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By Imisioluwa Afunmiso The Kwara State Police Command has foiled a planned kidnapping and extortion attempt, arresting two foreign nationals from the Republic of Togo over their alleged involvement in the crime. The Command disclosed on Thursday that the suspects, identified as Yakubu Ismaila and Hadiza Kosia, were apprehended following an intelligence-led operation coordinated by ...
The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos has adjourned the trial of social media influencer and relationship therapist Okoro Blessing Nkiruka, (a.k.a Blessing CEO). Justice D.I. Dipeolu on Wednesday adjourned the matter due to the socialite's absence in court. Blessing CEO is facing a two-count charge filed by the Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned two staff members of the Federal Capital Development Authority (FCDA), Folashade Oketope and Mohammed Kabir Usman, over the alleged illegal sale of four Federal Capital Territory (FCT) staff houses in Abuja. The defendants were arraigned on Monday before Justice B.M. Bassi of the ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso The Kwara State Police Command has arrested a suspected cultist, Agboola Olamilekan, and recovered a locally fabricated pistol during a joint security operation in Ilorin. The Command said the arrest followed an intelligence-driven operation carried out by police operatives in collaboration with other security agencies and the Kwara State Polytechnic Security Unit. ...
By Imisioluwa AfunmisoThe Federal Criminal Investigation Department (FCID), Lagos, has commenced an investigation into the alleged assault, sexual harassment and abduction of members of a family in the Isawo area of Ikorodu, Lagos State.The complainant, Boluwatife Temitope Ogunlaja, 26, reported an alleged case of assault, harassment and abduction involving her father, Olalekan Ogunlaja (10/10/1973); mother, ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested 671 suspected illegal miners across the country as part of ongoing efforts to curb illegal mining and protect the nation's solid mineral resources. The Commander of the NSCDC Mining Marshals, Attah Onoja, disclosed this on Monday in Abuja at a stakeholders' workshop ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced Muhammad Sani to 20 years imprisonment for concealing information about a notorious bandit identified as Danranmi, whose activities allegedly involved supplying arms and ammunition to kidnappers and bandits operating in Niger State. Justice Emeka Nwite handed down the sentence after convicting Sani on two ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso The Nigeria Police Force has arrested the self-acclaimed Director-General of the non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Adeniyi Adeyemi, following a warrant issued by the Federal High Court in Abuja. Adeyemi was arrested on Tuesday, shortly after Justice Mohammed Umar ordered his arrest over his failure to appear for arraignment in ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso The Lagos State Police Command has uncovered a coordinated vehicle fraud syndicate allegedly responsible for fraudulently obtaining exotic vehicles worth over N1 billion from dealers through deception, dud cheques and false representations. Commissioner of Police, CP Tijani Fatai, disclosed this on Tuesday during a press briefing at the State Criminal Investigation Department ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso and Muyideen Aliyu The Kwara State Police Command has launched an investigation into the killing of a farmer, Mr. Azeez Garba, whose lifeless body was discovered on his farmland along the Owa-Onire axis, the boundary between Isanlu-Isin and Owu-Isin in Isin Local Government Area of the state. Reacting, the Kwara State Commissioner ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso The Nigeria Police Force has arrested the self-acclaimed Director-General of the non-existent Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Adeniyi Adeyemi, following a warrant issued by the Federal High Court in Abuja. Watch here Adeyemi was arrested on Tuesday, shortly after Justice Mohammed Umar ordered his arrest over his failure to appear for ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested suspected armed robbers, a suspected gunrunner and alleged cultists in separate intelligence-led operations across the state, recovering four locally made firearms, four live cartridges and other incriminating exhibits. The arrests were made as part of the Command's sustained crackdown on violent crime, illegal ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso Gunmen have abducted the Headmaster of Nomadic Basic School, Igbojaye, in Itesiwaju Local Government Area of Oyo State, Mr. Matthew Kolawale Owoade with the abductors demanding N30 million ransom for his release. The 60-year-old educator, popularly known as "Onaiye", was reportedly kidnapped on Saturday while returning from his farm in the Budo ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), through Operation Whirlwind, on Monday auctioned 20,500 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) seized from suspected smugglers in Lagos as part of efforts to curb the illegal diversion and cross-border smuggling of petroleum products. Speaking during the public auction held at the Customs Training College, Lagos, the National Coordinator of Operation Whirlwind, Deputy Comptroller Lucky Aliyu, said the ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has appealed the judgment of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Abuja, which awarded N10 million damages to former Minister of Power, Olu Agunloye, over a defamatory publication linked to the alleged 6 billion dollars Mambilla Power Project fraud.The Commission, through its counsel, Wahab ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso Troops of the 65 Battalion, Nigerian Army, have intercepted a truck conveying a large consignment of illicit drugs along the Lagos-Calabar Coastal Road, leading to the arrest of the driver. The operation, carried out on July 9, followed actionable intelligence received from a credible source, according to a statement issued on Sunday ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso Troops of the Joint Task Force North-East, Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), have repelled an attempted attack by suspected Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters on Cross Kauwa community in Kukawa Local Government Area of Borno State, recovering a camcorder said to contain operational footage linked to foreign terrorist operatives. The Acting ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso The Ogun State Police Command has arrested 43 suspects during a raid on a notorious criminal hideout in Isheri-Olofin along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, opposite Kara Cattle Market, as part of its ongoing Operation Kosaye. The Command said the operation, carried out by operatives of its Special Weapons and Tactics (SWAT) Unit, also ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted a commercial motorcycle rider who allegedly ingested 100 wraps of methamphetamine after arriving at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, while also seizing cannabis worth over N10.3 billion at the Apapa Port. The agency also arrested a South African woman over alleged ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso The Kwara State Police Command has arrested two suspects for allegedly facilitating the kidnapping of three persons in Ifelodun Local Government Area of the state. The Command said the arrests were part of its ongoing crackdown on kidnapping and other violent crimes, stressing that efforts were ongoing to dismantle criminal networks and ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has arrested a suspected wildlife trafficker and rescued a captive baby gorilla during a targeted operation in Kofar Mata, Kano State, in a major crackdown on illegal wildlife trafficking. The operation, carried out on July 7, 2026, was led by the NCS Special Wildlife Office under the ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso Troops of the Joint Task Force North East, Operation HADIN KAI, have foiled multiple coordinated infiltration attempts by suspected ISWAP terrorists in different parts of Borno State, forcing the insurgents to retreat. The military said the failed attacks occurred in the early hours of Thursday, July 10, between 12:20 a.m. and 2:30 ...
By Imisioluwa Afunmiso A Kaduna State High Court has convicted and sentenced two internet fraudsters following their prosecution by the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The convicts, Joshua Ejim and Danjuma Shedrack, were convicted on Thursday by Justice A.A. Bello of the Kaduna State High Court sitting in Kaduna ...
