The Edo State Police Command reported that it arrested a total of 821 suspects in 2025 for a variety of criminal offences, reflecting intensified efforts to curb crime across the state. State Commissioner of Police, Monday Agbonika, said the arrests spanned multiple crime categories, including 39 suspects for armed robbery, 171 for kidnapping, 117 for…
In a decisive move to maintain law and order, the Ogun State Police Command has arrested eight suspected members of the self-styled “Democratic Republic of the Yoruba” following a series of disturbances in Sango-Ota, Ado-Odo/Ota Local Government Area, on December 25, 2025. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Oluseyi B. Babaseyi, intelligence reports…
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested 22 suspects and recovered several firearms, vehicles, motorcycles and illicit substances during intelligence-led operations carried out across multiple states in the Country. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Benjamin Hundeyin, said the operations were conducted by operatives of the Force Special Tactical Squad…
The Nigerian Government has confirmed that recent United States airstrikes on terrorist positions in the North-West were carried out under a joint counter-terrorism framework aimed at dismantling the growing presence of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) outside its traditional North-East strongholds. The confirmation followed reports of coordinated aerial bombardments on suspected ISWAP hideouts…
The Niger State Police Command has made notable strides in its efforts to reduce crime across the State, successfully arresting several suspects, retrieving stolen property, and rescuing abducted victims, including women and children. According to a crime report released on Wednesday, officers apprehended two individuals linked to a November 12 armed robbery in the Gurara…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a suspected female drug kingpin and recovered a large cache of cocaine valued at over ₦5 billion, in a major blow to an International drug trafficking network. The suspect, identified as Shodunke Yetunde Simbiat, was arrested at her residence on Onasanya Street, Surulere, Lagos,…
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested five suspects over a stage-managed kidnapping involving a schoolboy, an incident that was allegedly orchestrated to extort money from the victim’s family. The suspects were arrested between December 17 and 18, 2025, following investigations into a viral video that showed the teenage boy pleading for mercy in what…
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has sentenced the Provost of Adonai Advanced Institute of Management, Mr. Samson Orijugo, to three years’ imprisonment for forging an academic document purportedly issued by Lagos State University (LASU). Justice Modupe Nico-Clay delivered the judgment on Wednesday after finding Orijugo guilty on a two-count charge of forgery….
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has dismissed an Assistant Commandant General (ACG) and 37 other Senior Officers following findings of gross misconduct, insubordination and acts unbecoming of Superior Officers in breach of the Public Service Rules (PSR), the Corps announced on Wednesday. The dismissals were approved by the Civil Defence, Correctional, Fire…
Tragedy struck the Maraba Quarters Area of Kano on Monday December 15, 2025 morning when an elderly cleric, Ladan Zubairu, was violently killed inside Yusuf Garko Mosque, sparking panic and outrage across the community. According to his son, Isa Kasim, Zubairu had gone out at dawn to perform the first call to prayer, a routine…
