Tag: arrest
100 Beggars Arrested
Cyriacus Izuekwe At least 100 beggars were arrested by the Lagos State government on Wednesday for constituting public nuisance on…
Niger Republic arrests 20 Boko Haram militants
Niger has arrested about 20 Boko Haram Islamist militants from neighboring Nigeria who are suspected of planning attacks in Niger’s…
Nigerians arrested with drugs in India
The police in Ankleshwar, India have booked a Nigerian under various sections of Narcotic Drugs and Pyschotropic Substances Act after…
Nigerian Navy arrests hijacked ship
The Nigerian Navy has intercepted a Greek-owned merchant tanker, MT KERALA, purportedly hijacked off the coast of Luanda after `spirited…
Nigerian on way to China arrested with cannabis
Simon Ateba/aviation correspondent A thirty-two year old cell phone dealer at Computer Village in Lagos, western Nigeria, has been arrested…
Day of reckoning for extremist Islamic judge
(Reuters) – Mali’s army has arrested a hardline Islamist judge who ordered floggings, amputations and the stoning of women for…
Dictionary cash smuggler arrested in Lagos
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent A routine search by Nigeria’s anti-narcotics agents for smuggled drugs at the international airport in Lagos, yielded…
Chidi Llyod, Rivers lawmaker arrested for double murder
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The majority leader of the Rivers State House of Assembly, Chidi Lloyd has been arrested by the…
Niger-Delta groups give ultimatum for Dokubo-Asari’s release
EROMOSELE EBHOMELE The Niger Delta People Salvation Front, NDPSF, as well as the Niger-Delta People Volunteer Force, NDPVF, two groups…
Oduahgate: Police Arrest Melaye, search office
Ayorinde Oluokun/ Abuja Dino Melaye, a former member of the Nigerian House of Representatives and executive secretary, Anti-Corruption Network, ACN,…
Police arrest dare-devil robbery gang members
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta A confessed armed robber who had terrorised Nigeria’s western states in the last few years was today…
BMW scandal: Campaigner for aviation minister’s resignation arrested
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent Nigerian activist, Dino Melaye has been arrested by the Nigerian police in Abuja as he led a…
ICPC arrests 17 fake corps members
The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested seventeen fake Youth Corp Members at the NYSC…
5 bank fraudsters arrested
Ayo Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a five- man syndicate for attempting to defraud various…
Ozekhome’s kidnapper arrested in Benin
Jethro Ibileke/Benin Operatives of Nigeria’s Department of State Security Service, DSS, Edo state Command, Wednesday said they have arrested kidnap…