Category: Crime

The Edo State Police Command has arrested 21 students of Ogioma Public Secondary School, along Limit Road off Benin-Sapele Road, for suspected cult activities. The PPRO of the command, Moses Yamu, stated in a statement released on Saturday that the students were between 14 and 17 years old. He said the arrest followed a foiled…

The Department of State Services says its operatives have disrupted an alleged arms supply network linked to attacks in Plateau State and neighbouring areas, arresting a suspected arms dealer. Disclosing this in a statement on Sunday, the secret police said the suspect allegedly manufactured and distributed weapons and ammunition to armed groups operating in Plateau…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a suspected drug trafficker, Frank Chijioke Ibemesi, alias Chisco Bee, in the Isolo area of Lagos State. The 42-year-old Ibemesi, who is the MD/CEO of Franc CJ Ibemesi Nig Ltd, was arrested at his Daisy Garden Hotel, 66-68 Agbeke street, Ago palace way in…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has declared former Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, wanted over an alleged conspiracy and dishonest conversion of $14,859,257. In a public notice, EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale said the funds were provided by the Nigerian Content Development and Monitoring Board for Atlantic International Refinery and Petrochemical Limited….

Tracy Ohovwore The Edo State Police Command has made a significant breakthrough in a case of self-kidnapping, arresting suspects involved in the crime and recovering a ransom of Five Million Naira (₦5,000,000). According to the press release on Tuesday November 2025, on October 27, 2025, a man reported that his wife, Chioma Success Ezebie, and…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has suspended a number of its operatives following allegations by Nigerian rapper, Oladipupo Olabode Oladimeji, popularly known as Oladips, that they extorted N10 million from him. In a statement issued on Saturday, the anti-graft agency said it views the allegation with the utmost seriousness and has already launched…

…26 Children Sold between N1-N3 million Each Recovered The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has arrested a 60 years old prominent member of the Orphanage Owners Umbrella body in Nigeria and founder of an internationally recognized Civil Society Organization, National Council of Child’s Right Advocates of Nigeria (NACRAN), based in…

A total of 70 parcels factory packed cocaine in walls of cocoa butter formula body cream containers heading to London, United Kingdom have been uncovered at the export shed of the Murtala Muhammed International Airport Lagos by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) with three suspects arrested in series of follow-up operations…