Nigerian kidnappers have collected nearly $5.8 million in ransom payments in the last year from civilian abductions, crime that is crippling education and eroding public trust in the government, a security consultancy said on Wednesday. Nigeria’s SBM Intelligence said 7,825…
The Osun state police command has summoned Francis Fadahunsi, the senator representing Osun East senatorial district, over his now-viral comment to ‘kill Accord’ members. The summons, seen by TheCable, follows the outrage on social media over the senator’s comments, instructing All…
The Abia State Police Command has rescued six children who were earlier reported missing and arrested a suspected child trafficker, identified as 51-year-old Nnamdi Lazarus. Lazarus, who is from Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State, was arrested at his…
The Benue State Police Command has said it arrested five Pakistani nationals and recovered thirty five mobile phones in separate intelligence-led operations conducted in Otukpo and Ugbokolo areas. Police said on 4th August 2026, operatives of the Command, acting on…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested an Edo State-based man, Odigie Moses, over an alleged sextortion case involving an Indian woman. Moses was arrested in Ekpoma, Edo State, after allegedly posing as a spiritualist with healing powers,…
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Thursday recorded another major breakthrough in its anti-smuggling campaign with the interception of a container containing concealed parts of pump-action rifles and the seizure of illicit cannabis-infused products valued at ₦373.8 million at the…
The U.S. has requested the extradition of a Philippine celebrity pastor accused of sex trafficking and sexually abusing his followers, Philippine officials said on Thursday. Apollo Quiboloy, the self-styled “Appointed Son of God” who founded the Kingdom of Jesus Christ…
One Nigerian Army officer and a police officer were killed when troops of Operation FANSAN YAMMA repelled a terrorist attack on a Forward Operating Base in Kaura Namoda Local Government Area of Zamfara State. The troops also rescued nine abducted…
Justice Akintayo Aluko of the Federal High Court in Lagos has convicted and sentenced two Chinese nationals, Zhang Hong Lin and Gao Pei Hai, to 25 years’ imprisonment each for offences related to the illegal export of Nigeria’s strategic mineral…
THE VATICAN CITY has confirmed that the church proceedings against prominent former Jesuit Marko Ivan Rupnik, accused of spiritual, psychological and sexual abuse of women, are still ongoing. He thus denied allegations by an Italian blog that an acquittal had…
