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NDLEA Warns Nigerians Against Fake Vehicle Auction Scam

NewsDeskNgJul 3, 2026July 3, 20260

NDLEA warns Nigerians against fraudsters impersonating its officials to sell fake forfeited vehicles through fraudulent private auction offers. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has alerted Nigerians to a fraudulent scheme in which scammers are impersonating senior officials of the agency to deceive unsuspecting members of the public with...

Sokoto High Court Imposes Death Penalty On Three Including Foreigner Arrested By DSS.

NewsDeskNgJun 24, 2026June 24, 20260

A Sokoto High Court has sentenced three terrorism convicts to death and ordered forfeiture of crime proceeds. A High Court sitting in Sokoto State has sentenced three men, including a foreign national, to death by hanging, following their conviction on charges bothering on terrorism and arms proliferation. The convicts, Yusuf...

NDLEA Busts Multi-Billion Naira Meth Factory In Oyo Forest, Arrests Mexican Drug Expert, Four Others

NewsDeskNgJun 24, 2026June 24, 20260

NDLEA dismantles forest meth lab in Oyo, arrests Mexican suspect and four Nigerians, seizes industrial drug-making equipment. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has uncovered and dismantled a heavily fortified, industrial-scale methamphetamine laboratory hidden deep inside a forest in Oyo State, arresting a Mexican national and four Nigerians allegedly...

El-Rufai Moves For No-Case Submission After DSS Ends Evidence In Phone Interception Trial

NewsDeskNgJun 23, 2026June 23, 20260

Former Kaduna governor Nasir el-Rufai moves for no-case submission after DSS closes its evidence in ongoing phone interception trial proceedings. At Tuesday’s court sitting, counsel to the DSS, Oluwole Aladedoye, informed the court that the agency would not be calling further witnesses in the matter. He maintained that the evidence...

Police DIG Warns Of Rising Trans-Border Crime Threat In Jigawa

NewsDeskNgJun 22, 2026June 22, 20260

Police urge communities to boost vigilance and intelligence sharing as trans-border criminal networks threaten Jigawa. The Deputy Inspector-General of Police (DIG) in charge of Finance and Administration and Supervising DIG for the North-West Zone, Sulaiman Mohammed Abdul, has warned that the growing threat of trans-border criminality and the displacement of...

Woman In Police Net For Allegedly Killing 97-Year-Old Grandmother In Katsina

NewsDeskNgJun 19, 2026June 19, 20260

Katsina police arrest 20-year-old woman for allegedly killing her 97-year-old grandmother during a domestic altercation in Daura. Operatives of the Katsina State Police Command have arrested a 20-year-old woman, Aisha Muktar Hassan, for allegedly killing her 97-year-old paternal grandmother, Hajiya Ummukhulsum Hassan, following a domestic altercation in Daura Local Government...

Police Arrest Suspected Supplier Of Food, Materials To Bandits In Kwara

NewsDeskNgJun 19, 2026June 19, 20260

Kwara Police arrest suspected logistics supplier to bandits, recover items and uncover support network aiding criminal groups. Operatives of the Kwara State Police Command have arrested suspected supplier of food items and other materials to suspected bandits operating within forested enclaves and remote locations across the State. The state police...

Nigeria Arraigns Over 600 Terrorism Suspects In Fresh Abuja Mass Trial

NewsDeskNgJun 15, 2026June 15, 20260

More than 600 suspects face terrorism-related charges as Nigeria begins a new phase of mass prosecutions. The Federal Government has commenced a fresh mass trial involving more than 600 terrorism suspects facing a range of charges linked to insurgency and terrorist activities across the country. The suspects, who were arrested...

Makinde Says Abducted Pupils, Teachers Still Held In Old Oyo National Park

NewsDeskNgJun 13, 2026June 13, 20260

Oyo Governor Seyi Makinde says kidnapped pupils and teachers remain captive within Old Oyo National Park 27 days after abduction. Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Friday disclosed that the students and teachers abducted by suspected bandits in Oriire local government area of the state nearly a month ago are...

Tension In Kwara Communities As Terrorists Abduct 20, Kill One Person

NewsDeskNgJun 12, 2026June 12, 20260

Terrorists attack three Kwara communities in coordinated raids, killing one person and abducting about 20 residents. Palpable tension has enveloped the ancient towns of Gaa-Alla and Gaa Oke Abba communities in Isin local government area and Famole town in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara state when suspected bandits invaded...