Category: Crime and Judiciary

The Lagos State Government has arrested 45 people involved in street begging across parts of the state. The arrests happened during a coordinated clean-up and enforcement exercise in Alimosho, Agege, and Oshodi. According to the Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, the operation was carried out by environmental officers as part of the...

AGGRAVATED ASSAULT, ARMED ROBBERY & DRUG SALES Ibrahim Tunde Ijaoba is a criminal illegal alien from Nigeria and former member of the Bloods — a notoriously violent street gang.  He entered illegally and then racked up an extensive rap sheet that includes convictions for:  • Aggravated assault on a police officer with a firearm  •...

Thieves stole tens of millions of euros worth of property from safety deposit boxes inside a German bank vault that they drilled into Monday during the holiday lull, police said. Some 2,700 bank customers were affected by the theft in Gelsenkirchen, police and the Sparkasse bank said. Thomas Nowaczyk, a police spokesperson, said investigators believe the theft was worth between...

 South Korean President Lee Jae Myung on Monday commuted to Cheong Wa Dae, the country’s traditional presidential palace, for the first time since taking office in June, more than three years after his ousted predecessor Yoon Suk Yeol moved the presidential office to the Defense Ministry compound. It was the first time a president had commuted to Cheong Wa...

Saudi Arabia bombed Yemen’s port city of Mukalla on Tuesday over what it described as a shipment of weapons for a separatist force there that arrived from the United Arab Emirates. The kingdom later directly linked the UAE to the separatists’ recent advances in Yemen and warned Abu Dhabi its actions were “extremely dangerous.” The...

 Islamic State militants clashed with police in northwest Turkey on Monday, leaving three police officers and six militants dead, Turkey’s interior minister said. At least eight other police officers and a night guard were wounded. The shooting occurred in Elmali district in Yalova province, south of Istanbul, as police stormed a house where the militants...

The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, on Friday, 26 December 2025, paid a courtesy visit to His Eminence, Alhaji Muhammad Sa’ad Abubakar III, CFR, the Sultan of Sokoto, at his palace in Sokoto State. The visit highlights the renewed commitment of the Nigerian Army to strengthening civil–military relations and fostering collaboration with...

The Nigeria Police Force Special Tactical Squad (STS) has recorded notable operational successes following a series of intelligence-led operations across several states in Nigeria, leading to the arrest of twenty-two (22) suspects linked to serious criminal activities. The suspects were apprehended for offences including armed robbery, kidnapping, banditry, cattle rustling, car snatching, economic sabotage, impersonation...

Federal immigration agents shot at a moving vehicle on Wednesday morning during an enforcement and removal action, striking one person and injuring another, officials said. A spokesperson for the Anne Arundel County Police Department said neither person had life-threatening injuries, and both were taken to the hospital. Anne Arundel police responded to a report of...

Adamawa State Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri granted a full pardon to farmer Sunday Jackson, convicted in 2021 of killing herder Ardo Buba Bawuro during a 2015 clash over crop-damaging cattle. Jackson claimed self-defense in the struggle, but courts upheld a death sentence until the Supreme Court affirmed it in March 2025; the governor acted on...