NDLEA operatives intercepted multiple drug consignments and arrested suspects in coordinated operations across Nigeria. National Drug Law Enforcement Agency said it arrested a 63-year-old Chinese woman at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport in Lagos with 31 kilograms of cannabis concealed in two travel boxes. The agency said the suspect was intercepted at the Terminal 2…
Sarah Kellen told the House Oversight Committee that Jeffrey Epstein sexually and psychologically abused her for more than a decade. Sarah Kellen appeared before the House Oversight Committee on Thursday and described years of alleged abuse by late financier Jeffrey Epstein during a closed-door hearing tied to the committee’s ongoing Epstein investigation. In a prepared…
US authorities say the suspect helped run an international romance fraud and money laundering network. The Federal Bureau of Investigation has arrested Samuel Ugberaese after his extradition from Nigeria to the United States over alleged cross-border romance scams. According to US prosecutors, Ugberaese and his co-conspirators allegedly used fake identities, emotional manipulation, and false promises…
Daniel Bwala, special adviser to Bola Ahmed Tinubu on policy communication, says Nigerians have a constitutional right to defend themselves and can organise community-based security structures to tackle insecurity. Bwala spoke on ARISE News on Wednesday following the abduction of pupils, students and teachers in Oyo State. Last Friday, gunmen invaded the Esiele community in…
Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says the abduction of pupils and teachers in Oyo state was an isolated criminal incident and not evidence of an entrenched terrorist presence in the south-west. In a statement issued on Wednesday by Michael Onoja, director of defence media operations, the military dismissed claims that terrorists have established operational bases across the…
Akwa Ibom Police have arrested one suspect and launched a manhunt for others involved in an attempted mob attack on two women. Nigeria Police Force said one person has been arrested following the attempted lynching of two women in Akwa Ibom State. Police authorities confirmed that investigations are ongoing and security operatives are searching for…
Police say security guard Amin Abdullah saved lives during the deadly attack at a San Diego mosque. Amin Abdullah, a father of eight, is being hailed as a hero after he was killed during a shooting at the Islamic Center of San Diego on Monday. Police said Abdullah, who worked as a security guard at…
US lawmakers are revisiting the role of Nadia Marcinko in Jeffrey Epstein’s sex trafficking network years after she received immunity from prosecution. Nadia Marcinko is facing renewed scrutiny as American lawmakers examine the role of women linked to convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Marcinko, who was Epstein’s longtime girlfriend and later worked as a pilot…
President Bola Tinubu has condemned the reported killing of one of the teachers abducted during an attack on schools in Oyo State. In a statement issued by Bayo Onanuga, special adviser to the president on information and strategy, Tinubu described the attack as barbaric and directed security agencies to intensify efforts to rescue the remaining…
By ALO360 Editorial Board Anybody who lives in Nigeria knows that we are dealing with a variant of insecurity that has never been seen before. The spike is quite glaring to ignore or act obliviously. Insecurity in Nigeria was predominantly in the North East, where Boko Haram terrorists were unleashing mayhem. From the North East,…
