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Three men aged between 20 and 22 have been arrested in connection with the grisly m8rder of a 17-year-old girl, Koketso Ramahlo in South Africa.   Koketso’s partially burnt body was discovered in a street near her home in Hammanskraal, Gauteng province on New Year’s Day.    The suspects will appear in court on Tuesday, January 7, to face murder …

The police have arrested 17 suspects in connection with the m8rder of one Uromchi Okorocha over alleged witchcraft in Enohia Itim village, Afikpo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State.     It was gathered that local youths accused Okorocha of k!lling several people through the use of witchcraft.      The Force Public Relations Officer, ACP Muyiwa Adejobi, who disclosed …

A woman got her husband and his new wife-to-be arrested two days to the couple’s traditional wedding in Abia State for allegedly abandoning her and their children.  An activist with Behind Bar Human Rights Foundation, Abia state chapter, Ochiegbu Marvelous, disclosed this in a Facebook post on Sunday, January 5, 2025. He said the man and his bride-to-be were later …

The Nigerian Army has refuted claims accusing the military of illegal detention and alleged mistreatment of a POS operator, Nansak Selbar on the order of one Major General Nansak Shagaya.     It was gathered that Selbar, also a school teacher was arrested at his duty post in Nyak Government Secondary School, Ajikamai in Shendam Local Government Area of Plateau …

A registered nurse in Virginia has been arrested in connection with a twisted attack that left a vulnerable newborn in a hospital’s neonatal intensive care unit with an “unexplainable fracture” in November.  The 26-year-old suspect, Erin Elizabeth Ann Strotman, was booked into the Henrico County Jail on charges of malicious wounding and child abuse that caused serious injury around 1:15 a.m. Friday, …

A convicted human trafficker, Uadiale Christiana Jacob, also known as Christy Evan Osagie and Christy Gold, has been arrested by officers of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.   The arrest, which took place on December 31, 2024, was carried out by operatives of the Nigeria Immigration Service …

The Kano State Police Command has dismantled a female-led syndicate of thieves and arrested five suspects.      The spokesperson of the command, SP Abdullahi Haruna Kiyawa, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, January 2, 2024, said the gang is led by Shamsiyya Adamu, a 19-year-old resident of Brigade Quarters Kano.      According to the PPRO, Shamsiyya, …

The police in Delta state have arrested a man identified as Mr Okandeji for allegedly hiring thugs to assault his daughter’s boyfriend, 35-year-old Ochuko Ikolo, resulting in the latter’s de@th.   Human Rights activist, Comrade Israel Joe, who disclosed this on social media, said the incident occurred on December 12, 2024, at Bright Hope Street in Uvwie Local Government Area …

An X user has shared the story of a Nigerian man who was allegedly arrested on his hospital bed after kidnappers sent money to his bank account and asked him to transfer it to another account they gave him.    One Ogunmusi disclosed this on Thursday, January 2, after a lawyer advised people not to do the same.   “Don’t …

An elderly man has been arrested for allegedly sending an individual to steal a baby to gouge his eyes out for ritual purposes.   Operatives from the Bompai Police Station apprehended the man identified as Malam Yahaya from the Utoro community in Kano State, after an individual, whom he had allegedly “hypnotised”, was caught attempting to abduct the child.  The “hypnotised” …