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The public is hereby notified that BABATUNDE Ganiyu Olusunmade whose photograph appear above is wanted by the Nigeria Police Force. (FCID) in alleged case of homosexual, Murder, thuggery, Breach of Public Peace. The offfences was committed at EXTREME LOUNGE AND BAR . No 1,Orelope street, off Iju-Ilogbo Road, Ota Ogun state.on 27th of October 2025 ...
A man identified as Mr. Ben Emeka Ukeje has reportedly escaped from the custody of the Nigerian military, sparking an intensive manhunt by security operatives across the South-East region. Ukeje, who was arrested on August 7, 2024, was being detained at the 82 Division Military Barracks in Enugu State following allegations by the Nigerian government ...
By Muyideen Aliyu, llorin A multi-media journalist with the lmage Merchant promotion,(IMPR), the publishers of PRNigeria and Economic Confidential, Salis Manaja, who was kidnapped on October 13, ha regained freedom after a 10 days in captivity. This was made known by the founder, IMPR, Mallam Yushau Shuaib while speaking last weekend in llorin on the sidelines ...
By Muyideen Aliyu, Ilorin The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned a self-acclaimed estate developer, Christopher Abiola Oladunjoye, alongside Augustine Ikechukwu Agodi and Ovie Goru, before Justice Abimbola Awogboro of the Federal High Court, Ilorin, over an alleged fraudulent transaction involving ₦1.8 billion. The 33-year-old Oladunjoye and his ...
The Nigerian Army says a soldier, Lance Corporal Akenleye Femi, who allegedly killed his wife and committed suicide. The Acting Assistant Director, Army Public Relations, 22 Armoured Brigade, Ilorin, Capt. Stephen Nwankwo, made this known in a statement on Monday. Nwankwo said the incident occurred on Oct. 11 at the Corporals and Below Quarters at ...
By Idowu Adebomi, Ado Ekiti The Ekiti State Police Command has arraigned one Wale Ogunleye, 33 before a Magistrates Court for allegedly stealing 124 Pigs worth N12,400,000 belonging to one Philip Arogundade. The prosecutor, Inspector Akinwale Oriyomi, told the court that the defendant and others at large, acting between 2022 and the year 2025 in ...
Nigeria and Qatar have strengthened partnership in the area of combating illicit drug trafficking with the symbolic exchange of instruments of ratification between the two countries by the Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) and the Qatar Ambassador Ali Bin Ghanem Al- Hajri. The ...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has smashed two major cocaine cartels responsible for six United Kingdom-bound consignments of the illicit substance, arresting the kingpin, Alhaji Hammed Taofeek Ode, and five other suspects. The agency said the breakthrough was achieved through a series of intelligence-led operations conducted across Lagos and other states over a ...
By Idowu Adebomi, Ado-Ekiti The Ekiti State Police Command has ordered a thorough investigation into a viral video circulating on social media platforms, particularly X (formerly Twitter), in which a young lady, identified as Miss Priscilla Rita Agbo, accused police personnel of assault and harassment. The incident reportedly occurred along the Ado–Iworoko Road at a ...
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF), through its elite Intelligence Response Team (IRT), has successfully rescued a foreign national in Ogun State, only to uncover that the supposed victim had allegedly orchestrated his own kidnapping. The operation was launched following a distress request received on behalf of authorities in Abidjan, Côte d’Ivoire, by the INTERPOL National ...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has dismissed as “entirely baseless” a viral video claiming that police officers were ordered to remove pockets from their uniforms to curb extortion. Spokesperson SP Josephine Adeh said there has been no such directive from the Office of the Inspector-General of Police. She added, “The attention of the ...
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested three suspects for armed robbery in Awarasi Village, Uga, Aguata Local Government Area, and recovered a stolen tricycle from them. Police spokesperson, Tochukwu Ikenga, said in a statement on Tuesday that the suspects were apprehended on Monday following a distress call about an attack on a commercial tricycle ...
A Special Court-Martial of the Nigerian Army has sentenced three soldiers to life imprisonment for arms racketeering and aiding the enemy in Borno State. The Army said another soldier was handed a 15-year jail term after being found guilty of selling military-grade weapons and ammunition, some of which were concealed in bags of food and ...
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Kayode Adeolu Egbetokun, on Tuesday convened a Strategic Conference with senior police officers at the Force Headquarters, Abuja, where he unveiled a two-month operational scorecard and directed commanders to heighten visibility policing across the country as the year winds down. The meeting, held at the Goodluck Ebele Jonathan Peacekeeping Hall, ...
By Tapre Timine, Yenagoa Operatives of Operation Puff Adder of the Bayelsa State Police Command, alongside officials of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) in Festac Town, Lagos, have rejected a N4 million bribe allegedly offered by George Idumangi, the prime suspect in the murder of 42-year-old estate agent, Richard Ekpebu. Nigerian NewsDirect gathered that Idumangi, ...
A young boy in Akungba-Akoko, Akoko South West has been allegedly beaten to death for harvesting cocoa pods without permission. It was gathered that the boy was assaulted at Alumni Quarters by a man who claimed the child had harvested his cocoa illegally. He was rushed to the police station unconscious around 2:30 p.m. before ...
The Nigeria Police Force has declared two men Marin Joseph of 130C Itire Road, Lawanson, Surulere, Lagos, and Mr. Fadipe Opeyemi, a native of Orin-Ekiti, Ekiti State wanted over alleged involvement in same-sex activities. According to separate declaration letters dated December 10, 2022, from the Ekiti Central Police Station, evidence and information about their alleged ...
The Nigerian Police Force has declared Shogbesan Oluwatosin Ayo wanted in connection with an alleged homosexual offence. Ayo believed to be around 34 years old and approximately six fit four inches tall is the subject of an arrest warrant issued by a Magistrate Court in Lagos State. According to the Police reports, he was declared ...
The trial of former Benue State governor, Gabriel Suswan before Justice Peter Lifu of the Federal High Court, sitting in Abuja was on Monday, September 22, 2025 stalled due to defendant’s inability to commence his defence. Suswan, alongside his then Commissioner of Finance, Omodachi Okolobia, is facing prosecution by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, ...
By Umar Akilu Majeri, Dutse Muhammad Kabiru Ingawa has taken over as the new commandant of the Jigawa State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC). Ingawa replaces Bodinga who has been transferred to Kano State. Ingawa is the 16th commandant of the Jigawa State command. He joined the security service in 2005 after ...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned the trial of suspended Kogi Central Senator, Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan, to October 20. The postponement came after her defense counsel, Chief Ehiogie West-Idahosa, SAN, objected to the commencement of the trial. The lawmaker is facing a six-count charge under the Cybercrimes (Prohibition, Prevention, etc.) (Amendment) Act, 2024. She ...
By Muyideen Aliyu, Ilorin A former Assistant Inspector General of Police, Alhaji Baba Adisa Bolanta, has observed that those calling for the decentralisation of the nation’s policing system are driven by personal interest rather than collective responsibility for the country’s development. Bolanta made this known while speaking during an interview in Ilorin. He opposed the ...
Tragedy struck in Otukpo, Benue State, as a prominent All Progressives Congress (APC) member, Hon. Ejeh Udeh, was gunned down by unidentified attackers at his residence. The attack occurred around midnight on Monday when armed men stormed his home in Ugboju and shot him in the presence of his family. Eyewitnesses reported that the assailants, ...
