Crime

Crime

EFCC SACKS OVER 40 STAFF MEMBERS FOR CORRUPTION — OLOKOYEDE

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has dismissed more than 40 of its personnel over alleged corruption

Crime

BANDITS KILL EIGHT FARMERS, INJURE FIVE IN SOKOTO ATTACK

No fewer than eight farmers have been killed and five others injured after armed bandits attacked Ghandi community

Crime

WOMAN ARRESTED FOR SMUGGLING DRUG INTO OGUN PRISON FOR DEATH-ROW INMATE

The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), Ogun State Command, has arrested Mrs Iyabo Sowunmi for attempting to smuggle

Crime

YOBE POLICE ARREST SUSPECTS OVER EXTORTION, DRUG OFFENCES, THEFT

The Yobe State Police Command has arrested several suspects in separate operations targeting

Crime

NDLEA SEIZES ₦6.2BN CAPTAGON, OPIOIDS IN LAGOS, OTHER STATES

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted illicit drug consignments valued at more than ₦6.2 billion

Crime

NIGERIAN SENTENCED TO 8 YEARS IN US PRISON FOR $7.5M CHARITY FRAUD

A 32-year-old Nigerian national, Olusegun Adejorin, has been sentenced to eight years in prison in the United States

Crime

NEWBORN BABY FOUND ABANDONED IN BENUE FOREST

A baby girl has been found alive after she was allegedly abandoned in a forest around Wuese community

Crime

ADELEKE INAUGURATES PANEL TO PROBE IKIRE SHOOTINGS, KILLINGS

Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has established a Coroner Inquest and Panel of Inquiry to investigate the shootings

Crime

POLICE RESCUE TWO COLOMBIAN WOMEN FROM HUMAN TRAFFICKING SYNDICATE IN LAGOS

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force attached to the National Central Bureau of INTERPOL, Lagos Annex

Crime

POLICEMAN SHOOTS MOTORIST DEAD IN PORT HARCOURT, THREE OTHERS INJURED

A yet-to-be-identified police officer has shot and killed a motorist identified as Anthony at the Agip-Ada George junction in Port Harcourt, Rivers State.

Politics

KOGI APC CHAIRMAN KILLED, ANOTHER ABDUCTED IN HIGHWAY ATTACK

The All Progressives Congress Chairman in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, Ishaq Yunusa

Crime

POLICE ARREST SIX OVER KIDNAPPING, RANSOM DEMANDS IN NIGER

The Niger State Police Command has arrested six suspected members of a kidnapping syndicate