CRIME
Hoodlums Attack Soldiers At Army Checkpoint In Abia, Set Patrol Vehicle Ablaze
Unknown hoodlums in the early hours of Friday attacked an army checkpoint located at Tonimas junction on Enugu-Aba-Port Harcourt Expressway of Aba in Abia state, setting a patrol vehicle on fire. ABN ...
Court Sentences Man To Death For Stealing Torchlight In Uyo
On Thursday, April 7, 2022, an Akwa Ibom State High Court in Ikot Ekpene condemned one Nsikak Joseph Udofia, age 31, to death for armed robbery and life imprisonment for rape in the state. The convict...
Gunmen Kill Miyetti Allah Chairman, 4 Others In Abuja
Gunmen on Thursday killed the chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders’ Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Gwagwalada Area Council of Abuja, Adamu Aliyu. Aliyu was said to have been killed alon...
Police Arrest Late Osinachi Nwachukwu’s Husband, Peter Over Alleged Murder
Peter Nwachukwu, the husband of late popular gospel artiste, Osinachi, has been arrested by the police over the death of his wife. He was arrested by officers of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Po...
Young Man Kills Girlfriend, Sleeps With Corpse For Six Days In Lagos
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested one Ifeanyi Njoku for allegedly killing his 24-year-old girlfriend, Precious Okeke, in an estate at Badore, in the Ajah area of the State. Nj...
EFCC Denies Arresting Obiano’s Wife Eberechukwu
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has denied reports that Eberechukwu, wife of the immediate past governor of Anambra State, Willie Obiano, was in its custody. Online media (not Vang...
NAF Aircraft Crashes in Kaduna, Many Feared Dead
A military aircraft belonging to the Nigerian Airforce, NAF, has crashed in Kaduna state with many officers on board reportedly killed. Recall that last year a military aircraft conveying the former Chief of Army Staff, Ibrahim Attahiru, and 10 other...
2 Cult Members Arrested, 1 Killed In Ogun Clash
Two members of the deadly Aiye cult, Habeeb Muideen a.k.a Oko 8, and Ibrahim a.k.a Ayin, were apprehended after a clash with a rival gang at the Elega/Iberekodo axis of Ogun State’s Abeokuta metropolis. During the ensuing clash, one of the gang mem...
Two Traditional Rulers Dethroned In Zamfara For Involvement In Banditry
The Zamfara State government has dethroned two emirs and a district head over allegations of aiding the activities of bandits terrorising communities in the state. The affected monarchs are the Emir of Zurmi, Abubakar Atiku, and Emir of Dansadau, Hus...
Court Jails 2 Bankers For Stealing N2.9m From Dead Customer
Justice Elias Abua of the Cross River State High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross River State, has convicted and sentenced two former bankers: Titus Chima Nwankwo and Utibe-Abasi Ifiok George for stealing the sum of N2,900,000( Two Million, Nine Hundr...
