Category: crime
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KADUNA POLICE DETAIN COUPLE OVER DEATH OF TEENAGE BOY, LAUNCH INVESTIGATION
The Kaduna State Police Command has detained a couple following the death of a teenage boy identified as Sadiq in the Kurmin-Mashi area of Kaduna metropolis. According to the police, the incident occurred on Sunday night along Dahiru Road. Preliminary reports indicate that the teenager was allegedly punished by his mother and stepfather over a…
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NDLEA SEIZES OVER 12,700kg OF ILLICIT DRUGS, ARRESTS 1,107 SUSPECTS IN KADUNA
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it seized more than 12,700 kilogrammes of illicit drugs and arrested 1,107 suspects in Kaduna State between June 2025 and June 2026. According to the Kaduna State Commander of NDLEA, CN Maijama’a Muhammad, the seizures included cannabis, tramadol, cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine and other psychotropic substances. He said…
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NAVY INTERCEPTS 22,870 LITRES OF ILLEGAL DIESEL IN RIVERS OPERATION
The Nigerian Navy under its operation Delta Sentinel has intercepted illegally refined petroleum products in Rivers. This was revealed in an operational report issued by the Director of Naval Information, Capt. Abiodun Folorunsho, on Sunday June 28 in Abuja. Folorunsho said the operation was carried out by personnel of Nigerian Navy Ship Soroh deployed to…
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SGF CONDEMNS KILLING OF BENUE MACBAN CHAIRMAN, CALLS FOR IMMEDIATE ARREST OF SUSPECTS
Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Sen. George Akume, has strongly condemned the killing of the Benue State Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN), Alhaji Risku Mohammed, and his associate. In a statement on Sunday, Akume described the killings as a setback to ongoing peacebuilding efforts in Benue…
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KEBBI FARMERS – HERDERS CLASH: 8 DEAD, 4 SUSPECTS ARRESTED
The Kebbi Police Command says it has arrested four suspects in connection with the recent farmers-herders clash in Gulma Town, Argungu Local Government Area. The Kebbi Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, SP Bashir Usman, disclosed this in a statement issued in Birnin Kebbi on Thursday June 25. Usman said the suspects were arrested following ongoing…
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CUSTOMS HAND OVER 6,981 PARCELS, SACKS OF MARIJUANA TO NDLEA IN OGUN
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun 1 Area Command, Idiroko, has intercepted and seized 6,981 parcels and 62 sacks of marijuana in different locations of the state. The Command’s Area Comptroller, Mr Olukayode Afeni, disclosed this while handing over the drugs to Mr Olaniyi Ekundayo, Commander, National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), Idiroko Special Area…
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NDLEA BUSTS METH LAB IN OYO FOREST, ARRESTS MEXICAN, 4 OTHERS
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have discovered and dismantled a fortified, industrial-scale methamphetamine laboratory hidden deep within the forest of Tapa Village, Ibarapa North Local Government Area, Oyo State. Speaking on the development on Wednesday June 24 in Abuja, the NDLEA’s Chairman, retired Brig.Gen. Buba Marwa, represented by its Director of…
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ALLEGED COUP PLOT: COURT ORDERS PROBE OF LEAKED EVIDENCE
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered the Department of State Services (DSS) to investigate allegation by the prosecution that part of the evidence it tendered in court and served on lawyers to the defendants were displayed on social media. Justice Joyce Abdulmalik also ordered that if there was any evidence on social…
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STUDENT’S KILLING: KOGI VARSITY NABS 2 MORE SUSPECTED CULTISTS
Prince Abubakar Audu University (PAAU), Anyigba, has intensified its anti-cultism campaign with the arrest of two additional suspected cult members, following the murder of 300-level Biochemistry student, David Solomon on June 11, within the university environment. In a statement on Wednesday in Lokoja, Uredo Omale, Public Relations Officer (PRO) of PAAU, said the arrests were…
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NSCDC IN EDO RESCUE 15 YEAR OLD KIDNAP VICTIM, NAB SUSPECTS
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) says it has rescued a 15-year-old girl who was allegedly abducted in Ewohimi, Esan South-East Local Government Area of Edo State. According to the Edo State Command, the teenager was rescued during an intelligence-led operation after her family reported that she had gone out to buy a…
