Crime

By Sunny A. David, Awka Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested two suspected drug dealers and recovered illicit drugs valued at about N6.2 million and N598,400 in cash during a raid on a suspected criminal hideout…
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A 30-year-old Italy-based businessman, Joseph Cyril, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) after he allegedly ingested 98 wraps of cocaine and attempted to smuggle them out of Nigeria through…
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By Sunny A. David, Awka A Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court in Awka, Anambra State, has sentenced a 27-year-old final-year Mass Communication student, Wisdom Edem, to 35 years in prison for defiling a 10-year-old girl. …
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By Sunny A. David, Awka A suspected vandal has been arrested while allegedly attempting to damage a transmission tower along the Benin–Onitsha 330kV Transmission Line. The suspect was reportedly apprehended by members of the Omelu…
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By Sunny A. David, Awka The Special Anti-Touting Squad Agency (SASA) in Anambra State has arrested a self-acclaimed prophetess, Precious Uchenna, and some of her alleged accomplices over the suspected trafficking of a newborn baby in…
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By Sunny A. David, Awka Three children have been found dead at the residence of a female native doctor, popularly known as an Ezenwanyi, in Ideani Community, Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State. The tragic…
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By Joseph Adahnu, Yola The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) Adamawa/Taraba states command has made a remarkable impacted for seized contraband goods of cumulative Duty Paid Value (DPV) over the tune of ₦362 million within six-week in…
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The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intercepted cocaine consignments ingeniously concealed in a local mortar and the false bottom of a backpack destined for China and Italy, as it intensified its nationwide crackdown on…
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By Akanji Alowolodu, Bauchi Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a father and his three children for allegedly beating a 47-year old farmer, Yakubu Mai-Duna, of Kumba village in Burra Emirate of Ningi LGA of Bauchi State to death. …
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In a dramatic conclusion to a decade-long manhunt, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has secured a combined 24-year jail term against a fugitive drug kingpin who evaded justice for nearly 10 years and a former international…
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