By Ofem John, JKNewsMedia Intern SEVEN SUSPECTED human traffickers have been arrested in Calabar, Cross River State, during an intelligence led operation carried out by troops of Headquarters 13 Brigade of the Nigerian Army in collaboration with the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP). Disclosing this develop...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent ELEVEN SUSPECTS linked to the killing of the late ARISE News anchor, reporter and producer, Ms. Somtochukwu Christella Maduagwu, and a security guard, Mr Barnabas Danlami, have been arraigned by the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command before the Federal Capital Territory High Court si...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent EMERGENCY CONTACT numbers have been released by the Lagos State Government (LASG) to allow residents and motorists to quickly report harassment, intimidation and other street threats, with the aim of improving public safety and speeding up rescue and intervention across the state. JKNewsMedia,c...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent MORE THAN a decade of manhunt ended as operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested a wanted drug kingpin, Lekan Jimoh, popularly known as “Kanmo Kanmo,” on Saturday. He is linked to the killing of three of NDLEA officers as the agency also recovered diver...
By Joyce Eyaba, JKNewsMedia Reporter RISING BANDITORY, terrorism, and other heinous crimes across Nigeria have prompted a major security overhaul in Ogun State, with authorities moving to strengthen law enforcement and safeguard lives and property. Governor Dapo Abiodun disclosed that the state government will begin documenting all undocument...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent THE ECONOMIC and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared former Bayelsa State Governor and Minister of State for Petroleum Resources, Timipre Sylva, wanted in connection with an alleged case of conspiracy and dishonest conversion of $14,859,257. EFCC spokesperson Dele Oyewale, in a stat...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent MONTHS OF surveillance culminated in the arrest of a wanted drug baron, 40-year-old Yussuf Abayomi Azeez, by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at Murtala Mohammed International Airport (MMIA), Ikeja, Lagos, while he attempted to board a flight to Saudi Arabia for Um...
By Jemimah Wellington, JKNewsMedia Correspondent ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITIES have arrested a 55-year-old kingpin, Mohammed Ali Abubakar, also known as Bello Karama, along with five members of his syndicate at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) in Kano. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said the group was responsibl...
By Joke Kujenya BENJAMIN BEST Nnanyereugo, popularly known as Killaboi, has been extradited to Nigeria to face charges in connection with the alleged murder of 21-year-old Augusta Onuwabhagbe, a first-class student at Lead City University, Ibadan. The Nigeria Police Force confirmed his return from Doha in the early hours of Saturday following...
By JKNewsMedia EXTORTIONISTS MASQUERADING as assassins have threatened to kill the founder of Penpushing Media, Dimeji Kayode-Adedeji, unless he pays them N20 million. The gang, led by a caller who identified himself as Femi Poly, contacted the journalist at 7:30am, claiming they had been hired to eliminate him but were willing to spare his li...
