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A policeman who had a s3xual affair with a defendant he arrested while on duty has been jailed for two-and-a-half years in prison.  Officer Adam Jones engaged in consensual s3xual relationships with two women whilst pursuing a third all of whom were involved with him in a policing capacity, a judge was told. The 40-year-old officer, who was a full-time …

Police have arrested a 48-year-old Nigerian man and his 33-year-old South African girlfriend on charges of unlawful possession of drugs and dealing in drugs.    The duo was nabbed on Wednesday, December 18, 2024, by South Africa’s Directorate for Priority Crime Investigation, also known as the Hawks, in collaboration with the North West provincial drug task team and Lichtenburg K9 …

Police detectives from Zone 7 Police Command Headquarters, Abuja, have arrested a 26-year-old man, Emeka Marcel Nweke, for allegedly creating a Facebook page with the name of the Executive Secretary of Tertiary Education Trust Fund (TETFUND), Architect Sony Echono, to defraud members of the public. The Assistant Inspector General (AIG) of Police, Benneth Igweh, confirmed the arrest of the suspect …

A 17-year-old student of Olabisi Onabanjo University has been arrested for allegedly stealing phones and attempting to sell them.  This was disclosed in a statement by the Ago-Iwoye police division.  The boy named Sobando Semilore was nabbed on Dec. 17, 2024, allegedly with a Samsung S21 valued at ₦350,000 and an iPhone 14 Pro Max worth ₦650,000, belonging to Muktapha …

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Zamfara State Command, has arrested a man identified as Mohammed Dauda Islmail, who was in possession of counterfeit currency amounting to $7,000.   The Commandant of the Corps in Zamfara State, Sani Mustapha, disclosed this while parading the suspect at the Command Headquarters in Gusau, the state capital. He said that on …

A 40-year-old Nigerian man identified simply as Johnson, has been arrested in Delhi, India for allegedly suping a woman from Rajnandgaon, Chhattisgarh, on a matrimonial site.    The accused was apprehended by the Rajnandgaon police after he allegedly swindled the woman of N9,100,000 by proposing marriage to her.   Police revealed that Johnson had been living in Delhi secretly, even …

The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a man identified as Sunday Bidemi for alleged car theft.     The suspect was arrested by operatives attached to the Masaka Division following a tip-off.     The spokesperson of the command, DSP Ramhan Nansel, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, December 16, 2024, said officers recovered a Toyota Corolla …

A 30-year-old Nigerian national has been arrested for allegedly who duping an Indian woman of Rs 4.45 lakh (N8m)   The accused, Mathew Emeka was arrested from Delhi on Sunday, December 15, 2024, by Wayanad police in Kerala.   According to the police, the accused tricked the resident of Nenmeni by claiming to have sent dollars as a gift and …

A 16-year-old boy in New Mexico is in custody following an alleged quadruple homicide involving his family, police confirmed on Sunday, December 15.    The Valencia County Sheriff’s Office received a 911 call early Saturday, December 14, from a male minor who reportedly told the dispatcher, “he had k!lled his family,” according to a statement by New Mexico State Police. …

Police Operatives attached to the 3-3 Divisional Headquarters on Friday, December 13, arrested one Alfred Bassey (M) aged 40 and native of Abi in Cross River State over the tragic loss of his seven year old child at a Construction site along Trans- Nkisi Layout, Onitsha.    Confirming the arrest to newsmen, the command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, said preliminary …