Regulatory authorities have intensified consumer protection enforcement after NAFDAC raids Aba shops and uncovers illegal stockpiles of counterfeit beverage packaging materials valued at over N200 million. Acting on credible intelligence reports, operatives from the National Agency for Food and Drug…
Undetected Fraud in West Africa Exceeds N1 Billion in First Half of 2026 More than N1 billion in undetected fraud in West Africa bypassed automated security defenses during the first six months of 2026. According to findings from cybersecurity firm…
The Federal High Court in Abuja dismissed an eight-count criminal charge filed by the Federal Government against Adeniyi Adeyemi, the alleged fake Director-General of the Presidential Foreign Intervention Promotion Council, on Monday. Justice Mohammed Garba Umar struck out the case…
Widely circulated reports have confirmed that suspected terrorists kidnapped about 18 students of Gamji College of Health Technology in Sokoto State while they travelled to their hometowns in Oyo State. The attackers allegedly killed the bus driver at the scene…
A combined team of troops from the Nigerian Army, the Department of State Services (DSS), and the Western Nigeria Security Network, popularly known as Amotekun, has eliminated a senior ISWAP leader, Abdussamad Ohida, in an intelligence-led operation carried out over…
The abductors of twenty prospective National Youth Service Corps members kidnapped along the Owerri-Onitsha Expressway in Imo State have reduced their ransom demand from N50 million to N5 million per victim, lowering the overall figure from N1 billion to N100…
Regulatory enforcement officers executed sweeping operations across commercial hubs over the weekend as NAFDAC raids Lagos markets to confiscate prohibited sachet alcohol. According to an official statement issued by the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, field…
The FCT police order arrest of plate number violators and drivers operating vehicles with unpermitted tinted windows across the Federal Capital Territory. According to an official announcement issued by Police Public Relations Officer SP Josephine Adeh, Commissioner of Police CP…
Twenty prospective National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) members traveling from Oyo State to their designated orientation camps have been abducted by gunmen who are demanding a N1 billion ransom for their release within 24 hours. The victims’ families disclosed the…
The Borno State Police Command has launched a search operation for three missing farmers following an attack by suspected Boko Haram insurgents that left 15 people dead in the state’s Marte Local Government Area. The victims were targeted on Wednesday…
The Nigeria Police Force has escalated the search for prospective National Youth Service Corps members and other passengers abducted along the Owerri-Onitsha Road in Imo State, as families face a reported N950 million ransom demand. Inspector-General of Police Olatunji Disu…
The residents of Byazhin in Kubwa, Abuja, woke up to panic on Sunday morning when a cooking gas plant at Liberty Junction went up in flames. The FCT Police Command now says a motorist driving against traffic caused the Kubwa…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has confirmed the arrest of Halimat Adenike Tejuosho, south-west zonal coordinator of the women wing of the City Boy Movement, over an alleged case of fraud. EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale confirmed her detention…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has once again declared Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the now defunct pension reform task team (PRTT), wanted. The commission listed Maina on its wanted persons portal over an alleged case of “receiving…
Nigerian dancer Iweh Pascal Odinaka, popularly known as Poco Lee, will appear at the UK’s Snaresbrook Crown Court on February 8, 2027, for a plea hearing. The court has postponed his scheduled appearance on Tuesday because the charge sheet was…
