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Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, Ilorin Zonal Directorate, have arrested a Nigerian-American, Adegoke Adams, for an alleged cross-border vehicle import fraud. According to a statement posted on the EFCC’s official X account…
Many car owners in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory have resorted to using public transportation following the hike in the pump price of petrol. Low-income earners, who can barely afford rising transport fares, are also trekking to work to cope with…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested two elderly men, aged 83 and 78, in separate operations in Abia and Ekiti states as part of a nationwide crackdown on illicit drug trafficking. The arrests were disclosed…
A 60-year-old man has been abducted by four masked armed men in the Monatan community in Lagelu Local Government Area of Oyo State. Investigation by PUNCH Online revealed that the victim, a building materials trader, was accosted while returning home…
Security operatives have arrested two men suspected of posing as soldiers in Jema’a Local Government Area of Kaduna State. The arrest was made around 8:30 p.m. on May 1 along Bauchi Street in Kafanchan town by troops of Sector 7…
Three security personnel have been killed and two others injured after suspected terrorists attacked Tenobo village in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State.The incident was contained in a post shared on X on Saturday night by security analyst, Zagazola…
Dayo Oyewo writes on how a 10-year-old girl, Faith, allegedly died after weeks of abuse and neglect, and how her lifeless body was reportedly kept inside a room overnight Residents of Jemesi Papa Street, Egan, in the Igando area of…
Three members of the Medical and Health Workers’ Union of Nigeria, Ekiti Local Government branch, have died in a fatal lone road crash along the Oke-Onigbin–Omu-Aran highway in Kwara State shortly after participating in this year’s Workers’ Day celebrations. The…
The Oyo State Police Command has announced that it has detained two policemen over the death of a motorcyclist. The two officers, an assistant superintendent of police and an inspector attached to the Border Patrol Unit, were detained on Saturday…
The Oyo State Police Command has arrested two suspects over alleged defilement and a suspected murder case, while also confirming the death of a motorcyclist in a separate incident in Iseyin, with investigations ongoing across all three cases. In a…
The Taraba State Police Command has arrested several suspects linked to armed robbery, criminal conspiracy, and breach of trust, while also recovering stolen property. The development was disclosed in a statement issued on Saturday and signed by the Acting Police…
The Delta State Police Command has arrested a suspected kidnapper and armed robber, and recovered from the suspect one AK-47 rifle and 63 rounds of live ammunition. This was contained in a statement signed and released by the Police Public…
Troops of the Nigerian Army have neutralised four suspected terrorists during a patrol along Turare–Yantumaki Road in Katsina State. This was made known in a post on X by Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency and security expert in the Lake Chad…
The Kwara State Police Command has confirmed the death of three police officers following a deadly attack on a Police Mobile Force camp in Tenebo Village, Kaiama Local Government Area of the state, in the early hours of Saturday. The…
Rival terror groups, Boko Haram and Islamic State West Africa Province, are reportedly engaged in renewed violent clashes deep inside the Sambisa Forest and surrounding areas of Borno State. Security analyst, Zagazola Makama, disclosed this in a post on X…
A road crash along the Calabar–Itu Highway in Cross River State has killed three students of the University of Cross River State and a staff member after a coaster bus conveying students collided with a container truck while returning from…
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