Crime & Metro

Stanley Ihedigbo In a coordinated operation, Police Operatives attached to the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) Awkuzu, working with Police personnel from Neni Divisional Headquarters on a follow-up investigation into a case of conspiracy and armed robbery, successfully arrested five male suspects in connection with vandalism and theft at an International…

Stanley Ihedigbo In a significant development, Anambra State Police, through operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Awkuzu, successfully arrested a notorious and heavily injured armed robber during a major offensive operation in Ogbaru Local Government Area (LGA). According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra State Police Command, SP…

Stanley Ihedigbo National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intensified its nationwide crackdown on drug cartels, intercepting 7.6 million tramadol pills and 76,273 kilograms of Colorado and skunk in a series of coordinated raids across Delta, Imo, and Adamawa states. According to the Director of Media & Advocacy, NDLEA Headquarters,…

Michael Olumide Federal High Court sitting in Lagos has summoned a former employee of Sports Radio Brila FM, Mr. Babafemi Raji, popularly known as Topmost Striker, over an alleged ₦100 million fraud filed against him and two others by the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun. Raji, alongside two…

By Michael Olumide A third prosecution witness (PW3) in the ongoing trial of former Minister of Power and Steel, Olu Agunloye, has told Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja, that former President Olusegun Obasanjo expressed his willingness to testify in any court or forum…

By Okechukwu Nwanguma For a country that styles itself as the “Giant of Africa” and a leader in regional integration, Nigeria continues to disgracefully undermine the rule of law by openly refusing to comply with binding decisions of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice. This persistent disregard is not only…

By Stanley Ihedigbo Drug traffickers’ attempts to smuggle narcotics through Lagos courier services were foiled on 27 and 28 November, when operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) seized 100 grams of Loud hidden in a teddy bear from Thailand and 548 tramadol capsules disguised as vitamin bottles…

Stanley Ihedigbo Justice R.M. Aikawa of the Federal High Court, sitting in Kaduna, has refused to grant bail to Bashir Ibrahim Bello, who is facing three separate prosecutions simultaneously. According to Mr. Dele Oyewale, Head of Media and Publicity at the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Bello is being…

By Stanley Ihedigbo In a sweeping crackdown on drug syndicates across the country, operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered an opioids cartel operating from a residential estate in Lagos, arresting suspected kingpin Onyekachi Pius Nwanagu and five members of his network. The raid yielded illicit…

Stanley Ihedigbo Two young women, Praise Nwogu, 19, and Ebong Emem Oghosa, 25, have been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Edo State for allegedly producing and selling brownies laced with illicit drugs via online platforms. According to the Director of Media & Advocacy,…