Jigawa State NSCDC Records 125 Rape Cases In 2025

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaJigawa State NSCDC Records 125 Rape Cases In 2025

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 24, 2025

No fewer than 125 cases of rape, vandalism, theft, murder/culpable homicide, and other civil and criminal offenses have been prosecuted by the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Jigawa State Command, between January and December 2025. Mr. Muhammad Kabiru Ingawa, Jigawa State Commandant of the NSCDC disclosed this while speaking to journalists on the Command’s achievements and challenges in the outgoing year. He explained that the Command has adopted a proactive approach to crime...

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FG Formally Classifies Kidnappers, Bandits as Terrorists

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaFG Formally Classifies Kidnappers, Bandits as Terrorists

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 23, 2025

The federal government has officially classified kidnappers, bandits and violent armed groups as terrorists. The announcement was made on Monday at the government’s end-of-year press briefing in Abuja by the Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris. The policy marks a clear departure from treating mass kidnappings, rural assaults and community violence as conventional crimes. Instead, these acts will now fall within the counter-terrorism framework, enabling the state to deploy stronger legal and operational...

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Police, Security Agencies Put Security Measures Ahead Of Festivities In Adamawa 

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPolice, Security Agencies Put Security Measures Ahead Of Festivities In Adamawa 

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 23, 2025

For a hitch free Christmas and New year celebrations in Adamawa, Police in collaboration with sister security agencies, has put in place adequate security arrangements to ensure the safety and security of all citizens. Already, Police personnel of the Adamawa State Command, drawn from Divisional Police Headquarters, Tactical Units, Area Commands, Investigation/Intelligence Departments, have been ordered to conduct 24/7 routine patrols, visibility policing, intelligence-led operations, stop-and-search exercises, and confidence-building engagements throughout the festive period. The...

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US Court Convicts Nigerian Over $7.5m Wire Fraud

Crime & SecurityLaw & JusticeNewsNigeriaUS Court Convicts Nigerian Over $7.5m Wire Fraud

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 21, 2025

A Nigerian, Olusegun Adejorin, a 32-year-old, has been convicted by a US court of wire fraud, aggravated identity theft, and unauthorised access to a protected computer. Adejorin, who was extradited from Ghana to face trial, was found guilty of carrying out a fraud scheme that targeted two charitable organisations in the United States between June and August 2020. Prosecutors told the court that Adejorin perpetrated a scheme to defraud a charitable organisation in Maryland, which...

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Kogi: Ododo Uncovers Massive Arms Cache, Vows Total War On Criminals

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaKogi: Ododo Uncovers Massive Arms Cache, Vows Total War On Criminals

Uzoamaka Ikezue (Staff Reporter)December 17, 2025

The Kogi State Governor, Alhaji Usman Ododo has announced the recovery of a massive cache of arms and ammunition from criminal hideouts following a decisive joint security operation carried out in the state. Ododod disclosed this while briefing Newsmen in Lokoja on Tuesday, stating that the operation was the outcome of over a week of sustained, intelligence-driven surveillance by security agencies working in firm coordination with the state government. According to the Governor, the renewed...

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Delta Police Arrest Over 627 Suspects, Recovers 144 Assault Rifles, N36m In 12 Months

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaDelta Police Arrest Over 627 Suspects, Recovers 144 Assault Rifles, N36m In 12 Months

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 16, 2025

In its war against crime and criminality, the Delta State Police Command has disclosed that it has arrested over 627 suspects and recovered 144 firearms, including 27 AK-47/AK-49 rifles, in one year. The Commissioner of Police, Delta State Command, CP Abaniwonda Olufemi, disclosed this  during press briefing at the police headquarters in Asaba on the achievements recorded by the Command from January 2025 to date. “In line with the mandate of the Inspector-General of Police,...

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Hotel, Mortuary Belonging To Suspected Organ Harvester Demolished In Imo

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaHotel, Mortuary Belonging To Suspected Organ Harvester Demolished In Imo

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 13, 2025

The Jessy Best Hotel and Ugwudi Cottage Hospital mortuary services, all situated on the Owerri-Aba Road in the Ngor Okpala local government area have been demolished. The demolition of the two expensive houses, a bungalow and duplex with large compounds and a smaller apartment in Ngor Community in the Council area was carried out by the Imo State Government, in conjunction with the State Police Command. Before the demolition, unclaimed corpses were evacuated from the...

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Court Remands Former Minister Chris Ngige in Kuje Prison Over Fraud

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaCourt Remands Former Minister Chris Ngige in Kuje Prison Over Fraud

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 12, 2025

A Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Abuja has ordered the remand of Dr. Chris Ngige, the former Minister of Labour and Productivity, in Kuje Prison pending the hearing of his bail application. Ngige was arraigned on Friday before Justice Maryam Hassan on an eight-count charge filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). The charges centre on alleged abuse of office, contract fraud and receiving unlawful gifts while supervising the Nigeria Social...

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Supreme Court Nullifies Tinubu’s Commutation of Maryam Sanda’s Death Sentence

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaPoliticsSupreme Court Nullifies Tinubu’s Commutation of Maryam Sanda’s Death Sentence

By Ezinwanne Onwuka (Senior Reporter)December 12, 2025

The Supreme Court has overturned President Bola Tinubu’s decision to commute the death sentence of Maryam Sanda, ruling that the President acted outside his constitutional powers by intervening while her appeal was still pending before the courts. In a judgment delivered on Friday, the apex court, in a split decision of four to one, restored the death sentence earlier imposed on Sanda by an Abuja High Court and affirmed by the Court of Appeal. Sanda...

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Militias Killed 17 Returning IDPs In Taraba 

Crime & SecurityNewsNigeriaMilitias Killed 17 Returning IDPs In Taraba 

Hassan Umar Shallpella (Regional Correspondent)December 12, 2025

An unprovoked attack by armed men, suspected to be the Jukun militia, in Tse Ajogo village, Wukari Local Government Area, Taraba State, has claimed the lives of fewer than 17 persons. The armed men, according to security expert Zagazola Makama, coordinated the attack on returning Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, in the village on Wednesday at about 6 am, leading to the death of 17 persons, while others are still missing. The attackers were said to...

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