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Police authorities in Abia State have confirmed the arrest and detention of the General Overseer of Agape Evangelical Ministry popularly called Bishop Timothy Otu over the death of a female evangelist, Happiness Echieze, attached to a Pentecostal church in Aba.   The lady evangelist who is a mother of five …

Police authorities in Abia State have confirmed the arrest and detention of the General Overseer of Agape Evangelical Ministry popularly called Bishop Timothy Otu over the death of a female evangelist, Happiness Echieze, attached to a Pentecostal church in Aba.   The lady evangelist who is a mother of five …

The command also recovered three firearms with two live cartridges, one mini truck, a laptop, 11 assorted phones, household items and goods among other incriminating exhibits. The Command’s Spokesman, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, in a statement on Wednesday in Enugu, said that the period covered between July 14 and Aug. 14, …

The Adamawa State Police Command has arrested three suspected members of a criminal gang, Shila Boys, over the murder of a 37-year-old man, Umar Abdulkadir.    Umar was killed last week near his place of residence in Ajiya Street, a community in Jimeta, Yola North Local Government Area of the …

Veteran Nigerian actor, Chinwetalu Agu has recounted his dramatic arrest for wearing a Biafran outfit and the outcry that followed at the time. Naija News recalls that in 2021, a video had emerged online showing some soldiers harassing the movie star for putting on Biafra attire. But the Nigerian army, in …

Men of the Ondo state police command have arrested a 45-year-old man identified as Bankole Oginni for allegedly killing his girlfriend in his room in Akure, the state capital.   Confirming the incident to newsmen, the spokesperson of the command, SP Funmilayo Odunlami-Omisanya, said the suspect who claims to be …

Detectives at the anti-crime unit of the Ondo State Police Command have arrested 26-year-old Franklin Akinyosuyi, a suspected internet fraudster otherwise known as ‘Yahoo boy’ with a human skull and fetish items in Ondo town, the headquarters of Ondo West Local Government Area of the state.     The suspect …

The Delta State Police Command has arrested an acclaimed female pastor and wife of a kidnap gang leader, Franca Okuzor, in connection with the kidnaping of a woman in Nkwani Local Government Area of the state.    Spokesperson of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, who disclosed this in a statement …

Controversial Social media influencer, Andrew Tate has won his appeal in a Romanian court to be released from house arrest pending trial.   The Bucharest Court of Appeals said in a written ruling on Friday, August 4 that it “replaces the house arrest measure with that of judicial control for a …

Operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested 15 suspected kidnappers, bandits, cattle rustlers, including two female informants terrorising Ningi Local Government Area of the state and neutralised many others.    The state Commissioner of Police, CP Auwal Musa Muhammad, disclosed this at the police headquarters on Thursday, August …