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By Imisioluwa Afunmiso The Nigerian Army has recorded another operational success in the South East as sustained military offensives forced members of a militant group to surrender weapons, while separate intelligence-led operations led to the recovery of additional arms and an Improvised Explosive Device (IED). The Army said the development was part of ongoing operations ...
By Precious Mark Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted consignments of cocaine concealed in a local mortar and the false bottom of a backpack being shipped to China and Italy through a logistics company in Lagos. In a statement issued on Sunday, August, by the Director of Media and Advocacy, ...
The Police Command in Lagos State has detained a man for allegedly impersonating a Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) officer. The command detained the man also for allegedly orchestrating a N1.8 million shipment scam by claiming he could clear goods purportedly sent from the United States (U.S.). The newsmen gathered that the suspect allegedly deceived the ...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued a kidnapped senior military officer, Lt.-Col. Ofor Amobi, and a civilian, Mr Ikechukwu Onwuanra, after a 10-day joint search-and-rescue operation in Enugu State. This is contained in a military operational report made available to the newsmen on Saturday in Abuja. The military said the victims were rescued in ...
The Police Command in Lagos State has apprehended a suspected kingpin of a vehicle fraud syndicate linked to the alleged fraudulent acquisition of 29 vehicles valued at over N1 billion. The newsmen gathered that the suspect, who has been on the run, was eventually apprehended after investigations and confessional statements from arrested members of the ...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have rescued 13 kidnapped victims, neutralised five terrorists and arrested suspected gunrunners in coordinated operations across Kwara, Edo, Plateau, Bauchi and other states. This is contained in an operational report on military activities made available to the news reporters on Saturday in Abuja. The army said troops of Operation FANSAN ...
The Edo Government says the mother and stepfather of an 11-year-old girl allegedly abused in Benin have been rearrested and will face prosecution, following renewed investigations into the case, state authorities disclosed Friday. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Mrs Eugenia Abdallah, said this in an interview with the news reporters in Benin, saying ...
The Police Command in Lagos State has detained a man for allegedly impersonating a Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) officer. The command detained the man also for allegedly orchestrating a N1.8 million shipment scam by claiming he could clear goods purportedly sent from the United States (U.S.). News men gathered that the suspect allegedly deceived the ...
Lagos police nab man over alleged N15.4m gold fraud Operatives of the Police Command in Lagos State have apprehended a 37-year-old man over an alleged fraud involving gold valued at N15.4 million. News men gathered that the suspect was being investigated for alleged obtaining by false pretence and stealing. Following the report, the state Commissioner ...
The Police Command in Benue has arrested suspected gun runners, armed robbers, cattle rustlers, fraudsters, and homicide suspects and recovered firearms and ammunition across the state. Commissioner of Police Mr Cletus Nwadiogbu made the disclosure on Friday in Makurdi during a press conference on the command’s recent operational successes. Nwadiogbu said operatives attached to Guma ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso Two Chinese nationals, Zhang Hong Lin and Gao Pei Hai, have been sentenced to five years imprisonment each for conspiracy and illegal mining by the Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos. The conviction was secured by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) before Justice ...
In a bold move to strengthen security, protect residents and boost investor confidence, the Ogun State Executive Council led by the Governor, Prince Dapo Abiodun has transmitted four landmark bills designed to tackle violent crimes, ritual killings, cultism, extortion and the growing challenge of missing persons across the state to the Ogun State House of ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a 29-year-old suspected armed robber, identified as Olajunja Segun Samson, and recovered a locally fabricated pistol and assorted charms during a routine patrol in the Igando area of the state. The arrest, according to the Police Command, was made as part of its ...
President Bola Tinubu says his administration will not negotiate with criminals, insisting that Nigeria will intensify intelligence-driven operations to defeat terrorism, banditry and other security threats. The president stated this on Thursday while receiving traditional rulers from Oyo State, led by the Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Rashidi Ladoja, at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. Tinubu commended ...
Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Betty Isokpan, has warned criminals operating in Kogi and Kwara to relocate or face prosecution, saying Zone 8 Police Command will no longer provide a safe haven for criminal elements. Isokpan issued the warning on Thursday shortly after assuming office as the new AIG in charge of Zone 8 Police ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned four persons before the Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, on charges of alleged money laundering involving $5,296,691. The defendants—Bamidele Ayodele Emmanuel, Abdullah Oriyomi, Garuba Fathiat Funmilayo, and Gbenro Victor Ademola were brought before Justice F. ...
By Taiwo Scholastica President Bola Tinubu has reiterated that his administration will not pay ransom to terrorists and kidnappers, saying the Federal Government is adopting new strategies to tackle insecurity across the country. Tinubu made the statement on Thursday when he received the Olubadan of Ibadanland and members of the Olubadan-in-Council at the Presidential Villa ...
By Precious Mark The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has issued a safety alert warning the public against Bulmex Parboiled Rice, following an import ban placed on the product by the Niger Republic due to discovered metallic contamination. According to the regulatory body, the Ministry of Trade and Industry in ...
The Acting Zonal Director, Benin Zonal Directorate, Deputy Commander of the EFCC, Sa’ad Hanafi Sa’ad, on Wednesday, July 29, 2026, handed over a bank draft of ₦42 million to Ebesunun Mathew Edonojie, being the sum recovered by operatives of the Commission from fraudsters who defrauded him. Edonojie, a businessman dealing in cement, had in 2022 ...
By Ismail Azeez The Osun State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of six suspects during a raid at the residence of the Secretary to the State Government (SSG), Teslim Igbalaye, in Osogbo, the state capital, on Wednesday. Confirming the development in a telephone interview, the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, stated that ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso The Eastern Marine Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has auctioned seized petroleum and palm oil products valued at ₦26.53 million as part of efforts to discourage smuggling and protect local industries. The auction, which took place at the Command’s Oron Outstation in Akwa Ibom State, involved 14,720 litres of Premium ...
A Kaduna Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday sentenced two men, Justin Amos and Gideon Sylvester, to 18 months imprisonment each for stealing armoured cables worth N2.3m. The convicts Amos, 24 and Sylvester, 26, of no fixed addresses, were arraigned on a two-count charge of criminal conspiracy and stealing. The Magistrate, Ibrahim Emmanuel, sentenced the convicts after ...
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has ordered security and intelligence agencies to hunt down the perpetrators of Monday's bloody attack on Naridon Village in Kamaru Ward, Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The early-morning assault resulted in the death of about 30 residents including women and children and left several homes burnt to the ground. ...
