Category: Crime Watch

NDLEA uncovers N1.04b Drug Consignment in Lagos Hotel raid, arrests 3 suspects

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has dismantled a major drug distribution network operating from a newly opened hotel in Victoria Island, Lagos, recovering illicit drugs valued at over N1.04 billion.   During a raid conducted between Friday 25th and Saturday 26th April 2025, operatives stormed The Hook Hotel, also known as Caesar Hotel and Caesar Lounge, located at 16 Waziri Ibrahim Street, off Elsie Femi Pearse Street. After hours of combing the five-storey building, the officers recovered 589 bags of Canadian Loud a potent strain of cannabis with…

Niger Police denies involvement in alleged assault, extortion at Pogo

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Niger State Police Command has distanced itself from allegations circulating on social media, claiming that its personnel were involved in the assault, forced shaving, and extortion of young men with dreadlocks in the Pogo area of the state.   A video that surfaced online on 24th April, 2025, featured a young man alleging that policemen accosted them based on their hairstyle, beat them, shaved their hair, and demanded a payment of two thousand naira.   However, in a statement issued on Saturday, 26th April, 2025, by the Police Public…

NAPTIP receives 231 Trafficking Victims from Ghana, vows crackdown on West African syndicates

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has received 231 Nigerian victims of human trafficking rescued in Ghana, as the agency pledged to intensify efforts to dismantle cross-border trafficking syndicates operating in the West African sub-region. The victims, comprised 227 males and four females between the ages of 15 and 18, were rescued by the Ghanaian Economic and Organized Crimes Office (EOCO) in collaboration with NAPTIP and handed over to the agency at its Lagos Zonal Command Office in Ikeja. In a letter to NAPTIP, the…

Nigerian Navy smashes Oil theft syndicates in bold 3-Day Crackdown across South-South states ….. Six suspects arrested, four illegal Refineries dismantled, weapons recovered in nationwide maritime offensive

Lukman Laleye Babalola

In a series of well-coordinated operations aimed at crippling oil theft and pipeline vandalism, the Nigerian Navy has recorded major breakthroughs across Bayelsa, Delta, and Anambra States under its ongoing Operation DELTA SANITY. Between 20 and 22 April 2025, naval units intensified anti-crude oil theft efforts, resulting in the arrest of six suspects, deactivation of four illegal refinery sites, and the seizure of two vehicles laden with illegally refined products.   On Sunday, 20 April, operatives aboard Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) SOROH apprehended four suspected pipeline vandals at River-Kolo Creek,…

Niger Police arrests Prime Suspect in Murder of Vigilante Member

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Niger State Police Command has arrested the prime suspect involved in the alleged murder of Mohammed Amore, a vigilante member, who was killed during a botched arrest operation at Angwan-Maiturare via Fadikpe, Minna.   Amore was reportedly stabbed to death on April 20, 2025, at about 10:45 p.m., while attempting to apprehend a group of suspected miscreants along with other vigilante members. The assailant fled the scene after the fatal attack.   In a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, the police operatives attached…

NDLEA intercepts Cocaine hidden in Religious Books, arrests Bandits’ drug supplier and uncovers drug warehouses nationwide

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has intensified its crackdown on drug trafficking with a string of high-profile interceptions and arrests across the country, including the seizure of cocaine cleverly concealed in religious books destined for Saudi Arabia. On Tuesday, April 15, 2025, NDLEA operatives from the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation (DOGI) uncovered 20 parcels of cocaine weighing 500 grams, hidden within 20 sets of religious books at a courier company in Lagos. The consignment was being prepared for export to Saudi Arabia.   In a separate…

Gunmen Open Fire on NDLEA Operatives in Abuja Drug Raid …… Three Officers Hospitalized

Emporium Reporters

Three personnel of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have been hospitalized after sustaining gunshot wounds during a drug raid in the Jahi area of Abuja on Thursday night.   The officers came under attack by armed men shortly after conducting an intelligence-led operation at an uncompleted building near the NNPC junction in Jahi. During the raid, the NDLEA team recovered 74 bottles of codeine, 10 litres of codeine syrup, 48 grams of tramadol (225mg), 4.9 kilograms of skunk a strain of cannabis—and five android phones.   As the…

NiDCOM Rescues Three More Nigerian Girls from Human Traffickers in Ghana, nearly 200 repatriated

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Nigerians in Diaspora Commission (NiDCOM) has successfully rescued and facilitated the return of three more Nigerian girls trafficked to Ghana, as the total number of rescued victims nears 200.   The girls, aged between 17 and 19, hail from Bayelsa and Ebonyi States. They were lured to Ghana under the guise of securing jobs, only to be forced into sexual exploitation. The victims identified as Divine, Favour, and Bright were received on Thursday at the Lagos office of NiDCOM and later handed over to the National Agency for the…

Niger Police arrests 30 illegal Miners, as Command intensifies crackdown on criminal activities

Lukman Laleye Babalola

The Niger State Police Command has intensified its crackdown on illegal mining activities and other crimes across the state, with the arrest of thirty (30) suspected illegal miners in Minna and several others nabbed for firearm possession, motorcycle theft, and fraud.   This was made known in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, on Thursday, 17th April 2025.   According to the statement, the illegal miners were arrested on 14th April, 2025 during a raid carried out by operatives of Chanchaga Division at an…

Security Operatives repel Armed Attack on Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan’s Family Residence in Kogi

Emporium Reporters

Security operatives, with support from local vigilantes, have repelled an armed attack on the family residence of Senator Natasha Akpoti-Uduaghan in Obeiba-Ihima, Okehi Local Government Area of Kogi State.   The incident occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, when unknown hoodlums wielding firearms and cutlasses stormed the premises, reportedly believed the Senator was present. The attackers vandalised windows at her late grandfather’s house before being forced to retreat due to the swift response of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) personnel and members of the local community.…