NDLEA Arrests 21 Suspects, Intercepts N6m Hemp
The Tin-Can Island Special Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said it arrested 21 suspects between January and June, 2024, with 14 standing trial...
Nigeria Police Arrest 149 Suspects For Alleged Robbery, Thuggery In Kano
The Police Command in Kano State said it had arrested 149 suspects for alleged armed robbery, thuggery, kidnapping and other related crimes in the past 10 days in the...
Court Sentences 5 Kidnappers To Death By Hanging
An Osun State High Court sitting in Ede has convicted and sentenced five men to death by hanging for the kidnap and murder of Alhaji Ibrahim Adamu, a Fulani...
Police, vigilantes foil robbery on Kano-Zaria Highway, as villagers kill suspected bandit
A police patrol team in Makarfi division of Kaduna State and local vigilantes have foiled an armed robbery attempt on the Kano-Zaria Road.
The armed robbers and suspected cattle rustlers...
Police declare retired officer, seven others wanted
The police in Enugu State, south-east Nigeria, have declared eight crime suspects wanted over alleged murder and terrorism in the state.
The police spokesperson in the state, Daniel...
Nigerian Police Sanction Five Officers In Cross River State Over Extortion Of N3million
The order was given by Assistant Inspector General of Police for Zone 6 Calabar, Jonathan Towuru via a statement on Monday, noting that the culprits should be...
IGP Egbetokun denies lobbying NASS for elongation
The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has dismissed reports alleging that he has been lobbying the National Assembly to alter the Nigeria Police Act 2020 to...
Customs seize N18bn firearms, drugs from Turkey, recover 844 rifles
The Nigerian Customs Services has intercepted and seized arms and ammunition worth N18.23bn in a drastic step to curb the smuggling of illicit items into the country...
NIS busts trafficking attempt in Sokoto, rescues two underage girls
The operatives of the Nigerian Immigration Service, Ilela border command, Sokoto have arrested a 25 year-old, Rukaya Hassan, who attempted to traffic two underage girls across the border to...
India-bound drug trafficker bags 25 years imprisonment
Three months after vomiting and excreting eighty (80) wraps of cocaine following his arrest by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the screening...