CRIME
Customs, Defence Bureau Test Indigenous Airboat To Boost Maritime Security
By Providence Ayanfeoluwa The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), in collaboration with the Defence Research and Development Bureau (DRDB), has successfully tested a locally developed airboat at Jabi Lake, Abuja, as part of efforts to strengthen maritime security and intensify anti-smuggling operations. The innovative vessel, built to navigate shallow and hard-to-reach waterways, was inspected and test-run by officers from both agencies. Experts...
DSS Petitions X To Deactivate Sowore’s Account Over Post On President Tinubu
The Department of State Services (DSS) has formally petitioned X, formerly known as Twitter, requesting the deactivation of the account belonging to Omoyele Sowore, publisher and former presidential candidate, within 24 hours. In a letter signed by B. Bamigboye on behalf of the Director-General of the DSS, the agency accused Sowore of making a social media post capable of inciting...
Nigerian Army Recover Rifles, Magazines, Charms, Military In Taraba Border Village (Photos)
Troops of the 6 Brigade, Nigerian Army, have intensified their efforts to curb criminality and restore peace in Taraba State with a successful cordon-and-search operation conducted on Saturday, September 6, 2025, at Ikyaior village in Wukari Local Government Area. The operation was launched following credible intelligence that one Mr. Terhemen Nzagha, also known as “Full Fire”, was allegedly harbouring suspected...
Recurring Boat Tragedies Plunge Sokoto Into Mourning
Sokoto State is once again mourning as a series of boat mishaps continues to claim lives across riverine communities, highlighting longstanding failures in water transport safety. In just one month, 36 people have died in separate incidents across Goronyo, Sabon Birni, and Shagari local government areas. The latest disaster occurred on Thursday, August 29, 2025, in Shagari LGA, where a...
EFCC Arrests Gavice Logistics CEO For Alleged N2billion Ponzi Scheme Fraud
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested Ahamba Tochukwu, Chief Executive Officer, CEO, Gavice Logistics Limited for allegedly defrauding several investors in his logistics investment schemes to the tune of N2,000,000,000( Two billion Naira only). Tochukwu, through Gavice Logistics Limited, rolled out elaborate investment plans spanning haulage, courier, and e-commerce services and dangled fifty percent Returns...
Atiku Slams FG Over Worsening Insecurity In Kwara Village
Former Vice-President Atiku Abubakar has criticised the Bola Tinubu-led Federal Government over worsening insecurity, particularly in Kwara State, where bandits have reportedly sacked a community in Patigi Local Government Area. In a statement on his Facebook page on Tuesday, Atiku lamented what he described as the administration’s “monumental failure” to protect citizens, warning that violence in the North-Central had reached...
Abia CP Orders Investigation Into Police Officer Captured In Viral Keke Extortion Video In Umuahia (Video)
The Abia State Police Command has launched an investigation into a viral video circulating on Facebook showing a traffic officer allegedly attempting to extort an auto-rickshaw (Keke) rider. https://youtube.com/shorts/6Cm6mQFgMTw According to a press release signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Maureen Chinaka and made available to ABN TV, the officer featured in the video has been identified, and the...
Police Nab Suspected Armed Robbers, Cultists In Abia, Recover Pistol, Ammunition, Tricycle
The Abia State Police Command has recorded another breakthrough in its fight against crime following the arrest of three suspected armed robbers and cultists during a stop-and-search operation in Umuagu, Abia State. The suspects, identified as Udaka Justin (36), of Akata Village, Orlu East LGA, Imo State; Chukwuebuka Michael Nnebedun (24), of Arondizuagu, Ideato North LGA, Imo State; and Prince...
Man Fatally Stabs Colleague To Death In Lagos Amid Money Dispute
A fatal confrontation occurred on Wednesday in the Mandilas area of Lagos Island, resulting in the death of one individual after a stabbing incident. The Lagos State Police Command in Ikeja, through its Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, clarified in a statement made available to PUNCH Online that there was no tribal clash or ethnic conflict at Balogun...
Equatorial Guinea Court Jails Senior Official for Embezzlement
A court in Equatorial Guinea has sentenced senior government official Baltasar Ebang Engonga to eight years in prison for embezzlement. According to Supreme Court press director Hilario Mitogo, the Bioko provincial tribunal found Engonga guilty of diverting funds he had claimed as professional travel expenses for personal use. The former head of the national financial investigation agency, along with five...
