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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 ...
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, ...
Tension has gripped parts of Abeokuta following reports that a community vigilante leader has gone into hiding after surviving a brutal attack linked to his role in exposing a kidnapping syndicate. Mr. Shomoye Kayode Adekunle, 43, was said to have provided intelligence in August 2024 that led to the arrest of eight suspected kidnappers operating ...
A human rights lawyer and counsel to the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Sir Ifeanyi Ejiofor, has urged security agencies to sustain their ongoing crackdown on criminal agitators in Imo State and across the South-East. Ejiofor said the fight was not merely against armed criminals but a battle for the survival of the region. In ...
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 34-year-old man, Kingsley Eze, who had been on the command’s wanted list for alleged involvement in armed robbery. Police spokesman, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said in a statement on Sunday that Eze was arrested on Saturday, September 20, in Abagana, Njikoka Local Government Area. According to Ikenga, the ...
The Ekiti State Government has condemned the assault on health workers at the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital (EKSUTH), Ado Ekiti, warning that any further attacks on medical personnel in the state will attract stiff sanctions. Commissioner for Health, Oyebanji Filani, in a statement on Sunday, said health workers were already working under strenuous conditions ...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two Brazil returnees, Ofoma Sunday and Ukachukwu Frank Ikechukwu, for attempting to smuggle illicit drugs into Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos. NDLEA spokesperson, Femi Babafemi, said in a statement on Sunday that the suspects excreted a total of 116 wraps of heroin ...
Gunmen suspected to be armed herdsmen and local militias ambushed Police Tactical Teams in Benue State on Friday, killing three officers and abducting seven others in one of the deadliest assaults on security personnel in recent months. The attack took place at Agu Centre, Katsina-Ala/Ukum Local Government Area, a notorious flashpoint of militia violence. Police ...
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested John Samuel, a notorious armed robbery kingpin, hired assassin and ex-convict, for masterminding the 18 August 2025 daylight attack on a businessman at Allen Avenue, Ikeja. The suspect, aged 28 and from Akwa Ibom State, was tracked and apprehended at his Epe hideout on 19 September 2025 at ...
