Category: Crime
Nigeria Police extradites fugitive to UK over alleged murder, drug trafficking
The Nigeria Police, through the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB), Abuja, said it has successfully facilitated the extradition of one Matthew Chukwuemeka Adebiyi to the…
Court jails Lagos woman for impersonating NAFDAC official in visa fraud
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court in Ikeja has convicted and sentenced a Lagos-based woman, Remilekun Temitope Balogun-Okedeyi, to one year imprisonment for…
Troops repel fresh attack as fallen General, soldiers buried
The Nigerian Army has laid to rest the remains of the late Commander, 29 Joint Taskforce Brigade, Brigadier General Oseni Braimah, Captain Ismail, and other…
Customs intercepts, auctions 43,750 litres of smuggled petrol in Kwara
By Ahmed Olayinka The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intensified its clampdown on fuel smuggling along the North Central corridor, auctioning 43,750 litres of Premium…
Police arrest 33 suspects over Kwara church attack, recover anti-aircraft launcher
Operatives of the Force Intelligence Department–Intelligence Response Team have arrested 33 suspected members of a criminal network linked to terrorism, kidnapping, and armed robbery, recovering…
NDLEA arrest 5 suspects with 7,245kg of illicit drugs worth N724.5milli hidden in cartons of beer in Edo
Operatives of the Edo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), have intercepted 7,245 kilograms of skunk cannabis, estimated at N724.5 million,…
NDLEA seizes 125 bags of cannabis in Edo, arrests suspect
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Edo State Command, have seized 125 bags of dried weeds suspected to be skunk cannabis,…
14-year-old Nigerian shot dead in UK, three teenagers arrested
A 14-year-old British-Nigerian, Eghosa Ogbebor, has been shot dead in the Woolwich area of London, with three teenagers arrested in connection with the incident. London…
EFCC arrests 12 over foreign currency counterfeiting in Kwara
A 51-year-old father of 10, Akilu Salisu, from Malumfashi Local Government Area of Katsina State, has been arrested. He was arrested alongside a self-acclaimed cleric,…
EFCC arrests Abuja-based house agent over N288m property fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested an Abuja-based house agent, Hajia Adama Adamu, over an alleged property fraud involving N288 million. The…

