Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command has recorded a major breakthrough in its sustained fight against violent crime with the arrest of three notorious armed robbery suspects involved in “one-chance” criminal operations and the gruesome murder of a legal practitioner, Barrister Chigbo Princess Nwamaka Mediatrix. The FCT Police spokesperson,...
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THE family of Princess Nwamaka Mediatrix Chigbo, an Abuja-based lawyer, is saddened to announce her brutal death at the hands of still-to-be-identified kidnappers in the Nigerian Federal Capital Territory on Monday, 5th January 2026. Before her abduction, Barrister Nwamaka was on the phone with her sister Anthonia, who briefly...
Nigeria Police Force, Airport Police Command, in its sustained efforts to combat transnational crimes and prevent the use of Nigerian airports as escape routes for criminal elements, has arrested a notorious celebrity scam and romance fraud suspect responsible for defrauding multiple victims in the United States of America of...
Determined to combat all forms of cult activities, violent crime and threats to public safety, the Benue State Police Command has arrested four notorious cultists and as well recovered arms and ammunition. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), DSP Udeme Edet, disclosed this in a statement made available to...
Edo State Police Command has arrested a man, Amadin William, for allegedly murdering his childhood friend, Eghosa Osarietinomwan, during a house-warming event in Oben community. Osarietinomwan had recently returned from Europe to celebrate Christmas with family and friends. The police spokesperson,ASP Eno Ikoedem, confirmed the incident to journalists in...
At least 3 people were killed on Saturday after a violent confrontation between security operatives and suspected drug peddlers in the Koraman Nayalle area of Sabuwar Unguwa Quarters, Katsina metropolis. The clash reportedly began when security personnel moved to arrest a suspected drug dealer identified as Uzairu, popularly known...
Lagos State Police Command has uncovered a carefully staged kidnapping plot after arresting five suspects, including a 15-year-old schoolboy, over a fake abduction that led to the extortion of N1.7 million from the boy’s mother. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Abimbola Adebisi, confirmed the arrests in a statement issued on...
Delta State Police Command has uncovered a disturbing case that ended on a reassuring note, following the arrest of a woman accused of selling her two-month-old baby for N1.5 million. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Bright Edafe, disclosed the development to journalists on Friday in Warri, explaining that the suspect...
Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF–NCCC) has apprehended high-profile internet fraud suspects involved in targeted cyberattacks against the email systems of major corporate organisations through the deployment of phishing links and malicious software. The Force spokesman, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this in a statement issued on Thursday in...
A 49-year-old man has been arrested by the Edo State Police Command for allegedly killing his 15-year-old son and secretly burying him within their family compound. ASP Eno Ikoedem, the command’s Public Relations Officer, revealed the shocking incident in a statement shared with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
A mortuary attendant in Upper Sakponba, Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State, has been arrested following allegations of organ harvesting from a corpse at Akugbe Mortuary, sparking outrage among the deceased’s relatives. According to reports gathered by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), tensions escalated when family members...
A police inspector attached to the Ekiadolor Area Command was on Friday shot dead by gunmen who opened fire during a routine stop-and-search operation in Benin, the Edo capital. CSP Moses Yamu, spokesperson of the Edo Police Command confirmed this via a statement made available to the News Agency...
FCT Police Command, acting on credible intelligence and supported by digital forensic reconstruction, has arrested four (4) members of a notorious armed robbery and car-snatching syndicate. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday in Abuja. She said the recoveries were...
Tension rippled through parts of Akwa Ibom last week after a false report claiming that female students of a secondary school in Oron had been abducted spread rapidly across social media. NATIONAL ACCORD reports that what began as a rumour soon snowballed into statewide panic before the government stepped...
A sense of shock swept through a quiet Asaba neighbourhood on Monday after retired Delta State High Court Judge, Justice Ifeoma Okogwu, was discovered brutally murdered inside her residence. Security sources according to Zagazola Makama, noted that the respected jurist was found lifeless in her sitting room at No....
Edo State Police Command has opened a full-scale manhunt for one Timothy Gilbert, the man accused of brutally attacking his girlfriend, 40-year-old Angela Ogah, with acid in Benin City. Spokesperson for the command, CSP Moses Yamu, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), explaining that Gilbert...
As part of ongoing intensified efforts to combat banditry, kidnapping and other violent crimes across Kogi State, troops of 12 Brigade Nigerian Army have successfully foiled an ambush by armed bandits and rescued a kidnapped victim during a coordinated operation around Oshokoshoko and Obajana in Lokoja Local Government Area....
Ondo State Police Command has taken two students of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, into custody over an alleged conspiracy that led to the rape of a 20-year-old undergraduate. Police spokesperson DSP Olushola Ayanlade disclosed the development in a statement on Monday, describing the case as a grim reminder of...
Benue State Police Command has uncovered a hub of criminal activity in Makurdi, recovering stolen motorcycles, spare parts and fetish charms during a raid that drew the attention — and anger — of commercial motorcyclists in the area. The discovery, made along George Akume Way, sparked a crowd surge...
Nigeria Police Force, through the INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) Abuja, has taken full custody of fugitive suspect Victor abduction Fejemirokun. A statement issued by the Force spokesman, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the suspect was handed over by the Ghana Police Service today in Accra, Ghana, following a coordinated...