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Police said the arrest followed frequent “mysterious disappearance of children” in Anambra State, especially in Oba and surrounding communities.

The police recovered from the suspects a petroleum product that was suspected to have been stolen from an oil pipeline.

Police said the vehicle, which was earlier stolen in Imo State was recovered from the suspect in Anambra State on ...

The state police spokesperson, Adetoun Ejire-Adeyemi, confirmed the development in a statement on Sunday. She identified the slain police officer ...

“Acting on intelligence from some vigilant residents, the command’s joint operation team swiftly mobilised to the area."

Villagers suspected that 40-year-old Irmiya Yohanna was killed by herders who had trespassed on his farm with their cows.

Police said operatives shot dead the suspect during an operation at about 4:10 a.m. on Wednesday at Premier Layout in ...

The judge described the action as “illogical and a betrayal of the banker-customer relationship.”

“We demand Sowore’s immediate and unconditional release, an end to the intimidation of activists, and full adherence to the rule ...

The lawyers said apart from physical injury inflicted on Mr Sowore, what is believed to be noxious gas was reportedly ...

The candlelight procession, held in defiance of the police warning, saw participants dressed in black as they marched in solidarity ...

The Nigerian Army and the police have launched a manhunt for the soldier who fled after the incident

“The victim, his wife, and children were sleeping at a church in Ikot Oku Usung village, when a gun shot ...

The police, in the new invitation, asked Mr Sowore to appear before its Monitoring Unit at Force Headquarters, Abuja, today ...

The suspects allegedly raped a female who was lodging in a guest house in the state.

Like other states in the South-east, cases of kidnap-for-ransom in Abia State have increased in recent times.

Some gunmen, on Sunday, attacked and killed two police operatives along Okigwe Axis in Okigwe Local Government Area of Imo ...

Days after his release from custody, he was captured in a video circulating on social media, showing him ministering to ...

The commissioner of police in the state has ordered a manhunt for the fleeing members of the gang, the police ...

The latest attack occurred less than two weeks after gunmen killed several people and injured many others in multiple attacks ...

Bright Owhor, 46, was shot dead by gunmen on 6 July at his residence on Market Road in the Rumuomasi ...

87-year-old Kogbona was arrested following the earlier apprehension of suspects linked to the murder of Nwike Sabbat, male, aged 25, ...

The police had earlier invited Mr Sowore to appear before the Inspector-General of Police Monitoring Unit in Abuja on Monday.

Mr Sowore, a feisty critic of the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has recently championed the protest by retired police ...

The police said the suspects were arrested in separate operations in July 2025 across states in South-east and South-east Nigeria.