Just hours before the commencement of the new year, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives intercepted a Qatar-based businessman, Agu Evidence Amobi, and another individual, Uchegbu Onyebuchi Obi, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) in Ikeja, Lagos, with shipments of psychoactive substances. Amobi was apprehended on December 30th at the departure point…

Gunmen believed to be assassins have fatally shot Dr. David Adefikayo, the medical director of Dafikayo Clinic in Kanbi community, Moro Local Government Area of Kwara State. The tragic incident occurred around 8:30 p.m. on Thursday, December 21, 2023, when the assailants forcefully entered the victim’s residence and shot him in the presence of his…

A 23-year-old man named Saidi has been placed in custody for allegedly murdering his father, Chief Musa Elemosho, in Kwara State. The deceased held the title of Elemosho of Shareland in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State until his demise. Saidi appeared before Magistrate Muhammed Dasuki, facing a one-count charge of culpable homicide. As…

On Thursday, December 14, 2023, Justice Bayo Taiwo of the Oyo State High Court in Ibadan convicted and sentenced Olaniyan Gbenga Amos to seventy-five years imprisonment for engaging in multiple counts of investment fraud. Amos, along with his firm, Detorrid Heritage Investment Limited, faced a 35-count charge brought by the Ibadan Zonal Command of the…

The FCT Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has captured two individuals suspected of railway infrastructure vandalism and 11 others engaged in illegal mining activities. According to Comfort Okomanyi, the spokesperson for the FCT Command, the railway vandals were apprehended by the Critical National Assets and Infrastructure unit of the command…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended a 75-year-old woman, Sekinat Soremekun, for engaging in illicit drug activities in Lagos State. The arrest took place in the Oshodi area of Lagos on Friday, December 15, 2023, as disclosed by Femi Babafemi, the spokesperson for the anti-drug agency, in a statement released on Sunday,…

The Ondo State Police Command has apprehended two individuals in connection with the disappearance of a newborn baby and the baby’s placenta in Isua, the headquarters of Akoko South-West Local Government. The arrested suspects are identified as a 40-year-old herbalist named Akinjise Ifeoluwa and a 66-year-old grandmother of the missing baby, Oyewole Margaret. According to…

The Ondo State Police Command has brought charges against a 42-year-old woman, Kemi Ayodele, in an Akure Chief Magistrate Court for allegedly stabbing her neighbor with a broken plate. The accused, along with a man named Akerele Odunayo, 45, faced four counts, including conspiracy, assault causing harm, and attempted murder. The incident took place on…

In the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, bandits have kidnapped 30 villagers from Unguwar Liman in the Gwada community. The bandits launched an invasion into the community on Sunday night, December 10, 2023, at around 11 pm, firing shots indiscriminately. According to residents who spoke with Daily Trust, the victims encompassed housewives and…

Jigawa State Police Command operatives have apprehended three notorious car thieves and successfully recovered three stolen vehicles, according to a statement by the assistant spokesperson of the command, ASP Abubakar Isah, on Monday, December 11, 2023. One of the recovered vehicles belonged to Dr. Abdullahi Dogo, a Technical Adviser to the Governor of Jigawa State.…