CRIME
Wike To Bandits’ Informants In FCT: Repent Or Die Like Them
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Nyesom Wike, has issued a stern warning to informants of kidnappers, bandits and criminals in the territory, to repent of their evil deeds or end up dying in the hands of security operatives. Wike gave the warning on Saturday at a town hall security meeting, held in Kuje town in Kuje Area Council...
Explosion Kills Almajiri Students, Two Others In Borno
An improvised Explosive device (IED) has killed four Quranic School Pupils (Almajiri’s) and two adults in Gubio local government area of Borno State. Confirming the incident, the council chairman of Gubio, Alhaji Mali Gubio, said the incident happened in an uncompleted building around 11am, on Saturday. “All the people involved are dead so we can not ascertain what exactly happened, but...
30 Feared Killed As Soldiers, Gunmen Clash In Plateau
Reports have indicated that a violent clash has erupted between soldiers and gunmen in two villages of Mangu local government area of Plateau State early Saturday morning. A source, who preferred anonymity, told our correspondent that many people were killed during the confrontation. The clash allegedly followed the relaxation of the 24-hour curfew imposed on the troubled Mangu LGA by the...
Police Confirm Abduction Of Abia Varsity Deputy VC, Assure Safe Rescue
Abia State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of the Deputy Vice-Chancellor of the state-owned university, Abia State University Uturu (ABSU), Prof. Godwin Emezue on Friday by unidentified hoodlums, assuring that he will be safely rescued. He was kidnapped at about 7pm while purchasing fuel at a petrol station in Umuekwu Amachara, Umuahia South LGA, Abia State, PPRO of the...
Police Arrest 5 Robbery Suspects Who Pretended To Be EFCC Officials In Abia
Personnel of Abia State police command have arrested five suspected armed robbers who pretended to be officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and dispossessed some students of the Michael Okpara University of Agriculture Umudike (MOUAU) of their phones at gunpoint, and forced them to transfer a total of 120,000 naira to their account. The crime was allegedly...
ABSU Deputy Vice Chancellor, Prof. Emezue Kidnapped
The Deputy Vice Chancellor of Abia State University Uturu, ABSU, Prof. Godwin Emezue has been abducted by unidentified gunmen. Prof. Emezue was abducted in a filling station around Umuopara in Umuahia South LGA where he has gone to refill his tank, along with his wife. Sources told ABN TV that no fewer than three men had accosted him at the fuel...
Wike Threatens To Declare Council Chairmen Security Risk For Abandoning Monthly Security Meetings
Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has berated council chairmen who have abandoned monthly security meetings. Wike, who spoke at a town hall meeting in the Abuja Municipal Area Council(AMAC), said henceforth any of the council chairman who failed to host the meeting would be declared a security threat. “How will you say you are not holding a monthly...
Lagos Pastor Who Raped Assistant Gets Life Imprisonment
The Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court, on Friday, sentenced Bishop of I Reign Christian Ministry, Lagos, Feyiropo Daniels, to life imprisonment for raping his 23-year-old assistant. He was also jailed 3 years for sexually assaulting a 19-year-old member of the church. Justice Rahman Oshodi held that the cleric should spend the rest of his life at the Kirikiri custodial...
Ogun Missing Banker Finally Found Alive In Niger State
A staff member of a Microfinance bank at Kemta Oloko, Abeokuta, Mr Olumide Openaike, who has been missing since Wednesday, January 17, has been found in Mokwa, Niger State. The wife of the banker, who also works at a microfinance bank in Onikolobo, Abeokuta, Temitope, broke the news to our correspondent on Thursday . She said, “I am happy to tell...
Police Nabs Another Kidnapper In Abuja
The FCT Police Command said on Wednesday it had arrested another suspected kidnapper as its Special Intervention Squad takes more steps to protect residents. The Commissioner of Police in charge of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Haruna Garba, made this known while briefing newsmen in Abuja. He said that the suspect was arrested in Sauka village on Jan. 21, and...
