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…
The Federal Government has condemned the viral video showing a cleric flogging a group of minors in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, describing the act as “barbaric, criminal, and a gross violation of the Child Rights Act.” In a statement issued on Saturday by Jonathan Eze, Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Minister of…
Police in Anambra State have recovered a fabricated AK-47 rifle and an empty magazine abandoned in an apartment at Umuike Village, Awka, following a late-night operation by the Rapid Response Squad, Awkuzu. State police spokesperson Tochukwu Ikenga confirmed on Friday that the weapon was left behind by a suspect who escaped through the back door…
An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has sentenced two men, David Friday and Innocent Victor, to death by hanging for armed robbery. The duo faced a four-count charge including conspiracy, armed robbery, and impersonating members of the armed forces and police—offences that violated the Robbery and Firearms (Special Provisions) Act and the Ondo…
Sixteen inmates escaped from the Medium Security Custodial Centre in Keffi (New), Nasarawa State, in the early hours of Tuesday, August 12, according to a statement from the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS). The jailbreak reportedly occurred after some inmates breached the facility’s security and attacked officers on duty. Five personnel were injured in the incident,…
Uganda’s State House Anti-Corruption Unit (SH-ACU), in collaboration with the Criminal Investigations Directorate (CID), has arrested seven individuals—four Congolese and three Ugandan nationals—accused of defrauding a Nigerian businessman of $70,000 in a fake gold deal. The suspects allegedly posed as representatives and agents of two companies, Legacy Refinery Limited and Emerod Agency Limited, convincing the…
