Crime
NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, FEMI BABAFEMI, said the suspect claimed to be into car decoration business at the Trade Fair Complex in the Ojo area of Lagos before he relocated to Portugal in May 2023.
Corruption
AFOLABI KAZEEM, aka KC LUXURY, is standing trial alongside two accomplices, identified as BONIFACE FREEMAN OCHOCHE SULE and IKECHUKWU EKUGO PATRIARCH, before Justice MUSA KAKAKI of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos.
Community
The PPRO described the victim as a university graduate, with a degree in guidance and counseling, adding that he was beaten repeatedly with a bamboo stick by EDEBIRI TEMITOPE until he collapsed and died.
Crime
They are alleged to be working in partnership with a notorious Mexican drug cartel member, identified as RODRIGUEZ VILLANUEVA, who is based in Mexico City.
Controversial
President BOLA AHMED TINUBU approved the composition of the probe committee from Paris, France where he is currently enjoying his annual vacation.
Controversial
Governor UMARU BAGO also imposed a twenty-four-hour curfew across the state capital, effective after the Friday Muslim prayers.
Foreign
The latest victim was found half-naked and wrapped in a sheet on the side of a road in Dawn Park on Thursday morning.
Corruption
WILL JESSICA ANN pleaded guilty to the charges, expressed remorse and pleaded for leniency, promising never to engage in such an act again, claiming she did not know there were illicit drugs in the bags.
Corruption
Justice MUHAMMED DANJUMA delivered the judgement on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, affirming the earlier decision of Justice F.E. MESSIRI of the High Court of the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.
Crime
NDLEA spokesman, FEMI BABAFEMI, said FESTUS IBEWUIKE, also known as CHIDIBEST IBEWUIKE, had relocated to Mozambique where he operates a hotel business as a front.
Crime
While the spouse was rescued by some women in the vicinity, KOLADE was rushed to the Lagos Island General Hospital, where he was confirmed dead.
Corruption
The NDLEA said a search of DUNU's residence at No.6 Yemishola Street, Ejigbo, Lagos on Friday, September 4, led to the recovery of phone chargers similar to those used to conceal the intercepted cocaine, which had their internal components removed to create space for drugs concealment.
Community
The Deputy Police Public Relations Officer, ASP OLUBORODE OPEYEMI, said a night watchman had observed suspicious movements inside a market stall, upon which police patrol teams were mobilized to the scene, and arrested the suspects.
Crime
The #EndBadGovernance group further noted that the right to peaceful assembly was under serious and growing threat in Lagos State, and urged human rights groups and people of good conscience to beam their searchlight on Lagos State in order to arrest the dangerous drift into authoritarianism.
Crime
The extradition of Olawale and Adekunle underscores the continued collaboration between the EFCC and the FBI in tackling transnational financial crimes, particularly internet-enabled crimes involving the exploitation of minors and sextortion.
Community
Police investigation trailed another victim of the syndicate, identified as twenty-six-year-old BLESSING BRIGHT, to a hospital in Mowe where she was receiving treatment after giving birth to a baby boy at the illegal maternity on August 20, 2026. However, she was found without the newborn.
Breaking News
The EFCC Boss assured Nigerians that the Commission would continue to function in line with its assigned mandate and in the best interests of the nation.
Breaking News
The NDLEA boss said the first to be arrested was Lawal Mujab Kehinde, a staff member of the logistics firm through which the cocaine was processed, who was found to have a direct and sustained relationship with the cartel's Nigerian coordinator.
Business
The intercepted foreign currencies comprise of Seventy-Three Thousand US Dollars, Fifteen Thousand, Nine Hundred and Fifty-Seven Pounds, and Eight Hundred and Twenty-Seven Thousand, Eight Hundred Saudi Riyal.
Crime
The Police Public Relations Officer, OLUSEYI BABASEYI, said operatives of the Command’s Violent Crime Response Unit tracked down the suspects along the Ita-Oshin area of Abeokuta.
Community
ATIKU ABUBAKAR, who is the 2027 presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, says he feels devastated by the incident and extends his sympathy to the bereaved families and the people of Sokoto State.
Breaking News
The consignment comprised of 246,864.535 kilograms seized by the Lagos Strategic Command of the NDLEA between April 2025 and May 2026, while 83,001.05 kilograms came from the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Tincan and Apapa Strategic Commands, as well as the Marine Command, and others.
Business
NDLEA spokesman, FEMI BABAFEMI said NWANKWO INNOCENT ONYEBUCHI confessed during interrogation that he sold off his marble business and other assets to raise the sum of Twenty-Five Million Naira, which he used to pay for the cocaine consignment.
Breaking News
Ezeokafor, the father of popular social media personality Jowi Zaza, was abducted in the early hours of Tuesday while on his way to a prayer ground in Awka, Anambra State.
Crime
The PPRO said the suspect is currently in police custody, while the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, TIJANI FATAI, has commended the operatives who made the arrest for their prompt response and intelligence-driven operation.
Breaking News
The Police Public Relations Officer, Superintendent ABIMBOLA ADEBISI, who made this known in a statement, identified the suspects as KAREEM ABIODUN, ‘m’, 26; TANSIRU EMMANUEL, ‘m’, 29; LATEEF USMAN, ‘m’, 28; and ALASHE AZEEZ, ‘m’, 32.
Foreign
The trial is expected to revisit the battle between Death Row, founded by MARION “SUGE” KNIGHT, and Bad Boy Records, created by SEAN “DIDDY” COMBS, with the late CHRISTOPHER WALLACE, better known as “The Notorious B.I.G.” as the lead artist, who was equally murdered in gang-related violence.
Breaking News
In the accompanying message, TOKUNBO WAHAB said the miscreants damaged “critical structural components of the bridge by removing iron rods, steel reinforcements, cables, and other supporting materials essential to the integrity of the infrastructure”.
Breaking News
The claimant, identified as GBENGA COLLINS, appeared before the House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee investigating the PFIPC scandal, alleging that he gave the money to ADENIYI ADEYEMI to facilitate the award of a contract.
Crime
The spokesman for Defence Headquarters says there was no deadline for non-state actors wishing to lay down their arms, while emphasizing that the military's kinetic operation was also being intensified.
