CRIME
Gunmen Strike Again In Abia, Kill One Policeman, One Injured In Ohafia
At least one policeman has been feared dead and one seriously injured following an attack by gunmen in Ugwu Abba Asaga Ohafia in Ohafia local government area of Abia State, ABN TV reports. They struck at a police checkpoint where one policeman whose identity could not be ascertained at the moment lost his life. As at press time, details of the...
Rep. Amobi Ogah Condemns Attack On Hon. Onwusibe’s Convoy In Umuahia
Hon. Amobi Ogah, Member representing Isuikwuato/Umunneochi Federal Constituency, has strongly condemned the attack on Representative Ginger Onwusibe's motorcade in Abia State, which sadly claimed the life of a dedicated security aide. The ambush by unidentified gunmen occurred on Sunday night at Ubakala junction, Umuahia South Local Government Area. Fortunately, Rep. Onwusibe was not in the vehicle at the time of...
Simon Ekpa Arrested In Finland Over Terror-Related Activities
Finnish-Nigerian separatist agitator, Simon Ekpa and four other individuals have been arrested in Finland over terror-related activities. A local report in Finland said that Ekpa, the self-declared Prime Minister of Biafra Republic Government In-Exile, was remanded in custody by the district court of Päijät-Häme on suspicion of public incitement to commit a crime with terrorist intent. In a Thursday statement published...
Simon Ekpa Sent To Prison
A Finnish court has sent separatist agitator, Simon Ekpa, to prison for spreading terrorist propaganda on social media A district court of Päijät-Häme remanded him after the Finnish National Bureau of Investigation (NBI) arrested him alongside four other men over alleged terrorist offences. The self-declared Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government In-Exile was said to have committed the crime in 2021...
Popular Attorney And Activist Shot Dead In Benue
Mike Ofikwu, an activist and lawyer from Otukpo, was brutally killed by unidentified armed men at his home in Benue State's Otukpo Local Government Area. Mr. Ofikwu was reportedly shot dead by the unknown assailants Wednesday night at about 8pm by the entrance of his residence on Otukpa Street in the ancient town. A source in the area who spoke on...
Abia CP Storms Ohafia, Vows To Smoke Out Gunmen Who Attacked Police Officers
Abia State Commissioner of Police, CP Danladi Isa on Wednesday led an operation along Asaga Road by Terry Key in Ebem Ohafia in Ohafia local government area of the state in a bid to apprehend hoodlums who ambushed and attacked officers on patrol duty in the early hours of the day. ABN TV has brought you a report on the...
Nigeria’s Chief Of Defence Staff Hails Simon Ekpa’s Arrest, Awaits Extradition
The Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, said he hoped that with the arrest of Simon Ekpa, the Finnish Government would extradite him to Nigeria to face justice. The CDS spoke on the heels of Ekpa’s arrest by the Finnish police on Thursday. According to a local Finnish publication, Ekpa was arrested alongside four others on suspicion of terror-related activities, including incitement...
FG, Govs Decide On State Police Next Week
The Federal Government and the state governors will next week take decisions on the creation of state police. The Governor of Bayelsa State, Duoye Diri, disclosed this to State House correspondents in Abuja on Thursday after the National Economic Council. Diri revealed that the NEC gave Adamawa, Kebbi, and Kwara states and the FCT one week (November 28) to submit their...
PDP Postpones NEC Meeting As N’Central Insists On Chair
The PDP's North Central caucus has voiced against the indefinite postponement of its 99th NEC meeting initially set for November 28. In a statement on Thursday, the Peoples Democratic Party, through its National Secretary, Senator Samuel Anyanwu, explained that the 99th National Executive Committee meeting was postponed due to the funeral of Patience Umo Eno, the late First Lady of...
Arewa Consultative Forum Dismisses Chairman As Afenifere, Others Back President
The Arewa Consultative Forum suspended its chairman, Mamman Osuman, over criticism of President Bola Tinubu’s policies The ACF, in a statement, added that the interests of the North would be best represented by northerners. However, Yoruba socio-political Afenifere, Igbo socio-cultural body Ohanaeze Ndigbo and other regional groups backed the President insisting his predecessor Muhammadu Buhari laid the marker for the hardship...
