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By Grateful Ogunjebe The Kogi State Government has announced the arrest of three individuals suspected of acting as informants for kidnapping syndicates operating in Okunland, within the western region of the state. According to an official statement issued on Monday, the suspects were arrested in Ayetoro Kiri, located in the Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area. The ...
The Enugu State Police Command has dismantled an illegal firearms fabrication and repair workshop in Udi Local Government Area, marking a major breakthrough in efforts to curb gun-related crimes in the state. The operation, carried out by the Command’s Anti-Cultism Tactical Squad on June 30, followed credible intelligence and the arrest of 32-year-old Ekene Okafor, ...
....Fraudsters ordered to forfeit cash, laptops, and high-end phones to FG By Muyideen Aliyu, Ilorin The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ilorin Zonal Directorate, has secured the conviction of five individuals for internet-related fraud at the Federal and Kwara State High Courts sitting in Ilorin. The convicted persons , Ayinla Abiodun Abdulmajid, Yusuf Abdulazeez ...
...AK-47 rifle, live ammunition recovered from intercepted vehicle The Kwara State Police Command has arrested three women accused of attempting to transport arms and ammunition to a group of kidnappers operating from a forested hideout in the state. The suspects , Aisha Haruna, Rabi Umaru, and Fatimoh Abubakar , were apprehended at Babanla Motor Park ...
...As over 200 motorcycles ferry armed men across villages in three-week rampage By Baba Alfa, Minna Armed bandits continue to unleash violence across several communities in Niger State, leaving residents in Rijau, Mariga and Borgu Local Government Areas in a state of fear and vulnerability as the attacks persist unchecked. For the past three ...
Barth Ndubuwah, Port Harcourt A Rivers State High Court sitting in Port Harcourt has issued an interim order restraining the Sole Administrator, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas (Rtd), from inaugurating the newly confirmed Chairman and members of the Rivers State Civil Service Commission. The order was granted on Monday by Justice Frank Onyiri, pending the determination ...
Armed bandits have killed two residents, abducted 25 others, and stolen dozens of livestock in coordinated overnight attacks on two villages in Bungudu Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The attackers, armed with AK-47 rifles, stormed Dogon Daji village in the Nahuche District at about 10:30 p.m. on Friday. During the assault, they abducted 25 ...
The Chief Imam of Uromi and President of the Muslim Students’ Society of Nigeria (MSSN), Edo-Delta Chapter, Sheikh Murtadho Muhammad, has been abducted by unidentified gunmen in Esan North-East Local Government Area of Edo State. The abduction occurred around 2:00 p.m. on Sunday at the Angle 90 area of Uromi. Eyewitnesses said the Islamic cleric ...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended a notorious drug baron in Lagos and intercepted a vast quantity of narcotics during a series of coordinated operations across the country. At the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos, NDLEA operatives uncovered parcels of Loud, a potent strain of cannabis, hidden inside brand-new microwave ovens ...
The Kogi State Government says it has uncovered a sprawling criminal network aiding kidnapping gangs in parts of the state and has begun a massive crackdown to dismantle their operations. The discovery was made during a series of coordinated security operations across Kabba/Bunu, Ijumu, Yagba East, and Yagba West Local Government Areas. This was contained ...
A Benin High Court on Friday remanded a 38-year-old pastor, Simeon Okehielem, in a correctional centre for allegedly raping a married woman, Mrs Isoken Aigbedo. Pastor Okehielem, known as Ebube Wonder of Ebube Wonders Synagogue Prayers Ministry, also called Healing and Deliverance Mountain, faces a two-count charge of rape and felony intent. The alleged rape ...
By Muyideen Aliyu, Ilorin The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the recovery of over eleven million, three hundred and sixty-three thousand, five hundred naira only, suspected to be ransom fees from a previous kidnap operation by a gang of syndicate kidnappers in Share axis, Ifelodun Local Government Area of the State. This was made ...
A Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa has sentenced four men to death for the gruesome murder of a commercial taxi driver, Mr Olarenwaju Ajayi, during a supposed trip to Onne, Rivers State. Delivering judgment on Thursday, July 10, 2025, at Court 11 in Onopa, the presiding judge, Hon Justice Patience Ama Zuofa Diri, ...
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) says it has designed a programme aimed at sensitising Nigerian on the dangers of cybercrime and promotion of a culture of financial integrity. Mr Paul Odenyi, Deputy Director, Communications and Media, NOA made the remark in a statement he issued out in Uyo on Friday. He said the agency was ...
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted and handed over 25 containers of pharmaceutical and other counterfeit substances, worth N9.23 billion, to the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) for further action. The Comptroller-General of Customs (CGC), Bashir Adeniyi, confirmed the development during the handover of the substances to NAFDAC in Apapa, ...
By Tapre Timine, Bayelsa A Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa has sentenced four men to death for the gruesome murder of a commercial taxi driver, Mr Olarenwaju Ajayi, during a supposed trip to Onne, Rivers State. Delivering judgment on Thursday, July 10, 2025, at Court 11 in Onopa, the presiding judge, Hon Justice ...
An officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) was killed when gunmen attacked the Catholic Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary in Ivianokpodi, Agenebode, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo. News Men report that three students of the seminary were also reportedly abducted during the attack, which occurred at about 9:00 p.m. on ...
Mr. Adio Soliu Abdulrahman and his wife are mourning the death of their infant son, Omobolaji Taoreed Abdulrahman who was born on February 1, 2023. Two-year old Omobolaji died following a ritual scarification allegedly performed by extended family members to “prove” his bloodline—a practice Adio said had long haunted his lineage. Speaking from their home ...
The Police Command in Rivers has confirmed that two suspects declared wanted in connection to a recent violent attack on a public office holder in the state are now in custody. A recent widely circulated video showed about 30 hoodlums wielding machetes, assaulting the Sole Administrator of Ahoada East Council, Goodluck Iheanachor, and allegedly coercing ...
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have killed 24 fighters from Boko Haram and the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) during a series of coordinated offensives across the North-East between 4 and 9 July 2025. The operations, carried out with the support of the Nigerian Air Force, the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF), and local ...
Troops of the Nigerian Army’s 223 Light Battalion have repelled a large-scale assault by over 400 armed bandits on Ribah town in Danko Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State, killing dozens and forcing the remainder into retreat. The soldiers, based in Zuru, engaged the attackers in an intense firefight that lasted several hours. The ...
The Nigeria Police Force has summoned Nollywood actress Iyabo Ojo for questioning over allegations of cyberbullying, stemming from a live video she recorded in 2023 during her public campaign for justice following the controversial death of singer Mohbad. Ojo made the disclosure in a statement shared on her Instagram page on Thursday, stating that she ...
The Nigeria Police Force, Lagos State Command, has launched manhunt for a 31-year-old man, Oluwasegun Ayomide Ewedairo for allegedly committing homosexuality. A vigilante group had busted a residence in Lekki area of Lagos State where some men were having a gay party. It was gathered that while some of the suspected homosexual men took to ...
