CRIME
Amotekun Nabs 48 Crime Suspects In Ondo
Forty-eight suspected criminals have been nabbed by men of the Ondo State Security Network agency, the Amotekun corps, for committing various crimes in different parts of the state in the last week. The suspects, two of whom are females, were apprehended for crimes ranging from armed robbery, kidnapping, attempted murder, burglary and housebreaking, fraud with fake POS bank alert, cultism,...
14 Suspected Oil Thieves Nabbed In Abia
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), on Wednesday, said that 14 persons were arrested for allegedly stealing crude oil in Abia. A statement by the NSCDC spokesperson, Babawale Afolabi, in Abuja, stated that the suspects operated an illegal refinery in a forest at Umelehi, Ukwa West Local Government Area of the state. Afolabi said that after the arrest of...
Woman Accuses Doctor Of Removing Her Womb Without Consent
A Lagos doctor and Managing Director of Holyfill Hospital, Ayelaje Joseph, has been accused of allegedly removing a woman’s womb, without her consent, in his hospital, located in the Ikorodu area of Lagos. The victim, Mrs. Okeafor Suzan, claimed she visited the hospital for fibroid removal but realized later that her womb was removed without her knowledge or permission. However, in...
Arm Robbers Invade University In Delta
Academic activities at Western Delta University, Oghara, in Delta State, were momentarily disrupted on Thursday following the invasion of suspected armed robbers into the university campus. The hoodlums were said to have gained entry through an unfenced perimeter at the rear of the campus, intending to rob students. Students, upon sensing danger, quickly raised the alarm and sought safety in nearby...
Kaduna Airforce School Students Punish Junior Colleague To Death (Photo)
A 15-year-old student of Airforce Comprehensive School, Kaduna who is identified as Blaise Felix Aliyu was allegedly murdered by two Senior Secondary (SS3) students of the school in the dormitory within the Airforce Base in Mando, Kaduna. ABN TV gathered that late Felix, an orphan who lost his parents in 2013 left behind his twin brother who is a JSS2...
Tension As Police Inspector On Patrol Dies During Fight With Naval Officers In Lagos
An unnamed Police Inspector has died on Saturday during an altercation with Naval officers in Okokomaiko area of Ojo local government area in Lagos State. The Policeman and four of his colleagues were said to be on a routine patrol along Igbo-Elerin area of Ojo when the incident occurred. Trouble was said to have started after the policemen accosted a motorcycle...
Retired Army General Udokwere Killed In Abuja
A retired brigadier general, Uwem Udokwere has been killed in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Udokwere was said to have been killed by armed robbers in an estate on Saturday morning. Josephine Adeh, spokesperson of the federal capital territory (FCT) police command, in a statement, said Benneth Igweh, the commission of police, has ordered immediate investigation into the incident. “In response to the...
End Of Road For Two Bankers Who Stole From Dead Customer’s Account As EFCC Nabs Them
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have nabbed two former bankers for allegedly stealing money belonging to a deceased customer. EFCC’s spokesman Dele Oyewale said the agency’s operatives in the Markurdi Zonal Command arrested the suspects for allegedly stealing N4,199,500 belonging to a deceased customer. “The suspects, Idah Ogoh and Agbo Okwute were arrested on Friday, June 21,...
Gombe Village Head, Councilor Paraded Over Transformer Theft
The police command in Gombe State has paraded the village head of Garin Majidadi in Akko Local Government Area and a councillor representing Kumo East in the same local government over an alleged theft and sale of a community transformer. The village head, Muhammad Majidadi, along with the councillor, Abdullahi M. Panda and one Muhammad Sani of Sarkin Yaki Quartres,...
Army Discovers More Illegal Refineries In Abia, Arrests 17 Suspects
In their ongoing fight against illegal oil bunkering in Abia State, the Nigerian Army raided illegal mining sites at Obeaku in Ukwa West Local Government Area on Monday evening, arresting 17 suspects involved in the illicit activities. This is in addition to seven other suspects arrested by the military on Friday last week, at the Isimmiri Waterside, in the same...
