CRIME
Fear As Unidentified Gunmen Invade Aba, Residents Scamper For Safety
There was tension in the early hours of Thursday in Aba, the commercial nerve center of Abia State as unknown gunmen stormed the city, shooting sporadically as residents scampered for safety, ABN TV reports. A police source told ABN TV that the shooting began around the College of Health Technology where signs of bullet shots were seen on the wall...
Tension As Bomb Detected In Abia Primary School
Fear has gripped pupils and staff of an undisclosed primary school in Afaraukwu Umuahia, Umuahia North LGA, Abia state following the detection of an object later discovered to be bomb, ABN TV reports. A police source told ABN TV that the pupils arrived in their classroom in the early hours of Thursday where they saw the object. They were said to...
Inept Attitude Of Government Fueling Insecurity — Sir Udensi Decries
A renowned Interpol Systems Consultant, Sir Chikwe Udensi has blamed inept attitude of government at various levels for the growing insecurity in the country, ABN TV reports. While admitting that insecurity is a global phenomenon, Sir Udensi said the show of disregard by states and federal government has exacerbated the trend, adding that it portends grave danger to the economy...
DSS Alerted Gov. Uzodinma, Police 3 Times Before Imo Attacks, Says Ex-director
A former Assistant Director with the Department of State Services, DSS, Dennis Amachree, has said the secret police alerted the Nigeria Police Force and Imo State Governor, Hope Uzodinma, at least three times before Monday attacks in the state. Amachree, however, said the police and the governor, who is the chief security of the state, failed to act on the...
Fears As Gunmen Attack Another Imo Police Station, Kidnap Officer
Apprehension has engulfed communities in Imo, especially those hosting divisional police headquarters, as gunmen have attacked the Mbieri Divisional Police Headquarters in Mbaitoli council area of the state. ABN TV learnt the incident occurred Wednesday night less than 24 hours after another station in Ehime Mbano was razed. An indigene of Mbieri reported the fleeing gunmen immediately released the suspects in...
Delta Pregnant Woman Stabs Husband To Death For Cautioning Her Against Late Return
A pregnant mother of eight children, identified simply as Dada, has been arrested for stabbing her husband, Jonathan, to death in the Otomi community, Uwheru, in the Ughelli Local Government Area of the Delta State. It was gathered that the suspect returned late from work on Monday, April 5, 2021, when an argument ensued between her and her husband. ABN TV...
There’ll Improved Security Under My Watch, New IGP Assures Nigerians
The newly appointed Acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, has promised an improvement in the security situation in Nigeria. Baba was yesterday appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari following the sack of his predecessor, Adamu Mohammed. He assumed the role today after a ceremony in Abuja in which he was decorated by VP Yemi Osinbajo. Speaking after the ceremony, Baba said, “You...
How Troops Rescued 5 of Abducted Kaduna College Of Forestry Students
Troops of I Division FCC Nigerian Army has rescued five of the students of the College of Forestry Mechanisation, Afaka, Kaduna who were kidnapped by bandits on March 11, Army Headquarters says. The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday in Abuja. Yerima gave the names of the rescued students as Abubakar Yakubu, Francis...
NDLEA Nabs Notorious Drug Dealer In Nasarawa, Recovers 100 Bags Of Skunk
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a man it described as “the most wanted drug baron in Nasarawa state, Sami Ashoko,” who spent the Easter season in custody. The agency said the warehouse of the suspect, which was allegedly filled with skunk, was also raided and 100 bags of the illicit drug weighing 1,095.3kg were seized. The NDLEA, in...
Ikpeazu Extends Curfew To Ohafia, Arochukwu, Reviews Time
Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia State has extended the curfew earlier imposed on Aba and Umuahia to Ohafia and Arochukwu local government areas of the state. Recall that the Governor had announced a curfew in the state after the attacks onImo State police headquarters and Nigeria Correctional Service both in Owerri, Imo state capital in which nearly 2000 inmates reportedly...
