CRIME
JUST IN: Fake Revenue Agent Nabbed In Aba [Photos, Video]
A middle-aged man identified simply Emma who poses as an official of Abia State Environmental Protection Agency (ASEPA), swindling unsuspecting members of the public in Aba has been arrested, ABN TV reports. Emma who had allegedly printed fake revenue tickets, selling same to members of the public at the cost of the original emblem met his waterloo on Wednesday when...
Coronavirus Not A Threat To Me, Says Abia Native Doctor Arrested For Not Wearing Face Mask [VIDEO]
A young self-acclaimed Native Doctor who was arrested by the COVID-19 Taskforce team in Aba, Abia state for not wearing a nose mask in public has claimed that the disease is not a threat to him. ABN TV reports that He was filmed protesting after he was arrested over the offence which contravenes extant laws on the use of face...
Abia Lockdown Enforcement Team Arrests Vehicle Conveying Suspected Cannabis (Photos)
The Abia State combined team of the COVID-19 TASK FORCE and youths of Ogbudiukwu have intercepted a Siena vehicle conveying bags of weeds suspected to be cannabis at Ogbudiukwu, in Umuahia South Local Government Area. Briefing the press on the development, the Secretary to the State Government, Barr. Chris Ezem said that investigation has shown the identity of the...
BREAKING: Canadian Military Helicopter Crashes In Ionian Sea
There are reports a Canadian NATO helicopter has crashed into the Ionian Sea on Wednesday. The Associated Press wire service has published a report saying that a military helicopter operating off of a Canadian frigate went missing while taking part in a NATO operation in the Mediterranean. ABN TV has learned the Canadian military is now in a communication lockdown. A spokesperson for...
Man, Wife Pay Assassins To Eliminate Neighbour Over COVID-19 Palliative
Police operatives from Idimu Division in Lagos have arrested one Rasaq Babalola while his wife identified as Mama Raheem fled after they allegedly conspired and paid assassins to eliminate his neighbour, Emeka Anozie, over Covid-19 palliative during the current lockdown. ABN TV Reports The incident happened at Agbo Komolafe Street, Unity Estate, Idimu area of Egbeda, Lagos, where they reside. The...
Lawyer Re-arrested By DSS Immediate After Court Granted Him Bail In Abia
The State Security Service, self-styled as the Department of State Services Operatives, DSS have re-arrested an Aba based human rights activist, Empero Gabriel Ogbonna, Esq after spending 6 weeks in police detention. A federal High Court in Umuahia on Tuesday granted Emperor for an alleged offence border on terrorism against the state. TNL learnt however that, almost immediately after, the Chief...
Perpetrators Of Ebem Ohafia Disturbances Not Aggrieved — Investigation [VIDEO]
Following the recent burning of Ebem Ohafia police station and a customary court in the community as well as torching of DPO's home as a result of the killing of Friday Arunsi, an indigene of the Ebem community by a team of policemen, the investigation has revealed that perpetrators of the arson are not members of the community. This is...
Abia Mobile Court: Violators Of Lockdown To Engage In Community Service, Fine Payment
The Abia state Chief Judge, Justice Onuoha Ogwe has charged the magistrates of mobile courts inaugurated by the state government to try violators of lockdown order to hand non-custodial punishment to offenders, directing that they should impose fines or send offenders to perform community services. ABN TV reports that Justice Ogwe disclosed this while Inaugurating the courts which are to...
Three Siblings Drown In Ebonyi River
Three siblings in Ebonyi State have drowned in a river at Amaeze in Ishiagu, Ivo Local Government Area of the state. The three siblings whose names were withheld as at press time got drowned mysteriously on Saturday after they left home to the river but never returned alive. ABN TV learnt that the three siblings were girls attending Comprehensive secondary school...
“We Charge Zamfara Bandits N6000 For Sex Per Night” – Siblings Confess
Two sisters arrested with a motorcyclist suspected of supplying food items and women to bandits in Zamfara State, have confessed that they charge each member of the group N6000 for sex per night, ABN TV reports According to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Zamfara State command, Shafi’u Abdullahi and the sisters; Binta Husaini and Balki, were arrested...
