CRIME
Five Arrested By Police In Connection With N184 Million Agrochemical Diversion In Kebbi
Operatives of the Kebbi State Police Command have successfully arrested five suspects involved in the diversion and sale of agrochemical products worth over ₦184 million. The products belonged to Springfield Agro Limited, a company based in Lagos. The arrests followed an operation by detectives from the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) after Springfield Agro Limited reported that their consignment of...
Wike Expresses Concern Over FCT Health Sector, Security
Nyesom Wike, the Federal Capital Territory's minister, has bemoaned the FCT's deteriorating security and healthcare issues while urging swift and well-coordinated national action. Wike made the remarks on Wednesday during the 2025 budget defence at the Senate, stressing the critical role of Abuja as the seat of power and diplomatic hub, which demands a unique and strategic security arrangement. “You cannot...
Kidnappers Kill Driver Of Former Abia Lawmaker, Abduct Family Member
Suspected kidnappers have killed Mr. Chibuzor Nkoro, the official driver to Hon. Obinna Ichita, a former member of the Abia State House of Assembly who represented Aba South State Constituency, ABN TV reports. Nkoro, an indigene of Eziama in Aba North Local Government Area, was reportedly shot dead on Tuesday, May 6, 2025, along the Ngor Okpala axis in Imo...
Insecurity: We’re On Top Of The Matter, CDS Assures
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, on Friday reassured Nigerians that the country’s security forces are operating with renewed determination to tackle the escalating security challenges. His comments came shortly after a high-level meeting between President Bola Tinubu and top security chiefs, held behind closed doors at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. The meeting was convened in response...
Ebonyi Court Sentences LGA Chairman’s Brother, 3 Others To Die By Hanging
An Ebonyi State High Court sitting in Ohaukwu Judicial Division has sentenced four men, including Uchenna Odono, the younger brother of the Chairman of Ohaukwu Local Government Area, Ikechukwu Odono, to death by hanging for the murder of a 26-year-old man, Chinonso Elom, popularly known as Oscar. Others sentenced alongside Uchenna Odono are Anthony Elom (alias Tidy), Chibueze Onwe (alias...
Three Fake EFCC Officials, Other Suspects Nabbed By Police In Niger
The Niger State Police Command has arrested three suspects for impersonating operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and for allegedly abducting and robbing students of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai. In a statement issued on Friday in Minna, the command’s public relations officer, Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed that two informants who aided the suspects were also apprehended. According to...
Police Re-Arraign VeryDarkMan Over Alleged Cyberbullying Of Nollywood Actresses, Others
Controversial social media influencer, Martins Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan (VDM), was on Thursday re-arraigned before the Federal High Court in Abuja by the Nigeria Police for alleged cyberbullying of several public figures, including Nollywood actresses Iyabo Ojo and Tonto Dikeh. VDM was brought before Justice Musa Liman on a five-count charge bordering on cyberstalking and dissemination of offensive content,...
Abia Police To Auction Abandoned Vehicles, Motorcycles, Other Items
The Abia State Police Command has issued a public notice calling on individuals whose vehicles, motorcycles, tricycles, and other items were abandoned and are currently unclaimed across various divisions to come forward and retrieve them. According to a press release signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Maureen C. Chinaka, the listed items are being held at the Ohuru...
Insecurity: Tinubu, Govs To Deploy 130,000 New Forest Guards Nationwide
President Bola Tinubu has authorised the creation of a national forest guard system and directed the hiring of more than 130,000 armed personnel to protect Nigeria's 1,129 forest reserves in an effort to reduce the country's growing levels of insecurity. The initiative, approved during Monday’s expanded Federal Executive Council meeting, mandates each state to recruit between 2,000 and 5,000 forest...
FG Opens Smart Police Station In Abuja
The Federal Government has reaffirmed its commitment to strengthening grassroots policing and improving internal security by opening a cutting-edge smart police station in Katampe, Abuja. The facility, constructed by the Nigeria Police Trust Fund and officially handed over to the Nigeria Police Force on Wednesday, is designed to improve operational efficiency and foster stronger police-community relations within the Federal Capital...
