CRIME
Man Arrested For Impregnating His Underage Daughter In Imo State
A 47-year-old man identified as Uchenna Egbuchulem has been arrested by the Imo state police command for allegedly impregnating his underage biological daughter. The suspect was arrested at Nduhu Alaenyi Ogwa in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of the state on May 12, following a complaint filed by a good Samaritan at the Divisional Police headquarters in Mbaitoli. The victim identified as...
Rivers Govt Mourns Member Of Taskforce Who Was Attacked At Demolished Hotel, Converts Site To Primary School
The Rivers State Government Wednesday announced the death of a member of its Taskforce on COVID-19 attacked by hoodlums at the demolished Prodest Hotel in Port Harcourt, the state capital. The state Commissioner for Information and Communications, Paulinus Nsirim, who though did not mention the name of the victim, said he died from injuries he sustained during the incident. Nsirim, who...
Dangote Truck Carrying About 30 Travellers To North Intercepted In Abia [Photos, Video]
No fewer than 30 travellers to various states of the North were on Wednesday intercepted along Aba road by Azikiwe road in Umuahia, Abia State by officers of the State Police Command, ABN TV reports. The travellers who claimed to live at various locations in the neighbouring Akwa Ibom were said to be lying flat in a Dangote truck, violating...
22-Year-Old Mother Drowns 2-Year-Old Daughter In Bucket Of Water
A 22-year-old mother, Oluwafunmilola Adisa, has been arrested for drowning her daughter, Oluwanifemi, to death at their place of residence on Plot 221 Gowon Estate, in the Ipaja area of Lagos State. The incident, which happened on Monday, also saw the 22-year-old mother dropping a note for her sister, Damilola, chronicling how she perpetrated the crime. She blamed Oluwanifemi for the...
Lagos Hospitals Rejected My Brother Till He Died – Singer
A Nigerian musical artiste/ singer, Bethamary Okey, has narrated how her brother, Sylvester, was rejected by some hospitals in Lagos over fears that he could be suffering from the coronavirus disease. Bethamary said Sylvester, who had been suffering from collapsed intestine before the coronavirus pandemic, was referred to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, Idi-Araba, on April 27, 2020, by a...
EFCC Arrests Two Chinese For Offering N100m Bribe To Top Official
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested two Chinese for offering the sum of N100m as a bribe to the Zonal Head of the anti-graft agency in Sokoto State, Mr Abdullahi Lawal. The agency disclosed this in a series of tweets on Tuesday, noting that the arrest was made on Monday in Sokoto. According to the EFCC, the sum...
Why I Sold My One-Month-Old Baby For N130,000 — Orphan
….I bought the baby for N130,000 because I’ve been barren for 15 yrs —40-yr-old woman A 20-year-old lady, Miracle Kalu, who was arrested for selling her one-month-old baby for N130,000, to an unknown couple in Lagos, has blamed her action on hardship. She was traced to her residence in Orlu, Imo State, after the one-month-old baby, who was being conveyed to...
E-Money Leaves Police Custody After Six Hours Of Interrogation
The Chairman, Five Star Group, Emeka Okonkwo aka E-Money, has left police custody after six hours of interrogation, ABN TV has learnt. E-Money, it was learnt, arrived at the Police Headquarters Annex, Kam Salem, Obalende, Ikoyi, around 1pm in a wine-coloured suit. He was subsequently grilled for about six hours in police custody by the Inspector-General of Police, Monitoring Department. A top...
NASS No More Safe, Benjamin Kalu Cries Out As Hoodlums Break Into His Office
The member representing Bende Federal Constituency and the Chairman of the House Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Mr. Benjamin Kalu, has lamented the spate of insecurity in and around the National Assembly Complex as burglars broke into his office during the lockdown. Kalu, while lamenting the incident at his office on Tuesday, said members of the National Assembly were...
30 Northern Youths Caught Hiding Behind Baskets Of Pepper Inside Truck In Ogun
The Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE), on Monday, intercepted a truck loaded with 30 Northern youths, at Sango Ota area of the state. ABN TV reports that the IVECO truck with registration number KANO XG 172 KNG was stopped for search by the operatives of the agency where it was discovered that 30 northern youths were hidden...
