The Yobe State Police Command says its operatives have arrested 23 suspects in coordinated raids and intelligence-led operations across the state. The Command, through its Public Relations Officer, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday. According to…

Seven suspected illegal miners were arrested in Minna, Niger State, during a crackdown led by the Commissioner for Mineral Resources, Mohammed Qasim Danjuma. The enforcement operation, carried out around 6:30 p.m. behind the Bilkebeb Shango area of Minna, targeted illegal…

Authorities in Bauchi State have apprehended a group of minors for allegedly conducting an illegal marriage ceremony involving a bride price of N3,000. The suspects, including the purported bride and groom, were on Thursday presented before the Bauchi State Action Committee on…

The Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arraigned the Managing Director of Viscount Microfinance Bank, Blessing Gozi-Anyaokei, over allegations of unlawful conversion of investment funds amounting to N19 million and $30,000. Gozi-Anyaokei was brought…

The Oyo State Police Command, on Thursday, confirmed the arrest of a suspected kidnapper while allegedly trying to collect a N10m ransom demanded from the relatives of a victim at Otefon village in Atiba Local Government Area of the state.…

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested two suspects over alleged criminal conspiracy, cheating and forgery linked to fake recruitment activities within the state civil service commission. The command disclosed this in a statement issued on Thursday by the Spokesman of the…

Troops of the Joint Task Force North-East, Operation Hadin Kai, OPHK, neutralised two suspected terrorists during a night ambush operation in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State. Security analyst and counter-insurgency expert Zagazola Makama disclosed this in a post…

The Nigeria Police Force has extradited an alleged online romance scam suspect, Samuel Ugberease, also known as “Putsammy”, “Putput”, and “Sammy”, to the United States to face charges of wire fraud, romance scam, and related financial crimes. The Force said…

The Oyo State Police Command says its operatives have arrested a suspected kidnapper. The command made this revelation in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Olayinka Ayanlade, on Thursday. Ayanlade in the statement said the suspect was arrested on Wednesday through…

The Commissioner of Police in Anambra State, Ikioye Orutugu, has given a breakdown on how police operatives of the command rescued a kidnapped medical doctor, Dr Edwin Emegakor, and four others from their captors. Recall that Emegakor, the Medical Director…

Troops of the Joint Task Force North-East, Operation Hadin Kai, have killed two suspected terrorists during a night ambush in Konduga Local Government Area of Borno State. Security sources said the operation was carried out under Operation Desert Sanity/Siege Operations…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has intercepted a large consignment of Canadian Loud, a high-potency strain of cannabis, weighing 4,173.5 kilogrammes, with a street value of ₦10,433,750,000, at the Tincan Island Port in Lagos. The interception followed intelligence gathering,…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Kano has arrested a 22-year-old man suspected of vandalising railway materials linked to the Federal Government’s Kaduna-Kano railway project. According to a statement signed by the command’s spokesperson, SC Ibrahim Idris…

A Nigerian medical doctor based in the United States of America, identified simply as Afolabi, narrowly escaped death after a mob attacked him over a false kidnapping allegation in Ibadan, Oyo State. The incident, according to findings by PUNCH Metro…

Akwa Ibom State Police command says its operatives have busted a notorious armed robbery syndicate terrorizing Midim community in Abak Local Government Area of the state. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Timfon John, disclosed this in a statement in Uyo…