Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 50-year-old widow and fashion designer, Mrs. Ifeoma Henrietta Ezewuike, for attempting to traffic 1.3 kilograms of cocaine concealed under a fake pregnancy. According to a statement by NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi, Ezewuike—mother of one and owner of Golden Star Creation, a fashion business…
Operatives of the FCT Police Command have arrested two notorious kidnapping kingpins following a successful counter-kidnapping operation. The suspects, Masud Abdullahi, ‘m’, of Karu LGA, Nasarawa State (the gang leader), and Muhammad Tahir, ‘m’, of Jos, Plateau State, were apprehended after an intensive manhunt. According to a statement from the command’s spokesperson, CSP Josephine Adeh,…
The Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has sentenced two men, Tosin Omoniyi Deji and Ojo Rotimi, to death by hanging for armed robbery. Delivering the judgment, Justice W. R. Olamide ruled that the prosecution successfully proved its case beyond reasonable doubt, relying on the testimonies of five eyewitnesses who were also direct victims…
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested Sunday Okon Akpan, a fake doctor, on suspicion of conducting an illegal abortion that led to the death of 35-year-old Blessing Sunday Etim. Police spokesperson DSP Timfon John disclosed in a statement on Thursday, August 21, 2025, that the suspect attempted to secretly dump the victim’s body…
Nigerian troops under Operation HADIN KAI have successfully repelled a terrorist attack in Wulgo, Borno State, killing at least seven insurgents, including two senior commanders of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP). The fierce gun battle also left several terrorists severely injured as troops responded with heavy firepower to the attempted assault. The…
Twenty Ghanaian nationals suspected to be victims of human trafficking were rescued from a compound in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State. The group, consisting of 10 men and 10 women, was freed during a joint operation involving the Akwa Ibom State Police Command, the Ghana Police Service, and INTERPOL. Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Timfon John,…
Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) have arrested eight suspected members of a notorious human trafficking syndicate operating between Nigeria and Ghana, and rescued 29 victims, the majority of whom are foreign nationals from West African countries. The operation was carried out at a popular apartment tucked away…
Two notorious drug traffickers, 37-year-old Ajetsibo Emami—widely known as Warri Kinsman—and 51-year-old Solomon Akpomuai, have been convicted and sentenced to a combined 10 years in prison by a Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) secured the convictions following two separate drug trafficking cases involving large-scale cannabis distribution networks.…
A man was publicly executed in southern Iran on Tuesday, August 19, after being convicted of killing four members of a family, according to state media. “One of the individuals responsible for the brutal killing of four members of a family in Beyram, Fars province, was executed in public on Tuesday,” reported Mizan, the official…
The Federal Government has announced the arrest of two senior leaders of Jama’atu Ansarul Muslimina fi-Biladis Sudan (Ansaru), an Al-Qaeda affiliate operating in Nigeria. National Security Adviser Nuhu Ribadu disclosed the arrests during a press briefing at the Office of the National Security Adviser in Abuja on Saturday, August 16, 2025. He revealed that the…
