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Courtney Clenney, a Miami-based OnlyFans model, has pleaded guilty in connection with the 2022 killing of her Nigerian boyfriend, Christian Obumseli. Clenney, who was charged with second-degree murder over Obumseli’s death, appeared…
The Lagos State Police Command has launched an investigation into the alleged killing of a woman in the Ajah area of the state. According to the command’s spokesperson, SP Adebisi Abimbola, police…
The Nigeria Police Force has introduced a series of reforms to reposition the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS) and restore public trust. The new rules of engagement aim to prevent misconduct and protect…
Kuwait’s Ministry of Interior has apprehended two Nigerian nationals involved in a daring armed robbery at a currency exchange office in the Al-Mahboula area. The suspects stole foreign currencies worth KD 4,600…
A violent riot at a maximum-security prison in Maputo, Mozambique, claimed the lives of 33 people and left 15 others injured on Christmas Day, authorities confirmed. The unrest reportedly began within the…
The Rivers State Police Command has killed Nkem ThankGod, a notorious cult leader and kidnap kingpin, better known as “2man.” He was implicated in numerous violent crimes, including the murders of four…
A kidnapper who abducted a four-year-old girl and demanded for the sum of N3 million ransom from her father has been arrested by men of the Kano State Police Command, the Public…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has reported the arrest of Oguejiofor Nnaemeka Simon Peter, a returnee from Thailand, for attempting to smuggle 13.30 kilograms of heroin into Nigeria. The drugs,…
Moreover incidents of unrest have surfaced as hoodlums attacked and set part of the Akwa Ibom State Independent Electoral Commission (AKISIEC) office on fire in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area on October…
Justice Haleemah Salman of the Kwara State High Court has convicted five suspects in the Offa robbery case for illegal possession of firearms, armed robbery, and culpable homicide, offenses that carry the…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has retrieved $13,204.00 from Nigerian individual Nwachi Chidozie Kingsley, who is facing prosecution for defrauding American citizen Nicole Kierulff Sayers of $370,000 via a fraudulent…
The five pupils and three teachers from The Apostolic Faith Group of Schools, Emure Ekiti, who were recently freed from kidnappers, have been discharged from the Ekiti State University Teaching Hospital, Ado…
NDLEA Operatives Apprehend Ahmad Mohammed, Supplier of Drugs to Terrorists, in Borno NDLEA’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi in a statement on Sunday said Mohammed, 42, is the supplier of illicit drugs to insurgents…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Declares Margaret Emefiele and Three Others Wanted for Allegedly Conspiring with Former CBN Governor Godwin Emefiele to Embezzle Large Sums of Money from the Apex…
The Nigeria Police Force Reports Successful Elimination of Notorious Kidnappers in Abuja’s Mpape Area and Destruction of Their Camps “The armed bandits engaged the police operatives in a gun battle that lasted…
The 14 passengers abducted while traveling in two buses in Inyenle and Ogugu in the Olamaboro Local Government Area of Kogi State and two missionaries kidnapped at the Parish Rectory of Saint…
The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has successfully prosecuted and sentenced Abdulazeez Isah to three years in prison for impersonating an employee of the anti-corruption agency.…
Another tragedy strikes in Isanlu, Kogi State, as a 62-year-old man, affectionately known as Okiribo, passes away after consuming a herbal concoction containing Gegemu roots and other ingredients. A 62-year-old man, fondly…
A mother and her two children were rushed to the hospital after being suspected of being poisoned at their home. The 38-year-old woman and a nine-year-old and 13-year-old were found inside a…
Troops of the 1 Division Nigerian Army (NA) on a fighting patrol in Birnin Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna State have neutralized four insurgents and rescued eleven kidnapped victims. Acting Deputy…
The Nigerian Army’s special forces, dispatched by the Chief of Army Staff to enhance security in Ekiti State, have apprehended a suspected kidnapper operating in the Ikere/Igbara Odo area. The suspect, identified…
American rapper and activist, Killer Mike has spoken out over his arrest at the Grammy Awards ceremony on a night in which he swept three major rap categories. The Los Angeles police…
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested three currency racketeers in Kaduna, identified as Musa Gideon, Abdul Seidu Adamu, and Justine Musa, in an undercover operation. The three…
Police in Edo State Arrest Two Self-Styled Herbalists for Allegedly Defrauding Women of N876,000 Under False Pretenses The suspects, Lukman Ganiyu (28) and Ojo Oluwaseun (38) were arrested at Ugbiyokho, a suburb…
The Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has apprehended 41 suspects and seized 12 trucks for their alleged participation in illegal mining and possession of various types…
New Details Emerge Regarding Alleged Criminal Activities of General Overseer of Faith On The Rock Ministry International, Apostle Theophilus Oloche Ebonyi, Recently Arrested by EFCC According to a statement from the EFCC…
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Reveals 15 Nigerian Drug Kingpins Jailed for a Total of 168 Years in 2023 NDLEA’s Chairman/Chief Executive Officer, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd) disclosed this while…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has established a Special Task Force in all its Zonal Commands to enforce existing laws against currency mutilation and the dollarization of the economy. This…
Final Year Student of Olabisi Onabanjo University Allegedly Commits Suicide in Hotel in Ijebu Area of Ogun State Jaja was found dead with an empty bottle of sniper beside her. The deceased…
Muhammad Abubakar a.k.a Malam Sabo: disguising as a ghost to defraud members of the public. Police in Adamawa State Arrest 59-Year-Old Man for Allegedly Pretending to be a Ghost to Defraud the…
Police Kill Leader of Notorious Kidnap Gang in Gun Battle During Abduction Plot in Abuja The Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, announced on Wednesday via his official handle that Isa Dei-dei,…
Former Big Brother Naija housemate Henry Olisaemeka Orakwu, popularly known as Groovy, accuses Grammy organizers of cheating Wizkid out of an award in 2022 despite his two nominations for his ‘Made in…
Marine Police operatives in Bonny, Rivers State, have apprehended several suspected sea pirates who made an attempt to hijack a boat on the Bonny waterways. The report about arrest was contained in…
According to reports, Courtney Clenney, a former OnlyFans model currently awaiting trial for the alleged murder of her Nigerian boyfriend, allegedly threatened to burn down a teenager’s home after he rejected her…
Police operatives in Edo State have announced the successful rescue of nine members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) from a kidnappers’ hideout. The victims, who were ad-hoc electoral officials for the PDP delegate…
On Tuesday, an FCT High Court ordered the remand of Olaniyi Adegboro in Kuje Corrections Centre for allegedly stabbing ASP Ayuba Zakari to death. The police charged Adegboro with murder. Following the…
The suspect said he wishes to meet the cleric face-to-face, to beg for his forgiveness. A suspect arrested over the deadly attack on the convoy of a Nigerian televangelist, Apostle Johnson Suleman,…
A 49-year-old woman was arrested on Friday, June 23, by men of the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly trying to steal a day-old baby from a hospital in the Ojokoro area…
Detectives from the Bayelsa State Vigilante organization in Yenagoa successfully rescued a student from Federal University Otueke who had been attacked and robbed by a known criminal gang. The incident took place…
The State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department of the Ekiti State Police Command have detained an army officer, whose name is withheld and a woman for allegedly causing unrest at Fayose Market. The army…
A suspected notorious thief was apprehended for stealing electrical wire in the Gesse area of Birnin Kebbi, Kebbi State. One Sani Faruku, who disclosed this in a Facebook post on Monday, June…
Residents of Gasline area, Sango have been enveloped in palpable fear and tension following the gruesome murder of one man but group of guys suspected to be cultists. CONTINUE FULL READING>>> The…
A 31-year-old man named Augustine Akor has been arrested by the Enugu State Police Command for allegedly raping and strangling his 72-year-old grandmother, Faith Akam, for ritual purposes. According to a press…
One Austin Ejovwo has become a fugitive after allegedly killing his lover, Felicia Akpomeria, in Delta state. > Ejovwo is the forrmer Vice Chairman of Okolor Inland community, Udu Local Government Area, Delta…
A 30-year-old man named Silas Ade has been apprehended by detectives of the Lagos State Police Command. He is accused of engaging in sexual activities with mentally ill women on the streets.…
A 52-year-old woman identified as Mrs Victoria Agori, has narrated the story of how she was molested by some police officers in Rivers State after they killed her son over allegations of…
Tragedy struck yesterday at Adeseun Ogundoyin Polytechnic, Eruwa where the lifeless body of a National Diploma (ND) 2 Mass Communication student was found dead in her room with matchet cuts and her…
Abuja-based sex therapist/educator, Ms Cecilia May Agu, Wednesday arraigned by the Nigeria Police before a Federal High Court, Lagos over an alleged N275 million internet scam. Cecilia, 40, was brought before the…
A woman, Mrs Taiwo Ahmed, has narrated how armed robbers invaded her home in Iwo, Osun State, in August last year, spent more than 12 hours with her before carting away her…
A 39-year-old man, Sunday Eze, has been arrested by operatives of Edo State Police Command, for allegedly having forceful carnal knowledge of a nine-year-old girl (name withheld). He was among suspects arrested…
It was gathered that a 27-year-old man identified as Mkwate Chimbizi murdered his wife after accusing her of cheating. A man has been arrested for beheading his wife. The suspect allegedly killed…
A Nigerian woman, recognized simply as Onyeuchu, has been arrested for stabbing a 4-year-old girl to death with a knife in Owerri, Imo State. According to reports, the culprit walked into a…
The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a total of 26 suspects for different crimes within the state. COUNTINUE READING… The Police Public Relations Officer of the State Ramhan Nansel made this…
According to the gruesome killing of a teenager named Chimuanya Sixtus Arudiegwu, 15 years of age, whose corpse was discovered with missing vital organs and body parts has put the inhabitants of…
The Lagos State Police command has arrested a 30-year-old pregnant woman, Mrs. Eucharia Ndigwe, who allegedly cut her teenage maid’s body with a knife at Adaloko, in Ojo area of the state.…
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested a notorious kidnap kingpin and one other over their involvement in a series of armed robbery, kidnapping operations in Ughelli and Warri. Spokesperson…
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested two suspected cultists in Ughelli and recovered two pump action guns, two double barrel guns, one single barrel gun, sixteen live cartridges, one…
A notorious and deadly cultist, Saheed Wasiu, popularly known as K-Federal, has confessed to participating in the murder of 20 innocent persons in a town in Osun State. Spokesperson of Osun State…
The Osun State Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old woman for impersonation and robbery. Spokesperson of the command, SP Yemisi Opalola, who disclosed this to newsmen on Wednesday, May 10, 2023, said…
A Nigerian student tied tricycle for being late to school. The Federal Government has been urged to criminalize corporal punishment of children in the country. The Secretary General of an NGO, Centre…
A group of hoodlums suspected to be cultists mobilized, attacked and efficiently set a drug trafficking kingpin free from the custody of operatives of Nigeria Drug Regulation Enforcement Company, NDLEA, quickly after…
Operatives of the Ibadan Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday, arrested 44 suspected web fraudsters in Ibadan, Oyo State. EFCC’s spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren, in an announcement,…
Operatives of the Rivers Police Command have busted a baby trafficking gang working in Ubima neighborhood of Ikwerre native authorities space of the State and its environs with community throughout the neighbouring…
Operatives of the X- SQUAD of the Force Criminal Investigation Division, FCID, Alagbon shutdown, Ikoyi, Lagos, Southwest, Nigeria have arrested 4 suspects fraudster and charged them earlier than a Lagos Justice of…