CRIME
Unknown Gunmen Kill Enugu Councilor (Graphic Photos)
Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have shot dead Hon. Nelson Sylvester, the councillor representing Eha-Ulo ward, in Nsukka Local Government Area Legislative Council, Enugu State. ABN TV gathered that the lawmaker was murdered on Sunday night at his residence in the Eha-Alumonah community. Although details of the incident are still sketchy, however, a source from the community disclosed that the assailants stormed the...
Court Remands Ex-OAU Students Union President In Prison Over Stealing
Magistrate Court in Ile-Ife, Osun State, has, on Thursday, remanded a former President of the Students’ Union of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Oyekan Ibukun, in prison over alleged theft of f...
FG Deploying New Strategies To Tackle Insecurity, VP Shettima Assures
Vice-President Kashim Shettina has assured that the federal government would deploy new strategies to fight armed banditry, kidnapping and other security challenges in different parts of the country. The Vice President stated this after he held a closed door meeting with former President Muhammadu Buhari at his residence in Daura, Katsina State, on Saturday. This assurance came a day after the...
Nigerian Army Admits To Killing Teenager In Zaria, Contradicting Police Claims
The police’s claim over non-use of ammunition on protesters took a new dimension, on Wednesday, when the Nigerian Army confirmed that one of its men murdered a teenager in Zaria, Kaduna State. The #EndBadGovernance protest, which started on a peaceful note later degenerated into violence in different parts of the country. The first reported incident of killing was in Suleja, Niger...
EFCC Quizzes Former Kwara Governor Ahmed Over Alleged Diversion Of N9bn
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has quizzed the immediate past Kwara Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, over alleged diversion of N9billion. According to sources at the anti-graft agency, the former Governor is currently being grilled by a crack team of operatives at the headquarters of the EFCC in Jabi Abuja. Ahmed was said to have arrived at the EFCC headquarters around...
Tragedy Strikes In Aba As PoS Operator Killed In Brutal Attack
A devastating incident has occurred in Aba, Abia State, leaving the community in shock. Blessing Chilaka, a Point of Sale (PoS) operator, was attacked and robbed on his way home from work, resulting in his tragic death, ABN TV reports. The incident was brought to light through a post on Victor Kaycee Onyendi's Facebook page, where most of the details...
Pregnant Wife Of Edo Politician Raped And Murdered In Benin (Photos)
Mrs Queen Igbinevbo, the pregnant wife of a Prominent Edo State Politician, Comrade Promise Igbinevbo has died after she was raped and murdered at home. The pregnant wife, Mrs Igbinevbo was alone at her home in Benin when her attackers gained entrance into the home through the ceiling. A source who spoke to LIB said the intruders had come in search...
Three Fake EFCC Officials, Other Suspects Nabbed By Police In Niger
The Niger State Police Command has arrested three suspects for impersonating operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and for allegedly abducting and robbing students of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai. In a statement issued on Friday in Minna, the command’s public relations officer, Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed that two informants who aided the suspects were also apprehended. According to...
Court Frees Prophet Sotitobire
There was jubilation at the premises of the Court of Appeal in Akure by members of Sotitobire Praising Chapel as the church’s founder, Prophet Babatunde Alfa was set freed two years after he was taken into custody. Prophet Alfa and five other members of the church were arrested in 2019 over the mysterious disappearance of a 13-month-old boy, Gold Kolawole,...
BREAKING: Court Arraigns Funke Akindele And Husband
The Lagos State Police Command has taken Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele, and her husband, Abdulrasheed Bello popularly known as JJC Skillz, to court for flouting the lockdown order in Lagos State. The Police Public Relations Officer, Bala Elkana, confirmed that the actress, popularly called ‘Jenifa’, had been taken to a Chief Magistrates Court in Ogba, Lagos. They were arraigned for breaching...
