Gunmen have reportedly abducted Loveday Akari, a senior special assistant to the managing director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), in Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State. According to sources, the incident occurred on Friday, with the kidnappers fleeing in a boat, later found deserted near the crime scene. In response, security forces established blocking positions to restrict the assailants’ movement, while electronic surveillance assets were deployed to locate their hideout. A joint...

The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command of the Nigeria Police Force has arrested two suspects in connection with the murder of Brigadier General Uwen Harold Udokwere, who was assassinated at his residence in Lokogoma, Abuja, on 22 June 2024. Intelligence sources confirmed to Lake Chad security analyst Zagazola Makama that the suspects, identified as 18-year-old Alkasim Mohammed and 22-year-old Suleiman Abdullahi, were apprehended during a coordinated police operation by the Scorpion Squad at Durumi Phase...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Kano Zonal Directorate, has secured the conviction of a woman, Hauwa Abdullahi Ibrahim, for smuggling an undeclared sum of $1,154,900 and 135,900 Saudi Riyals cash from Saudi Arabia into Nigeria. According to a statement issued by the EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, Hauwa was sentenced by Justice S. M. Shuaibu of the Federal High Court in Kano after pleading guilty to a two-count charge of...

Retired Comptroller General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), David Shikfu Parradang, has been killed by kidnappers in Abuja after being abducted in the early hours of Tuesday. Sources revealed that the former immigration chief was trailed by armed men from a bank where he had withdrawn money. He was later taken hostage in the Area 1 district of Abuja, and his abductors reportedly stole the cash before killing him. The incident has sparked renewed...