Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have intercepted hard drugs concealed inside energy-saving bulbs and recovered a pump-action gun linked to an ongoing murder and cultism investigation in separate intelligence-driven operations across the state. The Command disclosed the development in a statement issued on Tuesday by the Police...
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Police in Yobe State have arrested three suspected transformer vandals and recovered stolen components in Bursari Local Government Area. Police said operatives of the Garin Alkali Division, acting on credible intelligence, arrested Muhammad Auwali, 51, Inusa Lawan, 53, and Hassan Ibrahim, 27, all from Bursari and Gashu’a axis of...
Officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone C, Owerri, have intercepted a massive consignment of illicit drugs worth over ₦1 billion, concealed within legitimate goods along the Okada/Ofosu Expressway in Benin City. The Comptroller of the Unit, Bishir Balogun, disclosed during a press briefing...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, April 9, 2026 arrested 31 suspected internet fraudsters in a sting operation at an internet fraud academy, situated in Becki Estate, Karu, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. The suspects, comprising two kingpins and interns, were nabbed while undergoing internet fraud...
Detectives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 25-year-old man, Abubakar Musa, over the alleged murder of two persons and attempted killing of three others during a violent knife attack in Olámbe area of Ogun State. The suspect, identified as Abubakar Musa, was apprehended by operatives of...
Operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), have arrested one Osagie Destiny Etinosa for alleged N11 million fraud. The suspect, who was arrested through an open source intelligence, had been parading himself on Instagram account @ officialking _ etto. as a football...
Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Tuesday, April 7, 2025 arrested one Fatima Muhammed for an alleged Naira mutilation. The suspect was arrested following a viral video circulated on tiktok where she was seen cleaning mucus from her nose using N500 Naira note....
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested Udoma David Ekeh, a Tiktok user, for spreading false information about the Commission and its officers. The commission disclosed this in a post via its verified X handle on Wednesday. It said: “Udeh, in December 2025, alerted the...
Nigeria Police Force, through the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) Abuja, has recorded a major breakthrough in the investigation of a transnational fraud, identity theft, and money laundering case involving a United States-based victim, in line with the ongoing drive of the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Olatunji Rilwan Disu,...
The Ilorin Zonal Directorate of the EFCC has arrested a company representative, Kofoworola Motunrayo Kolawole, over an alleged fraud to the tune of N993,247,796.70 (Nine Hundred and Ninety-Three Million, Two Hundred and Forty-Seven Thousand, Seven Hundred and Ninety-Six Naira, Seventy Kobo). The arrest of Kolawole, 37, was sequel to...
No fewer than 12 persons have been killed after suspected gunmen attacked Angwan Rukuba community in Jos North Local Government Area of Plateau State. The incident, which occurred on Sunday night, reportedly left several others injured, sparking tension in the area. According to reports, the attackers opened fire on...
A large consignment of cocaine concealed in heads of imported dry stock fish has been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) who also arrested a key member of the syndicate involved in shipping the illicit substance across the world especially to India. The NDLEA...
Kaduna State Police Command has arrested a suspected member of a criminal gang linked to the fatal stabbing of a passerby at Kawo Flyover, as authorities intensify efforts to apprehend other fleeing suspects. The State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Mansir Hassan, disclosed this in a statement issued on...
Four men have been arrested by the police for allegedly using the name of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Minister, Nyesom Wike, to defraud a military officer of a sum of N150 million. One Yashim Kajang, of number 3, Martin Elegoma Street, Nigeria Army Post Housing E, Phase1 Kurudu,...
Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a village head, Chief Edet, over alleged possession of an illegal firearm in Asik Ubofa, a fishing settlement in Effiat Clan, Mbo Local Government Area of the state. In a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, Timfon John, the arrest...
The Port Harcourt Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has commenced investigations of eight suspected oil thieves handed over to it by the Nigeria Navy Ship, NNS Pathfinder, Naval Base, Port Harcourt, Rivers State on March 23, 2026. The suspects were arrested on Sunday, March...
Operatives of the Enugu Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) have commenced investigations into the activities of one Osogu Christian Ogbonna, a suspected serial fraudster, for allegedly obtaining the sum of N19, 900, 000. 00 (Nineteen Million, Nine Hundred Thousand Naira) from three of his...
Plateau State Police Command has arrested 21 suspected members of the notorious Sara-Suka cult group and two individuals accused of spreading fake and inciting content on social media, in a renewed crackdown on crime across the Jos-Bukuru metropolis. The arrests were carried out following intensified patrol and raid operations...
Operatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command have raided a suspected kidnappers’ hideout, arresting one suspect and recovering an AK-47 rifle during the operation. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, SP Ramhan Nansel, disclosed this in a statement issued on Sunday in Lafia. According to the...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a shipment containing 339,800 bottles of codeine-based syrup at the Apapa seaport in Lagos, as part of a series of operations that also led to the recovery of large consignments of opioids and the arrest of several suspects...