By AMOS MATHEW, Kaduna – Kaduna State Police Command has announced the arrest of a notorious bandit leader, Mati Bagio 34, who had evaded capture for 11 years. The command’s spokesperson, DSP Mansir Hassan, announced this in a statement issued on Friday in Kaduna. DSP Hassan said the suspect...
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By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted parcels of Loud, a strong strain of cannabis concealed in microwaves imported from Thailand and wraps of cocaine built into ladies’ lipsticks going to Guinea at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos....
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- No fewer than 28,054.053 kilograms of skunk, a local strain of cannabis, were destroyed on three farms measuring over 11 hectares at Ewere Uzebba forest in Owan West LGA of Edo on Tuesday 8th July, while 82kg of already processed cannabis was recovered from the...
By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – A devastating attack on the Catholic Immaculate Conception Minor Seminary in Ivianokpodi, Agenebode, Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State, has left one Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) officer dead and three students abducted. It was learnt that the incident occurred...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), has commenced a comprehensive investigation into the case of one Ahmad Salisu, arrested by the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), for allegedly concealing and failing to declare the sum of $420,900 (Four Hundred and...
By OLa MODUPE, Lagos- Lagos State Police Command has assured residents of its strong commitment to maintaining maximum security during the Cult Day celebration on Monday. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr. Olohundare Jimoh, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday by the Police PRO, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin....
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted cocaine consignments concealed in lipsticks and property title documents going to the United Kingdom and Saudi Arabia respectively. This is contained in a statement issued on Sunday by the NDLEA spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi,...
By OLa MODUPE, Lagos- A notorious drug kingpin Ajetsibo Emami popularly known as ‘Warri Kinsman’ was on Saturday 28th June arrested in Ikeja Lagos after NDLEA operatives dismantled his drug trafficking network in a three-day operation leading to the arrest of three other suspects. The NDLEA spokesman, Mr. Femi...
By OLA MODUPE , Lagos – A prosecution witness, Ajayi Michael Folaseye, has told a Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos how he rejected a $7,000 bribe allegedly offered by a colleague seeking unauthorized access to Premium Trust Bank’s internal systems. Folaseye, the first prosecution witness (PW1), testified in...
By OLA MODUPE, Abuja- Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested an ex-international football player Segun George Hunkarin along with his businessman partner Ntoruka Emmanuel Chinedu over attempt to smuggle a consignment of cocaine into Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport,(MMIA) Ikeja, Lagos. The...
By THOMAS AKASE, Makurdi – A chilling incident of kidnapping unfolded on Sunday evening in Benue State, when gunmen hijacked a Benue Links Nigeria Ltd bus and abducted its passengers. The bus, with registration number 14B-143BN, was traveling from Abeokuta to Makurdi when it was ambushed by armed kidnappers...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- A 43-year-old female make-up artist, Adekoya Adebukonla Mary who claimed to be travelling to India for a fibroid surgery has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Ikeja Lagos after 2.20 kilograms of...
By BARBARA KALU, Yenagoa – A high-ranking judge in Bayelsa State, Justice E.J. Umokoro, has been kidnapped in Yenagoa, the state capital. According to eyewitnesses, gunmen fired sporadically at the car park of a fast food outlet in Ekeki area, before forcing the judge out of his vehicle and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested the Special Adviser to the Executive Governor of Benue State on Documentation, Research, and Planning, Dr. Mkor Aondona for alleged sextortion and cyber bullying. The commission in a statement...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos- Lagos State Police Command has announced the arrest of Wasiu Akinwande, a 44-year-old notorious hired killer and cultist kingpin, who has been terrorizing the Mushin area of Lagos State and its environs. Akinwande, also known as Olori Eso, was arrested in his hideout in Agbado,...
By EMMANUEL KUJE, Abuja- FCT Police Command has launched investigation into a disturbing viral video showing a young woman found unconscious with her hands tied behind her in a hotel room located in the Gwarinpa area of Abuja. The command’s spokesperson, SP Josephine Adeh, confirmed this in a statement...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Operatives of the Makurdi Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday June 17, 2025 arrested a former Speaker of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Mr. Moses Thomas Sule and 14 other members for alleged money laundering. The commission in...
US President Donald Trump has ordered Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents to carry out the “largest mass deportation program in history,” targeting undocumented immigrants in major cities like Los Angeles, Chicago, and New York. Trump’s directive instructs ICE agents to “do all in their power” to deliver mass...
By BARBARA KALU, Port-Harcourt – Operatives of the National Drug Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Port Harcourt International Airport (PHIA) have arrested another businessman, 44-year-old Ezemokwe Chukwuebuka Christian for ingesting 53 wraps of the same class A drug while on his way to Tehran Khomeini, Islamic Republic of Iran....
A heartbreaking incident has occurred in Umuoba-Uratta, Owerri North Local Government Area of Imo State, where a 20-month-old child, Emmanuel Eleweke, was killed by a stray bullet. The tragic event took place around 10 pm on Monday, leaving the family and community in shock. *Mysterious circumstances* The child’s mother,...