome...
Bandits Attack Church, Kill Medical Doctor, Abduct Many In Kaduna
Again, bandits have attacked Christian worshippers at a church in Manini Tasha village, Kuriga Ward in Chukun local government area of Kaduna State, on Sunday morning. One person, identified as a medical doctor, was killed while an unspecified number of worshippers were abducted by the attackers. An eyewitness, who narrowly escaped the scene at Haske Baptist Church in Manini village, Mr...
Troops Allegedly Kill Popular IPOB Commander In Imo, Recover Weapons
Security forces on Saturday morning killed an alleged Southeast Commander of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, six-armed militias and arrested several others during a deadly encounter in Imo State. The alleged commander identified as Ikonso, ABN TV gathered, was coordinator of the daredevil attacks on Imo State Police Command as well as the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) facility...
Gunmen Set Uzodinma’s Home On Fire, Kill Security Aides [VIDEO]
Unknown gunmen have attacked the country home of the governor of Imo State, Senator Hope Uzodinma. The gunmen who invaded the governor’s village house in Omuma in the Oru East Local Government Area of the state in early hours of Saturday killed two security men on duty before torching it. Our correspondent’s investigation revealed that one of the security men killed...
Ikpeazu Faults IPOB’s Strategy As He Admits Marginalisation, Inequality Against South East
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has said the issues of marginalisation and inequality raised by the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, are valid. The governor, however, faulted the strategy being employed by IPOB, advising the secessionist group to explore dialogue and a peaceful way to seek redress. Ikpeazu, who stated this during a visit to the...
Why We Beheaded Igbo Businessman, Dismembered His Body – Suspected Kidnapper
A businessman and owner of a sachet water factory abducted from his home in Lafia, Nasarawa State has been killed by his abductors. Mr. Osondu Nwachukwu was said to have been stabbed to death by his abductors following the inability of his wife to raise the N5 million demanded as ransom. A source who spoke with our correspondent, however, said...
Boko Haram Attacks Acting IGP’s Home Town
Boko Haram on Friday attacked Geidam, Yobe State, the home town of the Acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba. ABN TV gathered that the attackers invaded the town on Friday evening and laid siege on some parts of the town. According to a source, the terrorists attacked the heart of the town, burning shops and shooting indiscriminately in a gun...
