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Bandits? informants, gunrunner and cattle rustlers arrested as police repel attacks on Zamfara communities

Bandits? informants, gunrunner and cattle rustlers arrested as police repel attacks on Zamfara communities

Zamfara State Police Command has arrested suspected bandits’ informants, cattle rustlers, and a gunrunner.    The suspects were arrested by the Police Tactical Operatives during intelligence led operations conducted in some criminal hideouts in the State.    The state Commissioner of Police, CP Kolo Yusuf, who disclosed this on Wednesday, …

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Nigerian man arrested in Cambodia for allegedly defrauding woman of $5,000 on Facebook

Nigerian man arrested in Cambodia for allegedly defrauding woman of $5,000 on Facebook

A 37-year-old Nigerian man has been arrested in Phnom Penh, Cambodia for allegedly defrauding a woman of $5,000 on Facebook.      The suspect identified simply as ‘Kel Chi’ was arrested on Tuesday morning, October 11, 2022 by the light criminal police department of the Ministry of Interior and sent to the Phnom …

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Soldier arrested for allegedly stealing ammunition and selling them to Boko Haram members and bandits (video)

Soldier arrested for allegedly stealing ammunition and selling them to Boko Haram members and bandits (video)

A serving Nigerian Army private; Emmanuel Iorliam of the 156 Task Force Battalion, Mainok in Borno state, has been arrested for gun running.     Iorliam who hails from Benue state, allegedly steals arms and ammunition from his base which he sells to Bandits, Boko Haram members, and kidnappers. He …

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Three brothers and one other arrested for robbery in Ogun

Three brothers and one other arrested for robbery in Ogun

Operatives of Ogun State Police Command have arrested three brothers and one other for carrying out series of robbery operations in Ijebu ode area of Ogun state.  The suspects identified as Hammed Jagbojagbo, Idris Jagbojagbo, Tobi Jagbojagbo, and Tosin Ogundeko were arrested following a distress call received at Igbeba divisional headquarters …

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Two suspected internet fraudsters arrested in Ogun for allegedly killing 40-year-old man for money ritual

Two suspected internet fraudsters arrested in Ogun for allegedly killing 40-year-old man for money ritual

Operatives of Ogun state Police Command have arrested two suspected internet fraudsters popularly called yahoo Boys after they killed a 40 year old man, Abdullahi Azeez , cut him to pieces and used him for ‘money-making’ ritual. A statement released by SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson of the state police command, says the …

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Ex-footballer arrested at Lagos airport for cocaine trafficking

Ex-footballer arrested at Lagos airport for cocaine trafficking

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested an ex-footballer, Okafor Emmanuel Junior at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Ikeja, Lagos, on his arrival from Sao Paulo, Brazil via Addis Ababa on board an Ethiopian airlines flight with 1.40kg crack cocaine concealed in his bags.   Spokesperson …

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Decomposed bodies of two missing women found buried in office of Kwara doctor arrested for murder of his girlfriend and cab driver

Decomposed bodies of two missing women found buried in office of Kwara doctor arrested for murder of his girlfriend and cab driver

Decomposed bodies of two women have been found in a shallow grave in the office of a medical doctor, Abass Adio Adebowale Adeyemi, in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara state.    It would be recalled that the suspect, who hails from Offa LGA of Kwara State, was arrested for killing …

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