CRIME
Gunmen Kill Man, Wife And Daughter Inside A Church In Anambra
A Nigerian man, his wife, daughter and one other have been killed by unknown gunmen while worshipping at the Seven-Day Adventist Church in Azia, Anambra State, on Wednesday, February 3. Eyewitnesses disclosed that the deceased persons identified as Kenneth Emekwasianya, 70, Grace Emekwasianya, 56, his wife, Chioma Emekwasianya, their daughter, 36, and Emeka Ntukokwu, 42, a secondary school teacher, were in the...
Security: Arise And Take Charge, Protect Abians – Ogah Charges Ikpeazu
Minister of State for Mines and Steel Development, Dr. Uche Ogah has decried the growing insecurity in major cities across Abia his home state, particularly Aba and Umuahia, urging the the governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu to discharge his responsibility effectively as chief security officer of the state. He reiterated that this is why the state is paid huge sums of...
Herdsmen-Farmers Conflict: Peace Building Is A Process But There Must Be Zero Tolerance For Criminality
By John Okiyi Kalu Earlier today, Governor Okezie Ikpeazu while featuring in a Channels Television interview stated that Abia State Government has long set up machinery to resolve conflicts between herdsmen and farmers. According to him, conflict is inevitable in human relations management but Abia State has in place a standing Conflict Resolution Committee headed by the State Commissioner of Police...
Abia Police Arrested, Tortured My Son To Death – Woman Narrates
Mrs. Victoria Nwazue, mother of late Chinomso Nwazue, has accused officers of Nigeria Police Force from Central Police Station, CPS Umuahia Abia state of beating his son to death in their custody. The deceased Chinomso was until his death a fairly used clothes dealer, popularly known as okirika in the metropolis. Narrating how her son was killed before Judicial Panel of...
Insecurity: Police Nonchalant Because Of #EndSARS Impact — Abia Speaker
As the country battles to stamp out insecurity across board, Speaker Abia State House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Chinedum Orji has said the nonchalant attitude of the police and other security agencies in dealing with the issues is a result of the negative impact the #EndSARS protest had on them last year. The Speaker who spoke while presiding over plenary...
Insecurity: Abia Assembly Members Weep, Invite Security Heads
The member representing Isiala Ngwa South State Constituency, Rt Hon Chikwendu Kalu, and his Isuikwuato counterpart, Hon Emeka Okoroafor have decried the growing level of insecurity in their various constituencies, calling on the security agencies to intervene. This is even as other lawmakers during Tuesday's plenary expressed frustration over the escalating security situations across the state. The Assembly through the Speaker,...
Hoodlums Kill Inspector, Burn Down Police Station In Abia (Graphic Photos)
Some hoodlums attacked Umuoba Police Station in Isiala Ngwa North Local Government Area of Abia on Monday and killed a police inspector, the police in Abia say. Police Public Relations Officer Geoffrey Ogbonna in the command confirmed this on Tuesday in Aba, observing that the hoodlums came on Monday at about 3 a.m. READ ALSO: Police Denounce Burning Of Fulani Herdsmen’s...
Orji Kalu’s Trial Stalled Shifted To June 7
Federal High Court Abuja on Tuesday shifted the trial of former Abia state governor and Chief Whip of the Senate, Dr. Orji Uzor Kalu to June 7, 2021. It will be recalled that Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, had Tuesday morning arrived at the Federal High Court in Abuja to be docked before Justice Inyang Ekwo on money laundering related charges. The...
EFCC Nabs 10 Students For Internet Fraud In Abuja
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on January 29, 2021, arrested 10 suspects over cyber crimes popularly known as ‘Yahoo-Yahoo’. They were arrested at their Academy in the Bwari axis of Abuja where they were said to be learning the trade of cyber trickery. The suspects aged between 20 and 30 years, are Sixtus Jude, Moses Samuel, Isalan Johnny, Dapet Nimshak,...
EFCC Arrests NYSC Member, Other For Posing As Female Lovers
THE Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Monday arraigned a member of the National Youth Service Corps, NYSC Sam Abiola, and one Adebiyi Sodiq, for their alleged involvement in a romance scam. While the corps member allegedly committed the offence around September 2019, Sodiq was apprehended after he reportedly pretended to be a woman and defrauded an unsuspecting person in...
