Hussaini Kafi in Kano The Kano State Police Command has reiterated the ban on all forms of Durbar activities during the 2025 Eid-el-Kabir celebrations, citing security threats and intelligence reports of plots to disrupt public peace. In a statement on Tuesday, the Command, alongside other security agencies, congratulated Muslims in the state, urging peaceful celebration…
Hussaini Kafi in Kano At least nine passengers were killed on Sunday in Mairari village, Guzamala Local Government Area of Borno State, when Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) planted by Boko Haram terrorists detonated at a local bus stop. The village, located about 18km from Monguno and 119km from Maiduguri, was the scene of the tragic…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos In a decisive move against fuel smuggling, the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has intercepted Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) valued at over ₦63 million along the Lagos-Ogun border. Under the coordinated efforts of Operation Whirlwind, operatives seized 1,577 jerrycans—amounting to 39,425 litres of PMS—and eight vehicles across notorious smuggling routes including Ilaro,…
Korede Abdullah in Lagos The Anambra State Police Command has busted a traffic syndicate and arrested six suspects, including a female, in Isuaniocha community, Awka North Local Government Area. According to the police spokesman, Tochukwu Ikenga in a press release on Saturday, police operatives attached to the Special Cultism Squad, Obosi Sector, acted on credible…
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentence of 11 Filipinos, two Chinese, one Malaysian and one Indonesian to one year imprisonment each for cyber-terrorism and internet fraud before Justices Yellim Bogoro and A. O. Owoeye of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos….
Korede Abdullah in Lagos The Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) has handed over Obi Levi Obieze, a native doctor from Enugu State, to the Lagos State Police Command following his arrest at the Gbaji checkpoint along the Badagry-Seme Expressway. Obieze, also known as Obu Onyeka, Ezeani, and E-Dey-Play-E-Dey-Show, was attempting to flee the country on a…
The Nigerian Defence Headquarters, DHQ, Friday night confirmed the killing of a wanted terrorist, by the name of Amir Abu Fatima, who had a bounty of 100 Million Naira placed on him. “The superior fire power of our gallant troops killed Abu Fatima alongside his bomb/IED making experts”, DHQ said in a special press statement…
In one of the largest pharmaceutical crackdowns in Nigeria’s history, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has cleared banned, expired, and counterfeit drugs worth over ₦1 trillion from open drug markets across Lagos, Aba, and Onitsha. The enforcement operation, which ran from February 9 to March 27, 2025, targeted unregistered…
The Lagos Zonal Directorate 1 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, May 28, 2025, arraigned one Oluwaseyi Hevleen Johnson before Justice D.I. Dipeolu of the Federal High Court sitting in Lagos. Johnson alongside her company, XY Connects Global Investments Limited, is facing a two-count charge bordering on operating collective investment schemes…
Justice A. Isiaka of the Kaduna State High Court, sitting in Kaduna has convicted and sentenced one Nureedeen Siraj to jail for fraud. He was prosecuted by the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC on a one-count charge, bordering on theft to the tune of N3,400,000.00 (Three Million, Four Hundred…
