By Fatai Kasali Millions of tramadol 225mg pills, intended to be distributed to Nigerian youths during the Christmas season, have been seized by officials from the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The interception of these crates was announced by…
Maya community in Lanlate town in Ibarapa East Local Government Area in the Ibarapa geo-political zone of Oyo State has been thrown into total darkness, NIGERIAN NEWSDIRCT reports. Our correspondent gathered that the community was thrown into total…
Two special Police constabularies have been dismissed from the Nigeria Police Force in Oyo State. Their dismissal was confirmed on Thursday after they were caught in a viral video demanding money from a Dutch tourist who visited the state.…
By Sodiq Adelakun Two men, Taofeek Saminu and Ikechukwu Iloh, appeared before an Ejigbo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday, accused of stealing 10 pieces of catalyst worth N1.9 million. The defendants, aged 35 and 41 respectively, faced charges of…
A 5-man robbery gang specialised in robbing hotels and Point of Sale (PoS) in Calabar has been arrested by men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC). State Commandant of the NSCDC, Charles Brown, who paraded the suspects…
By Sodiq Adelakun In a recent development, a 43-year-old man named Martins Olanrewaju has been handed an 18-month prison sentence by the Yaba Magistrates’ Court. Olanrewaju was found guilty of stealing a sum of N820,000 belonging to his landlady’s brother.…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, arrested 273 suspects in Kogi State between January and December, 2023. The agency also seized 6,911.2kg of illicit substances in the state during the period. The Kogi NDLEA Commander, Mr Adeyeye Olusegun, made…
A distraught middle aged man has raised alarm that some Elders of a village (name withheld) in Isin LGA Kwara State are threatening him to produce his daughter, Masoudah Oluwatetisimi Ogunbiyi, for circumcised in accordance to family tradition. The clan…
The Rivers State Police Command says its operatives gunned down two notorious kidnappers, including a gang leader nicknamed ‘Occasion’ during a gun battle in a forest in Emuoha Local Government Area of the State. The Police Public Relations Officer,…
The Police Command in Katsina State says it has arrested five persons found to be in illegal possession of AK-47 rifle in Kurmi village of Bakori Local Government Area. ASP Abubakar Sadiq-Aliyu, the command’s spokesman disclosed this to newsmen…
