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The Katsina State Police Command has arrested two suspected kidnappers who abducted and k!lled a 12-year-old boy in Dankama, Kaita Local Government Area of the state after his parents failed to pay N25m they demanded for his release.    The spokesperson of the command,  DSP Abubakar Sadiq, who paraded the suspects alongside other criminals before journalists at the command headquarters …

Operatives of the Onipanu Division of the Ogun State police have arrested a 59-year-old security guard, identified as Olaitan Matthew, for allegedly stealing electric motor parts belonging to a company he works for.   Matthew, who works as a security guard at the company located in Tomori, Animashaun Estate, in the Ota area of the state, was arrested at about 4:30 …

  The police in Ogun state on Monday January 13, arrested two young men identified as Opeyemi Ibrahim and Dimeji Bakare, for allegedly obtaining goods under false pretences from one Christopher Chukwuma of Ijebu North Local Government Area.   The two young men said to be without reasonable means of income, were apprehended while allegedly trying to fraudulently purchase clothes …

Security personnel, suspected to be from the Department of State Services (DSS), have allegedly arrested Kaduna-based activist and political commentator Mahdi Shehu.    According to Daily Trust, Shehu was apprehended at his clinic in Unguwar Dosa around 11:00 a.m. by plainclothes operatives.   There has been no official statement from the security agencies regarding the arrest. The publication, however, reported …

The Nigerian Navy (NN) personnel under Operation Delta Sanity II have arrested two suspects during a raid of pirates’ and kidnappers’ camp in Fununu community in Brass Local Government Area of Bayelsa State.   The Director of Naval Information (DINFO), Commodore Aiwuyor Adams-Aliu, in a statement said the raid carried out on Saturday, January 11, 2025, was part of efforts …

The Benue State Police Command has uncovered two gun manufacturing factories and arrested three suspects in Guma and Kwande Local government Areas of the state.      The State Commissioner of Police, CP Steve Yabanet, disclosed this during a press briefing at the command headquarters in Makurdi on Tuesday, January 14, 2025, three other suspects were arrested for armed robbery …

Woman arrested for allegedly using razor blade to inflict injury on ten-year-old boy because he stole N600.   The police in Ogun state have arrested a middle-aged woman identified as Odeale Fatimah for using a razor blade to inflict injuries on a ten-year-old boy identified as Olasunkanmi Oluwadamilara,    A statement released by the spokesperson of the command, SP Omolola …

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of three suspects linked to the ass@ult and molest@tion of a young lady at Don Maserati Classic Boutique on Lagos Island in the State.   A video that went viral over the weekend showed the men flogging the salesgirl who was accused of theft at the boutique. The Police, however, said …

Detectives from the Lagos State Command have arrested three young men in connection with the de@th of their Facebook lover in the Surulere area of the state.    Although the identities of the suspects were not disclosed, Commissioner of Police Olanrewaju Ishola confirmed their arrest, revealing that the suspects extorted N300,000 from one of their victims before the murder took …

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 17-year-old boy, Jamiu Adebayo, for allegedly def!ling his neighbour’s eight-year-old daughter in the Aregbe area of Abeokuta.    It was gathered that the suspect reportedly lured the minor into his parents’ sitting room, instructed her to remove her underwear and then def!led her.   Spokesperson of the command, Omolola Odutola, who confirmed …