CRIME
Brazilian Returnee Arrested With 105 Parcels Of Cocaine Concealed In Sweets
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a Brazil returnee, Agbasi Prosper Chux, with 105 parcels of cocaine concealed in sweets at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos on Christmas Day. The suspect was arrested at the ‘D’ arrival hall of the MMIA during inward clearance of passengers from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Doha on...
Insecurity: Abia Lawmaker, Okoroafor Urges Police To Increase Efforts
Member representing Isuikwuato state constituency, Abia State House of Assembly, Hon. Barr. Emeka Okoroafor has urged the state command of the Nigeria Police and other security agencies to increase efforts in tackling the menace of insecurity in his constituency and across the state. He accused the police of not demonstrating the much-needed commitment to curtail the growing cases of kidnapping,...
Police Bust Trans-Border Gunrunning Syndicate, Recover 17 Rifles, Ammunition (Photos)
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has arrested five suspects involved in trans-border gunrunning and recovered a cache of weapons, including 17 rifles, a revolver pistol, and ammunition. The suspects—Adamu Noma, Matthew Audu, Andrew Poyi, Aminu Sani, and Aminu Talha—were apprehended on November 18, 2024, by operatives of the Force Intelligence Bureau Intelligence Response Team (FID-IRT). A thorough search of their...
NIS Suspends Officer For Bribe In Viral Video
The NIS has suspended an Assistant Superintendent of Immigration II, Okpravero C. Ufuoma caught soliciting for bribe from tourist in a viral video. Condemning his misconduct in the strongest terms, the paramilitary agency claimed that his action undermined its ongoing reforms aimed at enhancing service standards. NIS, in a statement by the Controller General of Immigration Service (CGIS), Kemi N....
How Gunmen Killed Imo Judge During Court Sitting
Gunmen on Thursday murdered Nnaemeka Ugboma, the chairman of Ejemekwuru Customary Court in the Oguta Local Government Area of Imo State. He was killed by gunmen who operated in motorcycles while presiding a court session. The incident brought the court sitting to an abrupt end as lawyers, court staff and litigants fled. The killing of the jurist who our correspondent gathered hailed...
Man Sentenced To Jail For S3xually Abusing 5 Teenage Boys
A 35-year-old man Damilare Adekojo has been arraigned before an Akure Magistrate Court for allegedly molesting five boys sexually. Adekojo reportedly committed the offences between October 2021 and February 2023 at Bada Community, Ala, Akure. He was alleged to have sexually molested the five minors by masturbating their sexual organs without their consent. A five-count charge bordering on sexual assaults were preferred against him. Adekojo...
#ENDSARS: Orji Kalu Condemns Attack On Ogbomoso Palace
Former Governor of Abia State and Chief Whip of the Senate, Senator Orji Kalu has expressed sadness over the destruction of Ogbomoso palace during the end SARS protest in Ogbomoso at the weekend. Condemning the ugly incident, the former Governor, who is also the Aro of Ogbomoso, stressed that in as much as peaceful protests are allowed by law, hoodlums...
Dismissed Police Constable To Die By Hanging Over Extra-Judicial Killing
A Criminal High Court of Justice sitting in Benin City, has sentenced to death by hanging, a dismissed Police Constable, Joseph Omotosho, attached to the defunct Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, Edo State Police command. This sentence is coming after five and a half years of waiting for justice by the family of Benson Obodeh, a car dealer, who was arrested...
Court Grants Ex-Head Of Service, Oyo-Ita N100m Bail
A Federal High Court in Abuja has granted N100million bail to former Head of Service of the Federation (HOSF), Mrs. Winifred Oyo-Ita, following her arraignment on Monday on charges of money laundering, fraud, among others. Ita-Oyo was arraigned before Justice Taiwo Taiwo on an 18-count charge. She was arraigned with two of her former aides – Garba Umar and Ubong...
Bandits Abduct Woman On Sick Bed In Zaria
Bandits have abducted a woman from a sick bed in Anguwar Malamai village in Kakeyi, Zaria Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Anguwar Malamai is the nearest community to the famous Zaria Dam. It is about one kilometre away from the Nigerian Televi...
