Category: Crime

NDLEA has arrested a business man, Chijioke Nnanna Igbokwe, who had to undergo an emergency surgery, exploratory laparotomy, to let out 57 out of 81 pellets of cocaine stuck in his stomach, after seven days of ingesting the illicit substance in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. NDLEA disclosed that its operatives arrested Igbokwe at the arrival hall of Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, during the inward clearance of passengers on an Ethiopian Airlines flight on Sunday, January 26th, 2025. ‘He was promptly taken for a body scan, which revealed illicit drugs in…

A property believed to be kidmappers’ hide out officially registered as Udoka Golden Point Hotel and Suites, but popularly known as La Cruise Hotel, located along the Onitsha-Owerri Road was demolished on Saturday after the security operatives discovered its sinister operations. Located at Oba community, Idemili South Local Government Area of Anambra State, the demolished building was discovered to have over 30 graves and shrine located underneath the structure. According to the authorities, the building operating under the guise of a hotel was busted after a tip-off by a whistleblower…

  On Friday 24, 2025, operatives of the Lagos State Commissioner of Police Special Squad arrested two more suspects allegedly involved in the abduction of Mrs. Folasade Odumosu, the wife of a former Assistant Inspector-General of Police, Hakeem Odumosu. The suspects are 27-year-old Agbojule Smart, and Keleke Michael, 30. This was confirmed in a statement issued at the Force Headquarters in Abuja by the Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi. The Nigeria Police Force, via its Facebook handle, noted that two locally fabricated rifles, 11 live cartridges and N2.25 million…

Nine pregnant women have been rescued by the operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, from a baby factory in Abuja. This is contained in a statement by the Press Officer, NAPTIP, Mr Vincent Adekoye, and made available to newsmen on Thursday in Abuja. Adekoye revealed that the baby factory is situated at one of the sprawling estates in the Ushafa area in the Federal Capital Territory. He also disclosed that the raid on the facility followed a tip-off from a concerned citizen. He…

Wife of the former Assistant Inspector General of police, Hakeem Odumosu, who was recently abducted has been rescued by operatives of the Nigeria Police Force. The Force Public Relations Officer, Muyiwa Adejobi, confirmed this on his official X handle on Thursday morning. Adejobi added that the abductors of the former AIG’s wife were killed, and ransom was recovered from the culprits. Adejobi said the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, commended the police operatives and the Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Lanre Ogunlowo, for a good job. Mrs Odumosu was…

Bishop Kenneth Duke, a prominent Abuja-based clergyman, has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment by a Federal Capital Territory High Court without an option of fine for rape. The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons revealed this in a statement on Wednesday by its National Press Officer, Vincent Adekoye, titled, ‘An FCT High Court sentenced a 52-year-old bishop to 20 years imprisonment for rape.’ NAPTIP had sued the 52-year-old, who hails from Cross River State, for raping a 12-year-old girl (name withheld). Adekoye said the victim is…