By MARY RONKE, Minna – Niger State Police Command has arrested five individuals suspected of engaging in ritualistic activities involving a human skull in Bida town. The arrests were detailed in a statement issued on Saturday in Minna by SP Wasiu Abiodun, the command’s Public Relations Officer. According to...
Crime News
Kogi State Police Command has reported that Jacob Adebayo Pelumi, the prime suspect in the murder of photojournalist Ayo Aiyepeku, was found dead in an apparent suicide. The command’s spokesperson, SP Williams Ovye-Aya, disclosed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lokoja. According to Ovye-Aya,...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – Operatives of the Kano Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested twenty-four (24) suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation on Monday, July 21, 2025. The Commission in a post via its X handle on Wednesday, said they were...
By OLA MODUPE, Lagos – Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Saturday raided Sarah Sam Hotels located at 115 Ogudu road in Kosofe, Lagos where different party drugs are being distributed and sold. A statement issued on Sunday by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said...
By OLA MODUPE, Abure – Ondo State Police Command has confirmed the death of Femi Oladele, the prime suspect in the murder of two Adekunle Ajasin University (AAUA) students, Andrel Eloho Okah and John Friday Abba. Oladele, a landlord and cult leader, allegedly masterminded the kidnapping, robbery, rape, and...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja- Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Uyo Zonal Directorate, on Friday, July 18, 2025, uncovered a cybercrimes training centre known as ‘yahoo-yahoo Hustle Kingdom‘ at Umuahia in Abia State, and arrested eight suspected trainees undergoing training and fifteen others. The commission disclosed...
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...
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...