CRIME
EFCC Arrests Instagram Comedian Pankeeroy Over Alleged Internet Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday announced that it arrested Instagram comedian and social media Influencer, Nwagbo Oliver Chidera, better known as Pankeeroy, for alleged internet fraud. The anti-graft agency stated this in a statement titled, ‘EFCC Arrests Instagram Comedian for Alleged Internet Fraud in Lagos’. “Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Office of the EFCC have arrested an...
Stampede As Fire Engulfs Delta Police Headquarters, Asaba (VIDEO)
The Control Room of the Delta State Police Command Headquarters in Asaba, was on Thursday gutted by fire. ABN TV gathered that the fire started at about 2.40pm, caused a stampede as officers and visitors scampered for safety. In the midst of the pandemonium, some brave officers made frantic efforts to salvage vital documents from the unit and neighbouring offices. READ ALSO:...
SHOCKING!! Lady Allegedly Poisons Herself And Her Ex-boyfriend To Death A Week To His Wedding In Imo
A 34-year-old groom has been poisoned to death just a week before his wedding ceremony in Owerri, Imo State. The groom, identified as Akuma Felix Emeka, was allegedly poisoned by his ex-girlfriend, who also poisoned herself to death. It’s unclear what transpired between the former lovers, but sources revealed that on Saturday, April 3, 2021, the ex had invited Felix for...
Notorious Armed Robbers Arrested In Niger State
The Niger State Police Command has arrested nine notorious armed robbers and recovered vehicles, arms and ammunition. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Wasiu Abiodun, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, April 21, said the suspects were arrested at Bida Local Government Area, Farm Centre and Tunga area of Chanchaga LGA of the state. "The Command recorded incidences of robbery...
Abia Drug Lord To Lose House As Govt Marks Hideout For Demolition
A suspected notorious major supplier of illicit drugs in Abia State, Chibuike Apollos, was on Wednesday arrested during an early morning raid on his hideout at Nbawsi, in Isialangwa North Local Government Area of the state. The spokesman for the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement that Apollos had been on the wanted list of...
Man Arrested For Defiling 4 Minors He Lured With Bread
The Niger State Police Command has arrested a 40-year-old man, Festus Okeke, for allegedly raping four girls ranging between 10 to 13 years in Paikoro LGA of the state. Okeke, who was arrested after one of the girls told their parents what he had done, confessed that he gave the girls loaves of bread and N200 to use for the...
Speaker Gbajabiamila Rejects Call For Pantami’s Removal
The Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila on Wednesday shut down a motion sponsored by the Minority Leader, Hon Ndudi Elumelu, seeking the sack of the Minister of Communications and Digital Economy, Mr Isa Pantami over his admittance of previous support for Al-Qaeda and Taliban. Elumelu (PDP-Delta) who raised a matter of privilege expressed grave concern over...
Teenager Narrates How He Was Promised N500k To Drive Murdered Victim’s Car In Calabar
A teenage robbery and murder suspect, Mighty Omini, has disclosed that he was promised N500,000 to drive away the car of a woman, who was raped and murdered in Calabar, Cross River State a week ago. He made the disclosure on Tuesday in Calabar while being paraded alongside his suspected accomplice, Godwin Nyenine, as well as 28 other suspects arrested...
FG In Pain As UK Promises To Offer IPOB/MASSOB Members Asylum
The Federal Government on Tuesday expressed anger over a plan by the United Kingdom to offer asylum to “persecuted” members of the Indigenous People of Biafra and the Movement for the Actualisation of the Sovereign State of Biafra. The Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria in Abuja, said the...
Nine Suspected Nigerian Jailbreakers Arrested In Ghana
Nine suspected Nigerian jailbreakers have been arrested while attempting to cross over to Ghana through the Dangme East District of Ghana's Greater Accra Region. The police command, which confirmed the arrest, said it received information that the fleeing inmates were using the Volta river as an escape route to Foah, a suburb of Ada. It was believed there was a vehicle waiting...
