President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered security agencies to end crude oil theft before May 29. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva communicated the directive while addressing Operation Delta
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President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered security agencies to end crude oil theft before May 29. Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva communicated the directive while addressing Operation Delta
The police command in Lagos State has said one robbery suspect was gunned down around Oshodi area while his gang was exchanging gun fire with its operatives. The command’s Public
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested an Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) member over the blast near the Palace of Ohinoyi of Ebiraland in Okene, Kogi State.
Several bandits have been dislodged and 16 kidnap victims rescued in some forests bordering Abuja and Kogi State by operatives of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command. Acting on intelligence,
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, arrested 977 drug suspects in Adamawa, Taraba and Gombe states in 2022. The agency seized a total of 2,757 kg of cannabis and
[ A Lagos State Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba has ordered the remand of the Police Officer, ASP Drambi Vandi over the killing of a female lawyer and real estate
The Rivers State Police Command said it raided a hideout of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, in Oyigbo Local Government Area of the state. Commissioner of Police Okon Effiong
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory on Thursday quashed moves by the Department of State Services to invite, interrogate and charge the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) governor,
The Kano State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, on Thursday, said it has seized 6,607.492kg of Cannabis Sativa, 451 grams of cocaine, 125 grams of heroin,
Lagos State Police Command has freed two officers arrested with ASP Dambri Vandi over the death of Bolanle Raheem. Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin said the duo had given
Eight men, Waheed Tijani, 50; Taiwo Yunusa, 38; Afeez Ariyo, 43; Kazeem Tejumaje, 47; Abdulrasheed Tanimola, 55; Muritala Kewulere, 65; Dauda Azeez, 52 and Abdulhakeem Oriola, 51, were on Friday
The Gombe State command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) intercepted 338kg of psychotropic substance in the state. Mrs Ekaete Egwunwoke, NDLEA commander, Gombe State, disclosed this in
President Muhammadu Buhari has restated his administration’s commitment to improving the welfare of police and military personnel. Buhari spoke on Thursday in Abuja as he received the 2021 audited report
A 26 year-old-man, Adeyemi Babatunde, is currently in the police net for reportedly killing a driver identified as Obafunsho Ismail, over a minor accident. The suspect was arrested on December
The Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has fired back at the Inspector-General of Police, IGP, Usman Baba, saying he is unfit to end insecurity. On Wednesday, the IGP described IPOB
Five suspected kidnappers have been arrested by anti-kidnapping operatives of the Kwara State Police Command. The five suspects belong to two separate gangs of kidnappers. Members of the first gang
A 56-year-old man, Ayodele Falomo and his son, Ayoola Falomo, 23, were arraigned on Wednesday before a Chief Magistrate Court in Abeokuta, Ogun State, for allegedly assaulting a doctor and
The Department of State Security Service in Imo state announced Wednesday that its operatives had apprehended the kingpins of constant attacks. Speaking at a stakeholder meeting in Owerri, the state
One David Oluchkwu has been found guilty of impersonating an officer of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, and extorting money from unsuspecting motorists and commercial bus drivers in
A former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu on Thursday at the Federal High Court in Abuja accused the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC’ of being responsible for his travails