Popular Nigerian musician, Ice Prince has been arrested by the Lagos state police command, for assaulting a police officer. It was learnt that at about 3a.m on Friday, the popular musician Oleku crooner was flagged down by police officers for…
Neighbours in court for allegedly raping a minor and giving her R5
Two elderly neighbours aged 68 and 71, are set to appear at the Bolobedu magistrate court in Limpopo on Friday 26 August 2022 for allegedly raping a 12-year-old child on different occasions and silencing her with a R5 coin. The…
Police take over NNPP secretariat in Borno, arrest leader
Armed security personnel suspected to be policemen on Thursday morning invaded and took over the New Nigeria Peoples Party secretariat in Maiduguri, Borno state capital few days to unveiling of the State office located around Abbaganaram ward of the metropolis.…
3 arrested, 20 corpses recovered from Edo shrine
The Edo State Police Command at about midnight on Wednesday said it busted a ritual shrine in a building along Asoro slope, off Ekenhua Road, Uzebu quarters in Benin, recovering 20 mummified bodies and arresting three male suspects. The Command,…
Fake Soldier arrested with N720k in Niger
A fake soldier has been arrested with military camouflage and cash of N720,000, according to police authorities. The suspect, said to have been parading himself as a military officer, was sighted along the Ibeto area of Nasko, Magama Local Government…
Saudi police arrest citizen who helped Israeli journalist sneak into Mecca
Saudi Arabian police in Mecca have arrested a citizen on suspicion of helping an Israeli journalist enter Muslim sacred places in the holy city. Mecca’s police said in a statement on Friday that a Saudi citizen was “complicit” in helping…
Police arrest vehicle loaded with 135 parcels of Indian Hemp
The Kano State Police Command, said it arrested a vehicle loaded with 135 parcels of dried leaves suspected to be cannabis sativa (Indian Hemp). The command’s Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, made the disclosure in a statement on…
Man arrested for planting drug in orphan’s bag
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, has arrested a suspected human trafficker, Matthew Bassey, who recruited an orphan, Gift Eno, for drug trafficking. Bassey, a native of Oron Local Government Area, Akwa…
Sallah: 2 men arrested for stealing ram in Ogun
Police operatives have arrested two men for stealing a Sallah ram in the Ogijo area of Ogun State. In a statement on Thursday, Police Public Relations Officer in the state, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspects were arrested following a report…
Zimbabwe arrests Journalist over tweet on President
Before his arrest Monday, ZimLive editor Mduduzi Mathuthu had been in hiding for about two weeks. He got worried after unidentified people had come to his home in the city of Bulawayo, saying police were looking for him. But Mathuthu,…