President Bola Tinubu filed a challenge in a US court to block the DOJ, FBI, and DEA from releasing records linked to drug traff-icking allegations against himAmerican transparency activist Aaron Greenspan sued multiple US agencies after they refused to confirm or deny whether they held investigative files on TinubuThe…

Two suspected female traffickers pose as tenants to abduct three children in Taraba The Taraba Police Command has arrested two women for allegedly abducting three children in Jalingo and attempting to traffic them f to Adamawa.It was gathered that the suspects, who are from one of the states in the South-East, were arr…

…crime. The Chairman of the Kano State Multi-Joint Task Force on Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking, Muhuyi Rimin-Gado, disclosed this on Saturday while outlining the government’s planned intervention for drug users, convicted offenders and vulnerable youths involved in substance abuse. Rimin-Gado said the initiative wo…

…have rescued two Colombian women allegedly lured to Nigeria and held captive by a human trafficking syndicate in Lagos. Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has issued an executive order setting up a coroner inquest panel to investigate killings and violence at Ikire on August 24. Anambra State Police have arrested a 28…

…paraded Ode, two doctors and another suspect over an alleged organ-harvesting and human-trafficking syndicate operating around Abuja and Nasarawa State. The suspects paraded were Ode, 23; Dr Benjamin Oyime, a 48-year-old nephrologist and consultant to Wellington Hospital; Dr Daniel Otukpa, a 53-year-old nephrologist an…

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…necessary, and what safeguards his administration would deploy against terrorism, arms trafficking, smuggling, human trafficking, and other forms of transnational organised crime. “This distinction is fundamental. But of course, Atiku is unhinged now, and he would say or announce anything to attract and deceive the pol…

KC Luxury who was arrested for drug trafficking which was described as the largest cocaine seizure made through a courier company in Nigeria, is now demanding N190m from the NDLEA for damages and asking the court to order NDLEA to return all his seized items to him. No be juju be that? ‘KC Luxury’ Sues NDLEA Over Deten…

…said the arrest represented a significant breakthrough in its fight against illicit drug trafficking, particularly as the discovery of the suspected drug-manufacturing equipment was the first of its kind recorded by the agency. According to the statement, “a 53-year-old Nigerian national Celestine Ikenna Godwin” was ar…

…arrested as Customs seize gorillas, chimpanzees, albino alligators in Kano wildlife trafficking bust The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Kano/Jigawa Area Command, has intercepted a consignment of illegally traded wildlife and arrested three suspects traffickers. The wildlife was intercepted along the Kano-Daura Highway…

…Government Area of Zamfara State. The Tuesday operation led to the unravelling of a trafficking chain stretching across several northern states. Community leaders in Katsina and Nasarawa States, who spoke in separate interviews with newsmen, commended the agency for dismantling the criminal network. "We are very reliev…

…process against him. According to a report by DW Hausa, Ibrahim was found guilty of trafficking cocaine into Saudi Arabia. His conviction and death sentence were subsequently upheld by the Court of Appeal and the Supreme Court before the sentence was carried out. Saudi Arabia maintains strict laws against drug traffick…

…cases of child abuse within a few months, which includes physical abuse, neglect, child trafficking, sexual abuse and illegal adoption. The National Coordinator of the organisation, Olakunle Sanni, disclosed this on Thursday in Abuja at a press briefing on the state of the Nigerian child, where he called for urgent nat…

…cannabis along the Zaria-Kano Expressway.He said the sacks were abandoned by suspected traffickers who fled after police operatives approached their unregistered Volkswagen Golf Station Wagon while they were loading the items. The Commissioner said the command would continue to intensify intelligence gathering, communi…

…the Clan Head, alongside three officials of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons from Calabar. “The Command further confirms that the two young men were subsequently released into the custody of the Clan Head, in the company of three officials of the National Agency for the Prohibition of T…

…crises. The association also called for stronger action against substance use, drug trafficking and the illicit distribution and misuse of psychoactive substances, warning that these factors could contribute to suicidal crises. APN added that suicide prevention should ultimately focus on restoring hope, dignity, social…

Court remands 70-year-old Nigerian-British grandma over alleged 13kg cocaine trafficking The Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday ordered the remand of a 70-year-old Nigerian-British woman, Barek Mary Yetunde, at the Ikoyi Correctional Facility over alleged trafficking of 13 kilograms of cocaine. The court, p…

…rights organisations have classified it as a "mafia-style gang" involved in cybercrime, traffication of human, illegal drug trading, business email compromise fraud, election fraud, intimidation, and violence.Operation Jackal IV: What the crackdown coveredThe Cable reported that the operation ran from November 2025 to…

…Command, however, encouraged anyone with information regarding the alleged human organ trafficking, or any other security concern within the FCT, to promptly report same to the nearest Police Station or contact the FCT Police Command href="tel:07038979348">07038979348, 08028940883. by Linda Ikeji at 26/08/2026 3:49 PM…

…Alex Barbir, has warned that continued concealment of files relating to the alleged drug trafficking case of Nigeria’s President, Bola Tinubu, could make United States officials complicit in the killing of Nigerians. Babir made this assertion while calling on US President Donald Trump to release the records. He drew Tr…

…woman with a long-term mental illness who spent over four decades roaming local traffic junctions and begging. However, the sacks of money found in her house sent shockwaves through her family and neighbourhood. According to reports, they found 10 hidden sacks packed with Rs 8.40 lakh in cash. The discovery came only a…

…arrest occurred after police said they found a loaded firearm in his vehicle during a traffic stop. Dex was sentenced to 364 days in jail in September 2021. After his release, he entered rehabilitation as part of an effort to address his struggles and turn his life around.In 2023, Dex said he had been sober for 11 mont…

…Aloy Ejimakor, on Tuesday said President Bola Tinubu’s records relating to alleged drug trafficking in the United States, US, would be disclosed, but some important aspects would be redacted. Ejimakor explained that only details with little or no political value would be made public. He made the remark in response to a…

…age 66 in a Manhattan jail cell in August 2019, five weeks after being arrested on sex trafficking charges. New York City's medical examiner called the death a suicide. Maxwell is housed at a minimum-security federal prison camp in Bryan, Texas. She is eligible for release in July 2037, when she will be 75 by Linda Ike…

…Abaren Village, via Gbarinmole, Mowe, following sustained intelligence on alleged human trafficking and illegal adoption activities at the facility. He stated that the two rescued pregnant women were Ilesanmi Foluke, 23, who was seven months pregnant, and Ejekwa Melody, 20, who was eight months pregnant. He added that…