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...225 offenders convicted, N1.2m crime proceeds forfeited The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Adamawa State has announced the seizure of four tonnes of assorted illicit drugs and the arrest of 583 suspects between June 2024 and June 2025. The State Commander, Mr Aliyu Abubakar, disclosed this on Wednesday during a press conference in ...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has confiscated four tonnes of various illicit drugs between June 2024 and June 2025 in Adamawa. Mr Aliyu Abubakar, the state’s NDLEA Commander, stated this at a news conference as part of activities to mark the 2025 International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking in Yola on ...
The police on Wednesday arraign a 24-year-old labourer, Shedrack Jeremiah ina Chief Magistrates’ Court in Wuse, Abuja, over alleged theft of sewing machine. The police charged Jeremiah with criminal trespass, theft and receiving stolen property. The prosecuting counsel, Simpa Ibrahim, told the court that one Henry Francis reported the matter at Mpape Police Station in ...
The Ebonyi House of Assembly (EBHA) has summoned quarry companies operating at Ezza-Inyimagu quarry pit in Izzi Local Government Area of the state over alleged illegal operations. This is contained in a statement issued by Mr Egede Sylvester, Public Relations Officer of the Assembly made available to newsmen in Abakaliki on Tuesday. The statement quoted ...
Gov. Hyacinth Alia of Benue has condemned the murder of two travelers in Agan community of Makurdi by hoodlums. The governor condemned the criminal act in a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Mr Tersoo Kula, issued on Tuesday in Makurdi. Alia, who described the act as “barbaric and unacceptable”, said that five suspects had been ...
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun has confirmed the arrest of 26 individuals in connection with the June 13 massacre in Yelewata, Benue State, where more than 100 people were killed, several injured, and properties worth millions of naira destroyed. The killings sparked national outrage, prompting President Bola Tinubu to criticise the police for failing ...
A man identified as John Simon has been arrested for allegedly stealing iron rods from a building site under construction in Agbor, Delta State. The suspect, originally from Plateau State, was apprehended over the weekend by the Agbor Gha-Ihun vigilante group. He claimed that the site is located near the home where he works as ...
The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone C in Owerri, says it intercepted 13.6 kilograms of dry donkey skin worth N3.6 billion in Owerri, Imo State.It stated that the dry animal skins were warehoused in a 40ft container and were billed for export. The Customs Area Controller in charge of FOU Zone C, ...
An Ota Magistrates Court in Ogun on Tuesday, sentenced two men, Abdulazeez Junior, 26, and Adebayo Aferz, 25, to three months imprisonment for stealing a Samsung Android phone valued at N250,000. In her judgment, the Magistrate, Mrs O.O. Fadairo, however, gave the convicts an option of fine of N20, 000 each. Fadairo said that the ...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has clarified that the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, never blamed the victims of the recent Benue killings as being represented in sections of the media. This is contained in a statement by the Director Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau, on Tuesday in Abuja. Gusau said that the ...
Armed men believed to be cattle rustlers have killed a 31-year-old herder, Mohammed Audu, and made off with an undisclosed number of cattle in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State. The attack reportedly took place at night over the weekend in Jewu bush, near Jakana town. Counterinsurgency analyst Zagazola Makama disclosed the incident via ...
Suspected vandals targeting railway infrastructure have been apprehended by operatives of the Nigerian Railway Police Command in Kwara, Kano and Gombe States. The arrests were confirmed by the Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Dr Kayode Opeifa, in a statement issued on Monday in Lagos. In Kwara State, a staff member at the ...
A 29-year-old man, Ellajah Ebenezer, was on Monday arraigned before an Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun State for allegedly burgling a residential property and stealing ₦210,000 in cash and two mobile phones valued at ₦500,000. Ebenezer, whose residential address was not provided, is facing a three-count charge of conspiracy, burglary, and theft. He pleaded not ...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Wuse, Abuja, on Monday sentenced a 24-year-old man, Gabriel Peter, to two hours of community service for vandalising four solar-powered streetlights. Presiding Magistrate Hafsat Amiru directed that Peter clean the court premises between 2:30 p.m. and 4:30 p.m. on 23 June 2025. She also cautioned him to refrain from ...
Edo NDLEA Arrests AAU Student for Alleged Sale of Illicit Drugs in Ekpoma The Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 28-year-old student of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Miss Esther Abumere, over her alleged involvement in the sale of banned narcotics. The arrest was confirmed by the State ...
An Ikorodu Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Monday remanded a 40-year-old man, Seun Olakunle, in a correctional centre for breaking into a house and stealing an electrical cable valued N3 million. The Chief Magistrate, Mr B.A. Sonuga, ordered the remand of the defendant after he had pleaded guilty to the charge of stealing. Sonuga ...
The Police Command in Benue on Monday said unknown gunmen have hijacked a Benue Links Nigeria Ltd bus and kidnapped all the passengers on board. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Udeme Edet, who confirmed the development in a statement in Makurdi, said that the incident took place on Sunday evening. Edet, however, stated ...
A Federal High Court in Lagos on Monday sentenced a 35-year-old woman, Kuburat Ojulari, to four months community service over drug trafficking. Ojulari was arraigned by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on a one-count charge of drug trafficking, which she pleaded gulty to. The Judge, Justice Musa Kakaki, in his verdict, sentenced the ...
The Police Command in Oyo State has assured residents of Ilero Town in Kajola Local Government Area (LGA) of the release of the two persons abducted on Wednesday. The state Commissioner of Police (CP), Johnson Adenola, gave the promise on Monday while addressing youths and traditional leaders from Kajola and Iwajowa communities of the state. ...
…Recovered weapons linked to cult groups, armed robbery operations The Enugu State Police Command has detained a 39-year-old suspected firearm repairer and six other individuals in multiple coordinated operations targeting illegal arms syndicates and cult-linked criminal activities across the state. Spokesman of the Command, Superintendent Daniel Ndukwe, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday, ...
The Bayelsa State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of Justice E.J. Umokoro, a serving judge of the Bayelsa State High Court, in Yenagoa. According to a statement released on Sunday by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP Musa Mohammed, the judge was kidnapped on Saturday evening while waiting in his vehicle at a fast-food ...
...CP orders CSO, Chief of Staff to report to headquarters or face arrest The Rivers State Police Command has alleged that senior officials of Ahoada East Local Government Council orchestrated a violent assault on the council’s Sole Administrator, Mr Goodluck Iheamnacho, on Friday. According to the police, Mr Hector Ekakita, the council’s Chief Security Officer ...
A Nigerian man Uche Emeka Terry, who is wanted for openly identifying himself as bisexual, in violation of the Same-Sex Marriage (Prohibition) Act, is still at large. The act which criminalizes homosexual relationships and even associations, prescribes penalties ranging from 10 to 14 years in prison. Sources say that Uche Emeka Terry, has been at ...
