The Police Command in Lagos State has arrested a 36-year-old man for allegedly attempting to run away with his boss’ car after dropping her off at the market. The Command’s spokesperson, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed this to the News Agency…
Troops arrest 47 suspected rail track vandals in Kaduna
Troops of 1 Division Nigerian Army, Kaduna, while on routine patrol along Kakau Daji-Anguwan Ayaba, intercepted and arrested 47 suspected rail track vandals on Wednesday, June 26, 2024. The suspects, who had loaded two trucks with the vandalised rail tracks…
Police arrest 21 suspected armed robbers, cultists in Ekiti
The Police Command in Ekiti State has arrested 21 suspects in connection with the recent killings and other crimes in the state. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that four people, including a commercial motorcycle ticket agent, were recently…
Retired Anambra teacher arrested for sexually molesting boys
A retired teacher, Mr Ike Okoye, resident of Isuofia, Aguata Local Government Area has been apprehended by the Anambra State Government through the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare in collaboration with operatives of Operation Clean and Healthy Anambra for…
Soldiers’ killing: Military, family bicker over arrest of Abia community leader
The military high command and family members of President-General of Umuaku Isuochi in Umunneochi Local Government Area of Abia State, Obinna Obi, have locked horns over arrest of the community leader. While the Nigerian Army said Obinna was arrested for…
Man stabs girlfriend to death in Lagos
A 47-year-old man, Emmanuel Chukwuma, has been arrested by the Lagos State police for stabbing his 45-year-old girlfriend, Bosede Adefehinti, to death on 7th Avenue, Festac. According to information gathered, the man, popularly known as Oliver on the street, was…
Former Peruvian soldiers get prison in rapes of teenagers during country’s armed conflict
Ten men were convicted Wednesday in Peru for raping nine teenagers while serving in the military during the country’s armed conflict decades ago. Judge Marco Angulo, of Peru’s First Superior Criminal Court, ordered the former soldiers to serve time in…
NSCDC dismantles illegal refining sites in Abia, arrests 14
With renewed vigour and relentless determination in the fight against crude oil theft and protection of Critical National Assets and Infrastructure (CNAI) across the nation, the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Commandant General’s (CG) Special Intelligence Squad (SIS)…
Couple, accomplice arrested for alleged human trafficking in Anambra
Anambra State Government through the Ministry of Women and Social Welfare has handed a couple and an accomplice to the police over alleged human trafficking in Ifitedunu, Dunukofia Local Government Area of the state. This was made known in a…
APC demands arrest of Kwankwaso over Boko Haram claim against FG
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has called on the security agencies to arrest and investigate former presidential candidate of the New Nigeria Peoples Party (NNPP) in the 2023 elections, Engr. Rabiu Kwankwaso over accusation that the Federal Government was breeding…