Tag: arrests
Dozens arrested in Croatian university bribe case
Police on Friday arrested 39 people in connection with an extensive bribery case at a Croatian university where students are…
Hoodlums On The Rampage In Ogun, Injure 7
Abiodun Onafuye/Abeokuta Hoodlums went on the rampage Thursday in Abeokuta, the Ogun state capital, southwest Nigeria. They invaded two motor…
French police bust Nigerian prostitution ring
French police have arrested seven people suspected of procuring Nigerian prostitutes who worked across France, judicial sources said Friday. The…
Nigeria’s ‘yahoo yahoo’ boys arrested
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested twenty suspected internet fraudsters, otherwise called yahoo-yahoo boys. The arrest which…
60 suspected oil thieves arrested in Lagos
Kazeem Ugbodaga Officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDCs, have arrested 60 persons suspected of siphoning petrol…
N1.5b scam: Bank Manager, Lagos Speaker’s aide arrested
Nigeria’s Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has arrested a former manager with Intercontinental Bank Plc( now Access Bank), Mr. Olayinka…
Africans face hell in Greece
ATHENS (AFP) – Stuck in a small Athens flat all day to avoid being caught by police, earning another stint…
Cocaine hidden in steam roller
Cocaine hidden in a ship; cocaine liquified and then packed as coconut milk, cocaine hidden inside pendants or ingested—innumerable tactics…
4 arrested over money laundering rules violations
The Managing Director of NICON Properties, Wuse Abuja, Mr. Yahaya Atai Odoma and the Accountant of the company, Mr. Rufai…
Another beer joint bombed in Jalingo
Ben Adaji/Jalingo Another bomb explosion at a drinking joint in Jalingo, capital of Nigeria’s north eastern state of Taraba, has…
Nigerian army explains Zaria explosions
The Nigerian army has explained the reason for the bomb explosions and the gun fire that rocked the Nigerian northern…
4 Boko Haram suspects killed, 3 Arrested in raids
The Joint Task Force (JTF) on Operation Restore Order said on Saturday that it had killed four and arrested three…
Single mum arrested with wraps of hard drugs
Nigeria’s National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), said in Lagos on Saturday that it has arrested four suspects, including a…
Illegal siren users to be arrested
Nigeria’s Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar has ordered all state Commissioners of Police to enforce the ban on the…
17 trucks laden with stolen fuel arrested
The Special Task Force on Anti-Pipeline vandalism constituted by the Inspector General of Police, Mr Mohammed Abubakar, has intercepted 17…