Category: Crime

A 38-year-old Ivorian, Kacou Alleby, has been rescued by operatives of the Intelligence Response Team of the Nigeria Police Force in Ogun State, after he was reported kidnapped, only to later discover that the incident was staged. A statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, Benjamin Hundeyin, on Thursday stayed that the operation followed a distress request received from the INTERPOL National Central Bureau in Abuja on behalf of authorities in Côte d’Ivoire. Alleby was said to have been reported kidnapped on September 12, 2025, with his family contacted through…

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The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 30-year-old man, Mutawakilu Ibrahim, for allegedly stabbing his grandparents to death during a dispute over food. The incident occurred on Thursday, September 25, 2025, at Kofar Dawanau Quarters in Kano metropolis. Police spokesperson, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, said the suspect engaged in a heated quarrel with his grandfather, Muhammad Dansokoto, 75, and grandmother, Hadiza Tasidi, 65, before attacking them with a knife. Both victims sustained multiple injuries and were rushed to Murtala Muhammad Specialist Hospital, where doctors confirmed them dead. Their remains…

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  Terrorists on Thursday night launched a deadly attack on the 152 Task Force Battalion in Banki, a border community in Bama Local Government Area of Borno State, leaving several casualties and forcing residents to flee across the border into Cameroon. Local officials confirmed that five civilians were killed in the assault, while several others sustained injuries and were evacuated to hospitals in Mora, Cameroon. Witnesses said more than four military vehicles were set ablaze during the attack. Maj. Gen. Markus Kangye, spokesperson for Defence Headquarters, confirmed the incident and…

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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two Nigeria-bound passengers from Brazil after they excreted a combined 116 wraps of heroin and cocaine at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. NDLEA spokesperson Femi Babafemi said the suspects, identified as 46-year-old Ofoma Sunday and 36-year-old Ukachukwu Frank Ikechukwu, were intercepted on separate Ethiopian Airlines flights from São Paulo via Addis Ababa. Both men were placed under observation after body scans revealed drug ingestion. “Ofoma expelled 111 wraps of heroin weighing 1.452 kilograms in eight excretions, while Ukachukwu discharged five…

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Rev. Fr. Matthew Eya, one of the Priests of the Catholic Diocese of Nsukka, Enugu State, has been shot dead by gun men, The cleric was shot dead on Friday along the Eha-Alumonah–Eha-Ndiagu road in Nsukka Local Government Area, an incident that has thrown the community into mourning. Witnesses said Fr. Eya was attacked while driving his cream-coloured Toyota Corolla, which was later found riddled with bullets and stained with blood. A viral video from the scene showed parishioners weeping and lamenting around the vehicle. In a statement, the Chancellor…

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A Federal High Court in Lagos has ordered the remand of two suspected drug traffickers and the interim forfeiture of vehicles and a property allegedly linked to narcotics offences. Justice Musa Kakaki issued the orders following an ex parte application by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), which detailed recent seizures and arrests. The suspects, Muazee Ademola Ogunbiyi and Shola Adegoke, were apprehended on September 3, 2025, after NDLEA operatives traced 17.90 kilograms of cocaine concealed in textile materials at the Skyway Handling Company (SAHCO) export shed of the…

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A 53-year-old man, Babawale Kolawole has been arrested and arraigned by the Ondo State Police Command for allegedly raping and facilitating the termination of two pregnancies for a 16-year-old girl. Spokesperson of the police command, DSP Olushola Ayanlade said in a statement on Wednesday in Akure. According to Ayanlade, the incident happened at the suspect’s residence at No. 12, Okeodunwo St., Igbado in Ondo West Local Government Area of the state. “On the Sept. 13, 2025, a 16-year-old minor, reported at the command that her uncle, Babawale Kolawole, had been…

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