Police arrest 80-year-old man and 7 other suspects over k!lling of Benue MACBAN chairman The Benue State Police Command has announced the arrest of seven more suspects, including an 80-year-old man, in connection with the k!lling of the Chairman of the Miyetti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria (MACBAN) in Be…

…spokesperson maintained that the command remained committed to apprehending all wanted suspects, regardless of where they were believed to be hiding, provided due legal procedures were observed. He also assured residents that the police would continue intelligence-led operations across Osun State as part of ongoing eff…

…intelligence assets and conducting forensic analysis of the telephone number used by the suspects to demand a ransom of N1,000,000 from the victim's family. The painstaking investigation yielded positive results on 7th July, 2026, when detectives arrested Olawale Sikiru, who was discovered to have orchestrated his own…

…(48), Chairman of Emevor Community, Okiemute Oyibo (46), and Karo Akamakusi (45). ''The suspects have since been arraigned before a competent court on charges of conspiracy to commit felony, assault occasioning harm, conduct likely to cause a breach of the peace, and threatening the life of the victim, contrary to Sect…

…(NDLEA) in coordinated raids in Ogun and Lagos state between 16th and 18th May 2026. Suspects arrested in the super lab hidden deep inside Mowe forest, Ijebu East LGA of Ogun State, on 16th May were Nwankwo Sunday Christian; Igwe Abuchi Remijus; Ifeanyichukwu Chibuike Joshua; and Egwuonwu Uchenna Victor; as well as the…

…and possession of large quantities of precursor chemicals. The NDLEA arrested the suspects during a coordinated operations in Ogun and Lagos between 16 and 18 May 2026. The alleged kingpin was arrested at his residence in Lakowe, Lekki, while other members of the syndicate, including the three Mexican nationals, were a…

…South Africa The Nigeria Police Force, Airport Police Command, is set to arraign two suspects, Enaruna Prince Aghama (51) and Tony Ajayi (43), for acts of unruly conduct and behaviour likely to cause a breach of peace. A statement from the airport command's spokesperson, ASP Mohammed Adeola, said the suspects were hand…

…a terrorist attack at the UFC Freedom 250 event held at the White House last month. The suspects were charged alongside six other men in a two-count federal indictment alleging conspiracy to provide material support to terrorists and conspiracy to commit murder on federal government property and to murder a federal gov…

…aunt’s home. According to her account, the incident occurred at about 2 a.m. when the suspects reportedly gained access by cutting through a window net with a razor blade. During the alleged burglary, they made away with her cousin’s iPhone 14 Pro Max, which she said had been purchased only a few weeks earlier. The unu…

…and her car was stolen. The Police moved in, unraveled the murder, and arrested the suspects who have since confessed to the crime. Also, I give "kundus" to the Police in Ogun and Lagos states headed by Commissioners Bode Ojajuni and Fatai Tijani. Operation Kosaye, launched and prosecuted by the two commands has booste…

…suspected human skull from a cemetery The Oyo State Police Command has arrested two suspects in connection with the unlawful possession of a human skull. The arrest was made following credible intelligence received by the Command regarding the activities of a suspect in possession of an item suspected to be a human sku…

…custody by the 192 Battalion (Motorised) for further investigation. The two adult male suspects, believed to have had links with the insurgents, as well as the source of the more than N1.5 million recovered from both groups, would be subjected to further interrogation to establish the circumstances surrounding the fund…

…Musa Mohammed, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, July 9, 2026, said the two suspects were arrested while allegedly mobilising to retaliate over the k!lling of a Niger Delta University student. The deceased, identified as Ebube Jonathan, a 200-level Management Science student of NDU, was reportedly attacked…

…in connection with the crime and investigation is still going on to get the remaining suspects." by Linda Ikeji at 09/07/2026 4:13 PM | Share this Story

…proprietor of a popular brothel in Asaba, Prince Chizoba Ojokwu, along with 29 other suspects. The suspects were arrested following an intelligence-led crime prevention operation targeting criminal hideouts across the state. The spokesperson for the command, ACP Bright Edafe, who disclosed this in a statement on Wednes…

…there are said to respond to complaints, conduct patrols and temporarily hold arrested suspects before transferring them to the Babura Divisional Police Headquarters, located about 37 kilometres away. Community highlights challenges of rural policing Residents familiar with the community explained that police personnel…

…disciplined 11-year-old pupil in Kogi The Kogi State Police Command has arrested three suspects after concluding investigation into the alleged k!lling of Mariam Usman, a staff member of Brains Minds Nursery and Primary School, Ugbamaka, in Olamaboro Local Government Area of the state. The spokesperson for the command,…

…DSP Musa Mohammed, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, July 7, 2026 said the suspects, Tibi Friday, 68, and Futoro Gbene, 36, were arrested during a routine stop and search exercise along the Igbogene-Tombia Expressway, Yenagoa. According to the PPRO, preliminary investigation revealed that the suspects were…

…on credible intelligence, the police patrol team mobilized to the scene, where the suspects engaged operatives in a fierce exchange of gunfire. "During the encounter, two of the suspected kidnappers were neutralized, while the remaining members of the gang escaped into the surrounding bush with varying degrees of gunsh…

…commanders to troops of Operation Hadin Kai in Borno State, saying the detained suspects have provided valuable intelligence expected to aid ongoing operations against insurgents in the North-East. The Senate observed a minute of silence in honour of late Major-General Rabe Abubakar, former Director of Defence Informat…

…the commission stated. The anti-graft agency said it had managed El-Rufai and other suspects in its custody "with patience, professionalism and courtesy," but alleged that such goodwill had been abused. "The ICPC will bring to the attention of the courts the flagrant disobedience of court orders by the defendant. The p…

…commanders to troops of Operation Hadin Kai in Borno State, saying the detained suspects have provided valuable intelligence expected to aid ongoing operations against insurgents in the North-East. Senate mourns Gen Abubakar, others The Senate observed a minute of silence in honour of late Major-General Rabe Abubakar,…

…was sent to the southern African nation and locked up without charge for months. Nguyen suspects the Department of Homeland Security (DHS) didn’t even try to send Rom to Cambodia, which has in the past refused deportations from the US. At one point, the DHS publicly insisted he had been sent to Thailand, the country of…

…last week police had dismantled 73 gambling operations across the country, arresting 346 suspects involved in illegal gambling and football betting during the first 20 days of the World Cup. "Transaction money in these cases totalled thousands of billions of dong (hundreds of millions of dollars)", said colonel Bui Tua…

…accounts regarding the ownership and purpose of the vehicles," Bakori said. "The suspects and the vehicles are currently being processed for further investigation. We will ensure that the law takes its full course," he added. The police commissioner said the operation was aimed at enhancing public safety and ensuring t…