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The Nigeria Police Force has recorded a series of operational successes across six states and the Federal Capital Territory, arresting suspects linked to cultism, sexual offences, murder, vandalism and fatal road accidents. According to the Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Ani Iniedu, the operations, covering October 11, 2026, also led to the recovery of suspected illicit drugs, a locally made pistol and vehicles connected to criminal investigations. In Lagos State, police tactical operatives arrested four suspected cultists allegedly preparing to launch a reprisal attack in Ilogbo, Apapa Road. Large quantities of substances suspected to be illicit drugs were recovered from the suspects. In a separate operation in Orile, two suspected cultists were arrested during a raid on criminal hideouts, with a locally made pistol recovered from one of them. Police said the suspect was linked to an earlier shooting incident. Ogun State recorded arrests in three separate cases involving sexual o...

... First Lady promises prosperity as APC leaders rally support for Tinubu, Shettima in Nasarawa Nigeria’s First Lady, Senator Oluremi Tinubu, has assured supporters that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu’s promise to move the country “From Reforms to Prosperity” will be fulfilled if he secures re-election in 2027. She gave the assurance on Saturday at the North-Central Grassroots Mobilisation Network’s endorsement and grand rally for the re-election of President Tinubu and Vice President Kashim Shettima in Lafia, Nasarawa State. The rally attracted APC leaders, governors and party faithful from across the North-Central geopolitical zone, including the party’s National Chairman, Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, and Imo State Governor Hope Uzodimma. Mrs Tinubu said the President’s economic reforms were beginning to stabilise the economy, attract investors and create opportunities for development, while urging Nigerians to remain supportive of his administration. According to her, the President’s I...

... One injured, five vehicles damaged as security operatives break up airport clash involving party supporters Tension gripped Enugu on Saturday as an alleged shooting outside the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC) secretariat left one man injured and five vehicles damaged, while joint police and military operatives moved in to disperse party members involved in a separate clash at Akanu Ibiam International Airport. The Enugu State Police Command in a statement issued on Sunday by its spokesperson, SP Daniel Ndukwe, said the shooting occurred at about 2:30 p.m. on October 10, when unidentified armed hoodlums allegedly opened fire in front of the NDC secretariat. A man repairing a vehicle parked along the road reportedly sustained a suspected gunshot injury, while the windscreens of five parked vehicles were damaged in the incident. Police operatives, responding to a distress call, rushed to the scene, restored order and evacuated the injured man to hospital. He is receiving treatment a...

The Delta State Police Command has arrested a 26-year-old suspected armed robber in Asaba and recovered an AK-47 rifle, two locally made guns and three rounds of live ammunition during an intelligence-led operation. The suspect, identified as Sunday Nimel, was arrested on October 7, 2026, at about 10:30 p.m. by operatives of the CP Special Assignment Team (CP-SAT), Ughelli, working in collaboration with local vigilantes. According to a statement issued on Saturday by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Bright Edafe, the suspect is alleged to be a member of an armed robbery syndicate linked to several residential robbery operations in Asaba and its environs. The police said information obtained during interrogation led operatives to a hideout near Okpanam City Gate, where they recovered one AK-47 rifle, two locally made cut-to-size guns and three rounds of live ammunition. The command said investigations were ongoing. The Commissioner of Police, Delta State Command, CP Sam...

A 34-year-old man has been sentenced to five years’ imprisonment for robbery after snatching an iPhone XR valued at ₦240,000 from a woman in Enugu. The convict, Ejike Nnam, was also sentenced to three years for conspiracy, with both sentences to run concurrently. According to a police statement issued on Saturday by the Command’s spokesperson, SP Daniel Ndukwe, the incident occurred at about 8 p.m. on October 8, 2026, along Bisalla Road, Enugu. Nnam, who reportedly resides in an uncompleted building at Nkpokiti, Enugu, allegedly committed the offence alongside an accomplice who remains at large. The police said he was arrested and arraigned before the Enugu North Magistrate Court the following day, where he pleaded guilty and was convicted. In a separate case, another suspect, 29-year-old Richard Chukwuma, was arraigned and remanded at the Enugu Correctional Centre over alleged shoplifting at a supermarket in the state. Chukwuma was arrested at about 6:50 p.m. on October 7 after allege...

Governors of Nigeria’s 36 states have committed to declaring a nutrition emergency and establishing a National Nutrition Intervention Fund to accelerate the implementation of the Nutrition 774 Initiative across the country. The commitments were announced by Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, on Friday in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, while presenting the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) Addis Ababa Commitment on Nutrition at the Nigeria Country Session. According to a statement issued by Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Communications, Office of the Vice President, Stanley Nkwocha, the announcement followed a three-day Nigeria-Ethiopia Nutrition Leadership Exchange, during which the Nigerian delegation, led by Vice President Kashim Shettima, studied Ethiopia’s experience in tackling malnutrition, particularly through its Seqota Declaration. The session, themed “From Lessons to Commitment: Accelerating Implementation of the Nutrition 774 Initiative,” also featured commitm...