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The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has recovered an illegally possessed firearm and eight live cartridges during an intelligence-led operation in Ikot Akpan Afaha village.
The command disclosed this in a statement issued on Tuesday, 14 July 2026, by its Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Timfon John.
The trial of the National Coordinator of the Multi-Sectoral Crisis Recovery Project (MCRP) of the North East Development Commission (NEDC), Danjuma Mohammed, was again stalled on Thursday, June 25, 2026, following his absence before Justice K. N. Ogbonnaya of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Zuba, Abuja.
Justice Ogbonnaya expressed displeasure over the defendant’s consecutive absence from court without any verifiable justification, noting that no medical report had been properly filed before the court to support the defence’s claim that Mohammed was ill and receiving treatment.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured an interim forfeiture order over a landed property located at Plot 1, Sabon Gida, Cadastral Zone, Abuja.
The order was granted on Monday, July 13, 2026, by Justice Jude Onwuegbuzie of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, Apo, Abuja, following an ex parte application filed by the commission.
The Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Oyo State Wing, has called for the immediate rescue of a primary school headmaster abducted in Itesiwaju Local Government Area, describing the incident as another troubling sign of the worsening security situation facing teachers.
A statement issued on Monday, the union said Mr M.K. Owoade, Headmaster of Nomadic Basic School, Ogodu, Igbojaye, was kidnapped by unidentified gunmen while working on his farm at about 5 pm on Saturday, 11 July 2026.
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has recovered a stolen mini-truck and arrested two suspects over alleged vehicle theft and the unlawful receipt of stolen property.
The arrests followed a swift intelligence-led operation launched by police operatives acting on credible intelligence.
The command’s spokesperson, DSP Timfon John, said the operation led to the arrest of 27-year-old Isaac Akpan of Akwebom Village in Obot Akara Local Government Area.
Residents of Uyo have called on the Akwa Ibom State Government to urgently tackle the city’s persistent flooding following a downpour that inundated several communities on Wednesday, 8 July 2026, leaving homes and roads submerged, trapping residents indoors and disrupting movement across the state capital.
Journalists and other residents lamented the scale of the flooding, attributing it largely to blocked and poorly maintained drainage systems.
A 40-year-old man has been found dead in a guest house in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State, following reports he had been with a woman who has since disappeared.
The deceased, identified only as Felix and understood to be from Cross River State, was discovered unresponsive at Diko Guest House on Azikoro Road, in the Ekeki district of the state capital, on Wednesday morning.
Residents and business owners along the old Nigerian Ports Authority (NPA) Road in Warri South Local Government Area of Delta State have raised concerns over what they describe as a surge in suspected illegal oil bunkering activities, urging the authorities to intervene before the situation escalates.
The residents alleged that the area has witnessed an influx of trucks in recent weeks, with many reportedly arriving at night to load suspected illegally refined petroleum products.
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arraigned the former Managing Director of the Port Harcourt Refining Company Ltd (PHRC), Ahmed Adamu Dikko, before the Federal High Court in Abuja over the alleged laundering of more than ₦1.32 billion.
Dikko was arraigned on Wednesday before Justice Inyang Ekwo on a 12-count charge bordering on money laundering. He pleaded not guilty to all the charges.
The High Court of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Maitama, Abuja, has ordered the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to pay former Minister of Power, Dr Olu Agunloye, ₦10 million in damages for defamation over a publication linking him to an alleged $6 billion fraud.
In a judgment delivered on Wednesday, Justice Peter Kekemeke held that the EFCC’s publication on its website and X account, captioned “EFCC arraigns Agunloye over $6 billion fraud,” was false, defamatory and damaging to the former minister’s reputation.