CRIME
Naval Officer Lt Yerima Escapes Assassination Attempt In Abuja
A young Nigerian Navy officer, Lt A.M. Yerima, who recently clashed with Federal Capital Territory Minister Nyesom Wike, is said to have escaped an assassination attempt on Sunday night. Yerima was said to been trailed by unidentified men dressed in black and riding in two unmarked Hilux vans with no number plates. The vehicles allegedly followed him from the NIPCO...
Abducted CAN Chairman Regains Freedom
Bishop Joseph Masin, the Chairman of the Nasarawa State Chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria, (CAN ) has regained freedom after being kidnapped on May 27. ABN TV reported earlier that the gunmen who stormed his residence at Bukan Sidi area of Lafia, the Nasarawa State capital had demanded an N20m ransom for his release. One of the CAN Chairman’s sons,...
Don’t Transfer Maina’s Case To Another Judge – EFCC Warns Chief Justice
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has admonished the Chief Judge of the Federal High Court (FHC), Justice John Tsoho, not to transfer the case of Ex-pensions commission boss, Abdulrasheed to another judge. The Anti-graft Commission called on Justice Tsoho also not to transfer the trial of his son, Faisal, and few other cases which matters had far been...
Police Recover Stolen Ogun Assembly Mace In Lagos
The stolen mace at the Ogun State House of Assembly has been recovered in Lagos State, the police said on Friday. According to a statement by the Public Relations Officer of the Lagos State Police Command, Muyiwa Adejobi, the mace was recovered around the Abule Ado area of Lagos. “The police operatives attached to Trade Fair Station of the Lagos State...
Asset Declaration: Court Rejects George Turnah’s Record of Service At NDDC
A Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Wednesday, March 17, 2021 rejected the records of service of George Turnah, former Special Adviser to Mr. Dan Abia, erstwhile Managing Director of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC, while serving as an aide at the Commission. Justice T. Mohammed, after listening to the testimony of defence witness, Silas Anyanwu,...
UNIPORT Final Year Student Arrested For Stabbing Girlfriend To Death
Men of the Edo State Police Command have arrested a 24-year-old final-year student of the University of Port Harcourt, Victor Ochonogor, for allegedly stabbing his girlfriend, Success Regha, to death on Monday. Ochonogor, a student of Applied and Industrial Chemistry, reportedly committed the offence at 10, Osahon Street, Ogheghe Quarters, off Sapele Road, Benin City. He and his late girlfriend were...
He Was A Mad Man About To Die, I Helped Him By Killing Him To Reduce His Pain, Suspected Ritual Says
A 26-year-old suspected ritualist, Olaolu Falowo, has confessed why he killed a farmer, and removed his body parts for money rituals, at Kuseru Village via Odigbo council area of Ondo State. The victim’s body parts found in the suspect’s house include human limps (two legs and two arms) while a human skull in a sack was recovered from his father’s...
TEARS!! Friday Arunsi Killed By Policeman During Lockdown In Ohafia Set For Burial (SEE POSTER)
A middle aged man, Friday Arunsi shot dead on 18th April 2020 by errant policemen in Ebem Ohafia, Ohafia local government area of Abia State will soon be laid to rest, ABN TV reports. February 13, 2021, has been fixed as date for his burial. Speaking with ABN TV, the Paramount Ruler of Ebem Ancient Kingdom, HRH Eze Ukoha Kalu Ukoha...
”99 Rescued In Rivers Boat Mishap” – Navy
The Nigerian Navy ship Pathfinder, Port Harcourt, saved more than 99 people from drowning on a local market boat after a boat accident occurred in the Bukuma River in the Degema Local Government Area of Rivers State. The market boat, popularly known as ‘Blood of Jesus’, which was conveying passengers and goods worth millions of naira, set out from Port...
She’s My Girlfriend, Says Doctor Arrested For Sedating, Raping Patient
The Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr Paul Odama, on Friday, paraded a medical doctor, Ayodele Joseph, for allegedly sedating and raping a nurse. The suspect was reportedly performing an operation on the nurse in his hospital in Ilorin, Kwara State, when the incident happened. Joseph, the Chief Medical Director of Ayodele Hospital, Sawmill, Ilorin, was among 13 suspects paraded before...
