By PAULINA NZERUBE NIGERIA’S drug abuse problem has reached a level that now threatens public safety and economic stability, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has said, warning that unchecked substance use could undermine national development. Delta State NDLEA Commander Halilu Hamidu revealed that data from the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime shows […]
By PAULINA NZERUBE GUNMEN suspected to be operating under the guise of commercial transport have abducted a two-month-old baby along the NNPC Link Road in Ekpan, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State. The incident occurred at about 4 p.m. on Monday and has sparked concern among residents over growing insecurity. The baby, identified as […]
By FIDELUS ZWANSON THE Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has announced the recovery of ₦37.44 billion and $2.353 million in 2025 through asset seizures and forfeitures. The disclosure was made by the Commission’s Chairman, Dr. Musa Adamu Aliyu, SAN, during the ICPC End-of-Year Engagement and Annual Merit Awards held in Abuja. […]
By OBI DAVIES AT least four people were killed on Sunday when gunmen opened fire at Afor Market Junction in Nawfia, Njikoka Local Government Area of Anambra State. The attack occurred around 6 p.m. along the Awka–Onitsha Old Road, hours after another assault in Ihiala LGA where the wife of a church pastor was murdered […]
By PAULINA NZERUBE THE Delta State Police Command has arrested the prime suspect in the killing of retired Justice Ifeoma Okogwu, who was murdered in her Asaba residence on 27 November. Police spokesperson SP Bright Edafe said the suspect, 25-year-old Godwin Mngumi — the judge’s former security guard — was tracked and […]
THE Imo State Police Command has arrested 38-year-old businesswoman Juliet Igwe for allegedly torturing her six-year-old maid, Onyinyechi, in a violent assault that left the child with severe injuries. Igwe reportedly burned the girl’s private parts with candle flame, poured hot water on her hands—causing the skin to peel—and used candle wax to scald other […]
The System Killed Her Too NIGERIA has witnessed yet another preventable tragedy—one that exposes, yet again, the lethal consequences of police negligence, cultural complacency, and a justice system that routinely sacrifices victims of gender-based violence at the altar of “family settlement.” Nineteen-year-old Uloma Nwangwu walked into the Umabor Divisional Police Headquarters on 28 November seeking […]
A medical doctor suspected of providing medical supplies to kidnapping syndicates operating across parts of Kwara State has been arrested by security operatives. The suspect was reportedly intercepted in Jebba, Moro Local Government Area, following credible intelligence that linked him to the movement of drugs from Sokoto to armed criminal groups hiding […]
By TOSI ORE SIX real estate marketers from Lagos were abducted in Ogun State on Friday while inspecting a parcel of land in Oyebola village, Obafemi-Owode Local Government Area. The team had travelled to the community to assess the property ahead of a marketing campaign when gunmen attacked, the Ogun State Police Command confirmed on […]
By ALIYU AMINU ABUBAKAR ABDULLAHI (A.A.A.A.) SHEHU WHEN gunshots shattered the quiet of Guto community in Abuja’s Bwari Area Council around 11 p.m. last Wednesday, residents instantly knew danger had arrived. By dawn, the scale of the attack became clear: more than 30 armed men had invaded the neighbourhood, killed […]