Operatives of the Ondo State Police Command have uncovered a suspected counterfeit United States dollar printing factory in Kiniso Village, Odigbo LGA, arresting one suspect and recovering three bags of fake foreign currency notes.
Category: Crime/Security
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Five police officers were killed after armed bandits ambushed a three-vehicle escort convoy along the Sokoto-Gusau highway while en route to Zamfara State.
Anambra Police have arrested 24-year-old Chidubem Anyigo at Relief Market for burgling St. Hilary Parish House in Obosi, recovering a Reverend Father’s stolen iPhone 16 Plus and ₦150,070 cash.
The Defence Headquarters reports a 73.3 per cent drop in security attacks in October, with Operation Enduring Peace and Operation Hadin Kai recording the highest operational incidents.
The Borno State Police Command has arrested four suspects and recovered 40 ATM cards following the unauthorized withdrawal of N285,000 from a resident’s bank account in Maiduguri.
Akinade Adedeji Raheem, a Nigerian national extradited from the Republic of Benin, has been arraigned in a U.S. federal court over an alleged $100 million stolen-identity tax refund fraud scheme.
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have arrested a 28-year-old school bus driver in Sapele for allegedly abducting and defiling a 14-year-old student after extorting ransom.
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has ordered the remand of Sanusi Dankaka at the Kuje Correctional Centre for allegedly threatening to leak nude photos and videos of Kano State Governor Abba Kabir Yusuf on social media.
The Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, Kash Patel, has said a recent operation targeting international cybercrime networks resulted in nine arrests in Nigeria and the seizure of 53 electronic devices. Patel also disclosed that the operation led to the identification of $11m in potentially freezable funds across multiple countries.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has shut down four illegal lithium factories in Ogere, Ogun State, arresting 14 Chinese nationals and a Nigerian accomplice.
