Crime Archives - Page 8 of 67

Apr

06

2025

Senator Kalu Demands Swift Prosecution of Killers of Chinese Expatriates, Police Officer in Abia

Abia State, Metro, News, OpinionAbia State, Crime, Metro, Orji Uzor Kalu

Chairman of the Senate Committee on the South East Development Commission (SEDC) and Senator representing Abia North Senatorial District, Senator Orji Uzor Kalu, has called on the Inspector General of Police and the Abia State Government to ensure the immediate arrest and prosecution of those responsible for the killing of two Chinese nationals and a police inspector in Abia State. The victims were reportedly killed by gunmen who ambushed a convoy transporting Chinese expatriates and their police escorts to a mining site in Isuikwuato, Abia State. In a statement issued from his media office on Sunday, Kalu condemned the brutal…

Apr

01

2025

By Amos Oge Kalu

Fact-Check: No 18-Seater Bus Carrying Igbo Passengers Was Burnt In Kano Over Edo Killing

Metro, NewsCrime, Metro

A viral social media post alleging that an 18-seater bus conveying passengers was ambushed and burned in Kano, Nigeria, is false. A fact-check reveals the images used are from an unrelated accident on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway. File: This image, taken from a road accident in southwestern Nigeria, has been falsely used to spread rumours of ethnic violence in the North West. Photo: Linda Ikeji’s Blog Full Story Summary A widely shared post on social media claims that an 18-seater bus carrying passengers from the South-east was ambushed and set ablaze in Kano, northwestern Nigeria, by a violent mob, leaving no survivors. According to the…

Mar

09

2025

By Amos Oge Kalu

Supreme Court confirms death sentence on farmer who resisted Fulani herdsman attacker

Lifestyle, Metro, NewsCourt, Crime, Herdsmen

Sunday Jackson a farmer who was violently attacked by a Fulani herdsman with a knife, is to die by hanging. Despite injuries he sustained, Jackson overpowered his attacker, wresting the weapon from him and stabbed him as well following which his attacker died. However in a gross travesty of Justice, Jackson was sentenced to death in 2021 after being in prison for seven years. Regrettably today the Supreme Court upheld his death sentence 10 years after. This is despite a constitutional infraction notable in the judgment of the High Court of Yola that was appealed. The statement of facts of…

Mar

07

2025

By Amos Oge Kalu

Police Arrest 300-Level Michael Okpara University Student for Unlawful Possession of Firearms

Abia State, Lifestyle, Metro, NewsCrime

The Abia State Police Command has arrested a 21-year-old student, Mr. Chidozie Humble, a 300-level student from the Department of Animal Breeding and Physiology at Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike (MOUAU), for unlawful possession of firearms. During the operation, police recovered three (3) locally made pistols and one (1) English CZECH SCORPION pistol from his residence. In a statement issued by DSP Maureen Chinaka, the Police Public Relations Officer for the Commissioner of Police, Abia State Command, the arrest was carried out by detectives from the Serious Crime Investigation Squad (SCISSORS) based on credible intelligence. “On 05/03/2025, at about…

Mar

06

2025

By OHAFIATV

PETROAN Chairman Kidnapped, Two Aides Killed in Abia State Ambush

Abia State, Business, Metro, NewsAbia State, Business, Crime, Kidnappers, Kidnapping, Metro, Security

Chief Obasi Lawson, the Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Petroleum Product Retail Outlet Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) and owner of SOBAZ Oil and Gas, has been kidnapped in Abia State. The incident occurred on Tuesday when his SUV was ambushed in Azumini, Abia State. Tragically, two of his aides, Mr. Anayo Ukwu (his driver) and Mazi Confidence Chijioke (his special assistant), were killed in the attack. The three police officers accompanying them managed to escape. The Petroleum Product Retail Outlet Association of Nigeria (PETROAN) has called on the Inspector General of Police to intervene in the search…