Crime

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Suspected drug lord wanted in UK, arrested after 15 years on the run

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested 58-year-old Uzoma Valentine Ilomuanya, a suspected drug lord who has been on the wanted

Troops intercept suspected gunrunner, rescue kidnap victims in Plateau, Kaduna

Troops of Operation ENDURING PEACE (OPEP) deployed to Wase have rescued two kidnapped victims near Kukawa in the Kanam Local Government Area of Platea

3 held over plan to attack Delta community

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested three suspected cultists—identified as Nelson Mudiagha, Efe Nyore, and Ebube Ifeanyi—for al

Man charged with theft, conversion of cash in Ekiti

The Ekiti State Police Command has arraigned 30-year-old Abdullahi Mohammed before an Ado-Ekiti Magistrate Court over alleged fraud and the theft of c

Stakeholders brainstorm on Benue security challenges

Key stakeholders    in Benue State have met to brainstorm strategies for curbing recurring violence, as the Institute for Peace and Conflict Resolutio