CRIME
Police Inspector Extorts N120K From Woman Over Violation Of Lockdown In Delta
A police officer has been accused of allegedly forcefully collecting N120,000 from a woman suspected to have violated the COVID-19 lockdown order in the Delta State. The Delta State governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa had imposed a total lockdown across the state since April 1 amid four recorded positive cases of COVID-19 including one fatality. Since the lockdown started, too, there have...
Young Naval Officer, David Igbashal Allegedly Killed For Rituals In Akwa Ibom
Naval officer, David Igbashal who was abducted on the 22nd February, 2020 by gunmen somewhere in Akwa Ibom State on his way home from Calabar has been confirmed dead. According to The Nation reports, eleven (11)of these abductors suspected to be ritualists have been arrested by security operatives at a Shrine in Agbor, Delta state. Naval officer David Igbashal was a...
BREAKING: Fleeing Suspected COVID-19 Patient Captured In Abia, Quarantined (Photos)
The Abia state government has announced that a fleeing coronavirus patient Vincent Prosper, who had earlier had contact with a confirmed case in Akwa Ibom is now in custody, ABN TV reports. The suspected patient was tracked down with the help of security agents who pinned him to his location after he had severally refused to turn up for testing. A...
Lockdown Enforcement: Resist Extortion By Police Officers, Abia CP Tells Residents, Releases Helpline
The Commissioner of Police in Abia State, CP E. Ene Okon has called on members of the public to resist attempts by policemen enforcing the stay-at-home order in the state to curb the spread of COVID-19 to extort money from them while performing their duty. The CP in a release on Saturday signed by the command's PRO, SP Ogbonna Geoffrey...
Policemen Involved In Ohafia Shooting Acted Under Influence Of Alcohol – Abia CP
The Abia state Police Command has announced the arrest of policemen involved in sporadic shooting in Ohafia on Friday that led to the death of an indigene of the area, identified as Ifeanyi Arunsi. The State Police Command said it received with nostalgia the news of the shooting incident in Ebem Ohafia by a team of policemen led by an...
Ohafia Boils As Security Agent Kills Another Abia Indigene [Photos, Video]
A middle-aged man identified as Friday was on Friday Ifeanyi Arunsi night shot dead by a trigger happy policeman in Ebem, Ohafia local government area of Abia state, ABN TV reports. Since the commencement of the lockdown in Abia, this is the third time a security agent is killing innocent citizens in the state. Also Read: Police Delegation Pays Condolence Visit...
BREAKING: Fire Guts INEC Headquarters, Documents Destroyed
The Headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Abuja was on Friday razed by fire. The affected section, the Election and Party Monitoring Department (EPM), was completely burnt by the inferno that started at about 11 am. However, INEC National Commissioner and Chairman Voters’ Education and Information, Festus Okoye, said that no critical document was lost in the fire...
Ghanaian Police Launch Manhunt For Nigerian Man Who Escaped After Testing Positive For COVID-19
Police in Ghana on Friday, April 17, launched a manhunt for a Nigerian who fled the country after he was found to have tested positive for coronavirus. The 46-year-old Nigerian, Simon Okafor Chukwudi, was said to have entered the country from Germany before Ghana declared a lockdown and was subsequently tested with the result showing he was positive for coronavirus. According...
Gunmen Kidnap 3 Nursing Mothers In Kaduna
Three nursing mothers have been reportedly kidnapped by unknown gunmen in Karaukarau village, Giwa Local government area of Kaduna State, A source from the village, Malam Sani Bakali told our Correspondent that, the heavily armed bandits had earlier picked 13 women, were challenged and repelled by the villagers. Bakali explained that the hoodlums stormed the village on Tuesday afternoon during a...
Husband, 27, Bathes Wife With Pepper-Laced Hot Water Over Infidelity
A 27-year-old man, Adeniyi Akinde, has reportedly bathed his wife, Deborah, with hot water laced with pepper, while she was sleeping over suspicion of infidelity. The incident happened on Tuesday around 12.30 am in the Oke-Owu area of Modakeke, Osun State, where the couple resides. The victim was said to have been rushed to hospital after the attack, having sustained severe...
