CRIME
Police Killing: Damage From Ohafia Protest Terrible, Unimaginable — Abia CP, Mourns Victim
The newly posted Commissioner of Police in Abia State,Janet Agbede has expressed sympathy over the recent killing of late Friday Arunsi of Ebem Ohafia in Ohafia local government area of the State by a team of policemen said to have acted under the influence of alcohol, assuring the family justice, ABN TV reports She also expressed disappointment over the level...
Fraudsters Impersonating Me On Social Media — CMD FMC Umuahia Decries
The Chief Medical Director, Federal Medical Centre Umuahia, Dr. Azubuike Onyebuchi has called on the public to be weary of suspected fraudsters who have created social media accounts with his name and image with intention to perpetrate fraud. The CMD in a chat with ABN TV on Sunday emphasised that aside his WhatsApp line, he has not social media account. He...
Woman Who Died While Delivering Twin Babies After One Year Of Marriage Buried Amidst Tears In Abia (Photos)
A woman died while delivering a set of twins only one year after her wedding, and her husband has gone online to mourn her in a heartbreaking post. Patience Eze Chukwu (nee Arisa) from Nkporo in Ohafia, Abia state, died on Thursday, April 23, during childbirth. Her babies, a boy, and a girl survived and are doing well. She has now...
BREAKING: Gunmen Kidnap Ekiti Commissioner, Councillor Killed
Commissioner for Agriculture in Ekiti State, Folorunso Olabode has been kidnapped by gunmen. A councillor who was with him was shot dead on the spot. According to TVC News, it was gathered on Sunday evening in Ekiti that the kidnap and murder a councillor took place between Isan and Iludun-Ekiti area of the State.
Ex-JAMB Registrar To Forfeit School, Radio, Petrol Stations, Mansions Others To FG
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the interim forfeiture of Gravity FM, Igboho, and some other properties belonging to Former Registrar of the Joint Admission Matriculation Board (JAMB), Professor Dibu Ojerinde. Ojerinde, was also a pioneer Registrar of the National Examination Council, NECO, had joined the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the build-up to the 2019 general...
BREAKING: Police Arrest 3 Suspected Killers Of Catholic Seminarian In Kaduna
The police said they have arrested three suspects in connection with the kidnap and murder of a Catholic Seminarian, Nnadi Michael of the Catholic Good Shepherd Major Seminary in Kaduna State. The Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), DCP Frank Mba disclosed this in a statement in Abuja on Sunday. The criminal gang had on Jan. 9, stormed the Catholic Seminary and...
BREAKING: Suspected Killer Of Fasoranti’s Daughter, 2 Others Test Positive For Coronavirus In Ondo
Ondo State has reported three new positive cases of coronavirus (COVID-19), bringing the total number of infections in the state to seven. The state governor, Oluwarotimi Akeredolu, announced this in a series of tweets on Sunday. He disclosed that one of the new cases was one a suspect arraigned in a court in Akure, the state capital on Friday last week. The...
Man Nabbed For Axing Father To Death In Anambra
Anambra State Police Command said they have arrested a 37-year old man, Chigorom Ezeofor for allegedly killing his father in Unuchiana village, Aguata Local Government Area of the state. The police spokesperson, Haruna Mohammed who confirmed the arrest in a statement on Saturday, said the suspect, said to be mentally ill, allegedly murdered the deceased with an axe. He said, “Today...
BREAKING!! Lockdown: Abia Vigilante Officers Foil Attempt To Smuggle 24 Women From Akwa Abia (Photos)
Men of the Abia State Vigilante Service on Friday arrested no fewer than twenty four market women parked in a container truck, at the Ekwereazu Ngwa boundary between Abia and Akwa Ibom states. Ekwereazu is a border community in Obingwa LGA, ABN TV reports. The women who came from Akwa Ibom state and were on...
Killing Of Petrol Attendant: You Can’t Cover This Up — Ikpeazu Tells Lai Mohammed
The Abia state governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has expressed shock over a quote credited to the Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed in which he alleged that Mr Chibuisi Okameme, petrol attendant who was shot dead recently in Aba by a policeman was instead killed by a vehicle, saying the minister did not get his facts right. The...
