A drug trafficking cartel abandoned two Toyota Sienna buses loaded with 1,455 kilograms of cannabis along the Okhokho-ISI community route in Uhunmwode Local Government Area of Edo State after a hot pursuit by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). Edo State NDLEA Commander, Mitchell Ofoyeju, revealed this in a statement…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has rearrested a wanted Ansaru terrorist, Abdulazeez Obadaki. Obadaki was among the 879 inmates who escaped from the Kuje Custodial Centre in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, in 2022 after the facility was violently attacked by Islamic State–linked militants. He is alleged to be the mastermind behind a…
A 29-year-old woman, Chisom Okonkwo, has been arraigned before a Magistrate Court in Enugu for allegedly making false accusations against her husband, Ozioma Okonkwo, claiming he sexually assaulted their two daughters. According to a report by Leadership, the incident occurred during a marital dispute in August 2024 at Emene, Enugu. Court documents reveal…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has released an official statement clarifying the events that led to the death of Endurance Udeke, a resident of apartment W6a in Periwinkle Estate, Lekki Phase 1, Lagos, during a sting operation on Tuesday, November 4. According to the Commission, its operatives were in the estate to…
The Edo State Police Command has launched an investigation into the alleged kidnapping and killing of a 12-year-old boy, Emiliano Egwunbare, by his 18-year-old cousin, Tega Emajuwa, in Obagie Community, Egor Local Government Area. According to The Nation, Emajuwa, alongside two accomplices, allegedly abducted Emiliano on September 16, 2025. Reports indicate that Emajuwa had been…
The Delta State Police Command has apprehended a suspected armed robber and kidnapper who allegedly concealed a pistol inside a loaf of bread. In a statement issued on Saturday, November 8, 2025, the Command’s spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, revealed that the suspect, identified as Nnamdi Stanley Chibuike, 24, was intercepted by operatives of the Rapid…
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Lagos State Special Offences Court, sitting in Ikeja, has ruled that a prima facie case has been established against Nigerian social media personality Ismaila Mustapha, popularly known as Mompha, and his co-defendant in the ongoing fraud and money laundering trial. The ruling, announced on Tuesday, November 4, and…
Justice Osho Adebiyi of a Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced a 19-year-old school teacher, Abdullahi Abbass, to life imprisonment for raping a 9-year-old pupil in Kwali Area Council of the FCT. Disclosing this to newsmen, the National Press Officer of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking…
Two suspected kidnappers were shot dead by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command during a sting operation that led to the safe rescue of a victim held for a ₦30 million ransom. According to Punch, the operation was conducted in the Onipanu area of the state by the command’s tactical unit in collaboration with…
A pastor and legal practitioner, Aka-Bashorun Olawale Akanni, was on Wednesday, October 29, re-arraigned before Justice Hakeem Oshodi of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja for the alleged indecent treatment of a 14-year-old girl. The defendant was re-arraigned on a one-count charge bordering on indecent treatment of a minor brought against him…
