CRIME
Navy Arrests Suspected Pirates, Rescues Abducted Foreign Nationals
The Nigerian Navy, Central Naval Command, has arrested some suspected sea robbers in Delta State. The Flag Officer Commanding, Central Naval Command, Rear Admiral Saidu Garba, stated that one of the suspects was arrested with a weapon. “The suspects were arrested in connection with the killing of four naval ratings and the abduction of two Russians and an Indian, off the...
Navy arrests suspected pirates, rescues abducted foreign nationals
The Nigerian Navy, Central Naval Command, has arrested some suspected sea robbers in Delta State. The Flag Officer Commanding, Central Naval Command, Rear Admiral Saidu Garba, stated that one of the suspects was arrested with a weapon. “The suspects were arrested in connection with the killing of four naval ratings and the abduction of two Russians and an Indian, off the...
DR Congo jail: Inmates starve to death in Makala Prison
At least 17 prisoners have died over the past week in the Democratic Republic of Congo's biggest prison, a charity says. Aid workers say the deaths were caused by a lack of food and medicine, as well as poor hygiene. Makala Prison in the capital, Kinshasa, has received no food supplies in the last two months, state officials say. "It's terrible! People...
52 year-old woman bathes grand-kids with pepper, chain them naked for eating without permission
A grandma has been arrested by police in Nigeria’s southern state of Rivers following reports she gave two grandchildren a peppered water bath and thereafter chained them, stripped. She then locked up the female kids, aged 7 and 8 up like a jailor. According to the police, the 52-year-old woman, simply called Mama Vera, gave the kids the horrendous punishment because...
SERAP demands release of Shehu Sani
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to immediately release former Kaduna lawmaker, Shehu Sani. Operatives of EFCC on Thursday reportedly invaded the Abuja residence of Senator Shehu Sani over alleged extortion. It was gathered that the EFCC officials stormed the apartment in Wuse, Abuja at about 3:30 pm on Wednesday...
Tension As Petrol Tanker Falls In Abia Community (Photos)
The Transition Committee Chairman, Ohafia LGA, Hon. Fred Eke Idika averted what might have been a hearth catastrophe in Ebem Ohafia, Abia state petrol tanker crammed with gasoline failed. The incidence occurred on the early hours on Thursday ninth, January 2020 when a 40 ft tanker crammed with Petrol was making an attempt to enter its offloading bay-- UddyKing Fuel...
Ondo APC Ward Chairman Released After 3 Days By Kidnappers
The All Progressives Congress ward chairman in Ondo State, Mr James Ajulo, who was kidnapped by gunmen final Sunday, has been launched. Ajulo, who's the celebration chairman in Ward 13, Akungba Akoko in Akoko South-West Local Government Area of the state was kidnapped in entrance of his residence, situated at Ibaka space of Akungba. The bandits took him away in his...
BREAKING: Arochukwu LG Chairman Mazi Okoro Is Dead
The newly appointed Transition Chairman Arochukwu LGA in Abia state, Engr. Onyekachi Maurice Okoro is dead, ABN TV reports. Okoro was reported to have died on Thursday when he came back from work. Although information concerning his death was sketchy as at the time of this report, it was gathered that the late Okoro held a brief meeting in his office...
Vigilante member stabs 17-year-old boy to death in Abia
Mr. Sunday Kalu, a 37-year-old vigilante member has been arrested for stabbing a 17-year-old boy identified as Chinemerem Ifeanyi to death over a minor argument. The deceased and the vigilante member clashed on his way home from work around 8 p.m at Agu Road in Ndiegoro community of Aba South LGA. A resident of the community told The Nation that he...
PUTIN BLASTS DONALD TRUMP FOR ASSASSINATING IRANIAN GENERAL
Russian President Vladimir Putin has scolded US President Donald Trump for aggravating the situation in the Middle East following the assassination of Iranian general Qassem Soleimani. Trump ordered the killing of Soleimani and Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis, the deputy commander of Iran-backed militias in Iraq via drone strike on Friday at Baghdad International Airport. ‘This action can seriously aggravate the situation in...
