CRIME
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...
75 Year-Old Woman Pours Pepper Into Her Maid’s Private Part & Eyes In Ebonyi
The police in Ebonyi State have arrested a 75-year-old grandmother for allegedly flogging and pouring pepper into the eyes and private parts of her 11-year-old home help. The woman, who gave her name as Mrs Comfort Obi, was arrested by the personnel of the Ekumenyi Police Station in Abakaliki on Tuesday. The septuagenarian’s action was reported at the police station by a...
BREAKING: Fire Guts Muda Lawal Market In Bauchi [Photos, Video]
Fire has gutted a part of Muda Lawal Market, one of the three major markets in Bauchi metropolis. Though the cause of the fire was not yet known as at the time of filing this report, efforts are on by men of the State Fire Service, ATBU, Federal Polytechnic and ATAP fire services to put the fire under control. It is...
Nigerian Govt Seals Popular Lagos Plastic Surgery Clinic Over Alleged Failed Surgery (Photos)
The Federal Competition and Consumer Protection Commission, FCCPC, on Wednesday sealed a popular plastic surgery clinic in Lagos. The clinic, operating in a two-story building, located at Number 11A, Ladi Alakija Street Lekki Phase 1, Lagos State, is called Med Contour/Body Contour Specialists. FCCPC said sealing off the place became necessary following several complaints from different people that the activities of...
