By AUGUSTINA McSOLOMON-OGHAKPERUO TENSION gripped Agbarho community in Ughelli North, Delta State, on Wednesday after an angry mob lynched and set ablaze a woman accused of attempting to abduct a 7-year-old boy. Eyewitnesses said the woman, allegedly from nearby Ughelli town, was caught in the act before residents dragged her into the street, beat her […]
By TOSI ORE THE bodies of eight policemen earlier declared missing after an ambush in Benue have been recovered, raising the death toll to 11 security operatives. The attack occurred Friday at Agu Centre, near the Katsina-Ala/Ukum border, when gunmen ambushed a joint team of police, the Benue State Civil Protection Guard (BSCPG), and the […]
By DIANA CHUKWUKA INDIA’S Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) reported that 106 Nigerians were arrested in 2024 for drug-related offences, making them one of the largest foreign groups detained after Nepalese nationals (203). Other arrests included suspects from Myanmar, Bangladesh, Ghana, and Ivory Coast. Union Home Minister Amit Shah, presenting the figures at a national anti-narcotics […]
By PAULINA NZERUBE THE Delta State Police Command has arrested multiple suspects in separate sting operations targeting armed robbery, cultism, and drug trafficking. On 17 September, a patrol team in Ogwashi-Uku intercepted three men — Emmanuel Ibekwe, Victor Chibuzor, and Zakaria Joro — with a loaded English pistol and live ammunition. They were handed over […]
By NJORIGE LYNUS GUNMEN suspected to be kidnappers stormed Kpaduma 3, Asokoro Extension in Abuja on Monday night, killing a vigilante, raping two girls, and injuring several residents during a prolonged attack. Witnesses said the attackers, believed to have come from nearby Kobi village, exchanged fire with local vigilantes. The victim, identified as “Bako,” was […]
THE Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned one Mustapha Ibn Mustapha before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the Borno State High Court over alleged N5.5 million land fraud. He was docked on Tuesday, September 16, 2025, on a three-count charge bordering on obtaining money by false pretence and criminal […]
THE Delta State House of Assembly (DTHA) has approved the state government’s request to transfer the General Hospital, Otor-Udu, to the Federal Ministry of Health for its conversion into a Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Ovwian, in Udu Local Government Area. The approval, granted during plenary on Tuesday, followed a letter from Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, read […]
BY GLORY UGOBA The Anambra State Police Command has intensified its campaign against cultism, drug abuse, and related crimes, arresting 54 suspects and seizing 11 bags of cannabis sativa in separate raids across the state. Police spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, told journalists on Monday that the suspects — 39 men and 15 women — were […]
A Federal High Court in Abuja has declared Plateau State lawmaker, Adamu Aliyu, wanted over allegations that he duped a businessman of ₦73.6 million through a fake Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFund) contract. The order was issued on Friday by Justice Emeka Nwite, following an application by the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences […]
A United States court has found Paulinus Okoronkwo, a Nigerian lawyer based in Los Angeles and former official of the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC), guilty of accepting a $2.1 million bribe from a Chinese oil company to secure drilling rights in Nigeria. Okoronkwo, 58, also known as “Pollie”, was convicted of three counts […]