EFCC recovers ₦1.23trn, secures 10,872 convictions in three years
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured 10,872 convictions and recovered more than ₦1.23 trillion in its first 34 months under the leadership of its Executive Chairman, Ola…
Police bust organ-harvesting syndicate in Nasarawa
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested four suspects allegedly linked to an organ-harvesting and human-trafficking syndicate operating in Nasarawa State. The suspects were paraded on August 27, 2026, by operatives…
Police uncover staged kidnap, arrest suspected syndicate members
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested several suspects in connection with a staged kidnapping involving a two-year-old child and a separate kidnapping and armed robbery syndicate. The arrests were made…
KC Luxury: Court extends detention by 30 days, freezes bank accounts
A Federal High Court in Lagos has granted the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) another 30 days to keep socialite and celebrity jeweller Afolabi Kazeem Micheal, popularly known as…
20-year-old allegedly hacks father to death in Anambra
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a 20-year-old man, Pascal Ogbogu, for allegedly killing his 56-year-old father in Abatete, Idemili North Local Government Area of the state. The state…
Police arrest seven over alleged ₦3.6bn crypto fraud
The Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrimes Centre (NPF-NCCC) has arrested seven suspects over alleged money laundering, business email compromise, sextortion, blackmail, romance scams and other internet-related offences. Akaninyene Ezima, Assistant…
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…