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After 3-Year Manhunt: NDLEA Captures High-Profile Drug Kingpin

Three years after launching a manhunt, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency(NDLEA) says it has apprehended a notorious drug kingpin, 36-year-old Sunday Ibigide,...

2022 Kuje Prison Break: Authorities Arrest Key Suspects, Top Al-Qaeda Leaders

Following months-long counter-terrorism operation, two top leaders of Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina fi-Biladis Sudan, an Al-Qaeda affiliate in Nigeria, have been apprehended, the Federal...

FCT Police crack 2024 murder case, arrest 3 suspects

The long arm of the law has finally caught up with the suspects linked to the murder of Liberty Radio staff member, Mr....

Lagos Church General Overseer Caught in Cross-Border Drug Trafficking

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dealt a significant blow to international drug trafficking with the arrest of Prophet Adefolusho Aanu...

Armed Robbery Gang Busted: FCT Police Arrest 6, Rescue Victim

Following a sustained campaign against “one chance” armed robbery syndicates in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), the Police Command has arrested six suspects,...

Court convicts, slaps N1m fine on 21 foreigners for cybercrime, orders their deportation

In a major ruling against cybercrime, a Federal High Court in Abuja has convicted 21 foreign nationals and fined each of them N1...

Olori Esho, Notorious Lagos Hitman, Denied Bail, Remanded in Prison

An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Ogba, Lagos, has remanded 44-year-old Wasiu Akinwande, alias Olori Esho, in the Kirikiri Correctional Centre over allegations of...

Wasiu Akinwande, Notorious Lagos Hitman, Arraigned Over Murder, Felony Charges

Wasiu Akinwande, a man identified by police as a notorious contract killer, is being arraigned on 11 counts at the Ogba Magistrate Court....

Police arrest sisters, couple over staged kidnapping in Abuja

Four suspects, including two sisters, have been apprehended in Abuja over a staged kidnapping scheme aimed at extorting N5 million from their father....

Pregnant Nurse Murdered, Body Parts Sold in Anambra, Woman Suspect Nabbed

The Umueri community in Ogbunike, Anambra State, has been rocked by the brutal murder of a pregnant professional nurse and the subsequent sale...

Lagos Airport Bust: NDLEA Arrests Chinese Businessman with 26kg of ‘Loud’

In a major blow to international drug trafficking, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has intercepted Liang Tak You, a...

Abuja Police Move to Rid City of Cultists, 19 Suspects Arrested

The FCT Police Command has dealt a blow against cultism, busting a group of cultists terrorizing residents of Bakassi Yimitu Village in the...

Otudeko, Others Walk Free as N12.3bln Fraud Case Settled Out of Court

Relief came today for Honeywell Group Chairman Oba Otudeko and three co-accused as a Federal High Court in Lagos struck out the N12.3...

Woman Alleges ex-Husband of Child Sexual Abuse, Bolts to US with Children

A Lagos High Court has ordered the arrest of Rahmat Omolara Animashaun after she allegedly accused her estranged husband of sexually assaulting their...

N50m Ransom: Ogun Police Neutralize 2 Kidnappers, Rescue 3 Victims in Daring Operation

In a daring gun duel, anti-kidnapping police operatives in Ogun State have successfully neutralized two suspected kidnappers in the Owode-Egba area, leading to...

Mystery as Prime Suspect in Two Ondo Varsity Students’ Murder Case Dies

Investigation into the brutal murder of two Adekunle Ajasin University (AAUA) undergraduates, Andrew Eloho Okah and John Friday Abba, has taken a shocking...