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A dramatic scene unfolded at the Pretoria Magistrates Court when a Free State woman confronted and apprehended a man she accused of defrauding her of R800,000 from her pension money.    As 60-year-old Thabo Chele stepped off the dock after appearing for a separate fraud case, the woman grabbed him by the arm and demanded her money, declaring, “I have …

Detectives of the Ondo State Police Command have arrested a 40-year old man, Elvis Mbekwe, for allegedly beating his 28-year old girlfriend to d3ath after their Valentine’s Day celebration went sour.    Mbekwe was accused of beating his lover, Uchenna Akujobi, who lived in his house, with a fist blow and a horsewhip, which eventually led to her d3ath.   …

The South African police minister has been ordered to pay R800,000 in damages to a man who was wrongfully arrested and detained for allegedly r@ping a neighbour’s child.    The case, which has drawn widespread attention, involved a man who, due to a childhood accident at the age of 12, lacks genitalia, making the accusation biologically impossible.   The man, …

Police bodycam footage shows the moment after a mother and father allegedly tried to strangle their teenage daughter in an “honor k!lling”  Ihsan Ali, 44, and his wife Zahraa Subhi Mohsin Ali, 40, were charged with attempted murd£r, attempted kidnapping, and assault after the attack on October 18, 2024.  The girl, 17, who was not named, ran away from home to Timberline High School …

The Edo State Police Command has arrested a member of a local vigilante in Benin City for allegedly k!lling an artisan identified as Lasan Osaze Erhabor and setting his corpse ablaze after falsely labeling him a thief.    The spokesperson of the command, Moses Yamu, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, February 23, 2025, in Benin City.   Yamu …

Gombe State Police Command has arrested a fake police officer, Vincent Ojo for alleged impersonation and being in possession of dry leaves suspected to be Indian Hemp.   Spokesperson of the command, DSP Buhari Abdullahi, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, February 23, 2025, said the suspect, Vincent Ojo,52, is a resident in Old Rukuba Qtrs Area of …

An elderly British couple have reportedly been arrested by the Taliban for ‘teaching good parenting skills to mothers’ in Afghanistan.    According to Mail Online, Peter, 79, and Barbie Reynolds, 75, were arrested on February 1 after they returned to their home in the Bamiyan province.    The couple, who have been running training schools in Afghanistan for the last 18 years, …

Nigerian businesswoman and reality TV star Laura Ikeji has proposed that women married to men involved in internet fraud, otherwise called Yahoo Boys, should be arrested. She argued that the wives of these men should be arrested alongside their men when the law catches up with them. Taking to her Instagram story to put forward her argument, Laura, who is …

An Attempt by a 24-year-old Thai lady, Ms. Pattaphi Wimonnat, to smuggle 43 parcels of Canadian Loud, a synthetic strain of cannabis, weighing 46.60 kilograms into Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, MMIA, Ikeja Lagos, has been thwarted by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, who arrested her after discovering the illicit consignment in her boxes. …

The spokesperson of the Nigeria Police Force, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has denied claims that the police is using the Cybercrime act 2024 to witchhaunt specific persons in the country.    In a video shared online on Saturday, February 22, Adejobi stated that contrary to opinions, the police has not arrested anyone criticizing the government, the Inspector General of Police IGP …