Crime

Their conviction and forfeiture of their assets a historical blow to illicit drug trade, says Marwa By Ebinum Samuel Four drug kingpins arrested in connection with the historic seizure of 2,139.55 kilograms of cocaine at an…
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..offer N66million as bribe to Police By Ebinum Samuel Two suspected international fraudsters that specialize in forging certificates of different international and African Universities have been arrested by the police at Zone 2,…
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As operatives intercept 511,000 tramadol pills in Adamawa; 1,323kg cannabis in Ekiti; arrest grandma with opioids in Lagos By Ebinum Samuel Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a suspected…
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By Ebinum Samuel After 35 years in Brazil, a businessman based in the South American country, Ezeokoli Sylva has returned home with 700grams of cocaine buried in his stomach, a discovery made following his arrest by operatives of the…
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By Ebinum Samuel In its determination to crack down on rampaging hoodlums and other undesirable elements in Delta state, the police operatives, according to the state police command spokesman, SP Bright Edafe said that on Wednesday…
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A truck driver, Muhammed Bello, has been arrested by operatives of the Zone 2 Command in Lagos for allegedly diverting and stealing N293 million worth of Caterpillar spare parts entrusted to him for delivery to a customer in northern…
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By Ebinum Samuel Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 50-year-old businessman, Osuoha Christian Iheanacho, at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, AIIA, Enugu, for ingesting 90 wraps of…
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Lekki software engineer, Chadian, others nabbed over tons of illicit drugs seized in Lagos, FCT, Taraba, Kwara, Plateau, Kano, Kaduna, Edo, Ondo By Ebinum Samuel After months of intelligence gathering and painstaking surveillance,…
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In a significant security operation, the Amotekun Corps has arrested a notorious gang leader who has been terrorizing several communities across Osun State. The suspect, identified as the head of a gang involved in armed robberies and…
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By Ebinum Samuel In its determination to protect lives and property of Nigerians and foreigners at the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, the police operatives swooped on suspected criminals operating in various parts of nation's…
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In a video shared online by the spokesperson of the state police command, SP Bright Edafe, Thankgod said the deceased had attacked his mum and had beaten her to the point she fainted. He said he got angry about this development and…
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Adejobi Muyiwa, the Public Relations Officer for the Nigerian Police Force, recently paraded Ibrahim Shehu, a suspected kidnapper known as “Small But Mighty,” and detailed his activities In a live coverage by…
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Residents of Gbeyi, in Adegbayi, Ibadan , Oyo State woke up yesterday to a shock and disbelief on hearing that a 33-year-old Comfort Olalere Tinubu, had stabbed her husband, Olusegun Tinubu, 39, to death on Wednesday night…
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At least 16 people have been abducted in a recent attack on Bena village and nearby communities in Danko/Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State.Lawali Umar, Secretary of the Security Committee in Wasagu, confirmed the incident,…
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Professor Oguejiofo Ujam, Dean of the School of General Studies at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka (UNN), has successfully escaped from kidnappers during a police operation.The development was confirmed by the Enugu State Police…
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A two-time former councillor, Ndubisi Okechhukwu, who represented Emu-Uno in the Kwale Local Government Area of Delta State, has been arrested by police operatives, following a foiled kidnapping attempt.This was contained in a statement…
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Recovers 2,760kg illicit consignments in Lagos shrine, underground storage in Lekki By Ebinum Samuel Consignments of opioids concealed in soles of shoes and hair attachments heading to the United States, United Kingdom and Cyprus…
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As NDLEA intercepts N22.7billion worth of opioids at Lekki, Apapa, Onne seaports By Ebinum Samuel In a fresh wave of interdiction operations targeting transnational drug cartels, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement…
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As NDLEA arrests 2 wanted kingpins, 2 ex-convicts for drug trafficking; intercepts illicit consignments going to US, UK, Canada, Australia, Thailand By Ebinum Samuel Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA,…
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We’ll continue to disrupt activities of drug cartels in Nigeria, says Marwa By Ebinum Samuel Barely 16 months after he was arrested and convicted for ingesting 93 pellets of cocaine, a 48-year-old businessman Christian Ifeanyi…
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As NDLEA intercepts 2.4million tramadol pills in Gombe; arrests 2 brothers behind cocaine shipment to Vietnam By Ebinum Samuel Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested an Ibadan, Oyo state-based…
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By Ebinum Samuel Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have taken into custody a wanted drug baron, Alhaji Suleiman Ganiu Aremu (a.k.a Barryshine) two years after coming under the radar of the anti-narcotics…
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In a recent ruling, Justice Igho Braimoh of the Edo State High Court, Benin City, convicted and sentenced 17 individuals involved in internet fraud, handing them varying jail terms. In a statement by the Economic and Financial Crimes…
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One person reportedly killed, Congregation robbed as gunmen invade Church On Saturday, armed assailants stormed the God’s Doing Healing and Deliverance Ministry in Orodo, Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State, resulting in the…
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. Destroys over 100,000kg cannabis in Ekiti forest; recovers tons of illicit drugs in Kano, Osun, Taraba, Kaduna, Jigawa, Kogi, Bauchi, and Borno raids By Ebinum Samuel Consignments of cocaine and pharmaceutical opioids concealed…
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By Ebinum Samuel Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted a total of Thirty-One Million One Hundred and Twenty-Four Thousand Six Hundred (31, 124, 600) pills of tramadol 225mg and bottles of…
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By Ebinum Samuel Chairman/Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) has approved special promotion for eight officers of the Marine Command of the Agency for their brave and…
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. As NDLEA intercepts N2.2billion codeine bottles at Lagos port; smashes 5-member ladies drug trafficking gang, arrests 2 others for online sales of drug laced cookies, cakes in Edo By Ebinum Samuel An Onitsha, Anambra state…
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By Ebinum Samuel A Vietnam-bound businessman, Paul Okwuy Mbadugha has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, NAIA, Abuja after he tested positive…
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By Ebinum Samuel Three kingpins and 16 other offenders have been convicted and sentenced to a total of Three Hundred and Two (302) years in prison for trafficking and dealing in illicit drugs such as cocaine, heroin, methamphetamine,…
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Some unidentified persons have burnt down the Redeemed Christian Church of God (Champion Zonal Headquarters) situated along Federal College of Education (FCE) Road in Kontagora, Niger State.The incident occurred at the early hours of…
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By Ebinum Samuel Multiple consignments of illicit drugs concealed in tins of Cerelac baby food and cloths going to the United States and United Kingdom have been intercepted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency,…
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As NDLEA nabs Lagos-Ghana tramadol syndicate kingpin; intercepts bandits’ supplier in Kaduna; destroys 31,600kg cannabis, arrests 17 in Osun forest raid By Ebinum Samuel A Spain based businessman, 50-year-old Francis Akajiobi, has…
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Marwa commends officers for professionalism, urges them to intensify the heat on drug cartels By Ebinum Samuel After many years of wearing the toga of invincibility, the overall head of the Mushin, Lagos drug cartel, 57-year-old…
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The Lagos State Police Command has busted a fake sachet water-producing company at Oluwole Market in the Apapa area of the state.The suspects were said to be fraudulently using another company’s brand name to sell their products.The…
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Osun State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a medical doctor, Olayode Akangbe Shakiru, for alleged assault and rape of a teenage girl.Confirming the arrest, Spokesperson of the Command, Yemisi Opalola said investigation was…
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By Ebinum Samuel Delta state police spokesman , SP Edafe Bright, confirmed that sequel to series of cult related activities, Kidnapping and armed robbery in Sapele, Oghara and environs, the commissioner of Police Delta State, Olufemi…
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One legged man, Beninese top list of arrests as NDLEA intercepts Nasarawa-bound drug loads meant for illegal miners in FCT By Ebinum Samuel Frantic bids by drug syndicates to smuggle in and out of Nigeria consignments of Cocaine…
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By Ebinum Samuel A major drug cartel behind the production and distribution of deadly psychoactive substance, methamphetamine, popularly called ‘mkpuru mmiri’ has been taken down by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement…
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Nabs Osun monarch, Chadian, youth corps member for drug trafficking By Ebinum Samuel Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have raided the Lagos base of a high-profile cocaine syndicate headed by a couple:…
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Marwa commends judiciary, says no hiding place for barons, traffickers By Ebinum Samuel Three months after vomiting and excreting eighty (80) wraps of cocaine following his arrest by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement…
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By Ebinum Samuel   Arrests 60 at Abuja drug party; destroys 18,632kg cannabis in Edo forest; recovers Tacoma truck loaded with imported Loud in Lekki Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted six…
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By Ebinum Samuel Following a marching order by the Delta state commissioner of Police, Mr Olufemi Abaniwonda to his men to swiftly apprehend notorious Robbers who robbed some students of Western Delta University, Church and a…
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By Ebinum Samuel Chairman/Chief Executive of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Brig Gen Mohamed Buba Marwa (Rtd) has justified the decision of the anti-narcotics body to go after the assets of drug barons and traffickers…
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Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have apprehended a General Overseer, identified as Bishop Godfrey, along with his wife and several church associates, in connection with an attempted kidnapping of another bishop in Agbarho,…
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The Mpumalanga High Court in South Africa has sentenced a 39-year-old, Sizwe Cedric Khoza to three life sentences for killing his wife and her siblings. Khoza, who was attached to Masoyi police station, shot and killed his wife,…
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A nursing mother has died after allegedly being shot by their neighbour during a disagreement over solar light debt in Ogun State.The husband of the deceased, Dauda Jolaosho, a resident of Alako Nla village, along Kobape Road, Abeokuta,…
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By Ebinum Samuel Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have raided Emerald Hotel, Ladipo area of Oshodi, Lagos state where some intending pilgrims to the ongoing hajj in Saudi Arabia were lodged and caught…
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By Ebinum Samuel Large consignments of codeine-based syrup and Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis worth over Two Billion One Hundred and Eighty-Five Million Naira (N2,185,000,000.00) in street value have been intercepted at the…
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An Abuja Federal High Court has granted former Commander of Force Intelligence Response Team (IRT), Deputy Commissioner of Police Abba Kyari a two-week bail.The court said the two-week bail was to allow Kyari return home to conclude…
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A sixty three Year-old woman, has been arrested  for operating a baby factory in abia state, The woman, identified as Chinyere Nkwocha, until her arrest was operating in the Umuafai Ndume Ibeku area of Umuahia North Local Government…
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By Ebinum Samuel A couple, Kazeem Omogoriola Owoalade (alias Abdul Qassim Adisa Balogun) and Rashidat Ayinke Owoalade (alias Bolarinwa Rashidat Ayinke), who runs a cocaine cartel from India has been declared wanted by the National…
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The Police in Lagos State have reported the arrest of four individuals suspected of involvement in a robbery incident targeting a woman inside a vehicle in Ilasan, Lagos.According to a statement issued by the Lagos State Spokesperson…
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By Ebinum Samuel A rave of the moment youth in highly sought-after area of Victoria Island, Lagos is alleged to Cruise around his environment with 3 state-of-the-art cars valued at N1.8 billion. The "prodigy" whose name was…
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The Nigerian Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it has arrested a total of 5,0901 drug offenders, including the apprehension of 46 drug barons in the last three years.The Chairman of the agency, Brig-Gen Muhammed Marwa (retd.), made this…
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A dispatch rider, Monday Osazuwa, dazzled the Special Offences Court in Lagos with revelation on Friday when he narrated how the embattled former Central Bank of Nigeria Governor, Godwin Emefiele, instructed him on different instances…
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A South African woman, Nonjabulo Nokukhanya Nkosiwho, has been sentenced to life imprisonment for the murder of her boyfriend, Dumisani Qwabe, 47, a ward councilor candidate. Nkosiwho, 37, had planned to hire a hitman to kill her…
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By Ebinum Samuel The activities of a 28-years old scammer in Lekki area of Lagos state, is not only giving the residents sleepness nights, but has made the landlords there to call on security agents to check his life style. …
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A trainee British Army officer at Sandhurst military academy raped a female colleague who was so drunk 'she could not walk', a court martial has heard.Officer Cadet Harry Waters, 24, is accused of carrying the young woman upstairs…
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The Lagos State Commissioner of Police CP Adegoke Fayoade, on Wednesday, reeled out his achievements since assumption of office, disclosing that a total number of 2,329 suspected criminals were arrested within the period.Fayoade, who…
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Two medical Doctors arraigned for alleged involuntary manslaughter The Lagos State Government on Monday arraigned two medical doctors, Michael Atiba and Michael Ugbeye, before an Ikeja High Court, over alleged involuntary…
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The founder of the Mount of Solution Redeemed Church (MSRC), Apostle Elisha Asuquo and the pastor in charge of the church, Aniekan Ibanga, have been shot dead by gunmen, in Ikot Ekang, of a community in Abak Local Government Area of…
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By Ebinum Samuel A 20-year-old hair stylist, Josephine Odunu and a dispatch rider, Edesemi Ikporo, 30, have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, for selling and distributing illicit drug-laced…
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