BREAKING: Police Impose 3-Day Curfew After Violence In Bayelsa
The Police in Bayelsa state have imposed three-day dusk to dawn curfew after angry All Progressive Congress (APC) protesters destroyed properties following the Supreme Court ruling which sacked the party’s elected candidate, David Lyon, and his Deputy, Biobarakuma Degi-Eremieoyo. According to the Commissioner of Police in the state, Uche Anozia, who made the announcement on Friday, the curfew will last...
COVID-19: Rev. Ume Calls On Nigerians To Abide By Safety Protocols
The minister in charge of Presbyterian Church Nigeria, Solid Rock Parish, Umuahia, Abia state, Rev. Ezera Ume has called on Nigerians to always abide by all measures outline by World Health Organization (WHO) and Federal Ministry of Health and relevant agencies to prevent the spread of coronavirus. In a chat with ABN TV on Sunday in Umuahia, the clergy said...
Tinubu Appoints Masari, Wamakko As Campaign SAs
Bola Tinubu, the presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has appointed Aminu Masari, governor of Katsina, as an adviser for the party’s campaign council. The former Lagos state governor also appointed Aliyu Wamakko, former governor of Sokoto, as a senior adviser on special duties for the presidential campaign council. Tinubu stated that appointing Masari and Wamakko to the campaign...
Female Banker Kills Self In Lagos
A female marketing employee of a bank in Ikorodu, Lagos State, has committed suicide. The deceased, 32-year-old Amarachi Ugochukwu, was said to have drunk an insecticide. ABNTV learnt that the incident happened on Monday within the premises of the bank. Ugochukwu had around 1pm made her way into the restroom, where she drank the insecticide, unknown to her colleagues. Other members of staff...
Buhari Expresses Anger Over Attack On Innocent People, Civilians In UAE
President Muhammadu Buhari has denounced as worrisome escalation, the drone strikes in the United Arab Emirates that caused explosions and a deadly fire outside the capital, Abu Dhabi. In a reaction to the Monday incident, President Buhari said such attacks targeting innocent people and civilian infrastructure, leading to the loss of lives were condemnable by all reasonable opinions around the...
Shock In Zone 9 Umuahia As SRS Commander, Kenneth Slumps, Dies (Photos)
Tragedy struck at Zone 9 Umuahia, Abia State on Thursday as the Commander of the Police Swift Response Squad (SRS) in Umuahia, DSP Kenneth Ndu, slumped and died while eating with fellow officers, ABN TV reports. According to sources, DSP Ndu had just returned from an investigative operation with his team when he decided to have a meal at...
Sharia Court Judges, Registrars, Others Sent To Prison In Kano For Diverting N500m Meant For Orphans
A cashier with the Kano State Sharia Court Division, Hussaina Imam and 14 others, including judges and registrars have been arraigned before a magistrates’ court in the state for allegedly diverting the sum of N500 million meant for orphans. When the case came up on Wednesday, before Chief Magistrate Mustapha Sa’ad Datti, the defendants were accused of committing an offence...
#EndSARS: Listen To Youths, Make Changes – CAN President To FG
The President of the Christian Association of Nigeria, CAN Samson Ayokunle, has advised the Federal Government to listen to the agitation of the youths of the country and make changes. The CAN President noted that the government should know that the youths were formidable and they should be adequately catered for by the government. Ayokunle, stated this on Saturday at the...
Mbaka didn’t apologise to me – Ihedioha
The immediate past governor of Imo State, Emeka Ihedioha, has described as false speculations that the Spiritual Director of Adoration Ministry, Enugu, Revd. Fr. Ejike Mbaka, called him on the telephone and apologised to him. Mbaka had in his New Year message prophesied that Ihedioha would lose his seat as the governor of Imo State to Senator Hope Uzodinma, a...
Rivers Police Officer Who Assaulted Man In Viral Video Demoted
A policeman serving in Rivers State, Adejoh Siaka, has been demoted from the rank of Inspector to Sergeant, following complaints and findings from a video widely circulated on social media on Sunday, April 9. Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, saying Siaka was sanctioned for assault, discreditable conduct, and incivility to members of...
