Tag: arrest
Accused arrested in Nigeria’s Pension theft
Esai Dangabar, one of the six accused persons being prosecuted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on a…
Woman held in Spain with cocaine breast implants
A Panamanian woman has been arrested in Spain with fake breast implants that turned out to be plastic bags containing…
Ghanaian arrested with cocaine at Nigeria’s border
Simon Ateba The Seme Border Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested a 28-year old Ghanaian…
Another Nigerian held with $320,000 at Lagos Airport
Another Nigerian has been arrested with $320,000 cash at the Murtala Muhammed Airport. The man, Onwuekwe Chidi was about to…
Ondo election: PDP agent arrested over money
Fola Ademosu Soldiers on election duty in Ondo town, in Ondo Central Senatorial district have arrested a middle aged man,…
Ex Filipino leader arrested in hospital
MANILA(AFP) – A “distraught” ex-Philippine president Gloria Arroyo was arrested at hospital on Thursday after being charged over a third…
Gambia nabs Nigerian cocaine smuggler with 72 pellets in stomach
A Nigerian drug smuggler who confessed to swallowing 72 cocaine pellets,has been arrested in Banjul, Gambia, the anti-narcotics agency of…
Cameroon police arrest 5 men with severed head
Authorities in Cameroon have arrested five persons suspected of trafficking in human body parts after they were discovered at a…
Nigerian Mint worker arrested for selling fake currency
An employee of the Nigerian Security Printing and Minting Company has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command, for…
Cocaine hidden in roasted chicken
Simon Ateba Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, at the weekend arrested a man in connection with…
Nigerian phone seller arrested with N27m hard drug
Simon Ateba Officers of Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have apprehended a 26-year old man in connection with…
Court orders Mandela’s grandson arrested
An arrest warrant was issued for a grandson of Nelson Mandela on Monday after he failed to appear in a…
LG Chairman Orders Sanitation Offenders Arrested
The Chairman Ifako-Ijaiye Local Government, Toba Oke ordered the arrest of three persons namely Olamide Adewale, Yemi Animasaun and Uzoma …
Vatican leaks: Butler under house arrest
VATICAN CITY, July 21, 2012 (AFP) – Pope Benedict XVI’s butler was released from a Vatican cell and placed under…
Mother of Tunisian martyr arrested
The mother of Mohamed Bouazizi, the street vendor whose self-immolation sparked a mass uprising in Tunisia that torched off the…
South African Woman Arrested With Hard Drugs
Simon Ateba Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has unveiled the identity of a 39-year old South African woman…
Jimoh Ibrahim not arrested, police say
The Nigerian olice have clarified issues surrounding the presence of Mr Jimoh Ibrahim, a business mogul, at the Force Criminal…
Boko Haram militant arrested
Nigerian troops have arrested a “high-profile” member of the Islamist group Boko Haram during a raid in the northern city…
Lagos police arrest alleged graduate robber
The Police in Lagos have arrested a 32-year-old man (name withheld), who claimed to be a graduate of the Imo…
Elections 2011, News, Politics
Governorship Election In Oyo State: INEC Ready, Journalists Warned
Security officials have threatened to arrest and prosecute unaccredited journalists covering the governorship election in Oyo state, south west of…
Court Issues Bench Warrant Against Publisher
A Lagos Chief Magistrate’s Court sitting at Tinubu, has ordered the arrest of the publisher of National Vision newspaper, Joe…
ACN Warns On Tinubu’s Planned Arrest
The Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN) has warned that arresting its leader, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, as the federal government…
Soyinka Condemns Ndibe’s Arrest
Nobel Laureate and Convener, Citizen Forum, Prof. Wole Soyinka, has condemned the arrest and seizure of the passports of a…