UNIBEN Students Beat Soldier For Attempting To Jump Queue At School’s ATM Terminal
A clash between students and soldiers on campus today threw the University of Benin into disarray. According to reports, the soldiers allegedly ordered students to lie down after they attempted to withdraw money from the school ATM. In a video posted online, students can be seen rushing a soldier for crossing the line and assaulting students who resist. According to reports, the...
Gunmen Snatch Guns From Policemen In Abia
Gunmen reportedly stole two guns from police officers conducting a stop-and-search operation in Aba, Abia State's commercial nerve center. The incident occurred on Wednesday night along Faulks road near Osusu junction in Aba North local government area, according to reports. According to The Nation, while some reports claim the gunmen arrived in a Hilux SUV, others claim they arrived in a...
How UNIBEN Students, Soldiers Clashed Over Attempt To Jump ATM Queue
Students of the University of Benin clashed with some soldiers at the school premises on Thursday over cash withdrawal at one of the bank’s Automated Teller Machines. Trouble was said to have started as attempts to jump the queue by the soldiers was met with stiff resistance by the students who had waited patiently on the queue for their turn. According...
FCT Minister Orders Arrest Of FHA Officials, Developer Over Abuja Building Collapse
Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Muhammad Musa Bello, has ordered the arrest of some Federal Housing Authority (FHA) officials and the developer of the two-storey building that collapsed in Abuja on Friday. No fewer that 24 persons were trapped in the collapsed building at 6th Avenue in Gwarimpa Estate, with three confirmed dead and 21 rescued. Coordinator of the Abuja...
Three Feared Dead, Many Injured As Two-storey Building Collapses In Rivers (Photos)
At least three persons have been reported to have lost their lives, while many were injured when a two-storey building under construction collapsed in Rivers State. The incident happened on Saturday along Isi Ewu road, Mbodo Community in Ikwerre Local Government Area of Rivers State. The information available to ABN TV correspondent is that the dead victims were labourers working at...
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...
Police Warn Those Planning To Unleash Violence In Anambra To Prepare For Hard Times
Anambra State Police Command says it has uncovered plans by mischief makers to hide behind the scarcity of the new naira notes to hold a protest in Anambra. The Command warned that it will not spare such mischievous moves and deployed human and operational resources to guarantee the safety of life in the state. The state police command’s spokesperson, DSP Tochukwu...
Wike Waives Fee, Approves Stadium For Tinubu Rally
Rivers State Governor Nyesom Wike has approved the Yakubu Gowon Stadium in Elekahia, Port Harcourt, for the campaign of the All Progressives Congress presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu, on February 15, 2023. Tony Okocha, Rivers State Coordinator of the Bola Tinubu Campaign Organization, revealed this at a news conference in Port Harcourt on Wednesday. Okocha stated that all preparations had been made...
INEC Confirms Liking Tweet Against Peter Obi, To Take Disciplinary Action
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has stated unequivocally that it does not favor any candidate or political party. The clarification follows the Commission's approval of a tweet by Omoyele Sowore, the presidential candidate of the African Action Congress, AAC, in which he referred to his counterpart in the Labour Party, LP, Peter Obi, as an opportunist. Sowore described Obi as...
Atiku Abubakar Postpones Campaign Rally In Rivers State
Atiku Abubakar has Postponed his Presidential Campaign Rally In Rivers State Till Further Notice. The Campaign won't hold on the 11th Of February again as slated. This comes after the presidential candidate of the People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar reportedly rejected the stadium approved by Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State for his campaign rally after having a change...
