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The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a 64-year-old man, Ndubisi John Iheukwumere, for allegedly defrauding a petitioner of N165 million in a fake land transaction. In a statement signed by the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, Iheukwumere allegedly conspired with a woman identified as Mrs….
…confiscates cookies laced with Cannabis The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Edo State Command has dismantled an illicit online drug cell in Benin City, leading to the arrest of two female suspects, a social influencer, Praise Nwogu, 19, also known as Candy, and Ebong Emem Oghosa, 25. The arrests were made following weeks of…
The Edo State Security Corps has arrested four suspects over cable theft and shop breaking in the state. Two of the suspects, Aliu Mohammed and Abdul Alelugena, were arrested for shop breaking and entering, while the other two were arrested for internet cable theft. Aliu and Alelugena, who are alleged to be members of a…
The British Government has turned down a request by Nigeria to deport former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, who is serving a prison term in the United Kingdom for organ trafficking. Ekweremadu, 63, was jailed for nine years and eight months in 2023 after a UK court found him, his wife, Beatrice, and a medical…
The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Olohundare Jimoh, has said the command has intensified deployments to schools, worship centres and other public places to prevent security breaches. Jimoh gave the assurance on Monday at the command headquarters, Ikeja, while addressing newsmen. He assured residents that the state remained safe, adding that the new development would…
The Edo State Special Security Squad has recorded another major breakthrough, dismantling a kidnappers’ den in Egbai community, Ovia North-East Local Government Area, and arresting two suspects believed to be part of a notorious kidnapping ring. The operation, carried out over the weekend, reflects Governor Monday Okpebholo’s renewed push to secure communities and restore public…
The Edo State Police Command says it has arrested a 24-year-old content creator identified as Osarobo Omoyemen, for allegedly sharing a content on Tiktok capable of “inciting hostility against the Police and triggering unnecessary tension within the state.” In a statement made available to newsmen in Benin, the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Moses Yamu,…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 20 Filipino sailors caught ferrying at least 20 kilogrammes of cocaine from Brazil to Lagos’s main port. The anti-narcotics agency also intercepted the laden vessel- MV Nord Bosporus marked 9760110 from the port of Santos in Brazil at the Apapa seaport in Lagos with no less…
The National Orientation Agency (NOA) has strongly condemned the recent abduction of 25 students of the Government Girls Comprehensive Secondary School in Kebbi State, and the violent attacks and abduction of Christian worshippers in Eruku Town of Kwara State. Expressing concern over the abduction in Kebbi State, the Director General of the NOA, Mallam Lanre…
The Federal Government on Wednesday blamed the renewed terror attacks, including the abduction of schoolgirls in Kebbi and the assault on worshippers in Eruku, Kwara State, on recent remarks by United States as public anger over the incidents spread nationwide. Secretary to the Government of the Federation, George Akume, said Trump’s posts alleging “Christian genocide”…