NDLEA busts multi-billion-naira meth lab, arrests Mexican, four Nigerians

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has uncovered a multi-billion-naira clandestine methamphetamine laboratory in Oyo State and arrested five suspects, including a Mexican national...

Police arrest four linked to Benin market kidnap

The Edo State Police Command has arrested four suspects and killed one in connection with the kidnapping incident at the Vegetable Market in Benin...

Court orders Ondo to pay N25m over missing child in orphanage

An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital, has ordered the state government to pay N25 million in damages to Mrs...

Turkey arrests over 200 suspects linked to ISIS ahead of NATO summit

Turkish police on Tuesday arrested more than 200 people suspected of links to the Islamic State and outlawed far-left groups, officials said, before an...

Police arrest officers caught extorting Rivers motorists in viral video

The Rivers State Police Command has ordered the arrest and detention of police officers captured in a viral video allegedly extorting money from motorists...

Two held in Enugu over N68m visa fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested the Chief Executive Officer of Goodben Global Travels and Tour Limited and one other person over...

Final-year Kogi student arrested for forcing freshers into cult

Security operatives of the Prince Abubakar Audu University, Anyigba, in collaboration with the institution’s management, have arrested a 400-level student over alleged attempted forced...

Police thwart Anambra woman’s attempt to sell newborn

An attempt by a 21-year-old woman to sell her newborn baby girl in Igbariam, Anambra East Local Government Area of the state, has been...

Abia man faces prosecution over viral woman assault

The Abia State Police Command says it will arraign a 37-year-old man, Agwu Ukpo, for attempted murder for allegedly assaulting a woman during a...

NDLEA targeting drug cartels’ financial empires — Marwa

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has said it is aggressively targeting the financial assets of drug trafficking networks, moving beyond arrests to dismantle...

Police rescue pregnant teen, arrest suspect for child exploitation in Anambra

The Anambra State Police Command has rescued a 15-year-old pregnant girl and arrested a suspect over alleged child exploitation and sexual abuse in the...

CBN reveals fraudsters stole N134bn from financial institutions and accounts

Banks and their customers lost a combined N134.48bn to fraud between 2020 and 2025 amid a significant expansion in digital payments and financial technology...

Otti cautions local communities against the destruction of newly upgraded healthcare facilities

Abia State Governor, Alex Otti, has urged communities to take ownership of newly upgraded primary healthcare centres and protect them from vandalism to ensure...

Kwara man arrested for sexual assault of daughter

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, Kwara Command, has arrested one AbdulRauf Ambali, 40 years old, over allegations of incest and unlawful...

Libya arrests two Nigerians over inciting social media posts

Security forces in Tripoli, Libya, have arrested two Nigerian nationals in the coastal town of Qarabouli over allegations of spreading inciting content on social...

Man detained in Poland over demise of Putin critic

Polish police have arrested a man suspected of participating in the murder of a Russian artist critical of Putin, Prime Minister Donald Tusk said...

Police arrest suspect over abduction of three children in Adamawa

The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested a suspect in connection with the abduction of three children in Yola North Local Government Area of...

Ogun police disrupt cult initiation, arrest 30 suspects

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have foiled a suspected cult initiation in Isara-Remo, arresting 30 suspects during a raid on an uncompleted...

Police arrest suspect with 36 stolen phones in Akwa Ibom

Officers of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have re-arrested a suspected receiver and distributor of stolen mobile phones, Musa Idris, with 34 assorted...

Court Sentences Man For Kogi Abduction And Life Loss

A High Court of Kogi State has sentenced to death a man prosecuted by the Department of State Services, DSS, for kidnapping and murdering...