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02/03/2026

Police Foil Cult-war, Arrest Robbery Suspects, Recover Arms, Ammunition In Delta

By Emma OBIAMIWE, Investigator Correspondent, Asaba/ × CP Aina Adesola... ASABA-CRACK Police detectives attached to the Delta State police Command have foiled what would have turned out a cataclysmic cult war between rival cultists in the state. A statement to that effect signed by SP Bright Edafe, the state Command's spokesperson said officers also dismantled armed robbery networks, arrested some suspects and recovered arms and ammunition in the process....

By Emma OBIAMIWE, Investigator Correspondent, Asaba/ × CP Aina Adesola… ASABA-CRACK Police detectives attached to the Delta State police Command have foiled what would have turned out a cataclysmic cult war between rival cultists in the state. A statement to that effect signed by SP Bright Edafe,...

02/03/2026

13Yrs after, Wanted Drug Lord Reginald, Nabbed

By Mary BASSEY, Senior Investigator Correspondent, Lagos/ LAGOS-THIRTEEN years after he was declared wanted for drug shipment and manhunt for his intensified, Mr. Reginald Peter Chidiebere have been finally arrested by the national drug law enforcement agency NDLEA. A statement to that effect signed by Femi Babafemi, spokesperson to NDLEA, said the suspect was first arrested in 2013 for drug offence and was arraigned but went missing even though his name featured prominently in the shipments of drugs into the country even while being declared wanted for jumping bail....

By Mary BASSEY, Senior Investigator Correspondent, Lagos/ LAGOS-THIRTEEN years after he was declared wanted for drug shipment and manhunt for his intensified, Mr. Reginald Peter Chidiebere have been finally arrested by the national drug law enforcement agency NDLEA. A statement to that effect signed...

22/02/2026

Disquiet In NPF over Premarture Elevation Of AIG Adegoke

By 'kanmi AKINLADE, Investigator Correspondent Northern Zone/ *IGP Kayode Egbetokun... ABUJA- THERE's palpable air of confusion and disquietness currently hovering over the Nigeria Police Force NPF over what has been termed recent Premarture promotion of the Assistant Inspector General of Police AIG Fayoade Adegoke in charge of Zone 2 Command Headquarters, Onikan, Lagos to the rank of Deputy Inspector General of DIG....

By ‘kanmi AKINLADE, Investigator Correspondent Northern Zone/ *IGP Kayode Egbetokun… ABUJA- THERE’s palpable air of confusion and disquietness currently hovering over the Nigeria Police Force NPF over what has been termed recent Premarture promotion of the Assistant Inspector General of Police...

10/02/2026

Lagosboy AIG Disu, Assumes Iffice In FCID Alagbon, Pledges Open Door Policing

By Mary BASSEY, Senior Investigator Correspondent Lagos/ LAGOS-THE Assistant Inspector General of Police AIG Olatunji Rilwan Disu has officially taken over the mantle of leadership of the Force Criminal Investigation Department FCID Annex Alagbon Ikoyi Lagos. He took over from AIG Margaret Ochalla said to proceed on professional course abroad. A statement to that effect by Assistant Superintendent of Police ASP Aminat Mayegun said the new AIG expressed willingness to work in Lagos; adopting open door policing system....

By Mary BASSEY, Senior Investigator Correspondent Lagos/ LAGOS-THE Assistant Inspector General of Police AIG Olatunji Rilwan Disu has officially taken over the mantle of leadership of the Force Criminal Investigation Department FCID Annex Alagbon Ikoyi Lagos. He took over from AIG Margaret Ochalla s...

25/01/2026

NDLEA Arrests Brazilian Woman With N3b Worth He**in Tucked In Coffee Pack At Abuja Airport…72 Yr-Old Grand Pa Held For Drug Offence

By Mary BASSEY, Senior Investigator Correspondent Lagos/ LAGOS-THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA has arrested a 30-year-old Brazilian lady, Ms. Ingrid Rosa Benevides at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja for bringing into Nigeria a total of 30.09 kilograms of white he**in concealed in factory sealed coffee packs. The Drug is worth over N3 billion in street value....

By Mary BASSEY, Senior Investigator Correspondent Lagos/ LAGOS-THE National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA has arrested a 30-year-old Brazilian lady, Ms. Ingrid Rosa Benevides at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja for bringing into Nigeria a total of 30.09 kilograms of white he**in co...

19/01/2026

Major Fire Outbreak Averted As Ridents Throng Scene of Fallen Diesel-Laden Truck, Scooping Spilled Content.(watch video)

By John Idem, Lagos/ Video of the scene... LAGOS- WHAT would have been a major fire outbreak and loss of lives were averted in the early hours of today in Lagos, after residents of Tin Can Island and Kirikiri thronged the scene of a fallen diesel-laden truck and started scooping its spilled content. But for the timely arrival of officials of LASTMA and other rescue responders, the situation would have turned a conflagration in the event of any spark....

By John Idem, Lagos/ Video of the scene… LAGOS- WHAT would have been a major fire outbreak and loss of lives were averted in the early hours of today in Lagos, after residents of Tin Can Island and Kirikiri thronged the scene of a fallen diesel-laden truck and started scooping its spilled conten...

12/01/2026

Police In Humanitarian Outreach As FCID Alagbon Gestures Patients At FMC, Island Maternity

By Mary BASSEY, Senior Investigator Correspondent Lagos/ LAGOS-FOR the first time in the history of policing in Nigeria, the Force Criminal Investigation Department FCID Annex Alagbon, weekend, held a humanitarian outreach to the Federal Medical Centre FMC, Ebute-Metta Lagos and the Lagos Island Maternity Hospital where bills of indolent patients were settled. It was a rear display human gesture by the Assistant Inspector General of Police AIG in charge of the Unit, Mrs Margaret Ochalla who led her officers and management team on tour of the hospitals....

By Mary BASSEY, Senior Investigator Correspondent Lagos/ LAGOS-FOR the first time in the history of policing in Nigeria, the Force Criminal Investigation Department FCID Annex Alagbon, weekend, held a humanitarian outreach to the Federal Medical Centre FMC, Ebute-Metta Lagos and the Lagos Island Mat...

09/01/2026

B-R-E-A-K-I-N-G! Lagos DPP Confirms CrimeWorld’s Report On Chief Benson Akingboye, Says He Jumped To Death

By Mary BASSEY, Senior Investigator Correspondent Lagos/ LAGOS-The Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecution DPP has absolved Mrs Christiana Akingboye, children and domestic staff under investigation for alleged culpable homicide in the death of Chief Benson Akingboye; thereby confirming CrimeWorld magazine online story that the politician and business mogul jumped to death. CrimeWorld magazine online had reported that in the month of October in the heat of the controversy surrounding the death of the politician that the CCTV camera footage showed that he jumped to death having suffered bipolar issue arising from failed governorship ambition in Ondo State and huge debts incurred thereafter....

By Mary BASSEY, Senior Investigator Correspondent Lagos/ LAGOS-The Lagos State Directorate of Public Prosecution DPP has absolved Mrs Christiana Akingboye, children and domestic staff under investigation for alleged culpable homicide in the death of Chief Benson Akingboye; thereby confirming CrimeWo...

31/12/2025

Hunter Hunted Down! Ex-AGF Malami, Son, Wife Remanded In Kuje Prison For Noney Laundering

By Mary BASSEY, Senior Investigator Correspondent Lagos/ * Malami at the court... LAGOS-THE travail of the former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami(SAN) posits a clear definition of the hunter being hunted down. For a revered learned silk who had held such a respectable high office in the country to have been enmeshed in such a financial mess is unprecedentedly unimaginable....

By Mary BASSEY, Senior Investigator Correspondent Lagos/ * Malami at the court… LAGOS-THE travail of the former Attorney General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami(SAN) posits a clear definition of the hunter being hunted down. For a revered learned silk who had held such a...

14/12/2025

Lagos Mother, 8 months-old own baby die in ghastly motor accident…LASTMA rescues injured 10(watch videos)

By Mary BASSEY, Senior Investigator Correspondent Lagos/ LAGOS-LAGOS State was again, thrown into mourning in the early hours of today after a middle aged- mother, her eight months old baby perished in a ghastly motor accident along the ever busy Ikorodu road. Ten other persons who were critically injured were rescued from the mangled vehicles and rushed to the hospital for medical attention. ...

By Mary BASSEY, Senior Investigator Correspondent Lagos/ LAGOS-LAGOS State was again, thrown into mourning in the early hours of today after a middle aged- mother, her eight months old baby perished in a ghastly motor accident along the ever busy Ikorodu road. Ten other persons who were critically i...

04/12/2025

Two Accidents, One Day, Police Officer, Firefighter, Scavenger Crushed To Death( watch videos)

By Mary BASSEY, Senior Investigator Correspondent Lagos/ LAGOS-SOCIO-ECONOMIC activities in Lagos State, the commercial nerve center of Nigeria yesterday, suffered great set back as the state recoded two horrible ghastly autocrashes which took the lives of a senior police officer, a fire Brigade personnel and a scavenger. The scenes were pathetic and heart-rending. The first was along the busy Lagos/ Badagry highway somewhere in Abule-Ado area when the fire fighter was about crossing the lane unknown to him, an Okda rider was speeding towards him against traffic, knocked and swept him off the ground....

By Mary BASSEY, Senior Investigator Correspondent Lagos/ LAGOS-SOCIO-ECONOMIC activities in Lagos State, the commercial nerve center of Nigeria yesterday, suffered great set back as the state recoded two horrible ghastly autocrashes which took the lives of a senior police officer, a fire Brigade per...

28/11/2025

INSECURITY: We Need Increased Technological Measures To Monitor Our Borders, Says Efoziem

By Mary BASSEY, Senior Investigator Correspondent Lagos/ *Dr. Efoziem at the far right... LAGOS-A Security expert, Mr. Bone Efoziem has said that for Nigeria to comfortably surmount the worsening insecurity, the nation needs increased technological measures to monitor and secure Nigeria’s porous land, air, and sea borders. Speaking at the 2025 Annual Lecture and Awards Ceremony of the Crime Reporters Association of Nigeria (CRAN) in Ikeja on November27, 2025, Efoziem emphasized that most security threats facing Nigeria, ranges from arms smuggling to insurgency, come through unmonitored land routes rather than official airports or seaports. ...

By Mary BASSEY, Senior Investigator Correspondent Lagos/ *Dr. Efoziem at the far right… LAGOS-A Security expert, Mr. Bone Efoziem has said that for Nigeria to comfortably surmount the worsening insecurity, the nation needs increased technological measures to monitor and secure Nigeria’s porous l...

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