A Nigerian national, Tochukwu Albert Nnebocha, has been sentenced in the United States to 97 months in prison for his role in a transnational inheritance fraud scheme that targeted elderly and vulnerable Americans. According to a statement from the US Department of Justice (DOJ) on Friday, February 6, Nnebocha, 44, “participated in a years-long conspiracy…
Operatives of the Police Special Fraud Unit (PSFU), Lagos, have arrested three suspects alleged to be behind a cyber blackmail and extortion scheme operating in the state. The unit’s spokesperson, DSP Ovie Ewhubare, said the suspects obtained explicit photographs of their victims and threatened to make them public unless ransom payments were made. He explained…
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a man identified as Gafaru Rasaki for being in possession of four human heads. Police investigations revealed that Rasaki was apprehended by operatives of the Shakura Division on January 21. During interrogation, he confessed to unlawfully exhuming the human remains from a cemetery—an act that constitutes a gross…
The Gombe State Police Command has arrested one Bello Abubakar for k!lling his 38-year-old landlady, Maryam Hassan The incident occurred in Kundulun Quarters of Gombe metropolis in the early hours of Tuesday, February 2, 2026. The spokesperson of the command, SP Buhari Abdullahi, who disclosed this in a statement in Wednesday, February 4, said the…
The Taraba State Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has intercepted a suspected human trafficker and rescued 10 minors in Jalingo. The State Commandant, Mr Bako Amos, disclosed this in a statement issued to Journalists this weekend. He disclosed that the arrest followed actionable intelligence received by the…
A Gauteng woman has obtained a court order barring her soon-to-be ex-husband from receiving 50% of their joint estate, despite their marriage being in community of property, after the court found that he subjected her to prolonged physical and financial abuse. Handing down judgment at the Pretoria High Court, Judge Noluntu Bam ruled that the…
A prominent bandit leader and key enforcer of a fragile peace arrangement in Jibia, Katsina State, Abdullahi Lantai-popularly known as “Lantai Officer”—has been killed in a deadly ambush allegedly carried out by a rival gang. Security sources told Zagazola Makama that Lantai was killed on January 27, 2026, at about 1:00 p.m. by gunmen believed…
Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) have uncovered an illegal arms manufacturing facility in Nasarawa State and arrested a suspect. The discovery was disclosed in a statement issued on Monday, January 26, 2026, by Lieutenant Ahmad Zubairu Zubairu, Acting Media Information Officer at the Headquarters of the Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Whirl Stroke.…
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed an Islamic cleric, Alhaji Zainu Mada, in Gusau, Zamfara State, after allegedly collecting a ransom of N2 million. Alhaji Mada was reportedly kidnapped along the Kotorkoshi–Mada Road several days ago before he was eventually killed. According to Sahare reporters, the bandits also took airtime worth N70,000 and…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun 1 Area Command, Idiroko, has confirmed an attack on its personnel at Akokoro, Iwoye, in Imeko-Afon Local Government Area of Ogun State. The Command’s spokesperson, Zakaria Chado, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Idiroko. He said the attack was carried out by suspected armed smugglers.…
