Coup Plot: Brigadier General, Colonel, 4 Lieutenant Colonels, Others Under Investigation

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaCoup Plot: Brigadier General, Colonel, 4 Lieutenant Colonels, Others Under Investigation

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 1, 2025

Military authorities are investigating 16 military officers detained for their alleged involvement in a botched coup plot against the President Bola Ahmed Tinubu administration. The detained officers, according to Premium Times, an online news platform, include a brigadier general, a colonel, four lieutenant colonels, five majors, two captains, a lieutenant, a lieutenant commander from the Navy (the naval equivalent of a major), and a squadron leader from the Air Force. The Defence Headquarters and the...

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Tinubu Issues Marching Order To New Service Chiefs Over Emerging Armed Groups

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaTinubu Issues Marching Order To New Service Chiefs Over Emerging Armed Groups

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)November 1, 2025

Tinubu Issues Marching Order To New Service Chiefs Over Emerging Armed Groups President Bola Tinubu on Thursday charged the newly decorated service chiefs to act decisively against emerging security threats, warning that “new snakes must be smashed right in the head before they grow.” Thursday’s event followed the Senate’s confirmation of the nominees a day earlier after a two-hour closed-door screening. Tinubu, while decorating the four security chiefs with their ranks in the Council Chamber...

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NDLEA Arrests Socialite, Others at Lagos Nightclub Drug Party

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNDLEA Arrests Socialite, Others at Lagos Nightclub Drug Party

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 26, 2025

In a series of coordinated operations last week, the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) made significant seizures and arrests across multiple states. Nightclub Raid on Victoria Island In the early hours of Sunday, 26 October 2025, NDLEA operatives raided Proxy Nightclub at 7 Akin Adesola Street, Victoria Island, Lagos. More than 100 individuals were arrested, including the owner of the club, Mike Eze Nwalie Nwogu, popularly known as Pretty Mike. According to the agency’s...

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Hisbah Arrests 25 Over Alleged Same-Sex Marriage Ceremony in Kano

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaHisbah Arrests 25 Over Alleged Same-Sex Marriage Ceremony in Kano

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 26, 2025

The Kano State Hisbah Board has intervened to stop what it described as an alleged same-sex marriage ceremony, arresting 25 people in the operation. According to the Board, the arrests took place on Saturday evening at an event centre on the Hotoro Bypass, in the Tarauni Local Government Area of the State. Sheikh Dr Mujahid Aminuddeen Abubakar, Deputy Commander General (Special Operations) of the Hisbah Board, confirmed that the operation was triggered by an intelligence...

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Boko Haran Insurgents Use Drones To Launch Attacks – Zulum

Crime & SecurityNewsPoliticsBoko Haran Insurgents Use Drones To Launch Attacks – Zulum

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 25, 2025

The outlawed group, Boko Haram have now resort of using drones to launch attacks on Borno State communities and Military bases. It will be recalled that terrorists deployed a drone to attack a military formation in the state, signaling a dangerous escalation in the capabilities of the terrorist group. Governor, Prof Babagana Zulum of Borno State has raised concern over the proliferation of drone attacks by Boko Haram insurgents, calling on the federal government to...

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Certificate Forgery:  Bauchi teacher Fired After 23 Years In Service

Crime & SecurityEducationNewsNigeriaCertificate Forgery:  Bauchi teacher Fired After 23 Years In Service

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 24, 2025

A schoolteacher, Habibullah Umar, who allegedly forged two university degree certificates and impersonated a qualified teacher for over two decades, has been fired by the Bauchi State Teachers Service Commission. The Commission’s Information Officer, Dahiru Adamu, disclosed this in a statement on Wednesday, stating that the action followed the recommendations of an investigation committee that found clear evidence of forgery and impersonation. “Umar, who had worked for 23 years, submitted two fake degree certificates purportedly...

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Era Of Treating Domestic Violence As A Family Matter Is Over– Police

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaEra Of Treating Domestic Violence As A Family Matter Is Over– Police

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 24, 2025

The Nigerian Police Force has declared that the era of dismissing domestic violence as a “family matter” is over. The Commissioner of Police in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Miller Dantawaye, made this known at the 2025 National Conference of Raising Future Leaders, organized by the Memunat Single Mother and Child Initiative, and held at the National Human Rights Commission in Abuja. Dantawaye, who was represented by CSP Blessed O. Folorunsho, Officer-in-Charge of the Gender...

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Court Remands Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer, Brother Over Abuja Protest

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaCourt Remands Nnamdi Kanu’s Lawyer, Brother Over Abuja Protest

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 21, 2025

A Magistrate’s Court sitting in Kuje, Federal Capital Territory (FCT), has remanded Barrister Aloy Ejimakor, legal counsel to Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), along with Prince Emmanuel Kanu (also known as “Fineboy”), the younger brother of Kanu, and ten others in Kuje Prison. The remand followed their arrest in connection with the “#FreeNnamdiKanu” protest held in Abuja on Monday. According to the charge, filed in the court, the defendants are accused of “inciting disturbance, and...

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Nigeria Deports192 Foreigners Convicted For Cyber-Terrorism, Others

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaNigeria Deports192 Foreigners Convicted For Cyber-Terrorism, Others

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)October 21, 2025

Security agencies comprising, the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in collaboration with the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) and the Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), has deported the remaining 51 foreign nationals convicted and sentenced for various offenses including cyber-terrorism, internet fraud, and related financial crimes in Lagos. The first batch of 42 convicts comprising Chinese and Filipino nationals which began on Friday, August 15, 2025, followed the conviction of the offenders by the Federal High...

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Middle Belt Forum Raises Alarm Over ‘Genocide’ in Central Nigeria

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaMiddle Belt Forum Raises Alarm Over ‘Genocide’ in Central Nigeria

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)October 21, 2025

…Calls for UN-led probe as fresh massacre hits Plateau State The Middle Belt Forum (MBF) has issued a fresh warning over what it described as a “horrifying and escalating campaign of extermination” against the indigenous peoples of Central Nigeria, calling for urgent international intervention to halt what it termed an unfolding genocide. In a strongly worded statement released on Sunday, 19 October 2025, and signed by its National Spokesman, Luka Binniyat, the Forum condemned the...

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