Category: Crime Watch

The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has assured Nigerians that justice will be served in the fatal shooting incident in the Dada Estate area of Osogbo, Osun State, while urging members of the public to remain calm as investigations continue. In a statement issued on Monday by the Force Public Relations Officer, Anthony Okon Placid, the police acknowledged the growing public interest in the incident, which led to the death of a citizen and has attracted reactions from the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The police noted that while the Customs Service…

The Nigerian Navy has handed over two suspected naval impersonators to the Nigeria Police Force State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) in Calabar for further investigation and possible prosecution. The suspects, David Norbert Aleji and Francis Gideon Isaac, were arrested on March 10, 2026, by personnel of Nigerian Navy Ship VICTORY after they were found dressed in military camouflage and in possession of suspected fake military identification cards. Preliminary investigations revealed that Aleji allegedly paraded himself as a Nigerian Navy Lieutenant, while Isaac impersonated a Midshipman, both falsely claiming to serve…

The Nigeria Police Force Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command has recorded major operational successes with the recovery of a stolen vehicle, the arrest of a suspected armed robber and cult member, and the seizure of firearms and ammunition in separate operations across Abuja. According to the Command’s spokesperson,SP Josephine Adeh, the stolen vehicle was recovered on March 9, 2026, following a report by a resident of Galadimawa who informed police at the Mabushi Division that his dark grey Toyota Corolla S with registration number KAB 83 BF had been stolen…

The Nigerian Navy has intensified its crackdown on crude oil theft and other illicit economic activities in the Niger Delta, destroying an illegal refinery site and arresting 37 suspected illegal miners in separate operations in Rivers and Bayelsa states. The operations were carried out under Operation Delta Sentinel, the Navy’s ongoing campaign aimed at curbing crude oil theft, illegal bunkering and related crimes across Nigeria’s maritime environment. In Rivers State, personnel of the Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS Pathfinder, discovered an illegal refinery site during an Anti-Crude Oil Theft patrol around…

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 74-year-old man at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja, after discovering 11 kilograms of cocaine concealed in his luggage as he prepared to travel to the United Kingdom. The suspect, identified as Ikwuakalom Nwakoro Emeka, was apprehended at the airport’s departure hall on Saturday while attempting to board a British Airways flight BA082 to Heathrow, London. According to the NDLEA, a search of his luggage revealed blocks of cocaine hidden inside food items, including ground dry pepper, carefully…

The Nigerian Navy has destroyed a reactivated illegal refinery site in Okolomade Community, Abua-Odual Local Government Area of Rivers State, as part of ongoing operations to curb crude oil theft and illegal refining in the Niger Delta. The operation was carried out on Saturday by Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) SOROH, a task unit under Operation DELTA SENTINEL, following credible intelligence that a previously deactivated illegal refining site in the area had been reactivated. In a statement issued by the Director of Naval Information, Captain AA Folorunsho, the Navy said an…

The Nigeria Police Force, Niger State Police Command has arrested several suspects for offences ranging from negligence and culpable homicide to theft, impersonation and fraud in different parts of the state. According to the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Wasiu Abiodun, a tragic incident occurred on March 1 in Suleja where a 16-year-old boy, Emmanuel Danladi, allegedly shot and killed his friend while playing with a loaded dane gun. Police said the teenager and the victim, Titus Joseph, 15, were playing inside their house when Emmanuel picked up the gun…

The Commissioner of Police in the Federal Capital Territory, Miller G. Dantawaye, has commissioned two newly constructed police outposts in Abuja and laid the foundation for another in Lugbe as part of efforts to strengthen security and deepen community policing. The outposts, located at the Abuja Chamber of Commerce and Industry Ultra-Modern Shopping Complex in Lugbe and the National Judicial Institute along Airport Road, were commissioned on Wednesday. During the ceremony, the police chief also performed the foundation-laying for another outpost at T-Pumpy Estate in Lugbe. The facilities were constructed…

The Nigeria Police Force has arrested 32 suspected bandits during coordinated operations targeting criminal networks operating within forest corridors in Kaiama and surrounding communities. The arrests followed sustained intelligence-led operations conducted by the Kwara State Police Command in collaboration with the Intelligence Response Team. During an operational visit to Kaiama, the Inspector-General of Police, Olatunji Rilwan Disu, commended officers of the command and the tactical unit for what he described as a major breakthrough against bandit networks involved in kidnapping, cattle rustling and other violent crimes. Police said the suspects…

The Nigerian Navy has foiled a suspected sea robbery attempt and rescued 16 passengers along the Ibaka–Calabar Channel following a swift maritime security operation conducted on Sunday. The rescue operation was launched after naval authorities received credible intelligence about suspicious criminal activity around Buoy 12 along the strategic Ibaka–Calabar maritime corridor. Acting on the intelligence, gunboats from the Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB) Ibaka were immediately deployed to the area to intercept the suspected criminals. Upon arrival, the naval patrol team encountered suspected sea robbers who had intercepted a…