38-year-old Islamic teacher remanded over alleged rape of two underaged girls
A 38-year-old Islamic teacher, Sagir Sani, has been remanded by a Chief Magistrate’s Court in Yola, Adamawa State, over allegations of defiling two female students aged eight and nine. Sani,…
Ogun: NDLEA arrests 101-year-old woman over illicit drug trade
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested Esther Ogunmabo, a woman said to be 101 years old, for allegedly selling cannabis in Ilisan, Ogun State. According to NDLEA…
Fleeing ‘KC Luxury’ arrested as NDLEA busts international cocaine cartel, seizes 184.5kg shipment
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled an international cocaine trafficking cartel that allegedly used Nigeria as a transit hub for moving illicit drugs to the United Kingdom,…
Italy-based Nigerian arrested with 98 cocaine wraps at Enugu airport
A 30-year-old Italy-based businessman, Joseph Cyril, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu State, for allegedly ingesting…
Ex-DSS operative remanded over alleged support for IPOB
A retired operative of the Department of State Services (DSS), Nwaogu Ihechimere Ezeakolam, has been arraigned before a Federal High Court in Abuja over alleged membership of the proscribed Indigenous…
NDLEA foils cocaine shipments to China, Italy, seizes codeine and skunk
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted consignments of cocaine concealed inside a local mortar and the false bottom of a backpack, both packaged for shipment…
Police arrest three over mob killing of UniJos graduate
The Plateau State Police Command has arrested three suspects in connection with the alleged mob killing of a 25-year-old University of Jos graduate and model, Ibrahim Mbaya, popularly known as…
Woman arrested for allegedly stabbing boyfriend and severing his manhood
In a startling incident, the Kano State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old woman, Maimunatu Idris, for allegedly attacking her boyfriend at Durbar Hotel in the Badawa area. The attack…
After years on the run, rearrested drug baron, ex-footballer land 24-year jail term
A fugitive drug baron who spent nearly a decade evading justice has been sentenced to 22 years in prison after his rearrest, while a former international footballer received a two-year…
How Police tracked, arrested ‘PFIPC DG’ Adeyemi in Osun village
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested the alleged Director-General of the controversial Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council (PFIPC), Adeniyi Adeyemi, in Osun State, hours after a Federal High Court in…