The Nigeria Police Force – National Cybercrime Centre (NPF–NCCC) has uncovered and dismantled a sophisticated cyber-enabled fraud syndicate. The syndicate was responsible for the illegal diversion of a telecommunications company’s airtime and data resources, resulting in an estimated financial loss of over N7.7 billion. The breakthrough followed a petition by a Nigerian telecommunications company, which…
The Edo State Police Command has said that its operatives in intensive intelligence-driven operations arrested busted kidnapping gangs in several parts of the state. The command disclosed that four suspected kidnappers were arrested in Ekpoma in Esan West Local Government Area of the state. According to the state command spoke person, Eno Ikoedem, the arrested…
The family of Yahaya in Kurami Village, Bakori Local Government Area of Katsina State, has been left in distress since their son, then 22, allegedly disappeared after being taken from the community on the instruction of the village head over two years ago. Although the circumstances surrounding Yahaya’s disappearance remain unclear, amid allegations ranging from…
Two weeks after the anti-kidnapping protest by residents of Ekpoma, Esan West Local Government Area, the arrested immediate past Special Adviser to the Edo State Governor on Youth Mobilisation, Hon. Collins Aigbogun, is yet to be released from police custody. DAILY POST gathered that the sacked governor’s aide, who was also removed as the elected…
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have rescued two pastors and a church member abducted by armed bandits in Kaduna state. The victims were identified as Idi Buhari, Emmanuel Jacob and Suleiman Adamu. They were kidnapped on January 9, 2026, at Gwagwada in Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna state while travelling through…
An 18-year-old girl, Obehi Odine, has deen arrested by Edo State Command for allegedly staging her own kidnapping and demanding a ransom of N10 million. According to the police, she was apprehended on Monday, 12 January 2026, following a report of a suspected abduction along Old INEC Road, Ekpoma. “Following a report of a suspected…
The Department of State Services (DSS) said it has arrested one of its agents, Ifeanyi Onyewuenyi, who allegedly abducted, sexually abused and married a 16-year-old girl, Walida Ibrahim. A Magistrate Court in Hadejia, Jigawa State, had ordered the arrest and investigation of the operative over allegations of abducting, unlawfully detaining, and forcing the religious conversion…
The Spanish National Police have arrested 34 members of Black Axe in a coordinated multi-agency raid, inluding 10 individuals of Nigerian nationality, The operation against the group, dubbed an international criminal organisation, was conducted in collaboration with the European Police and the Bavarian State Criminal Police Office. A statement on Friday by Europol revealed the…
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have apprehended Shariff Umar, also known as Yusuf, who is believed to be the primary organiser of a suicide bombing network linked to a series of recent attacks and foiled plots in the Borno and other North-Eastern states. This was disclosed by the Media Information Officer, Joint Task Force…
A prominent Catholic author, Deacon Nick Donnelly, has called for the immediate arrest of controversial Nigerian Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, following his comments on the United States’ Christmas Day airstrikes targeting insurgents in parts of Sokoto State. The call came after Gumi criticised the airstrikes, urging the federal government to suspend any collaboration with…
