Tag: arrest
Police Arrest 15 In FCT Raid
Fifteen persons were arrested during a raid by the police in an uncompleted building opposite the Corporate Affairs Commission (CAC)…
Police Smash 4-Man Car Snatching Gang
The Lagos State Special Anti-Robbery Squad, SARS, have arrested a four-man car snatching gang in Ikotun, a suburb of Lagos…
Abortion: Father, Mom Charged Over Daughter’s Death
A 15-year old girl Deborah Adegboyega has died as a result of complications from unsafe abortion allegedly procured by her…
Court Protects Tokyo From Arrest
Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) Tambari Yabo Muhammad, former Oyo State Commissioner of Police, now in charge of Zone 3.…
Ex-governor Yerima quizzed, released
By Femi Adi/Kaduna Kaduna Police Command has released former Zamfara governor, Ahmed Sani Yerima after about three hours of questioning.…
Nigerian Police Nab Alleged Mushin Gang Leader
A suspected Mushin robbery gang leader, Shakiru Sanni, 31, a.k.a. Osama bin Laden, has been arrested by the operatives at…
Nwankwo Kanu Loses N1.4 Billion
Nigeria’s football star, Nwankwo Kanu has lost N1.4 billion in his hotel business and the Managing Director of the hotel,…
Spanish kidnapped By Nigerian lover rescued
JETHRO IBILEKE/Benin The Edo State Police Command has rescued a Spanish, Jose Anthonio Murili Turrillo who was kidnapped and held…
Police Arrest Oba In Court
There was a mild drama on Tuesday at Ota High Court, Ota, Ogun State, southwest Nigeria when the police stormed…
Woman Used As Bait By Robbers Arrested
A woman used as bait by robbers, Joy Ekhoutorwhen, 24 has been arrested. Joy, a native of Benin City, Edo…
Paintsil, Ghana’s soccer star arrested over stabbed wife
Former Fulham, Leicester and Westham defender, John Paintsil has been arrested by Ghanaian police after his wife was stabbed. Police…
Man Rapes Chained Deranged Girl
A 42-year old man, Gowon Ewhe, has been arrested by the police for allegedly raping a 17-year old girl who…
Nigerian Pastor Arrested With Human Parts
The police in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, have arrested a pastor and his accomplice with fresh human parts. They allegedly concealed…
Police Arrest Fake Army Officer
Mr. Umar Manko, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, said on Sunday that his command had arrested a fake army…
Nigerian chains daughter for 7 days without food
The Nigerian police have arrested a man, Mr. Godstime Esonoye, for chaining his daughter’s legs at Idimu, a suburb of…
Nigerian Senate wants Pension chief arrested
The Senate, the upper chamber of Nigeria’s National Assembly, on Wednesday adopted a motion asking President Goodluck Jonathan to immediately…
Arrest Illegal Passengers On Trains, Lagos Assembly Tasks Police
The Lagos State House of Assembly has instructed the men of the Nigerian police as well as other uniformed men…
OPC Arrest ‘Mad Man’ With 3 Phones
Members of the Oodua People’s Congress, OPC, Abule Egba zone have arrested a mad man with three cell phones, a…
Taskforce Arrests Fake Soldier
By Kazeem Ugbodaga Officials of the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit have arrested a 29-year…
Houseboy, friend Held While Selling Stolen Car
By Oluwole Adeboye A 20-year old houseboy who allegedly conspired with his friend to steal his master’s Nissan Ultima car…
Student and kidnap gang arrested, victim rescued
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta A gang of Nigerian kidnappers, including a student of Olabisi Onabanjo University has been arrested by the…
Woman Burns Girl’s Thighs With Hot Iron
By Kazeem Ugbodaga A 39-year old Nigerian woman has burnt a girl’s thighs with hot iron after accusing her of…
Nigerian Soldiers Torture P.M.NEWS Cameraman
Yet-to-be identified Nigerian soldiers on Thursday arrested and tortured a photo journalist with TheNEWS/P.M.NEWS publications, Habeeb Ogunbadejo, under the Obalende…
Ohakim denies arrest by EFCC
A former Governor of Nigeria’s Imo state, Chief Ikedi Ohakim, has denied being arrested or detained by the Economic and…
Two nabbed for impersonating EFCC officials
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested two suspects, Tanimu Abubakar (also known as Ibrahim) and Mohammed Yaba…
NITEL Manager Nabbed For Stealing
The police in Lagos Nigeria have arrested a NITEL manager and 16 others for allegedly stealing NITEL cables worth N50…
SSS arrests 2 Nigerian journalists, wives
Operatives of Nigeria’s State Security Services, the SSS, on Monday arrested two journalists after a report of alleged abuses by…
Babalakin In Fresh Bid To Stop Arrest By EFCC
A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, was this afternoon looking into the request of Dr Wale Babalakin,…
EFCC Nabs Courier With $130,000
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, December 19, 2012, arrested one Bash Abdu at the…
Forex smuggler Arrested in Nigeria With $130k
Operatives of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Wednesday, December 19, 2012, arrested a suspected forex smuggler, Bash…