Category: Crime

                                                  Operatives from the Rivers State Police Command have arrested five suspected kidnappers in connection with the murder of Jeminiwa Richard Timothy, the Chief Security Officer (CSO) of the Adokiye Amiesimaka …

              Troops from Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) have apprehended a notorious gunrunner and suspected kidnapper, Blessed Paul, in the Garaje Community of Jema’a Local Government Area in Kaduna State. According to intelligence sources speaking with security analyst Zagazola Makama on Tuesday, March 11, 2025, the 22-year-old suspect had been …

                                                                            Suspected herdsmen attacked Farin Dutse, a community in Nasarawa Local Government Area, on March 10, 2025, killing …

                    The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested four Chinese nationals and 27 Nigerians in connection with illegal mining activities in Jos. The commission’s spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, confirmed the arrests in a statement issued on Tuesday, March 11, in Abuja. The suspects were apprehended …

                  Armed militants have reportedly taken over 450 passengers hostage aboard a train in Pakistan’s volatile southwestern Balochistan province. The Baloch Liberation Army (BLA) has threatened to execute all hostages if the Pakistani authorities attempt any intervention. According to Muhammad Kashif, a senior railway official in Quetta, …

A butcher identified as Monday Murya, allegedly stabbed his elder brother, Friday Murya, to death during a quarrel over N200 meat in Adamawa State. The incident occurred at Waltadi community in Dunme State Development Area, Song Local Government Area on Sunday, 9th March, 2025. Monday also stabbed Sinairu, one of his elder brothers who attempted …

                  Donatus Ndubuisi, a 29-year-old student at the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), has been laid to rest after being brutally killed by Fulani herdsmen in Amofia Umuhu Eha-Amufu, Enugu State. Ndubuisi, the only child of a widowed mother, was buried on Friday, March …

                                                  Angry residents in Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State have launched protests following the killing of three community guards by bandits. The unrest began early on Tuesday, March …

                  Operatives from the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Kaduna Zonal Directorate have apprehended 28 individuals suspected of operating a Ponzi scheme in Minna, Niger State. The arrested suspects include: Nofisat Opeyemi, Shukurat Muritala, Odunayo Sanni, Mayowa Oyekola, Aishat Olaitan, Edward Hannah, Abioye Fathiah, Joseph Omowunmi, …

A 38-year-old Nigerian citizen, Onomen Uduebor, who was arrested and extradited from the UK to the United States of America on an indictment in the Western District of Washington was arraigned for wire fraud involving stolen tax information. Uduebor was arraigned on Friday, March 7, 2025, in U.S. District Court in Seattle, Acting U.S. Attorney …