News Category - Crime
LEKKI VIOLENCE: POLICE ARREST 23 SUSPECTED CULTIST, RECOVER FIREARM, AMMUNITION
The police spokesman said the Commissioner of Police also approved the redeployment of some Divisional Police Officers in the affected area, to bring new driver towards curtailing crime in the area.
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FG CELEBRATES, AS FINNISH COURT JAILS IPOB'S SIMON EKPA SIX YEARS FOR TERRORISM IN SOUTH-EAST NIGERIA
A Finnish newspaper reports that the court also found EKPA guilty of aggravated tax fraud in a ruling delivered earlier today, Monday, September 1, 2025.
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LAGOS BALOGUN MARKET VIOLENCE: ONE PERSON KILLED, ANOTHER HOSPITALISED
The Police spokesman said that the incident at the Balogun Market, which occurred at about 11am, had nothing to do with tribe or ethnicity.
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4 POLICEMEN ON ILLEGAL DUTY DETAINED, LAND-GRABBER DECLARED WANTED OVER DEADLY CLASHES AT OWODE ONIRIN MARKET
The Police Public Relations Officer, CSP BENJAMIN HUNDEYIN, disclosed in a statement that the detained policemen will face orderly room trial, while ABIODUN ORIORIO has been declared wanted.
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NDLEA PARADES 6 SUSPECTS LINKED TO 3 NIGERIANS ARRESTED IN SAUDI ARABIA FOR DRUG TRAFFICKING
NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, FEMI BABAFEMI, paraded the suspects before newsmen at the agency’s headquarters in Abuja, joined by the Director of Assets and Financial Investigation, ABDUL IBRAHIM, and the Director of Prosecution and Legal Services, THERESA ASUQUO.
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NDLEA BURST WIDOW TRAFFICKING COCAINE UNDER FAKE PREGNANCY
The NDLEA spokesman said during interrogation, IFEOMA HENRIETTA EZEWUIKE claimed she inherited the drug trade from her husband who died two years ago.
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POLICE RECOVER TOYOTA SIENNA USED TO SMUGGLE CANNABIS IN OJO, LAGOS
The PPRO, CSP BENJAMIN HUNDEYIN said after the driver fled with the vehicle documents and key, officers searched the vehicle and discovered an Army jungle hat, two ATM cards, and two bags containing cannabis.
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POLICE NAB EX-CONVICT ON SUSPICION OF CULTISM, POSSESSION OF ILLEGAL FIREARM
The PPRO said ONAMADE KAYODE is currently cooperating with ongoing investigations to apprehend other cult members and recover weapons in their possession, after which he will be prosecuted accordingly.
Read More →LAGOS POLICE ARREST FIVE CAR SNATCHERS, ACCOMPLICE BUYER
The PPRO said following a detailed investigation of the case, detectives arrested FAVOUR SUNDAY, 25; IKOT MOSES, 28; DICKSON IGHOBUE HARRISON, 35; JOSHUA ADEDAMOLA, 27; and DANIEL JONATHAN, 26.
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RAIN OF PROMOTIONS, AS PSC ELEVATES 952 POLICE OFFICERS TO DSP, BLOCKS 179 OTHERS
PSC spokesman, IKECHUKWU ANI, disclosed in a statement that the decision of the Commission has been transmitted to the Inspector General of Police for implementation in a letter signed by the Secretary to the Commission, ONYEMUCHE NNAMANI.
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COURT FREEZES BANK ACCOUNTS OF FORMER NNPLC GMD, MELE KYARI
Part of the revelations in the affidavit indicate that the sum of over Six Hundred and Sixty-Six Million Naira found in the bank accounts are suspected to be proceeds of unlawful activities.
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COURT SLAMS FIFTY MILLION NAIRA FINE OR JAIL TERMS AGAINST CONVICTED DRUG KINGPINS
The convicts are 37-year-old AJETSIBO EMAMI, popularly known as ‘Warri Kinsman’, and 51-year-old SOLOMON AKPOMUAI.
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POLICE BURST LAGOS ONE-CHANCE ROBBERY GANG, ARREST KINGPIN
Following the breakthrough, the PPRO said the Command’s Special Squad 1 has taken over the case to arrest other fleeing members and dismantle the criminal network.
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END-OF-THE-ROAD FOR IWAJOMO – POLICE NABS IKORODU-BASED ARMED ROBBERY KINGPIN
The Police Public Relations Officer, CSP BENJAMIN HUNDEYIN, disclosed in a statement that items recovered from IWAJOMO include an AK-49 rifle and magazines, with twenty rounds of live ammunition.
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POLICE ARREST INEC OFFICIALS WITH N2.5M DURING BYE-ELECTION IN OGUN STATE
The PPRO said during interrogation, one of the suspects confessed that the money was collected at Kehoy Hotel, Iperu, Ogun State, from a man described as “Political Solution”, acting on the directive of his supervisor.
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POLICE BURST TRANS-BORDER CHILD TRAFFICKING GANG, RESCUE 11 VICTIMS, NAB FOUR SUSPECTS
The PPRO said the Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, CP Olohundare Jimoh, commends the operatives for their swift and professional action.
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IGP UPGRADES POLICE LEGAL SECTION TO DIRECTORATE, APPOINTS PIONEER DIRECTOR
The Force Directorate of Legal Services will serve as the apex legal arm of the Nigeria Police Force, with the responsibility of coordinating and delivering legal services.
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OKADA RIDER, ONE OTHER CAUGHT WITH 3 HUMAN SKULLS IN OGUN STATE
The Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Omolola Odutola, confirmed in a statement that the incident happened on Monday, August 11, 2025, at about 1400hrs.
Read More →EDO COURT JAILS 15 INTERNET FRAUDSTERS IN BENIN CITY
The convicts journey to the Correctional Centre began with their arrest in a sting operation by operatives of the Benin Zonal Directorate of the EFCC due to their involvement in fraudulent internet activities.
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AIRPORT UNRULY BEHAVIOUR: EMMANSON REMANDED, WITH LIFE ‘NO FLY’ BAN, AVIATION MINISTER KICKS, OBI RAISES QUESTION OF BIAS
OBI – the 2023 presidential candidate of the Labour Party, questioned the speed of the arraignment and remand of Comfort Emmanson, with veiled comparison to a similar incident involved Fuji musician, Wasiu Ayinde Marshal.
Read More →OOPL MGT PROTEST, AS EFCC RAIDS HOTEL, ARREST 93 SUSPECTED FRAUDSTERS
EFCC spokesman, DELE OYEWALE, said operatives involved in the raid also impounded eighteen vehicles of assorted types, as well as various mobile devices from the suspects.
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GENERAL OVERSEER OF LAGOS-BASED CHURCH ARRESTED ON SUSPICION OF CROSS-BORDER DRUG TRAFFICKING
The spokesman said ADEFOLUSHO admitted in his statement that he transported the hard drug through the waterways from Ghana into Nigeria.
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NDLEA PARTNERS INDIA'S NCB AGAINST ILLICIT SHIPMENTS OF TRAMADOL TO NIGERIA
the NCB boss Anurag Garg said it is essential for the two agencies to strengthen the existing partnership because the drug problem cuts across international borders, while he assured of their readiness to share knowledge, intelligence and experience with NDLEA on a number of areas of interest.
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SUSPECTED MUSHIN KILLER GANG LEADER REMANDED IN KIRI-KIRI
This comes more than six weeks after CSP HUNDEYIN announced the arrest of forty-four-year-old AKINWANDE on June at his hideout in the Agbado area of Ogun State 20, following he called a coordinated tactical operation code-named ‘Silence, Speed and Surprise’.
Read More →NAFDAC SEIZES N1.5B ILLICIT PRODUCTS IN LAGOS TRADE FAIR MARKET
He said the NAFDAC’s enforcement operations are ongoing simultaneously nationwide, with the aim of safeguarding public health by removing hazardous items from the market.
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COURT JAILS INDIAN WOMAN FOR SMUGGLING COCAINE THROUGH KANO, PLUS OTHERS
NEETU was arrested at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport in Kano in connection with seventy-two parcels of heroin, factory-sealed in wafer wraps and packaged as chocolates.
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COUPLE JAILED 22YRS PLUS FOR ILLICIT DRUG DEALINGS,AS NDLEA SECURES FINAL FORFEITURE OF LAGOS HOTEL LINKED TO DRUG CARTEL
AJAH JOHNSON UCHENNA and his wife, ROSEMARY, were first arrested in Ojo area of the state on June 13, by operatives of the Department of State Security with two hundred and seventy-seven-point-five kilograms of skunk, a strain of cannabis.
Read More →POLICE NAB 7 SUSPECTS OVER MURDER OF PORT HARCOURT LAWYER
Rivers State Police Command PPRO, SP GRACE IRINGE-KOKO said through meticulous intelligence and technical surveillance over ten days, all individuals involved in the crime were identified and apprehended.
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WOMAN ARRESTED AT LAGOS TRADE FAIR MARKET OVER COCAINE CONCEALED IN LIPSTICKS
“Two cargo agents linked to the shipment were earlier arrested before the eventual arrest of Nneka, who runs the criminal trade as a family business with her husband Remigus Nwafor."
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NDLEA SMASHES DRUG RING OPERATING AS DISPATCH RIDERS IN ABUJA
NDLEA spokesman, FEMI BABAFEMI, said operatives involved in stop-and-search operations in Gwarimpa, Jahi, and Galadimawa areas of the FCT recorded the breakthrough on Wednesday July 30, 2025.
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