OPERATIVES of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted opioids worth over N3.2 billion in separate operations at Apapa and Port Harcourt ports. The Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi said this in a statement on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi said that at the Port Harcourt …
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GUNMEN have abducted a first-class traditional ruler in Kogi State, Oba James Ogunyanda, in Yagba West Local Government of the state. Ogunyanda is the traditional ruler of Okoloke, a border town with Kwara State. The monarch was abducted from his palace in the early hours of Thursday, May 15, 2025. …
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GUNMEN invaded a market in the Bashar district of Wase Local Government Area, Plateau State, and abducted five traders in what was described as daring raid. According to witnesses, the attackers arrived on motorcycles in large numbers and launched their assault during peak market hours, while business activities were in …
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GUNMEN have reportedly attacked Government Day Secondary School in Tsafe LGA of Zamfara state. The incident happened on Saturday. Confirming the attack to TheCable on Sunday, Yazid Abubakar, Zamfara police spokesperson, said the incident left one person dead while three others were kidnapped. “It has been confirmed that the incident …
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THE Lagos Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, May 8, 2025 arraigned one Ntai Bagshaw and his company, Terraworks Limited before Justice I. O. Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court, sitting in Ikeja, Lagos for fraud. They are being prosecuted on a two-count …
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ALL passengers aboard an 18-seater bus travelling on the Itobe/Ochadamu road in Kogi East Senatorial District have been abducted by gunmen. The incident occurred around 5 p.m. on Tuesday when a fully-loaded Hummer Toyota bus, bearing registration number LAM 979 LG, was intercepted at Ajegwu, just before Ochadamu. All the …
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THE Rivers State Police Command has launched a manhunt for suspected pirates who attacked passenger boats and abducted no fewer than 13 individuals. The incident took place on the Isaka River in the Okrika Local Government Area of Rivers State on Tuesday afternoon. According to reports, one of the targeted …
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THE Gombe Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have secured the conviction and sentence of seven fraudsters for offences of cheating and obtaining under false pretences. The convicts are: Yusuf. O. Muhammed, Joseph Opeoluwa, Samuel Chukwudi Okonkwo, Rotimi Tobi Samuel, Oladimeji Mubarak , Blessed Johnson and …
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JUSTICE Williams Aziegbemhin of the Benin High Court on Wednesday remanded one Abubakar Musa for allegedly converting 300,000 euros to his personal use. The judge ordered that Musa be remanded in custody of the police command in Benin for an initial period of 14 days, pending the conclusion of police …
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AN Ikeja Special Offences Court on Monday ordered the remand of one Friday Audu at the Kirikiri Correctional Centre over alleged $2.6 million and N3.5 billion fraud. Justice Rahman Oshodi directed that Audu be held at the Kirikiri Medium Correctional Centre, pending a decision on his bail application. The judge …
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