Category Archives: Crime

Twenty-four suspected drug traffickers and dealers including a 42-year-old man who was taking thousands of concealed opioid pills to an insurgents’ enclave in the Banki area of Borno State have been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The operations led to the seizure of over 7,609 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs inContinueContinue reading “Drug Supplier For Terrorists In Borno Arrested By Nigeria’s Narcotic Agency”

Operatives of the National Agency for Food, Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) have arrested three persons after they raided some factories producing alcohol and beverages in Jos, Plateau State capital. The Assistant Chief Regulatory Officer, Federal Taskforce, Investigation and Enforcement Directorate of NAFDAC, Umar Suleiman, who confirmed the arrest in Jos on Friday, said theContinueContinue reading “Nigerian Monitoring Agency, NAFDAC Arrests Three In Plateau For Producing Alcohol In Sachets”

Twelve members of a syndicate allegedly involved in the production of fake dollar notes have been arrested between Bajoga and the Duku axis of Gombe State. The Gombe Police Command Public Relations Officer (PPRO), ASP Mahid Abubakar on Thursday said the syndicate specialised in printing and disposing of counterfeit currencies.  Abubakar said 563 pieces ofContinueContinue reading “Nigerian Police Arrest 12-Member Gang In Production Of Fake Dollar Notes”

The Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Police Force has said that its operatives arrested a 30-year-old woman who attempted to drown her five-month-old baby. The Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Omolola Odutola, who made this known in a statement on Monday, said that the murder attempt was averted by a good Nigerian.ContinueContinue reading “Nigerian Police Arrest Woman For Drowning Five-Month-Old Baby In Ogun River”

Amongst the suspects paraded on Saturday were three Bwari-based kidnappers- Idris Ishaku, m, 27 years; Bala Umar, m, 27 years; and Dahiru Salisu, m, 27 years, who have been responsible for series of armed robbery cases and kidnappings in the Bwari Local Government Area and other parts of Abuja. In a statement, Force Spokesman, MuyiwaContinueContinue reading “Police Arrest Abuja Kidnappers, Parade 16 Suspects”

A man known as Auwal Garba has identified the woman beheaded in a hotel in Adamawa State as his former wife.Garba confirmed to the police on Friday that the deceased known as Bilkisu Alhaji Idi, murdered at Happy Day Guest Inn on January 18, 2024, was his ex-wife. On January 19, 2024, it was reportedContinueContinue reading “Woman Beheaded In Adamawa Hotel, Identifies as a Former Wife of one Auwal Garba”

Pioneer learnt that a man on Thursday, January 18 checked into the hotel with the lady at about 7 pm. Her headless body was later found by the hotel workers while the man reportedly fled with the head. It was a scene of horror on Friday morning when staff members of a hotel woke toContinueContinue reading “The beheaded Body of a woman was found In a Hotel Room in Adamawa, the suspect fled with Her Head”

According to the NSCDC Commandant, Muhammad Muazu, the arson attack made several families homeless. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Gombe State has arrested a 27-year-old suspect for an alleged arson attack on four houses. The suspect identified as Segun Bulus was accused of torching the houses in Dele Jesu community, in theContinueContinue reading “Man Arrested In Gombe For Burning Four Houses Over Misunderstanding With Victim”

A man who paraded himself as a medical doctor, Igwe Gift Okechukwu, has been arrested by Nigeria Police Force for alleged criminal conspiracy, organ trafficking, fraud, cybercrime, stealing, impersonation, cheating and identity theft It was learnt that the fake doctor was arrested in Nasarawa State by operatives of the Force Criminal Investigation Department, after defraudingContinueContinue reading “Nigerian Police Arrest Fake Doctor In Nasarawa State For Organ Trafficking, N21million Fraud”

The police command in Adamawa State has confirmed the arrest of a 67-year-old man, Mahmudu Adamu, who confessed to the security operatives (police) for defiling at least three underaged girls by sticking his fingers in their private parts in the southern part of Adamawa State, located in the Northeastern part of Nigeria. Adamu who isContinueContinue reading “67-Year-Old Nigerian Arrested For Defiling 3 Girls In Adamawa.”