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Customs Seize N1.3bn In Smuggled Vegetable Oil

The Nigeria Customs Service has intensified its nationwide border crackdown on illicit agricultural imports, intercepting smuggled vegetable oil products worth 1.31 billion naira. Comptroller-General of Customs Adewale Adeniyi confirmed that the service recorded 65 distinct seizures in 2025 and an additional 23 interceptions during the first half of 2026. The combined duty-paid value of the…

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Police Name Suspects in Adelabu Family Abduction

The Oyo State Police Command has unmasked the core operational structure of the urban criminal syndicate behind the violent abduction of former Power Minister Adebayo Adelabu’s relatives. Police public relations officer Ayanlade Olayinka detailed the explicit roles played by four arrested principal suspects and two neutralised gang members on Sunday. Operatives rescued the victims, Olaide…

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Abductors Demand Prisoner Swap, Livestock for Ex-military Spokesman

Abductors Demand Prisoner Swap, Livestock for Ex-military Spokesman

The armed gang holding a former Nigerian military spokesman has demanded a prisoner swap alongside the restitution of seized cattle to secure his release. Major General Rabe Abubakar, who previously served as the Director of Defence Information, was ambushed on Saturday alongside his wife in northwestern Katsina State. Rather than seeking a standard financial payout,…

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Kidnappers Extort N7.78bn as Boko Haram Dominates

Gunmen Attack Immigration Office in Ogbomoso

Armed hoodlums have attacked the Nigeria Immigration Service passport front office in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, escaping with an operational rifle and personal valuables. The assailants breached the facility at approximately 10:00 p.m. on Tuesday night during a period of low administrative activity. The gunmen overpowered the personnel deployed to secure the facility before ransacking the…

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Police Kill Two Kidnappers, Rescue Adelabu’s Relatives

Gunmen Abduct Former Power Minister’s Sister, Twins

Gunmen have kidnapped the younger sister and nephews of former Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, in Ibadan. The assailants intercepted 43-year-old Mrs Olaide Busayo Adegoke John-Paul at approximately 7:30 a.m. in the Challenge area of Ibadan South West Local Government Area. The attackers forcefully seized her alongside her 12-year-old twin sons, Peter and Paul, during…

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Police Uncover Illegal Arms Factory in Yobe

Detectives from the Yobe State Police Command have dismantled an illegal firearms manufacturing facility in Buni Yadi, Gujba Local Government Area. Security operatives arrested seven suspects during the raid, including the suspected mastermind of the fabrication ring. The police recovered an assortment of locally made weapons, specialised machinery, and raw manufacturing materials from the site….

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Ondo Police Arrest Five Suspected Schoolchildren Kidnappers

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested five suspected kidnappers targeting schoolchildren, halting a predatory operation that has terrorised local communities. State operatives tracked and cornered the syndicate following a series of intelligence-led raids across vulnerable coastal and transit corridors. Investigators link the group to recent high-profile abductions of pupils on their way to school,…

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NSCDC Arrests Ten Infrastructure Vandals in Kano

NSCDC Arrests Ten Infrastructure Vandals in Kano

State security operatives dismantled a sprawling network of thieves targeting vital public utilities across Kano State. The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps arrested ten suspects linked to systematic asset stripping and industrial theft. This coordinated crackdown comes amid a worrying surge in criminal attacks on public property in northern Nigeria. Security agencies face uphill…

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