Category: Crime

Police In Rivers Arrests Member Of ATM Debit Card Swapping Syndicate Prince Woke, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command says it has arrested Blessing Daberechi Oleru, a 35-year-old female from OMPADEC Road, Igwuruta Town, Port Harcourt, who was involved in ATM debit card swapping. Public Relations Officer of Rivers State Police Command Grace Iringe…

Thai Lady Arrested with Boxes of Illicit Drug at Lagos Airport An attempt by a 24-year-old Thai lady, Ms Pattaphi Wimonnat, to smuggle 43 parcels of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, weighing 46.6 kilogrammes into Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos, has been thwarted by operatives of the National Drug Law…

NSCDC Arrests 17 in Yobe for Vandalism The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC)has arrested 17 suspects for their alleged involvement in vandalism of electrical power installations, telecommunications masts, and other offences in Yobe state. The Commander of the Commandant General’s Special Intelligence Squad Commandant Apollo Dandaura and his men made the arrest, according…

Syndicate of Transformer Vandals Arrested by Rivers Police Prince Woke, Port Harcourt The Rivers State Police Command has smashed the transformer vandals syndicate terrorizing Rivers State and arrested six suspects, including the mediator between the suspected robbers. The Public Relations Officer of Rivers State Police Command, SP Grace Iringe Koko, in a statement on February…

NDLEA Burst Trans-Border Drug Cartel, Arrest 4 in Onitsha, Keffi Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have busted a trans-border drug trafficking syndicate, arresting four members arresting four during which multi-million-naira worth of tramadol pills were recovered. According to the spokesman of the anti-narcotics agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday,…

NSCDC Arrests Two Crude Oil Thieves in Abia The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested two suspects for tampering with laid crude oil flow pipeline and siphoning over 100,000 litres of oil around Umuhololo/Etitiuzor Road, Owaza in Ukwa-West Local Government Area in Abia State. A statement on Saturday by the spokesman of…

Manhole Thief and Drug Peddlers Arrested By Vigilante in Rivers Prince Woke The Obio/Akpor Security Planning Advisory Committee (OSPAC) has said its outfit arrested suspected illicit drug peddlers and a manhole thief. The General Commander of Obio/Akpor OSPAC, Obidike Nwokohu, recounted that in the early hours of February 16, 2025, during a routine inspection, the…

Catholic Priest, Two Others Kidnapped in Rivers Barikui Felix- Port Harcourt Unknown gunmen have kidnapped a Catholic Priest of the Port Harcourt Diocese, Reverend Father Livinus Maurice, alongside two other of his parishioners in Rivers State. It was gathered that Fr. Maurice, who is the Parish Priest in charge of St Patrick’s Catholic, Isiokpo, in…

Pregnant Woman Delivers in Kidnappers Den, Baby Seized Prince Woke, Port Harcourt Suspected Kidnappers who abducted pregnant mother, Mrs Dorathy Opus, around old Port Harcourt township in Rivers State last week Friday, February 7, 2025, released and dumped her at about 7 pm yesterday,12th February 2025, at De Young roundabout Elelewon road in Obio/Akpor Local…