CRIME
Killer Of UNIBEN Student, Glory Adekolure Nabbed
Police authorities in Edo State have announced the arrest of the suspected killer of a graduate of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Glory Adekolure. Adekolure was said to have gone to school (UNIBEN) to submit her project on June 13, 2024, but her remains were found under a tree on a street in the Iyowa Community of Benin City, the...
Gunmen Launch Fresh Attack In Aba, Kill Two Policemen
Unknown gunmen struck again in Aba, Abia State, and shot two policemen dead while one was injured at their checkpoint. This is barely one month after some yet-to-be-identified gunmen also attacked a military checkpoint at Obikabia junction killed five soldiers and burnt their patrol vans. The incident which took place at Opobo junction, along Ikot Ekpene road, Ogbor Hill, caused panic...
After Killing Of Six Trader In Imo, Police Vow To Arrest Perpetrators
The Imo State Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, on Thursday, expressed the determination of the police to apprehend the killers of six traders in the Okigwe area of the state, assuring the residents, particularly the traders at the Gariki Market, in the Okigwe Local Government Area of the state of their maximum safety and security. Danjuma gave this assurance during...
Army Discovers More Illegal Refineries In Abia, Arrests 17 Suspects
In their ongoing fight against illegal oil bunkering in Abia State, the Nigerian Army raided illegal mining sites at Obeaku in Ukwa West Local Government Area on Monday evening, arresting 17 suspects involved in the illicit activities. This is in addition to seven other suspects arrested by the military on Friday last week, at the Isimmiri Waterside, in the same...
Gombe Village Head, Councilor Paraded Over Transformer Theft
The police command in Gombe State has paraded the village head of Garin Majidadi in Akko Local Government Area and a councillor representing Kumo East in the same local government over an alleged theft and sale of a community transformer. The village head, Muhammad Majidadi, along with the councillor, Abdullahi M. Panda and one Muhammad Sani of Sarkin Yaki Quartres,...
End Of Road For Two Bankers Who Stole From Dead Customer’s Account As EFCC Nabs Them
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have nabbed two former bankers for allegedly stealing money belonging to a deceased customer. EFCC’s spokesman Dele Oyewale said the agency’s operatives in the Markurdi Zonal Command arrested the suspects for allegedly stealing N4,199,500 belonging to a deceased customer. “The suspects, Idah Ogoh and Agbo Okwute were arrested on Friday, June 21,...
Tension As Police Inspector On Patrol Dies During Fight With Naval Officers In Lagos
An unnamed Police Inspector has died on Saturday during an altercation with Naval officers in Okokomaiko area of Ojo local government area in Lagos State. The Policeman and four of his colleagues were said to be on a routine patrol along Igbo-Elerin area of Ojo when the incident occurred. Trouble was said to have started after the policemen accosted a motorcycle...
Retired Army General Udokwere Killed In Abuja
A retired brigadier general, Uwem Udokwere has been killed in Abuja, the nation’s capital. Udokwere was said to have been killed by armed robbers in an estate on Saturday morning. Josephine Adeh, spokesperson of the federal capital territory (FCT) police command, in a statement, said Benneth Igweh, the commission of police, has ordered immediate investigation into the incident. “In response to the...
Kaduna Airforce School Students Punish Junior Colleague To Death (Photo)
A 15-year-old student of Airforce Comprehensive School, Kaduna who is identified as Blaise Felix Aliyu was allegedly murdered by two Senior Secondary (SS3) students of the school in the dormitory within the Airforce Base in Mando, Kaduna. ABN TV gathered that late Felix, an orphan who lost his parents in 2013 left behind his twin brother who is a JSS2...
Immigration Boss Charges Border Communities To Be vigilant
The Comptroller-General of the NIS, Kemi Nandap, has urged border communities to be vigilant and report any suspected illegal immigrants. Nandap made the call on Friday while addressing Kongolam border community in Katsina State, as part of her assessment tour to border posts in the country. “Nigeria is our country, we need to join hands to ensure peace in the country...
