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A 36 years old man Kingsley Essien has been arrested by men of Ogun state police command for allegedly trafficking his wife to Mali for prostitution and subsequently selling her 2-year-old son at the rate of N600,000. A statement released by DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson of the state polie command, …

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Patricia Etteh has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.    Etteh who is the only woman in the country’s history to have been elected Speaker, was arrested over allegation of fraud involving a Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) contract.   She …

Police officers in India have arrested a Nigerian national who was allegedly found wandering in a ”semi-undressed” state in Bengaluru, Karnataka.     The man identified simply as James,33, a resident of Hennur Cross in Bengaluru, was arrested by Sampigehalli police on Monday and taken up further investigation.    According to police, the …

The Lagos State Police has said that everyone involved in the lynching and burning of a sound engineer in Lekki, Lagos, have been arrested.   David, a father-of-two, was mobbed by commercial motorcyclists alongside two of his friends (read here).   The friends are in hospital in critical condition. David …

Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, CP Umar Mamman Sanda, has appealed to the general public to be calm as the police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Alhaji Musa Hussaini Gwabba, the chairman of All Progressives Congress in Bauchi Local Government Area of the state.    Spokesperson of the …

Two suspected bandits arrested for kidnapping a man in Bandoko community, Kaduna State, have said their initial plan was to abduct and gang-rape the victim’s wife.    Force Public Relations Officer, CSP Muyiwa Adejobi, in a statement said the suspects, Abdurahman Lolo and Muhammed Sanni, were arrested by the operatives of the …

The suspect during arrest  Police has arrested a 40-year-old woman accused of hiring hitmen to kill her husband in Northern Cape, South Africa.    Police spokesperson, Captain Olebogeng Tawana, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday May 15, said a joint operation executed by members of Provincial Organised Crime and …

The Sokoto State Police Command has debunked a publication claiming that it categorized one of the suspects arrested for the murder of Shagari College of Education student, as a foreigner from Niger Republic who came in illegally to perpetrate the act.   Deborah Samuel, a level-two student was killed by a mob over …

Some Muslim youths in Sokoto State, this morning May 14, filed out in their numbers to demand the release of the two suspects arrested by the police in connection with the murder of Deborah Samuel.   A student of Shehu Shagari College of Education, Deborah was killed on Thursday, May 12, …

Kinkiba was reportedly arrested near a hideout used by kidnappers who terrorise residents in the Galadimawa axis of Giwa Local Government of the state. Reports have it that the Councilor was carrying the gun on a motorcycle when he was accosted by security operatives. A vigilante source who spoke to …