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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has dismantled two major drug cartels behind six cocaine consignments destined for the United Kingdom. The operations, carried out over three weeks across Lagos, led to the arrest of six suspects, including the alleged kingpin, Alhaji Hammed Ode. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a…
ARISE News Channel has mourned the tragic loss of a young journalist, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, who died in the early hours of Monday, September 29, following a violent armed robbery at her residence in the Katampe area of Abuja. In a statement obtained from its X handle on Monday, the 29-year-old broadcaster, affectionately known as Sommie,…
…Businesswoman conceals 1.4 kg meth in butt pad underwear Two Brazil returnees: Ofoma Sunday and Ukachukwu Ikechukwu have excreted a total of 116 wraps of heroin and cocaine they ingested after days in observatory custody following their arrest by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos….
The Benin Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentence of 10 internet fraudsters before Justice Mary Itsueli of Edo State High Court, sitting in Benin City. According to a statement issued by EFCC and posted on its X page on Friday, the convicts were Okoro Emmanuel,…
The Edo State Special Security Squad has arrested 20 suspected cultists and demolished four properties linked to them in an operation carried out in Auchi, Etsako West Local Government Area. The squad disclosed this in a statement on Friday in Benin, signed by Fred Itua, Chief Press Secretary to Governor Monday Okpebholo. According to the…
By Emamuzo Iboma Farouk Adekunle Adepoju, a Nigerian national residing in the United Kingdom, has been arrested following a U.S. extradition request on charges of wire fraud and computer fraud, announced Acting U.S. Attorney Troy Rivetti. Adepoju was detained by UK authorities on September 15, 2025, and is currently awaiting extradition to face a seven-count…
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested a 42-year-old man, Ogbole Henry, for unlawful possession of firearms and live ammunition during a highway patrol along the notorious “Evil Forest” axis of the Benin-Lagos Road. Henry, a native of Ewu in Esan Central Local Government Area, was intercepted on September 7 at about 11:30…
By Uko Okon Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have foiled a kidnapping plot and arrested three suspects in connection with a human trafficking case. The operation was launched on September 12, 2025, following a tip about a human trafficking syndicate operating in the area. This was contained in a statement issued by…
Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) have rescued eight children suspected to have been stolen from Kano and a few other States in the northern part of the country and trafficked to the South–South and South-East by a suspected wanted inter-state child trafficking syndicate. The press officer of…
The Rivers State Police says the command has arrested and detained a forty eight year old man, Emmanuel George from AkwaIbom state over alleged defilement of twelve year old girl around Ada George road in PortHarcourt. Spokesperson for the Rivers state Police Command,SP Grace Iringe Koko in a statement disclosed that on 6th of September,…