Nigeria Secret Police, DSS Storms Kuje Prison To Re-Arrest Ex-AGF On Terrorism Financing Allegations
January 8, 202657 Properties Worth ₦213.2bn Linked To Former Attorney-General Of Federation, Abubakar Malami, Seized By The Court
January 8, 2026
Thursday, January 8, 2026
Crime
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Kwara Police Rescue Two Kidnapped Victims, Arrest Five Suspects
Officers of Kwara State Police Command, in conjunction with local hunters in Alo village, Ifelodun local government area of the state, have rescued two kidnapped victims, killed one of the suspects, and arrested five...
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Seven Feared Killed In Benue Cult Clash
No fewer than seven people were reportedly killed in a rival cult clash that rocked North Bank, a suburb of Makurdi, Benue State. The severity of the clash, according to an eyewitness, forced the...
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Oyo shuts Illegal Mining Factory, Arrests Suspects
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, has announced the arrest of individuals involved in the illegal processing of mined minerals at a facility in Idi-Ayunre, Oluyole Local Government Area of the state. He disclosed this...
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Nine Nigerian Nationals Apprehended With Cocaine, Heroin, Tramadol
The Liberia Drugs Enforcement Agency (LDEA) apprehended eleven individuals, comprising nine Nigerians and two Liberians, suspected of orchestrating a drug cartel in Sayon Town on Bushrod Island. The operation, led by the recently appointed...
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Police Arraign Two Over Alleged Conspiracy To Kidnap Gov. Diri’s Brother
The Police Command in Bayelsa on Friday, arraigned two suspects in a Kaima High Court sitting in Yenagoa over alleged conspiracy and attempt to kidnap Mr Ebi Ayama. Ayama popularly known as Americana is...
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48 KWASU Students, Others Arrested For Alleged Cybercrime
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission in Ilorin Zonal Command have arrested 48 students of the Kwara State University, and two residents of Malete in Moro Local Government Area over offences bordering...
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JUST IN: Police Release Abure On Bail
The national chairman of the Labour Party, Julius Abure, who was arrested on Wednesday in Benin, Edo State capital by operatives of Zone 5 Police headquarters, has been released on bail. It was gathered...
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Anambra Lawyer Faces Custody After Alleged Assault On 11-Year-Old Maid
The Children, Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Court in Awka, Anambra State, has ordered the remand of lawyer Adachukwu Okafor in the custody of the State Criminal and Investigative Department. The charges against Mrs. Okafor,...
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15 Jailed For Obstructing Pedestrian Bridges
The Lagos Environmental Sanitation Corps, popularly known as KAI, says 15 out of the 17 miscreants apprehended for obstructing pedestrians on the Bolade-Oshodi pedestrian bridge have been sentenced to three months imprisonment without the...
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JUST-IN: Pastor, Five Others To Die By Hanging For Robbery In Ondo
The Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure, the state capital has sentenced six persons to death over their involvement in bank robberies which took place in Akure and Idanre in 2011. The convicts...
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