Category: Crime Watch

Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have rescued four kidnapped victims following a fierce gun battle with suspected kidnappers in the Jikoko Hills area of Abuja. The victims were abducted on Wednesday night during an attack on the Yellow House area of Mpape, where armed assailants invaded the community at about 10:40 p.m. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Josephine Adeh, the Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmed Muhammed Sanusi, immediately deployed operatives from the Command’s Anti-Kidnapping Unit, personnel from the Katampe and Mpape Divisions, and…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arraigned an alleged drug kingpin, 63-year-old Anochili Innocent, alongside three Mexican nationals and six other Nigerians before the Federal High Court in Lagos over an alleged N480 billion methamphetamine manufacturing operation uncovered in Ogun State. The defendants were brought before Justice Musa Kakaki on Friday on an 11-count charge bordering on conspiracy, operating a clandestine drug laboratory, unlawful production and possession of methamphetamine, and financing a drug trafficking organisation. Those arraigned include Anochili Innocent; Mexican nationals Juan Carlos Meza Torrero, Nemecio Martinez…

The Nigeria Police Force National Cybercrime Centre (NPF-NCCC) has announced major breakthroughs in its nationwide crackdown on cybercrime, dismantling multiple criminal syndicates involved in international online fraud, cryptocurrency scams, identity theft, fake security alerts, and a massive ₦7.7 billion fraud targeting MTN Nigeria’s billing system. Addressing journalists during a press briefing, the NPF-NCCC disclosed that a total of 24 suspects were arrested in six separate operations carried out across Delta, Lagos, Edo, Kano, Katsina and the Federal Capital Territory, while several principal suspects remain at large. The police said the…

The Nigeria Police Force has recorded significant operational breakthroughs across 12 states and the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), arrested 14 suspects, rescuing five kidnapped victims, recovering firearms, ammunition and stolen vehicles, while neutralised three armed suspects in a sustained nationwide crackdown on violent crime. The development was contained in the Daily Situation Report (SITREP) submitted to the Inspector-General of Police by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Anietie Okokon Edem Iniedu, covering major security incidents and operational outcomes recorded as of July 8, 2026. The report highlighted the commitment of…

The Niger State Police Command has arrested 34 suspects in a series of coordinated operations across the state, targeting thuggery, armed robbery, theft, illegal mining and other criminal activities. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, disclosed in a release issued on Wednesday that the arrests followed intelligence-led raids and patrols conducted between July 4 and 7 in Minna, Mokwa and other parts of the state. According to him, police operatives attached to Tudun-Wada Division arrested 10 suspects during raids on identified criminal hideouts at Kafintella, Sauka-Kahuta and Building…

The Nigeria military, through the Nigerian Navy, has intensified its crackdown on crude oil theft with the discovery and recovery of about 39,500 litres of suspected stolen crude oil from an illegal storage facility in Bonny Local Government Area of Rivers State. The operation, carried out under Operation DELTA SENTINEL, was executed by personnel of the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Bonny following credible intelligence on illegal crude oil activities around Okpokiri Community within the base’s area of operations. According to a statement issued on Wednesday by Abiodun Folorunsho, Director of…

The Nigeria military, through the Nigerian Navy, has dismantled a major illegal refining complex and recovered over 205,000 litres of suspected stolen crude oil and illegally refined petroleum products during an anti-crude oil theft operation in Rivers State. The operation, carried out under Operation DELTA SENTINEL, followed credible intelligence that led personnel of the Nigerian Navy Ship SOROH to a newly established illegal refining network in the Egboama/Ogbogolo axis of Ahoada West Local Government Area. According to a statement issued on Tuesday by the Director of Naval Information, Abiodun Folorunsho,…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a 67-year-old Nigerian-British woman, Mrs. Mary Yetunde Barek, at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos, after operatives discovered 13 kilograms of cocaine ingeniously concealed in fake plantain peels packed among food items in her luggage. The agency’s Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, saying the suspect, a caregiver based in the United Kingdom, was intercepted at the departure hall of Terminal 2 while attempting to board a Virgin Atlantic flight to London…

The Nigeria Police Force has rescued a 43-year-old woman and her two-year-old son from a kidnappers’ forest hideout in Bode Sadu, Kwara State, following a tactical operation driven by credible intelligence. The victims, identified as Adijat Kuburat and her son, Abdul Malik Hamzat, were rescued on Saturday, July 4, 2026, during a joint operation by operatives of the Force Intelligence Department–Intelligence Response Team (FID-IRT) and local security support groups. According to a statement by the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Anietie Okokon Edem Iniedu, the operatives stormed the forest where…