Crime & Metro

Anambra State Police Command has intercepted a disturbing video circulating across social media platforms, allegedly showing a group of young boys engaging in an unlawful cult initiation ceremony involving a minor. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, preliminary review of the footage…

Stanley Ihedigbo Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have made a significant breakthrough in their fight against drug trafficking, intercepting consignments of illicit drugs cleverly concealed in frozen snails, electrical bulbs, and female clothes bound for the United States, the United Kingdom, and the Democratic Republic of…

Stanley Ihedigbo Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have intercepted a massive shipment of 27,510 Rohypnol pills concealed in sachets of alcoholic drinks at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos. The consignment, bound for South Africa, was seized at the export shed. According to the Director,…

Kebbi State Police Command has strongly refuted claims made by the Chairman of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), Kebbi Branch, alleging that nine local government areas in the state are “ungovernable.” In a statement issued on Monday by the Police Public Relations Officer, CSP Nafi’u Abubakar, the Command described the…

Ecobank Nigeria has clarified reports circulating in sections of the media that one of its staff members, Mr. Ridwan Abdulwahab, was detained following court proceedings at the Chief Magistrate Court, Wuse Zone 6, Abuja, on September 11, 2025. The bank explained that the matter in question stemmed from a legal…

Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command attached to the Rapid Response Squad, Awkuzu, acting on credible information, stormed Aguleri and arrested the prime suspect, Obadigbo Emmanuel Anumudu,49. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, the suspect had allegedly been on the run…

Operatives of the Anambra State Police Command attached to Rapid Response Squad Awkuzu, has arrested one Bernard Odinchefu, a 62 year old male suspect and alleged informant of a secessionist group, anchoring a major extortion network operating in parts of Ihiala Local Government Area. According to the Police Public Relations…

National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled two major cocaine trafficking cartels operating out of Lagos, foiling six UK-bound shipments and arresting six key members, including the kingpin, Alhaji Hammed Taofeek Ode, who parades as a businessman and real estate developer. According to the Director, Media & Advocacy, NDLEA,…

Commissioner of Police, Anambra State Command, CP Ikioye Orutugu, has directed the immediate re-arrest of one Onyebuchi Nwobodo and Ebube Umezumba an alleged criminal offenders, over a case of Armed robbery, following the discovery of an administrative lapse by a Police prosecutor. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra…

Anambra State Police Command has debunked a publication by Punch Newspapers credited to one Mr Salaudeen Hashim alleging that Anambra State has recorded fourteen (14) cases of political assassinations between 2022 and 2024. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Anambra State Police Command, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, they wished to…