CRIME
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...
Suspects Who Beat Up, Stripped Policewoman Naked In Ondo Arrested
Men of the Ondo Police Command have arrested four persons for allegedly beating and stripping a female police officer naked. The suspects were identified as Oladele Samuel, Sunday Babalola, Adesina Isaac and Olawale Bukola. The police woman, Inspector Ajayi Bosede, was part of a team of Policemen from State criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department sent to invite a suspect in respect...
Anger As Bandits Kill Three Abducted Kaduna Students, Dump Bodies Near University
Bandits have killed three of the abducted students of the Greenfield University, Kasarami in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State and dumped their bodies the university. The Greenfield University, a privately-owned institution, is located along the Kaduna-Abuja Highway. Some unspecified numbers of students and a staff of the university were kidnapped by gunmen on Tuesday night. The bandits later made contact...
Take Your Military Operations To Terrorists, Bandits Overrunning The North, IPOB Tells FG
The proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB has advised the Federal Government take its military operations to the Northern Nigeria where it said terrorists and bandits are overrunning and not the South East. IPOB also challenged the Federal Government to publish the names of those it claimed to be paying in the Southeast to drop the agitation for Biafra republic. It...
Man Lynched, Fatally Injured In Abia For Allegedly Stealing Phone (Graphic Photos & Video)
A middle aged man whose name could not be ascertained as at the moment of this report has been fatally injured after he was lynched at Kaduna road by Owerri road, Umuahia, Abia state for allegedly stealing a phone. ABN TV gathered that the incident took place around 7am on Friday. The youths were said to have descended on him heavily...
Security Agents Foil Attempted Jailbreak in Kano Prison
Security operatives in Kano state foiled an attempted jailbreak by inmates of Kurmawa prison, located around the Emir’s palace on Thursday evening, April 22, it has emerged. Eyewitnesses disclosed that sporadic gunshots were heard within the area as residents prepared to break their Ramadan fast. Confirming the incident, spokesman of the Nigerian correctional service in Kano, Musbahu Nasarawa, said the rebellion was quelled through the concerted efforts...
Cattle Traders Chase Enugu Govt Officials With AK-47, Destroy Police Vehicle
Tension enveloped Enugu on Thursday evening as Hausa cattle traders at the New Artisan Market attacked government officials and destroyed a police vehicle. The PUNCH gathered that trouble started when officials of the state government went to demolish the New Artisan Market following an order of the State High Court, which was said to have declared the market a security...
Akpan, Houseboy Who Killed Boss, Stole phone, 3500 Arrested
Men of the Ondo State Police Command have arrested a houseboy, identified as Emmanuel Akpan, for allegedly killing his boss and stealing some personal items of the deceased. Some of the items allegedly stolen from the deceased are N3,500, two phones, jewellery and a generator. Parading the suspects at the headquarters of the command in Akure on Thursday, the Commissioner of...
Buhari’s Administration Stands Behind Pantami – Presidency
The Presidency may have ruled out the possibility of sacking the Minister of Communication and Digital Economy, Isa Pantami, over his past comments in support of terrorist groups like Taliban and Al-Qaeda. In a statement on Thursday, the Presidency said Pantami’s ordeal in the hands of those calling for his sack was not about his past utterances but about his...
