Sunday, 28 December, 2025

Category: Crime


Troops of the Nigerian Army, in coordinated operations across the country, have neutralised top commander of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) identified as ‘Alhaji’, 26 other terrorists and arrested 22 suspects. A statement by the Nigerian Army on Read more…


HUMAN Rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana, has said that the Ogoni 4 and the Ogoni 9 were brutally killed by the Sani Abacha military junta in 1995. While speaking at the 84th posthumous birthday lecture of Ken Saro-Wiwa in Port Read more…


Russia is suspected of being behind the cyber attack that forced Jaguar Land Rover (JLR) to stop production, The Telegraph can reveal. The scale of the attack and the economic damage inflicted have raised suspicions that the hackers were acting on behalf of Read more…


The sources, who requested anonymity as they are not authorised to speak publicly, said the travellers were believed to be couriers of a politically exposed person. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) said it has kicked off investigation into Read more…


Nigerian Politicians Embroiled In Certificate Forgery Scandals Uche NnajiSeveral government officials have had certificate scandals. The most recent involves the Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji. An online media platform had alleged that the minister forged the University Read more…


female police officer attached to the Ogidi Division in the Idemili Local Government Area of Anambra State has been found dead after being kidnapped by unknown assailants. The officer, identified as a Woman Inspector (W/INSPR) who served as a prosecutor Read more…


Danladi, a father of one, was on duty alongside his colleague, Pankyes Joshua, on September 29 when armed robbers, numbering over ten broke into the estate and shot him while he was trying to stop them from accessing the compound. Read more…


In the early morning of September 28, 2025, a staccato of gunfire woke up many residents of Oke-Ode community in Kwara South, Kwara State. They ran helter-skelter for safety. But the volleys of bullets did not have mercy on them. Mr. Rilwan Tajudeen, who lost his father Read more…


The Federal Government has deployed a new line of defence against insecurity with the rollout of the Forest Guards Initiative aimed at flushing out bandits, kidnappers and other criminal gangs from Nigeria’s forests. National Security Adviser (NSO), to the Federal Government,  Mallam Read more…


Uche Nnaji, the former Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, says his resignation is a personal choice and not an admission of guilt. Nnaji tendered his resignation on Tuesday following the controversy around his certificate, which he says he obtained Read more…


The House of Representatives has kicked against a Bill by the United States Senate, alleging the killing of Christians in Nigeria and rejected moves to designate it as a “Country of Particular Concern (CPC).” The House, while condemning all forms of Read more…


The Senator representing Abia North, Orji Uzor Kalu, has said that the Senate was not mandated to verify the academic certificates of ministerial or any nominee, stressing that the legislative chamber’s role ‘is limited to screening and confirmation of persons Read more…