Category: Crime

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has successfully auctioned a Lagos hotel and three other high-value properties confiscated from convicted drug traffickers, generating a total of N6.149 billion for the Federal Government. The properties, which were linked to drug-related crimes, had earlier been seized by the anti-narcotics agency and permanently forfeited to the Federal Government following court orders. According to the NDLEA, the auction was conducted in line with legal provisions governing the disposal of assets recovered from criminal activities. The exercise forms part of the agency’s broader efforts…

Troops have successfully rescued Amina Rabe, the wife of the late General Abubakar Rabe, after she was abducted alongside her husband during a recent bandit attack. The rescue was carried out on Monday following sustained military offensives targeting criminal hideouts in Matazu Forest and neighbouring communities. Security sources said the operation followed days of coordinated assaults launched from Sunday through the early hours of Monday, during which several bandits’ camps were destroyed and dislodged. The offensive involved a joint task force made up of personnel of the Nigerian Army, Nigerian…

The son of late Major General Rabe Abubakar (retd.), Isyaka Rabe, has dismissed claims by the Katsina State Government that his father died from complications arising from diabetes and hypertension while in captivity. Speaking during an interview with Deutsche Welle on Sunday, Isyaka insisted that the retired military officer had no history of either medical condition before he was abducted by bandits. The Katsina State Government had announced the former Director of Defence Information’s death on Saturday, attributing it to underlying health challenges. However, the family has challenged the official…

Suspected bandits have killed an officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Mr. Ayo Olukotun, and abducted his daughter alongside several other residents during a deadly attack on Odo-Ere, the headquarters of Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State. Residents said the attack occurred at about 8:30 p.m. on Monday when heavily armed gunmen invaded the community, shooting sporadically and sending residents fleeing for safety. According to eyewitness accounts, the attackers stormed the residence of the NSCDC officer amid the chaos, shot him and whisked away…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has rescued 24 victims of human trafficking, including two pregnant women and a toddler, during a raid on an illegal confinement camp in Badagry, Lagos State. The operation, carried out by NSCDC operatives in Badagry on June 4, 2026, led to the arrest of three suspects, while two others remain on the run. The victims comprised 16 males, seven females and a one-and-a-half-year-old girl. According to the NSCDC, the suspects allegedly trafficked and illegally detained victims from the Benin Republic, Togo and…

In a shocking escalation of insecurity in Oyo State, gunmen abducted Mrs. Olaide Busayo Adegoke John-Paul, the 43-year-old younger sister of former Minister of Power and APC 2027 governorship aspirant Chief Adebayo Adelabu, along with her 12-year-old twin sons, Peter and Paul. The attack occurred around 7:30 a.m. on Wednesday, June 3, 2026, in the Elewura area of Challenge, Ibadan South West LGA, as Mrs. John-Paul was taking her children to school. Eyewitnesses said the assailants fired sporadically to intimidate residents before forcing her out of her Kia Sonata and…