Erling Haaland has unexpectedly become part of a major drug seizure in Ecuador — not because of anything he did, but because traffickers allegedly used the Manchester City and Norway star’s image to mark packages in a shipment of cocaine. Ecuadorian police seized 469 kilograms of cocaine packed into 370 packages after stopping a truck…
Two viral videos involving Nigerian security personnel are reigniting a difficult question: what happens when citizens no longer feel they can challenge alleged abuse through formal channels, so they take the confrontation to the street and social media instead? In one video, a man confronts a Nigerian soldier at a checkpoint after allegedly being slapped….
A bullet-riddled campaign vehicle belonging to the Osun APC governorship campaign has become the latest flashpoint in an increasingly tense election, with claims that the vehicle was targeted in an assassination attempt against APC candidate Bola Oyebamiji’s convoy. Videos circulating online show several apparent bullet impacts concentrated along one side of the vehicle. However, the…
Ten police officers and two civilians have been killed in a major gun battle with suspected bandits in Sakaba Local Government Area of Kebbi State, highlighting just how dangerous the north-western security crisis remains even as authorities report increasing successes against armed groups. The confrontation happened around 9:25 a.m. Monday along the Rafin Makuku axis,…
A Family Court in Aba, Abia State, has sentenced 30-year-old Chidiebere Kalu, a security officer at Radiant Glory Academy, to concurrent one-year prison terms after convicting him of offences involving the abuse and intimidation of a 10-year-old pupil. One of the sentences carried no option of a fine, while the second had a ₦200,000 fine…
Nigerian security forces have rescued 308 people abducted in separate incidents across Kwara and Niger states, in what the Presidency described as the country’s largest same-day rescue operation by a joint security team. The operation involved the military, Department of State Services (DSS), police and other security agencies, with 163 victims rescued from Woro in…
A Nigerian student who arrived in the UK less than a year before his arrest has been sentenced to three years in prison after being convicted of attempting to meet a person he believed was a 14-year-old girl for sexual purposes. Anderson Ishiekwene, 25, came to the UK on a student visa in August 2025…
Artificial intelligence is no longer just making cybercrime more sophisticated in Africa. It is changing how cheaply and quickly criminals can operate. A new INTERPOL African Cyberthreat Assessment Report says AI is now linked to 55% of reported cybercrime across Africa, while reported financial losses reached about $484 million in 2025, up sharply from $192…
Nigeria recorded 5,091 deaths linked to violent incidents between April and June 2026, according to a new SBM Intelligence report cited by The Guardian. That is a 17.7% increase from the 4,326 deaths recorded in the first quarter, meaning the country lost an average of roughly 56 people every day to violence during the three-month…
The recovery of the remains of Chief Ibe Anyadu, a respected community leader from Aggah in Imo State, marks one of the most significant breakthroughs by troops under Operation UDO KA this year. After weeks of uncertainty, Nigerian Army personnel exhumed his body from a shallow grave in Umudike Forest after a suspect confessed to…
