crime

At least four farmers have been abducted by kidnappers in Elegbeka community of Ondo State’s Ose Local Government Area. According to Sources, the farmers were ambushed and abducted by the gunmen on their way to Akoko area of the state. It was gathered that the abductors had called the victims’ …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a Nigerian-based Congolese, Kadi Kandigu, and a Nigerian, Anthony Makowulu, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, for allegedly attempting to export illicit drugs to the United States of America and Dubai, United Arab Emirate. The Director, Media …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has warned intending Hajj pilgrims against drug trafficking. An official of the agency, Habiba Zubair, gave the warning in Ilorin while addressing those travelling to Saudi Arabia to perform the 2022 Hajj. Zubair warned that pilgrims could take only prescription drugs to Saudi Arabia as …

Nigerian national identified as Ugochukwu Ezenagu and two others – Jaden Thompson, and Josiah Seepersadsingh, have been arrested by the police for drug trafficking in Trinidad and Tobago. The suspects appeared at the Tobago Magistrates’ Court on Friday, June 10, 2022, after they were charged with various drug related offences …

29-year-old fashion designer, Olatunji Ismaila, was stabbed to death by masquerade’s followers in Olodi-Apapa, Ajeromi-Ifelodun Local Government Area of Lagos State. The incident was said to have occurred last Saturday when the deceased left his house to seek justice for his friend, who was attacked by a masquerade and his …

Edo State Police Command has confirmed the clash between Hausa and Igbo traders at the popular New Benin Market in Oredo Local Government Area of the state on Saturday. Sources had reported that angry youths mainly traders at the New Benin Market went on a rampage after an Igbo trader …

Some villagers in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State have narrated how helicopter shot at them while the terrorists who attacked them were left unhurt. According to sources, the villagers fled their homes following Sunday’s attack that left no fewer than 32 people dead while others were injured. The …

27-year-old woman, Blessing Oamen Aka ‘Omons’ has been sentenced to 4 years and 5 years imprisonment for trafficking three young Nigerian women into Benin Republic and forcing them into prostitution. Omons, who was brought before the court by the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), was convicted …

The Oyo State Police Command has launched a manhunt for drivers who allegedly crushed a traffic warden, Oluniyi Bamidele, to death at the New Garage, Challenge area of Ibadan on Friday. It was gathered that Bamidele, who was on duty in the area, stopped a taxi driver for allegedly violating …

An 18-year-old medicine undergraduate, who was reportedly molested by a family friend has on Friday, opened up to an FCT High Court in Kubwa. The victim disclosed that her 32-year-old family friend, named Anthony Okoye, raped and impregnated her. The girl revealed this as the National Agency for the Prohibition of …