Former EFCC Staff Faces Charges Of Stealing ₦22 million 

The hearing in the trial of Polycarp Andrew, a dismissed staff and former exhibit keeper of the Kaduna Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has been adjourned till December 11, 2025. Andrew is facing six counts of criminal breach of trust after allegedly stealing over ₦22 million from exhibits under his custody while serving as an exhibit keeper. He was later arrested in Taraba State after absconding when investigations linked him to...

DSS dismisses 115 officers over misconduct, corruption

As part of its ongoing internal reforms aimed at sanitising the Service and upholding professional standards, the Department of State Services, DSS, has dismissed a total of 115 personnel over alleged misconduct and corruption. The Service, in a statement issued on Tuesday, explained that the dismissals occurred over a period of time and formed part of broader efforts to sanitize the system. The DSS also cautioned the public to be wary of some dismissed officers...

Condemn Prisoner Escape From Custodial Centre

A condemned inmate, Abba Hassan, on 31st October, 2025, has escaped from the Maximum Security Custodial Centre, Potiskum, Yobe State. According to a statement by the Yobe State Police Command spokesman, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, the escapee is an indigene of Maiduguri, Borno State. “Members of the public, security agencies, transport operators, community leaders, and vigilante groups within Yobe State and neighbouring states are hereby advised to be vigilant and report any sighting or information that...

NAPTIP Rescues 26 Children, Arrests Orphanage Operator

Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, rescued no fewer than 26 trafficked children at an orphanage home in Benue state. This is contained in a statement by NAPTIP Press Officer in Abuja, Mr Vincent Adekoye. One of the suspects, a 60-year-old man (name withheld), is the founder of an internationally recognized Civil Society Organization, National Council of Child Rights Advocates of Nigeria (NACRAN), based in Benue. Adekoye stated...

NDLEA Arrests Socialite, Others at Lagos Nightclub Drug Party

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...

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

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...

Boko Haran Insurgents Use Drones To Launch Attacks – Zulum

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...

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

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...

Nigeria Deports192 Foreigners Convicted For Cyber-Terrorism, Others

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...

Police Disperse #FreeNnamdiKanuNow Protest in Abuja

…Organisers arrested, protesters claim live fire was used Security operatives in Nigeria’s capital on Monday foiled a planned demonstration calling for the release of Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the banned Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), resulting in arrests and accusations of undue force. The protest, organised under the hashtag #FreeNnamdiKanuNow, was led by human-rights activist and SaharaReporters publisher Omoyele Sowore and was intended to march to the Presidential Villa in Abuja. Security agencies had mounted heavy deployments across major routes...

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