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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has apprehended an human trafficker who wanted to export illicit drug to Dubai, United Arab Emirates (UAE). The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Femi Babafemi, who made this known in a statement on Sunday in Abuja, said the trafficker was trying to commit …

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has revealed the planned attacks by the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists on selected targets in Abuja and declaration of war against Christians in Nigeria. The Islamic terrorists reportedly claimed that was why they attacked the Kuje Correctional Centre …

A kidnap gang leader has been arrested by the police while trying to abduct a prominent chief in Ndokwa East Local Government Area of Delta State. The state police spokesperson, DSP Bright Edafe, who disclosed this in a statement on Saturday, July 9, said two suspected armed robbers were arrested along …

A school bus driver, Odunsa Mandala, has been arrested by the police after two pupils died while others passed out due to suffocation in their school bus in Aguda area of Lagos state. Mandala was taking the pupils back to their homes after the close of school when the incident …

Anambra State Police has reacted to the allegation of extortion by some operatives of the Command at Onitsha central police station. A human rights activist and coordinator of Behind Bars Human Rights Foundation, Harrison Gwamnishu had narrated an incident of arrest, involving operatives of the Anambra State Police command. Gwamnishu said …

Bandits are said to have attacked and killed four people while kidnapping 15 others in Iburu village, Kufena district, Kajuru local government area, Kaduna State. According to a source, the attack occurred on Monday night, when the attackers stormed the village in large numbers. The source lamented, “The bandits stormed …

OPERATIVES of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a maid over the mysterious death of an 82-year-old woman, Augustine Ayodele, in the Ojota area of the state. According Vanguard, one of her neighbours who spoke on the condition of anonymity, said, “the woman was found dead in a pool of …

THE Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) fighters have attacked a convoy of 40 trucks of food meant for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) and resettled communities in Borno and intercepted four of them. According to Daily Trust, the attack occurred on Thursday night around Layi village in Mobbar Local …

Four persons held captive by kidnappers in Ekiti State have regained their freedom on Friday after N1 million ransom was paid. The victims were kidnapped between Oke-Ako and Irele roads in Ikole Local Government Area of the State on Wednesday Police spokesperson in Ekiti, Sunday Abutu, confirmed the release of the …

Nigerian man, Tajudeen Olarotimi Durodoye, who works an Annapolis Corrections Officer, has been arrested by the police for allegedly having sexual contact with an inmate about 50 times. The 55-year-old suspect of Glen Burnie was arrested on Thursday, July 7, after an investigation into sexual contact allegations was made back …