Nine Chinese jailed one year over Ponzi scheme
A Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted and sentenced nine Chinese nationals to one year imprisonment for operating a Ponzi scheme linked to terrorism financing, uncovered in Victoria Island,…
NAF strikes Boko Haram hideout in Borno, neutralise terrorists
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF), operating under Operation HADIN KAI (OPHK), has successfully targeted and neutralised key terrorist strongholds of the Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati wal-Jihad (JAS) faction of Boko…
Police arrest eight suspected kidnappers, cultists, rescue two victims
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested eight suspected kidnappers in a series of coordinated intelligence-led operations across Delta, Katsina, Adamawa and Edo States. Two victims of kidnapping who had earlier been…
Police nab five suspects, dismantles kidnapping ring in Oyo
The Oyo State Police has arrested five members of the kidnapping gang operating in Ipapo, Okaka communities in Itesiwaju Local Government Area. The suspects were arrested at a local rendezvous…
FBI moves to arrest suspected Lagos fraudster over ₦460m Trump inauguration crypto scam
The United States Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has filed a civil forfeiture complaint against a Nigerian, Ehiremen Aigbokhan, accused of stealing over ₦460 million in cryptocurrency intended for the…
Police recover 36 cars from suspected car snatchers in Lagos
The Police Command in Lagos State reports that it has recovered 36 vehicles suspected to have been stolen from the state, as well as from other states and foreign countries.…
NDLEA busts Hajj drug syndicate, arrests cartel leaders in Kano
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered and dismantled a drug trafficking syndicate that sponsors hajj pilgrims as drug couriers to smuggle cocaine to Saudi Arabia during the…
Immigration arrests fleeing Enugu native doctor accused of ritual killing
Operatives of the Nigeria Immigration Service have arrested a popular native doctor, Levi Obieze, also known as ‘E de play, e de show.’ Obieze is wanted by the Enugu State…
NDLEA intercepts N6.5b opioids in Lagos, Rivers ports
National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) says it has intercepted six million pills of opioids namely: tamol 225mg, tapentadol 225mg and carisoprodol 225mg as well as 332,000 bottles of codeine-based…
Simon Ekpa faces terrorism charges in Finland
Finnish prosecutors have charged an individual suspected to be a separatist leader, Simon Ekpa, with inciting terrorism in connection with efforts to establish an independent state of Biafra in Nigeria.…