A 39-year-old man has been arraigned before a Magistrates’ Court sitting in Akure, Ondo State, for allegedly stealing a pregnant female dog valued at N500,000. The defendant, Joseph Raphael, was arraigned by the Ondo State Police on a three-count charge…

The Osun State Police Command has announced the arrest of three suspects linked to the alleged ritual killing of 38-year-old Lasisi Funmilayo Oluwamayokun, a Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, personnel of the Ogun State Sector Command, and her 12-year-old daughter,…

Four suspected members of a notorious car-snatching syndicate have been apprehended by operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command, with six stolen vehicles and over N15 million in cash recovered. Josephine Adeh, the command spokesperson, explained in a statement…

A Federal Fire Service officer attached to the Trade Fair Complex, Lagos, lost his life on Wednesday after a traffic incident along the Trade Fair–inward Abule-Ado service lane. LASTMA spokesperson, Adebayo Taofiq, said preliminary findings indicated that a commercial motorcyclist,…

Police operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Command have arrested four suspected members of a notorious car-snatching syndicate and recovered six stolen vehicles alongside over N15m cash. The command’s spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a statement released on Wednesday.…

Some residents of the Mwar community in Chakfem Chiefdom of Mangu Local Government of Plateau State, who were attacked by marauding gunmen suspected to be Fulani militias, have revealed that they pleaded with soldiers at a nearby military checkpoint to…

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a suspected drug dealer, Ogbu Simon, in Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State and recovered a large quantity of narcotics estimated at over ₦12 million. It was gathered that the arrest followed…

A South African court has sentenced a Nigerian man, Victor Udoh, and his South African accomplice, Vuyisekha Mzwakhe, to a total of 37 years in prison after finding them guilty of drug trafficking and related offences. The judgment was delivered…

The Federal High Court sitting in Benin, Edo State, has sentenced 17 drug traffickers to 84 years’ imprisonment in connection with various drug offences, with an option of N27.25m fine. This was disclosed in a statement on Tuesday by the…

The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested three suspects in connection with the vandalisation and theft of railway clips and nuts along the railway line in Offa Local Government Area of the state.…

Security forces have foiled a night attack on Kwargaba community in Wurno Local Government Area of Sokoto State, killing two bandits and arresting three others. The incident was contained in a post shared on X on Wednesday by security analyst,…

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested one Oluchukwu Anyaoku, after a video emerged online in which he was allegedly seen issuing threats of violence and vowing to destroy all police formations in Obosi, Idemili North Local Government Area of…

A South African court on Tuesday sentenced Nigerian national, Victor Udoh and his South African accomplice, Vuyisekha Mzwakhe, to a combined 37 years in prison for drug trafficking offences. Udoh, 33, received a 22-year sentence, comprising 20 years for drug…

A 20-year-old man, Jamiu Oseni, has died from suspected complications arising from an assault allegedly carried out by his uncle and several others over a missing sum of N150,000 in the Idowa area of Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun…

A mentally unstable lecturer, Emmanuel Peter, has disappeared from his sick bed in the Adamawa State capital, Yola. Peter, 40, a lecturer with the Department of Public Administration, Muhammadu Buhari University, formally University of Maiduguri, was diagnosed of psychotic disorder,…