CRIME
Kidnapped Abia OAP, Chinenye Iwuoha Regains Freedom
A popular radio presenter, staff of Pacesetter FM, Umuahia, Chineye Iwuoha has regained freedom from her abductors, ABN TV reports. There was jubilation among her colleagues on Thursday morning when news of her release was broken. Also Read: Popular OAP Abducted By Unknown Gunmen In Abia While details of her release are still sketchy, it was gathered she was released unhurt. Her abductors...
Gov. Ortom Escapes Death As Herdsmen Shoot At Him In His Farm
Benue Governor Samuel Ortom said herdsmen shot at him while he was in his farm located along Makurdi – Naka road in Makurdi, Benue state capital. The Governor, Monday in a live radio programme monitored in Makurdi said he had gone to his farm in the outskirts of Makurdi town few days ago when armed herdsmen besieged the vicinity and...
EFCC Arraigns Yahaya Bello’s Wife, Nephew Over “N3bn Fraud”
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday, Feb. 8, arraigned Rashida, wife of Yahaya Bello, governor of Kogi, before a federal high court in Abuja over alleged fraud. The anti-graft agency also arraigned Ali Bello, identified as a nephew to the Kogi governor. In a statement by Wilson Uwujaren, EFCC spokesperson, the agency said the duo were docked alongside...
Man Stabs Brother To Death In Edo
A man identified as Kadir is on the run after he allegedly stabbed his younger brother, Suleiman to death in Auchi, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State. It was gathered that trouble started on Friday morning, February 19, when Suleiman scolded Kadir’s wife for being rude to their mother. Kadir, who was not home when the altercation happened, confronted...
Army Personnel Killed In Nasarawa, Colleague Kidnapped
Gunmen have killed a soldier and kidnapped his colleague, leaving behind a motorcycle the two soldiers used to convey themselves to Idadu Army camp, along Ibbabu-Idadu in Doma local government area of Nasarawa State. The soldier killed was said to be in mufti, according to a source, his colleague was also abducted when they were ambushed by the gunmen and...
Alleged N4.6bn Fraud: Court Adjourns Fani-Kayode Others’ Trial Till January
Justice Daniel Osaigor of the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Tuesday, November 30, 2021, adjourned till January 24, 2022 further hearing in the alleged N4.6bn fraud involving a former Minister of Aviation, Femi Fani-Kayode and others, ABN TV reports. Fani-Kayode is standing trial alongside a former Minister of State for Finance, Nenadi Usman, a former Chairman of...
Kidnappers Gun Down Six Kano Residents, Abduct Village Head
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed six persons in a village in Takai Local Government Area of Kano state. Takai LGA in Kano south is about 80 kilometres from Kano metropolis, and it shares a border with several towns of Jigawa state. The g...
22-Year-Old Man Arrested In Enugu For Allegedly Killing, Stealing Sugar Mummy’s Car
Police have arrested and prosecuted 22-year-old suspect, Chidubem Osuagwu, for allegedly murdering and stealing the car of his “sugar mummy” (older lover), one Amarachi Chukwu (32), in Enugu. The Police Public Relations Officer in Enugu State, Mr Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement made available to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Enugu on Friday. Ndukwe said that police...
Nigerian Soldier Commits Suicide At Duty Post
A soldier identified as Bello Useni has reportedly committed suicide in the Nigerian Army School of Armour, Obienu Barracks in Bauchi State. TheCable reported, quoting unnamed military sources, that the soldier was at his duty post within the barracks when he suddenly cocked his rifle and shot himself in the stomach. The incident occurred at 4 pm on Wednesday, although the...
Police Arrest Another Kuje Prison Fleeing Inmates After Stealing Motorcycle In Nasarawa
The Nasarawa State command of the Nigeria Police Force said it has arrested 24-year-old Salisu Buhari who escaped from Kuje prison during a jail break last year and 27-year-old Zubairu Ali for the alleged theft of a motorcycle in Nasarawa LGA of Nasarawa State. In a statement signed by the command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Ramhan Nansel in Lafia,...
