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...Intercepts tramadol bound for insurgents, seizes N7.9m in drug cash The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has carried out sweeping operations across multiple states, arresting a 75-year-old man, dismantling trafficking networks, and destroying over 178,000 kilogrammes of cannabis cultivated on a massive forest farm in Taraba State. The agency announced the coordinated crackdown in ...
Tragedy struck in Borokiri area of Port Harcourt, Rivers State, on Tuesday evening 26th of August , 2025 as a 28-year-old man, identified as Ifeanyi Mbagwu, was hacked to death by suspected cultists. The incident occurred at about 7:22 pm while the victim was having a haircut at a barbershop along Arochukwu Road. Eyewitnesses said ...
A Nigerian student, Kareem Faizal Gbolahan, has been declared wanted by community leaders and powerful political figures in Kwara State after allegations of a same-sex relationship led to mob violence, the death of a fellow student, and a chain of attacks on his family. Kareem, a 19-year-old undergraduate of Environmental Health Science at Kwara State ...
By Okafor Ifeanyi A distressed woman, Eze Regina Chekwubechukwu, from Amokwe in Udi Local Government Area of Enugu State has expressed helplessness after members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, declared his son wanted. This came after the group launched a deadly attack in her compound, leading to the killing of her grandchild, ...
...Hoodlums abduct seven farmers in Akure North, demand N100m ransom ...Security team ambushed while trailing suspects in dense forest Three officers of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, known as the Amotekun Corps, have sustained serious injuries following a violent encounter with suspected kidnappers in Akure North Local Government Area. The operatives were ambushed in ...
A gruesome case of murder and organ trade has shocked the residents of Ogbunike in Oyi Local Government Area of Anambra State, after a 24-year-old pregnant nurse was brutally killed and mutilated by a man identified as Chiemerie Obika Elobisi, who allegedly sold her body parts to native doctors. The Anambra State Police Command confirmed ...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Bauchi State has arrested two men in connection with the alleged sexual assault of an eight-year-old girl in Azare, Katagum Local Government Area. The spokesperson of the command, Mr Saminu Yusuf, confirmed the incident on Wednesday, stating that the suspects were apprehended by operatives of the ...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has taken Elie Bitar off its wanted list for crypto bridge exchange (CBEX) fraud. EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale in a statement disclosed that the agency had removed Bitar’s name from the wanted list due to “new information.” “Ellie Bitar of CBEX Solutions Ltd., who was earlier declared wanted, ...
Six individuals have been arrested by the Ondo State Government for allegedly cultivating Indian hemp within the Queen’s Plot section of the Akure forest reserve. The arrests form part of a broader state initiative to crack down on illegal cannabis farming and the unlawful occupation of protected forest areas. Speaking to journalists on Tuesday in ...
Police in Lagos have arrested a couple and another woman after a semi-automatic pistol was discovered in their possession during a routine stop-and-search operation in the Ipaja area of the state. Officers attached to the Ipaja Police Division intercepted two women during the patrol and carried out a bag search, which led to the recovery ...
...Victim hospitalised with severe leg injury ...Defendants granted bail, trial to resume Sept. 16 A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Wuse, Abuja, on Tuesday arraigned Mr Aliyu Usman and Ms Felicia Habila for allegedly assaulting their neighbour, Mr Ibrahim Salisu, and inflicting serious injuries during a dispute. Prosecuting counsel, Ms Chinenye Okafor, told the court that ...
A 36-year-old businessman, Mr Eze Shedrach, was arraigned on Tuesday before the Life Camp Magistrates’ Court in Abuja over allegations of diverting N2.1 million from a client in a transaction involving iron rods. Mr Shedrach, who resides opposite the Mountain of Fire Church in Mpape, Abuja, faces charges of criminal breach of trust and cheating, ...
A group of young men, including, Abubakar Yasin, Shakiru Olufemi Olalekan and Stephen Johnson, narrowly escaped death during the recent deadly attack on Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State, after being declared wanted by suspected Fulani herdsmen, who have launched multiple waves of coordinated assaults on the community. The latest invasion occurred on July ...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has auctioned six properties forfeited by convicted drug traffickers in Lagos, Kano, Ondo, and Ogun States, in a fresh move to dismantle criminal drug networks by targeting their ill-gotten wealth. The auction, which held on Tuesday, July 29, 2025, at the agency’s National Headquarters in Abuja, was monitored ...
The judiciary and legal practitioners in Edo State have declared full support for the ongoing war against cultism and kidnapping championed by Governor Monday Okpebholo. This was contained in a statement signed by Mr Fred Itua, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Okpebholo, on Tuesday. The statement followed a high-level meeting held at the Government House ...
A 26-year-old man, identified as Daniel, who allegedly killed his younger brother, Emmanuel, at Onigbara river in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State, has reportedly died. Daniel was said to have died in the hospital from the severe injuries he sustained during a mob attack. A resident of the community who preferred anonymity, said ...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has conducted a public auction of forfeited houses acquired through proceeds of drug trafficking or used as instrumentality of committing the crime. News Men report that the exercise which took place in Abuja on Tuesday had pre-qualified auctioneers, bidders, representatives of Civil Society Organisations and the media as ...
Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), have arrested 11 suspected illegal miners for engaging in mining activities without requisite licences. Its Spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said this in a statement on Monday in Abuja. Oyewale said they were arrested on Thursday, at Emem-Asuk community, Eastern Obolo Local Government ...
The police on Tuesday arraigned a 20-year-old man, Mafus Salawudeen, before an Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan for allegedly breaking into a residence and stealing items valued at one million naira. Salawudeen, whose address was not provided, was charged with conspiracy and housebreaking, to which he pleaded not guilty. The prosecutor, ASP Musbau Lawal, told ...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ondo State has arrested two students and two farmers over alleged burglary and theft at a residence in Akure. According to a statement released by NSCDC spokesperson DSC Daniel Aidamenbor, the suspects—James Reuben (23), Monday Reuben (19), Japason Joshua (21), and Lucas Joshua (23)—were apprehended following ...
The Delta State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a housewife and two others in Asaba for allegedly staging her own abduction and fraudulently collecting N3 million as ransom from her family. Police Public Relations Officer Superintendent Bright Edafe disclosed the case in an official statement issued on Monday, July 28, in Asaba. He ...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has apprehended 32 individuals in Bauchi State for alleged involvement in internet fraud during a coordinated sting operation. The arrests were confirmed in a statement posted on Monday on the Commission’s verified Facebook page. According to the release, operatives of the EFCC’s Gombe Zonal Directorate conducted the operation ...
By Adekunle Lawal When I published my original piece in our publication of 14/05/2025 (Volume 150No.119) titled ‘Dirty & Immoral Muslim Girl’, I received a lot of complaints and harassments from people who claimed to be Bashirat’s family members or her relatives who see me as a troublemaker and an agitator and an evil man. ...
