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10,290 suspects arrested on drug charges in 2017 – NBS
The National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) says no fewer than 10,290 arrests were made for drug-related offences at various ports…
Shariah Police arrests 17 over immoral acts
The Kano State Hisbah Board on Wednesday said it arrested 17 persons over immoral behaviours at different locations in the…
Military arrests two suspects for sneaking into IDPs’ camp
Nigerian military authorities said on Sunday that two suspects, who smuggled themselves among the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) brought from…
DSS in harvests of arrests, nabs ISIS recruiter, other suspects
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja Nigeria’s secret police, the State Security Service said on Tuesday that it has arrested Abdussalam Enesi Yunusa, a…
RRS arrests 4, recovers 18 sacks of marijuana
Kazeem Ugbodaga As part of efforts to reduce crime rate in Lagos State, policemen attached to the Rapid Response Squad…
NDLEA arrests journalist, 5 other suspected drug traffickers at MMIA
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Friday said it has arrested a Brazil-based freelance journalist (names withheld) and…
India: 5 arrested over Japanese tourist gang rape
Five people have now been arrested for repeatedly gang-raping and extorting money from a young Japanese tourist held hostage for…
Indian protesters demand arrests in child rape case
Thousands of demonstrators marched Saturday to demand arrests in the case of a six-year-old girl allegedly raped in a school…
5 Suspects arrested over Abuja bombings
Ayorinde Oluokun/Abuja The State Security Service (SSS) also known as Department of State Services (DSS) on Monday paraded five suspects…
2 Britons, 10 Nigerians arrested for crude oil theft
Two Britons and 10 Nigerians have been arrested on charges of trying to bribe a military officer to facilitate oil…
Sacked judge gets court shield from arrest
Nnamdi Felix / Abuja Embattled former Federal High Court judge who was recently sacked by the National Judicial Council, NJC,…
22 Chinese arrested for illegal fishing in Nigeria’s waters
Chinese nationals held in Nigeria for illegal fishing 03/18/2014 16:09 GMT – NIGERIA-CHINA-IMMIGRATION-ARREST – World News (EAA) – AFP PORT…
US Navy arrests Korean ship carrying stolen Libyan crude
US Navy SEALs captured an oil tanker Monday that had loaded crude at a rebel-held port in eastern Libya and…
FIFA World Cup: Hundreds arrested in Brazil fresh protests
Brazilian police fired tear gas and arrested hundreds on Saturday as they dispersed a crowd in Sao Paulo that violently…
Nigeria arrests 4 Chadians on alleged robbery mission
A police patrol team attached to Ikoyi Division has arrested four Chadians along Lugard Avenue, Ikoyi, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, while…
900 kg of cocaine in floating rucksacks seized in Spain
Spanish police seized 900 kilograms (nearly 2,000 pounds) of cocaine in rucksacks found floating in the sea and fitted with…
Lagos chief, 2 others arrested for extortion
Kazeem Ugbodaga A Lagos chief, a 71-year old man and another alleged accomplice have been arrested for alleged extortion over…
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Nigerian with 107 Citi Bank cards arrested at Lagos airport
Simon Ateba/Aviation correspondent A 36-year old Nigerian, with two different international passports, has been arrested at the Murtala Muhammed International…
Cannabis: Malaysia arrests French woman, 4 others
A French woman and four others detained in Malaysia on suspicion of growing cannabis could face the death penalty after…
Police nab 4 robbery suspects, 7 cultists
Stephen Oni/ Ilorin The Nigerian police in the central Nigerian state of Kwara has arrested four armed robbery suspects and…
Murder in Ekiti: Police arrest lawmaker, 3 others
The Nigerian Police in Ekiti State have arrested four persons, including a lawmaker, in connection with the bloody clash in…
Six returnee pilgrims with Boko Haram ties arrested
The 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of six pilgrims, who returned from…
29 oil thieves nabbed, 127 refineries smashed
Nigeria’s Joint Military Task Force (JTF) in the Niger Delta has nabbed 29 oil thieves and destroyed 127 illegal oil…
6 arrested over theft of gold bars on Air France
French police on Friday arrested six men in and around Paris over their suspected involvement in the theft of gold…
Arrests made after fan rampage in Istanbul derby
Turkish police have made 20 arrests and are looking for another 20 people following the pitch invasion that caused the…
5 Civil Defence staff nabbed for petrol theft
The Nigerian police force in the central state of Kwara has arrested five officers of the Nigerian Security Civil Defence…
2 Arrested For Drug Trafficking
Simon Ateba/Lagos Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have apprehended two men in connection with unlawful exportation…
10 Arrested Over OOU Students Protest
Abiodun Onafuye/ Abeokuta No fewer than ten students were arrested by the police Monday when students of Olabisi Onabanjo University,…
Army flushes out Boko Haram, arrests 120 militants
Nigeria’s military said Monday it had re-established control in five remote areas of the northeast where Boko Haram insurgents had…
Money Laundering: EFCC Raids Dubai estate firm
The Special Control Unit Against Money Laundering, SCUML of Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission on Tuesday arrested officials of…