The Ondo State Agency for the Welfare of Persons with Disabilities has condemned the alleged rape of a 20-year-old married woman with intellectual disability in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of the state. The woman, who is reportedly four months pregnant, was allegedly r@ped on September 9, 2026, at Ajegunle …
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Navy commends Uyo high court over conviction of 9 crude oil thieves
The Nigerian Navy has applauded the Uyo Federal High Court for convicting and sentencing nine persons for crude oil theft under Operation DELTA SENTINEL. The commendation is contained in a statement by the Director of Naval Information, Navy Capt. Abiodun Folorunsho, made available to journalists on Wednesday in Abuja. Folorunsho …
Read More »NDLEA intercepts colos shipments from UK, uncovers opioids in Lagos
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted two shipments of synthetic cannabis, popularly called Colorado or Colos in street terms concealed in consolidated cargoes coming from the United Kingdom. This is contained in a statement by Director of Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi on …
Read More »EFCC Arraigns One for N700m Fraud in Lagos
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Friday, September 4, 2026, arraigned Osaretin Osagiede before Justice Olukayode Ogunjobi of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja over an alleged N700 million fraud. Osagiede is standing trial on a three-count charge bordering on …
Read More »N117million Fraud: Five Bag Seven-year Jail Term in Lagos
Justice K.A. Jose of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Tapa, Lagos, on Thursday, September 3, 2026, convicted and sentenced five persons to seven years imprisonment for their involvement in a N117.7 million fraud involving Chi Limited. The convicts, Yinka Salawu, Joshua Oluremi Daramola, Raji Ahmed, Afolabi Israel Olusegun, …
Read More »EFCC Arraigns Man for Alleged N1.09b Fraud in Abuja
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, arraigned one Mahmud A. Abubakar before Justice N.C. Nwabulu of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Maitama, Abuja. Abubakar was arraigned on a two-count charge bordering on retention of proceeds of a criminal activity to the tune of …
Read More »Troops rescue 21 kidnapped victims in Kogi forest operations
Joint security forces have rescued 21 persons abducted on the Alloma–Ejule–Itobe road in Kogi aftera coordinated sweep of the Egume and Ochaja forests in Dekina Local Government Area of the state. Newsextra24 reports that troops of the 12 Brigade, Nigerian Army, carried out the operation in collaboration with the Nigeria …
Read More »Police Parade Doctors, Others over Alleged Organ Trafficking in Nasarawa
The Nigeria Police Force has paraded four suspects, including two nephrologists, over an alleged organ-harvesting syndicate in Nasarawa State. According to the police briefing reported by Channels Television, the suspects allegedly targeted vulnerable young men, luring them into kidney donations and paying them far less than the alleged value of …
Read More »Ogun: Why I started selling drugs — 101-year-old grandma
A 101-year-old great-grandmother, Esther Ogunmabo, has explained why she started selling drugs, saying she turned to the trade after fire destroyed her provisions shop. Ogunmabo was arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in Ilisan, Ogun State, with 90 grammes of skunk, a strain of cannabis, packed …
Read More »EFCC Arraigns Brookfield Group Holdings CEO, Olatunji Adebola, for Alleged N990m Fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal Directorate 2, on Thursday, August 20, 2026, arraigned the Chief Executive Officer, CEO, of Brookfield Group Holdings, Olatunji Oluwaseun Adebola, (a.k.a Whitelion) before Justice C. Ngozi of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT High Court sitting in Maitama, Abuja, for an alleged …
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