Crime

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Tuesday destroyed 1.8 tons of cocaine. The anti-drug agency disclosed this on its social media handles. The agency recently seized stacks of...

Abidemi Rufai, sacked aide of Dapo Abiodun, governor of Ogun, has been sentenced to five years in prison by a United States district court for fraud. In May 2021, Rufai...

Bello Turji, bandit kingpin, has cried out over the military airstrikes on his hide-out. According to PRNigeria, the bandit warlord accused the government of breaking the peace pact they had...

Chukwuma Soludo, governor of Anambra, says the gunmen terrorising the state are Igbo. Soludo said suspects arrested so far “are 100 percent Igbo,” but added that the proscribed Indigenous People...

A fighter jet belonging to the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has launched a fresh attack on the enclave Bello Turji,  Zamfara bandit leader. According to Daily Trust, the notorious bandit...

Lucky Irabor, chief of defence staff, says the gunmen behind the attack on a church in Owo, Ondo state have been arrested. On June 25, gunmen suspected to be members...

Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame, former governors, have been released from Kuje Custodial centre. The two former governors were convicted and jailed for corruption, but received presidential pardon in April....

The Nigerian Air force says its airstrikes killed Abdulkareem Lawal, a bandit kingpin responsible for the killing of a police area commander in Katsina. The air force, in a statement,...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared Ismaila Mustapha, better known as Mompha, wanted for allegedly jumping bail.  The social media celebrity is under prosecution for alleged fraud and...

A high court in Akwa Ibom has sentenced Uduak Akpan to death for the murder of Iniobong Umoren, a jobseeker. Akpan had lured Umoren, who is a 26-year-old graduate of...