Anti-mafia investigators in Italy have seized cash, companies and other assets worth more than €200m (£175m) in an operation they say targeted the network of notorious late Sicilian mafia boss Matteo Messina Denaro. The funds, described as “huge amounts of capital” by the financial police in Palermo, are said toContinue Reading
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a police officer in connection with the alleged death of a three-month-old baby in Okija, located in Ihiala Local Government Area of the state. According to the command, the officer is currently being interrogated and subjected to internal disciplinary procedures in line withContinue Reading
A 63-year-old Chinese grandma Ting Hung Kiong has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) following her attempt to smuggle large consignment of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis into Nigeria. The Chinese national who naturalised in Malaysia was arrested on Sunday 17th May 2026Continue Reading
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dealt another crippling blow to transnational organized crime by completely dismantling a highly sophisticated, multi-million-dollar Nigerian- Mexican methamphetamine production syndicate. The clinical, simultaneous operation, executed by elite operatives of the Agency’s Special Operations Unit (SOU), led to the shutdown of an industrial-scaleContinue Reading
Operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested one 29 year old Sadique Abubakar Yusuf for allegedly sexually assaulting a 14 year old girl in Guru village, along Bauchi-Jos road. A statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, SP Nafiu Habib, said that 45 years old father of the victim,Continue Reading
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a suspected criminal identified as Okechukwu Chinweko, popularly known as “Bullet,” over alleged involvement in kidnapping, rape, and illegal possession of firearms. The suspect was apprehended by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), Awkuzu, during an operation carried out in the earlyContinue Reading
The Abuja Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC), has arraigned Blessing Gozi-Anyaokei, Managing Director, Viscount Microfinance Bank before Justice Y. Halilu of the Federal High Court, Maitama, Abuja, for fraud. She is being prosecuted on a two-count charge, bordering on illegal conversion and obtaining money byContinue Reading
Justice Maryann Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting in Maitama, on Monday, May 11, 2026 revoked the bail, granted the former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman and issued a warrant for his arrest following his absence in court to face his criminal prosecution. Saleh has remained outContinue Reading
Troops of the Nigerian Army’s 12 Brigade, operating under ”Operation Tiger Paw II”, neutralised a suspected terrorist and recovered a significant cache of arms and equipment in a coordinated ambush in the Adankolo Forest Reserve, Lokoja Local Government Area. This is contained in a statement by the Brigade’s spokesperson Lt.Continue Reading
Operatives of a Special Operations Unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in close coordination with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) Lagos Country Office, and law enforcement partners from Switzerland, France, and Greece, have successfully dismantled a Transnational Criminal Organization involved in drug money laundering operationsContinue Reading