CRIME
INTERPOL Apprehend 36 In Nigeria Criminal Raid, Recovers $3m
The International Criminal Police Organisation has arrested not less than 36 suspects for offences bordering on fraud and human trafficking in a coordinated operation with security agencies in Nigeria. PUNCH Metro learnt from a statement obtained on the INTERPOL’s website on Monday that the operation also led to the recovery of $3m among other exhibits. According to the statement, three of...
Man Faces EFCC Charges For Rejecting Naira As Legal Tender
Precious Uzondu was charged with two counts by the Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday for allegedly refusing to accept the Naira as legal tender. This was made known in a statement shared on the commissions X (formerly Twitter) account on Tuesday. According to the charge, Uzondu refused to accept Naira, Nigeria’s official currency,...
Court Grants Bail To Pregnant Woman, Success Nwabueze, Others In Alleged Pension Fraud Case
The Federal High Court sitting in Umuahia has granted bail to Nwabueze Success, a pregnant woman, and other defendants standing trial for alleged pension fraud. The court, presided over by , ruled that each defendant be granted bail under strict conditions, including a bond of ₦25 million. Bail Conditions: 1. Each defendant must provide a bail bond of ₦25 million. 2. A surety...
Gunmen Kill Fresh Graduate In Abia Community
Tragedy struck in Owaza, Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State, as gunmen killed a fresh graduate of Petrochemical Engineering from Michael Okpara University of Agriculture, Umudike, Precious Chidozie James. Chidozie, who was preparing for the mandatory National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) program, was shot dead in the early hours of Wednesday, February 5, 2025, while accompanying his elder...
Kwara Police Nab Cleric Over Murder Of Final-Year Student
A 29-year-old Islamic teacher and cleric has been taken into custody by the Kwara State Police Command in connection with the alleged murder of a female final-year student at the Kwara State College of Education in Ilorin. The female student, identified as Yetunde Lawal, was alleged to have been murdered last Tuesday by the cleric whom she met on Facebook. It...
Lagos Crackdown: NAFDAC Shuts Down 3,000 Shops, Seizes 12 Trucks Of Counterfeit Drugs [PHOTOS]
Over 3,000 stores in Lagos' Idumota Open Drug Market were shut down in the first week of operations by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, which has stepped up its enforcement actions against the sale of illegal and counterfeit medications. This was made known in a statement shared on X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday by NAFDAC. During...
Borno’s Missing Children Surge As Boko Haram Intensifies Recruitment Efforts
A disturbing video of a young boy confessing to receiving military training in a forest with dozens of other children has incited public outrage over the case of missing children in Borno State. Some residents who spoke with The PUNCH on Sunday recounted the agony of their missing loved ones and expressed the fear that the rise in child disappearance cases in...
NDLEA Busts Trans-border Trafficking Syndicate
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have dismantled a trans-border drug syndicate, arresting four suspects and seizing tramadol pills worth multi-million naira hidden in vehicle bumpers and false compartments. According to a statement on Sunday by the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, the vehicle was intercepted along the Nasarawa-Toto Road in Keffi, Nasarawa State, at 6 a.m. on Tuesday, January 27,...
NAFDAC Seizes Expired Drugs In Aba, Unveils Secret Warehouses
Two warehouses containing expired medications have been discovered by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control at No. 269, Sam Mbakwe Road (formerly Faulk's Road), Aba. This was made known in a statement shared by the agency on X (formerly Twitter) on Sunday. According to reports, some suspects managed to remove several cartons of expired but relabeled drugs...
Two Suspects Escape Police Custody In Connection With Anambra Lawmaker’s Murder
Anambra State Police Command has confirmed the escape of two suspects allegedly involved in the kidnapping and murder of a member of the Anambra State House of Assembly, Hon. Justice Azuka. The escape, which occurred during a police operation, has sparked concerns among residents, coming just days after the late lawmaker was laid to rest in his hometown, Onitsha. In a...
