Nigerian Navy Hands Over Two Rescued Trafficking Victims to NAPTIP

Nigerian Navy Hands Over Two Rescued Trafficking Victims to NAPTIP

By Zainab Uzomah|Abuja The Nigerian Navy has handed over two suspected victims of human trafficking to the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) following their rescue during an operation in Lagos State. The victims were rescued by personnel of the Forward Operating Base (FOB) Badagry during a targeted anti-human trafficking operation on 17 July 2026 and subsequently handed over to NAPTIP’s Lagos Zonal Command in Ikeja […]

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Unachukwu Hands Over 7 Division Command to Brig Gen Diwa in Maiduguri

By Zainab Uzomah|Abuja Outgoing General Officer Commanding 7 Division Nigerian Army and Commander Sector 1 Joint Task Force North East Operation HADIN KAI, Brigadier General Ugochukwu Unachukwu, has urged commanders and troops to sustain operational momentum, stressing that change of leadership should not affect commitment to duty and operational effectiveness. According to a statement signed by Acting Deputy Director Army Public Relations, 7 Division Nigerian Army, Lieutenant Colonel Haruna Mohammed […]

May 21, 2026 29

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Nigerian Navy Hands Over Five Suspected IPOB/ESN Members to DSS in Anambra

By Zainab Uzomah|Abuja The Nigerian Navy has handed over five suspects linked to the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Eastern Security Network (ESN), and other criminal elements to the Department of State Services in Anambra State for further investigation. In a statement signed by the Director of Naval Information, Navy Captain Abiodun Folorunsho, the suspects were arrested by personnel of Naval Outpost Onitsha deployed at Forward Operating Base Amiyi […]

May 16, 2026 21

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Nigerian Navy Hands Over 125 Bags of Smuggled Rice to Customs in Lagos

By Zainab Uzomah| Abuja The Nigerian Navy has handed over 125 bags of seized foreign parboiled rice to the Nigeria Customs Service following a successful anti-smuggling operation carried out by personnel of Naval Base Epe in Lagos State. Officials of the Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’ Ikeja, led by Superintendent of Customs Chinedu Eboh, received the seized items during a formal handover at the Naval Base on […]

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Nigerian Navy hands suspected naval impersonators over to police in Calabar

By Zainab Uzomah|Abuja The Nigerian Navy says it has handed over two men suspected of impersonating naval officers to the Nigeria Police Force for further investigation in Calabar. In a statement signed by the Director of Naval Information, Adams A. Folorunsho, the Navy said the suspects — David Norbert Aleji and Francis Gideon Isaac — were arrested on 10 March by personnel of NNS Victory after they were found dressed […]

March 18, 2026 19

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Police Hands Over $23,000 to Victim of Online Romance Scam

By Toffa Momoh | Abuja The Nigeria Police Force INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB), Abuja has successfully repatriated the sum of Twenty-Three Thousand United States Dollars ($23,000) recovered from an international romance scammer to the victim in The Cayman Islands. The repatriation followed a request received from the Royal Cayman Islands Police Service seeking assistance of the INTERPOL NCB Abuja to investigate a Nigerian national, Achufusi Obioma Ikenna, who defrauded […]

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