…efforts against electoral malpractice through intelligence gathering, enforcement, arrest and prosecution of offenders involved in vote-buying and voter intimidation. The organisation further encouraged Ekiti residents to remain actively engaged in the democratic process beyond elections by holding elected officials an…

Oyo State Police Command has announced the arrest of two suspected armed robbers. The command also disclosed that it recovered firearms and other items from the suspects. The command made the disclosure in a statement signed by its Public Relations Officer, Olayinka Ayanlade. The statement was made available to DAILY P…

Police in Osun have arrested some suspected members of secret cults terrorising the state. This is contained in a statement by the Police Spokesperson, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi, on Sunday. According to Ojelabi, a suspected notorious cultist known as "small", who was terrorising Iloro community, Ilesa town, was apprehended o…

…date. The government warned that anyone found violating the directive would be arrested, while the motorcycles involved would be confiscated. Security agencies have been directed to enforce the ban, while residents and transport stakeholders have been urged to cooperate with authorities to ensure a smooth implementatio…

…Officer of the Abia State Police Command, DSP Maureen Chinaka, said the suspect was arrested by operatives of the Violent Crime Response Unit (VCRU), Abia Command, who leveraged actionable intelligence. DSP Chinaka, who said the case is currently under discreet investigation at the State Criminal Investigation Departme…

…LASU-Iba Road, and other major corridors. According to him, some of the operators were arrested for illegally riding on restricted highways, while others were allegedly involved in transporting illicit substances and hazardous materials such as petroleum products and gas. Some were also found conveying school children…

Police said the parents of the deceased infants have now been arrested.

…residents that justice would be served, adding that several suspects had already been arrested, while efforts were ongoing to apprehend others involved. "A comprehensive investigation has commenced, and all those found culpable will face the full weight of the law," the police stated. The Command urged members of the p…

The Osun State Police Command has announced the arrest of eight suspected cultists and political thugs in separate operations carried out in Ilesa town and Osogbo, the state capital. The Command revealed that the arrests were part of efforts to curb criminal activities across the state. The command disclosed this in a…

…Ewanta said Governor Monday Okpebholo directed the team to restore peace and ensure the arrest of all those connected to the killing. He added that the arrested suspects were already providing useful information to security agencies to facilitate further arrests. Ewanta maintained that the state government would not to…

Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have arrested a suspected informant for the Islamic State West Africa Province, ISWAP, terrorist group during a routine patrol operation in Borno State. This was made known in a post on X by Zagazola Makama, a counter-insurgency and security expert in the Lake Chad region. Makama revealed…

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested an 84-year-old and a 75-year-old grandfathers for allegedly selling illicit drugs to teenage secondary school students in Umuahia, Abia. This is contained in a statement by Director, Media and Advocacy, NDLEA, Mr Femi Babafemi, on Sunday in Abuja. Babafemi s…

…commenced investigations." "The preliminary investigation led to the identification and arrest of the biological parents of the infants, who are currently in police custody and assisting investigators in unraveling the circumstances surrounding the unfortunate incident." "CP Orutugu condemned the act in strong terms, n…

…and Kaduna states within the past week. “One of the major breakthroughs involved the arrest of a suspect, Suleiman Umar, in Damaturu, Yobe State, over the alleged use of a fake bank alert to fraudulently obtain a red Kia Forte valued at N9.5 million from a Lagos-based automobile dealer. The suspect reportedly confessed…

…school teacher wey dey teach, cut him neck post the videoWho dem catch for the crime? Arrest count still on zeroPerson pikin wey dey orphan, person wife wey dem widow Water, light, food, house, na the basicWhere hospital wey go treat person wey sick?Small pikin go go school, him papa go need workTechnology dey run, she…

…of Dega Voice Newspaper and Uche Okwuanyionu of Lion FM, UNN - were also reportedly arrested by security operatives while covering the election but were later released. The by-election was conducted to fill the vacant Enugu North Senatorial District seat. Opposition parties have vowed to seek legal redress over the con…

An NDLEA statement on Sunday said, Pa Obiora was arrested by operatives of the Agency on Friday, following credible intelligence that he was selling illicit substances to young students and others in his patent medicine store located at 4 Club road, Umuahia, where 4.64 kilograms of opioids including tramadol and diazep…

…its sustained intelligence-led, preventive, and community-responsive policing, have arrested three suspects for various crimes in Ago-Iwoye, Mowe, and Warewa areas of the state. The suspects are Ewebiyi Afeez, 26, a cult leader; Segun Ona Anjo, 32, an armed robbery suspect; and one Umar Sulaiman, who was involved in re…

Operatives of the Delta State Police Command’s Anti-Cultism Unit, CACU, have arrested two suspected cultists in Ibusa Community, Oshimili North Local Government Area. The suspects were arrested on 19 June 2026 at about 23:45hrs, DAILY POST reports. The Police also recovered from the suspects, one English pump-action gu…

Police say the operation led to the arrest of a suspected gang member, identified as Bube Tukur, and the recovery of weapons allegedly used by the criminal group.

The police in Anambra State have arrested three persons who have been arrested in connection with armed robbery, drug peddling and secret cult activities. The arrest of the suspects during patrol by officers and men of the Command along the Igbariam/Achalla Road. The suspects are Williams Ndifon and David Missang, both…

Five youths have been arrested for allegedly attacking officials of the Hisbah Board during an operation in Furagirke community, Rimi Local Government Area of Katsina State. The incident was disclosed in a statement issued by the Rimi Local Government Hisbah Board, which said the attack occurred while its operatives we…

…Amadi, who publishes Dega Voice Newspaper, and Uche Okwuanyionu, of Lion FM, UNN, were arrested by security agencies for covering the election and later released.

…woman who was abducted by suspected kidnappers and subsequently handed over two suspects arrested during the rescue operation to the police in Ondo StateThe suspects were formally handed over at Ajagba in Irele Local Government Area by GSSL Security Manager, retired Navy Lieutenant Zakari Abdullahi, for onward transfer…

…member of the public. Police operatives, in collaboration with joint security personnel, arrested a member of a kidnapping gang responsible for the abduction of Alh. Abu Geza of Geza Village in Bagudo LGA of the State. The suspect led operatives to the gang leader's hideout, where Jiji Mujugu opened fire and attempted…