The Enugu State Police Command has arrested four male suspects in separate operations in the state and recovered a vehicle stolen in Enugu, and two others snatched in Anambra State; one of the recovered vehicles was linked to a kidnapping case in 2022. An official statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer, SP Daniel Ndukwe, states that in separate operations between 24th January and 26th February 2026, Operatives of the Command attached to the...

Former Federal Lawmaker in Akwa Ibom, Senator Albert Bassey has been sentenced to seven years imprisonment for receiving bribes of 12 cars worth N254 million as Commissioner for Finance in Akwa Ibom State. The Supreme Court of Nigeria, on Friday, February 27, 2026, affirmed the decision of the trial Court and the Court of Appeal of the conviction and sentence, and also ordered the restitution of the sum of ₦204m to Akwa Ibom State. The...

The traditional ruler of the Agamo community in the Akure North Local Council Area of Ondo State, Oba Kehinde Falodun has been killed by bandits. The monarch was said to have been killed inside his palace on Wednesday after returning from a trip. It was gathered that the monarch was shot several times by the bandits but the bullets couldn’t penetrate his body. The Ondo State Police Command has confirmed the incident, saying the victim...

Operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested a man from Shadawanka village of Bauchi LGA for illegally chaining his biological son for 17 years. According to the spokesperson of the command, SP Nafiu Habib, a good  Samaritan, reported that the victim, Muhammad Lawan, had been confined by his father for almost a decade without care. The PPRO explained that upon receiving the report, a team of detectives visited the scene and successfully rescued...

The United States government has frozen the assets of eight Nigerians allegedly linked to extremist groups Boko Haram and Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant  (ISIL), as part of a broader sanctions action targeting terrorism financing and cybercrime. The designations were detailed in a document released on 10 February by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC). The publication forms part of the agency’s Specially Designated Nationals and Blocked...

The Speaker, Lagos State House of Assembly, Hon. Mudashiru Obasa, has identified poverty as the root cause of insecurity in Nigeria. Obasa, made the declarations on Sunday in his keynote address at the 31st Pre-Ramadan lecture organised by the University of Lagos Muslim Alumni. He noted that security is not merely physical safety, but also the alleviation of poverty. He said: “The security of lives and properties in the country is not the duty of...