Tag: arrested
Elections: Police arrest 128 persons for alleged electoral offences
The Nigeria Police Force has arrested 128 persons for alleged electoral offences across the country. A statement by the force…
Lagos police arrests 9 for molesting voters
Nine suspected cultists were arrested in Somolu area of Lagos for allegedly molesting electorate on their way to polling stations.…
Police arrest notorious kidnapper in Katsina
The Katsina State Police Command said it has arrested a notorious member of a kidnap syndicate in the state. This…
Rapper Cardi B arrested in New York, charged with assault
US rapper Cardi B surrendered to police in New York on Monday, charged with assault and reckless endangerment over an…
Suspected Peace Corps member arrested with pistol
The Bayelsa Police command on Thursday confirmed the arrest of one Seiyefa Okorie, a 33-year-old suspected member of the Peace…
Suspected pipeline vandals nabbed in Lagos
The Lagos State Police Command says it has arrested six men in connection with pipeline vandalism at Fagbile Estate, Isheri-Ijegun,…
Kano Sharia Police apprehends 48 beggars
Kano State Hisbah Board aka Sharia Police said it arrested no fewer than 48 beggars in Kano metropolis last month…
Nigerian pilgrim arrested in Mecca for picking item from sacred place
Nigerian pilgrim in Makkah, Saudi Arabia was reportedly arrested after he was spotted on a CCTV camera picking unidentified item…
Gun manufacturer apprehended in Plateau
A 19-year-old gun manufacturer, Eric Labari, has been arrested by Operation Safe Haven (OPSH) military task force in charge of…
Fraud: Nigerian singer Dammy Krane arrested in U. S
Nigerian singer Dammy Krane (Oyindamola Emmanuel), has been allegedly arrested in Miami, U.S for credit card fraud.
Ousted South Korean president arrested
Ousted South Korean President Park Geun-hye has been arrested and taken into custody over a corruption scandal that led to…
Breaking: Olusola Oke, AD candidate arrested in Ondo
There are reports that the governorship candidate of the Alliance for Democracy (AD) in Ondo State, Olusola Oke, has been…
Pipeline Vandalism: Three fishermen in trouble
The Joint Task Force (JTF), code name: ‘Operation Pulo Shield’ has arrested three suspects, including two teenagers and an elderly…
2 smugglers arrested for fuel diversion
,Abiodun Onafuye, Abeokuta Two suspected smugglers of fuel have been arrested by officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence…
Pastor arrested for giving N1.2m fake healing oil to woman
Cyriacus Izuekwe Police detectives at State Criminal Investigation Department, SCID, Panti, Yaba, have arrested a pastor and charged him before…
FIRS Director arrested for tax fraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested Abumere Joseph Osagie, deputy director, regional tax office, Federal Inland Revenue…
Woman allegedly drugs lover, steals his $1.5m
Paul Iyoghojie The Police at Ikoyi division, Ikoyi, Lagos, western Nigeria, have arrested a 46-year-old woman, Pearl Victoria Alaegbu, for…
40 landlords arrested over toilet violation
The Ebonyi Government says it has arrested and prosecuted 40 landlords for violating the state’s environmental law. The state Commissioner…
Lawyers’ son Arrested over N100k fraud
Cyriacus Izuekwe A 38-year-old son of a senior legal practitioner, Adeniyi Oriade, has been arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrates’…
45 Boko Haram suspects arested in Lagos
Cyriacus Izuekwe Forty-five people suspected to be members of Boko Haram who reportedly planned to bomb Dolphin Estate in Ikoyi,…
Lagos APC condemns Disu’s murder, says killers must be arrested
Kazeem Ugbodaga The Lagos State chapter of the All Progressives Congress,APC, has condemned the gruesome assassination of the Managing Director…
Unilag staff arrested for registration fraud
Cyriacus Izuekwe Cyriacus Izuekwe A man who claimed to be a staff of the University of Lagos has been arrested…
Suspected kidnappers of VC’s son, others arrested
Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Men of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested four persons suspected to be behind the abduction…
Two suspected cultists arrested for robbery
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Nemesis caught up with two suspected cultists in Ogun State as they were arrested by the Police operatives…
Bulama Modu, Boko Haram kingpin and 42 others arrested
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigerian troops fighting Boko Haram insurgents along Banki axis of Borno State, North East Nigeria, recorded a major…
Man buys car with dud cheque
Cyriacus Izuewkwe A 27-year-old man, Olatunbosun Kehinde, has been arrested and charged before Isolo Magistrates’ court for allegedly issuing a…
Kidnapped professor rescued, suspect arrested
Nasarawa State Police Command on Friday rescued Prof. Emmanuel Ogundele of the University of Agriculture, Makurdi, who was abducted by…
Five suspected robbers arrested
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Robbers and other criminals are now facing hard times in Ogun as police detectives attached to Sagamu on…
Nigerian bolts with goods from USA, arrested in Lagos
Yusuf Muhammed A Nigerian identified as Audi Shehu Usman has been arrested by the police in Lagos State, southwest Nigeria,…
Pastor arrested over missing 4-yr-old girl
Cyriacus Izuekwe Pastor Michael Balogun of the Cherubim and Seraphim Church, Ejigbo, where a 4-year-old girl was stolen, has been…