CRIME
Insurgency Has Reduced To 90% In Borno, Says Gov. Zulum
Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, on Sunday said the Federal Government and security forces have succeeded in containing 90 per cent of Boko Haram terrorists in the North-East. Nigeria has been battling insurgency for over a decade with several people killed and many others kidnapped in Borno, Yobe and Adamawa States. Zulum, who spoke on Channels Television’s Sunday Politics, admitted that...
Troops Retrieve Weapons, Ammo, Destroy Bandit Hideouts In Taraba
Soldiers from the 6 Brigade of the Nigerian Army/Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have retrieved weapons and ammunition and demolished bandit hideouts in Taraba State. Captain Olubodunde Oni, Acting Assistant Director, 6 Brigade Army Public Relations, in a statement, said the troops working under the leadership of Brigadier General Kingsley Chidiebere Uwa engaged the bandits in a fierce firefight,...
Nigerian Businessman Detained By NDLEA For Smuggling 700 Grams Of Cocaine
Nigerian businessman Ezeokoli Sylva, 59, was arrested by National Drug Law Enforcement Agency agents for allegedly smuggling 700 grams of cocaine into the country through his stomach. The arrest took place on Friday, November 29, 2024, at the E-Arrival hall of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos State. Sylva, who had lived in Brazil for 35 years, was returning to...
Native Bulletproof Gone Wrong: Abuja Native Doctor Lands In Hospital After Testing Efficacy Of His Charm
An Abuja native doctor identified as Ismail Usman has landed in the hospital after sustaining life-threatening injuries while testing the efficacy of his self-made bulletproof charm. A release signed by the PRO of FCT Police Command, SP Josephine Adeh said trouble started when on Nov. 23 the victim Usman shot himself in the stomach with a shotgun in an attempt...
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...
Police Arrest Anambra Couple Who Specializes In Sending Kidnapping Threat Messages
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a couple, Kingsley Okoye, 36, and Chidinma Okoye, 27, for allegedly sending threat messages and attempting to kidnap unsuspecting individuals. In a statement on Friday, the command’s spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga, disclosed that the duo specialised in issuing abduction threats through text messages, demanding ransom with the ultimatum of abduction or murder. Ikenga said the...
Kano Anti-Graft Agency Makes U-turn, Says16,800 Bags Of Rice Bearing Tinubu’s Image Belong To Philanthropist
The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-corruption Commission (PCACC) has backtracked on the 16,800 bags of rice said to have been diverted from the Federal Government palliative and repackaged in a warehouse in Kano. The commission’s Chairman, Muhuyi Magaji Rimingado while addressing journalists on Friday, said preliminary findings established that the rice was brought to Kano from Bauchi and Zamfara...
NSCDC Detains Four Alleged Streetlight Vandals In Abuja
Four suspects have been taken into custody by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps' Federal Capital Territory Command on suspicion of damaging streetlight poles throughout Abuja. The arrests were made during routine night patrols carried out by the command’s Critical National Assets and Infrastructure Tactical team. The NSCDC FCT Commandant, Olusola Odumosu, while parading the vandals on Friday in Abuja,...
Nigerian Army Addresses Alleged Detention Of Journalist In Port Harcourt
The 6 Division of the Nigerian Army has refuted claims circulating on social media alleging that it unlawfully detained an investigative journalist, Mr. Fisayo Soyombo, in Port Harcourt. In a statement released by Lieutenant Colonel Danjuma Jonah Danjuma, Acting Deputy Director of Army Public Relations, the Division emphasized the need to clarify the situation amidst growing misinformation. According to the...
Enugu Police Arrest Banker, Two Others Over N4m Fraud
The Enugu State Police Command has detained three suspects, including a banker, on suspicion of planning to use identity theft to defraud a customer out of N4 million. The suspects, identified as Ndulaka Okwudili, Ifeanyi Nnamani, a former bank employee, and Philip Ozogwu, a National Identification Number enrolment agent, were apprehended on October 18, 2024. In a statement on Friday, the...
