Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have uncovered a transnational criminal network allegedly involved in staging kidnappings to extort ransom from victims’ families abroad, leading to the arrest of eight foreign nationals in the Agbado area of the state. The suspects were apprehended during an intelligence-led operation carried...
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Oyo State Police Command has recorded another significant breakthrough in its ongoing efforts to combat cultism and other violent crimes across the State with the arrest of two confessed members of a secret cult group. Command spokesman, DSP Ayanlade Olayinka, disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen on...
Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has foiled a kidnapping attempt in the Byazhin area of Abuja and recovered an AK-47 rifle, ammunition and other exhibits following a prolonged exchange of gunfire with suspected kidnappers. The operation, which took place in the early hours of Thursday, June 5, was...
Yobe State Police Command has uncovered an illegal firearms fabrication site in Potiskum and arrested seven suspects in what it described as another significant breakthrough in its renewed strategy to combat crime and criminality across the state. In a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Dungus Abdulkarim,...
The Network Against Corruption and Trafficking (NACAT) has condemned the continued captivity of pupils, students and teachers abducted from schools in Oyo State, describing the situation as evidence of a worsening security crisis and demanding their immediate release. In a statement issued by its Operations Manager, Stanley Ugagbe, the...
Months after the abduction of students and staff of St. Mary’s Catholic School in Papiri, Niger State, a group of Christians in Northern Nigeria has welcomed the arrest of five suspected kidnappers by the Department of State Services (DSS), describing the operation as a significant step toward justice for...
Imo State Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with the alleged murder of a twenty one year old student of the Federal University of Technology, Owerri (FUTO), Chinedu Chibuzor Christogonus, whose death occurred under suspicious circumstances on the 30th May, 2026. This is contained in a statement...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered consignments of high potency illicit drugs concealed in water purifier machines shipped to Lagos from Netherlands. The NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Lagos. Mr. Babafemi said the illicit drug consignments,...
*Recovers Large Arms Cache- 15AK Rifles, 1434 Live Ammunition The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested five persons, including two Nigeriens, suspected to be arms couriers to gunmen who, on November 21, 2025, attacked St. Mary’s Catholic school in Papiri village, Niger State, abducting nearly 300 students and...
Operatives of Owode-Egba Division of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 32-year-old security guard, Friday Ayuba, for allegedly stealing motor spare parts belonging to his employer at Ita-Asu Village, via Owode-Egba. The command’s spokesman, DSP Oluseyi Babaseyi, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Abeokuta....
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested three suspected kidnappers in Jattu, Etsako West Local Government Area of Edo State, following intelligence gathered after the abduction of a female victim earlier this month. The arrest was confirmed in a statement issued by the Command’s Public Relations Officer,...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, May 26, 2026 arraigned one Salifu Olije Mustapha before Justice A.I. Akobi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Kubwa, for allegedly posturing and parading himself as an officer of the Commission He was arraigned on a four- count charge...
The Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos, on Tuesday, granted leave to four persons standing trial for their roles in the deadly Angwa Rukuba attacks, to each produce five defence witnesses. This came on a day the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja reserved judgment in the trial...
Nigeria Police Force (NPF), through the Force Intelligence Department–Intelligence Response Team (FID-IRT), has arrested one John Cosmos Govi, over his involvement in a case of criminal conspiracy, housebreaking, administering suspected harmful substances, malicious damage to property, and theft involving the robbery of luxury items and valuables from a residence...
Operatives of the Zone 2 Command of the Nigeria Police Force have uncovered a major drug trafficking network in Lagos, seizing suspected illicit drugs valued at over ₦7.8 billion during a sting operation in Mende, Maryland, reject a five hundred million naira bribe. The operation, carried out jointly by...
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have recorded a major breakthrough in the fight against car theft and robbery incidences with the arrest of two notorious members of a car-snatching syndicate and the recovery of five (5) suspected stolen vehicles. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Abimbola Adebisi, disclosed this...
Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction and sentence of Obadofin Daniel Bamise and Hadiza Oyiza Yakubu, before Justice A.A. Bello of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna for theft. Both convicts are former officials of Access Bank. They...
Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of two staff members of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN) Idi-Ayunre, while also debunking false reports circulating on social media alleging a mass abduction within Ibadan and surrounding communities. The incident occurred on Monday, 19th May, 2026, at about...
Detectives of Mowe Division, Ogun State Police Command, have successfully arrested a husband and wife, namely Oluwarankami Kehinde Ugochukwu ‘F’ and her husband, Ugochukwu Mathew ‘M’, over their involvement in child stealing and rescued three stolen children in Mowe area of Ogun State. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, DSP...
Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has recorded another operational breakthrough with the arrest of two suspects involved in a case of criminal conspiracy, kidnapping, armed robbery, and unlawful possession of firearms linked to a violent syndicate operating within Kaduna State and adjoining communities. A statement issued by the Force spokesman,...