Crimes

Thai police have arrested six Nigerian nationals during a raid on a luxury condominium in Nonthaburi province over allegations of operating a romance scam network that defrauded victims into transferring money. According to a Thai media outlet, The Nation Thailand, the operation, codenamed “Dark Room Crackdown,” was carried out on…

Prominent northern Islamic cleric, Ahmad Mahmoud Gumi, has denied allegations linking him to statements and video clips purportedly supporting or justifying banditry in Nigeria, insisting that such materials were manipulated and falsely attributed to him. In a statement shared on his Facebook page, Gumi said he had observed repeated instances…

The Defence Headquarters has blamed the recent abduction of pupils, teachers and residents in Oyo State on terrorists displaced from other parts of the country following intensified military operations. In a statement issued on Thursday, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Michael Onoja, described reports suggesting that the…

Suspected gunmen on Thursday invaded Iluke, an ancient town in the Bunu district of Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State, abducting an unspecified number of residents and heightening fears over worsening insecurity in the area. The attackers reportedly stormed the Okebukun area of the community at about 1 a.m.,…

A court in Pakistan has sentenced a 22-year-old man to death for the murder of teenage TikTok influencer Sana Yousaf after she repeatedly rejected his advances. The verdict was delivered on Tuesday by a judge in Islamabad, who also imposed a fine of $7,200 on the convict, Umar Hayat. Speaking…

The Nigeria Police Force has recorded another breakthrough in its fight against kidnapping and violent crimes with the arrest of two suspects accused of masterminding the abduction of a family member and collecting over N6 million in ransom payments. Force Public Relations Officer, DCP Anthony Okon Placid, disclosed this in…

The Delta State Police Command has recorded another breakthrough in its sustained crackdown on kidnapping and violent crimes, following the death of a suspected kidnapper and the recovery of an AK-47 rifle during a coordinated operation in the Ubulu-Okiti forest axis. The operation, carried out in the early hours of…

Operatives of the Anti-Kidnapping Unit of the Ogun State Police Command have neutralised a suspected kidnapping kingpin during an intelligence-led operation at a criminal hideout within the Orile-Ilugun Forest axis along the Abeokuta–Ibadan Expressway. The operation marks the second major breakthrough recorded by the Command in less than a week…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman, who was recently convicted and sentenced by a Federal High Court in Abuja over financial misappropriation linked to the Mambilla and Zungeru power projects. EFCC Chairman, Ola Olukoyede, confirmed during a press briefing on Tuesday…

Fresh details have emerged surrounding the abduction of school pupils and the killing of two teachers alongside an okada rider in Ahoro-Esiele, Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, as security operatives uncovered alleged telephone communications between suspected informants and the kidnappers. The Nigeria Police Force said investigations revealed that…