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South African authorities have arrested a Nigerian national accused of orchestrating a sophisticated fraud scheme that swindled millions from victims worldwide.   Nwachimere Collins Ofoegbu, 55, was arrested in Sandton on February 10, 2025, following an extensive investigation by the Hawks’ Serious Commercial Crime Unit.  Ofoegbu appeared in the Randburg Magistrates Court on February 11 and will face charges including …

A British FIFA official has reportedly been arrested while on a work trip in the United States after allegedly arranging to meet a 14-year-old boy for sx.  Jack Edward Coles, 39, was reportedly detained by federal agents at a hotel near FIFA’s offices in Miami having attempted to meet the child last week.  FIFA confirmed it was aware of the case but stressed …

A Berlin-based palliative care doctor is suspected of k!lling at least 10 people, more than double the number initially assumed, the public prosecutors office said on Tuesday, Feb. 11. Prosecutors had at first identified four victims in the case, but later raised the number to eight. The prosecution spokesman, Michael Petzold said they now believe the 40-year-old man, who is in custody, …

The Plateau State Police Command has arrested two suspected hoodlums in connection with the m8rder of a serving member of the National Youth Service Corps, identified as Safwan Adamu Fade, to death in Pankshin Local Government Area of the state.    The state Commissioner of Police, Emmanuel Adesina, who confirmed the incident at the Command’s headquarters in Jos on Tuesday, …

The Abia State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has apprehended three suspects for oil pipeline vandalism, oil theft, and illegal dealings in petroleum products. The arrests were made in Umuowaga Umuelechi Obuzo Asa, located in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State.   Acting on credible intelligence, the NSCDC’s Anti-Vandal Patrol team swiftly responded …

In a recent interview on the Afrobeats Podcast, Uganda music star Bebe Cool stated that he had no hand in the infamous arrest of Nigerian superstars Tems and Omah Lay. Readers will recall that in 2020 both stars were arrested in Uganda and prosecuted by the state police over allegations of breaking COVID-19 protocols after the Nigerian artists were invited …

A 32-year-old foreign national has been tracked down and arrested by Reaction Unit South Africa (RUSA) 17 hours after she dumped her newborn baby near the manhole of a stormwater drain.      A Reaction Officer on Bike Patrol on Wick Street in the Verulam – CBD found the girl hanging on the edge of a manhole leading to a …

A 42-year-old Nigerian man has been arrested for allegedly k!lling his Spanish wife, Catalina, 48, in Benalmádena, a town in Costa del Sol, Spain.     The Nigerian identified as Augustine also set fire to the family home, where the victim lived with the couple’s three children – all minors – and another son from a previous relationship.    The …

Emrich Effanga’s brother, guitarist Fiokee has narrated how his sister was k!lled by her boyfriend whom she met in church. Fiokee explained his sister met Ndifreke Isaiah in church and he wooed her. However, in a short while, his sister realised he was not the godly man he portrayed himself as, so she told him she wasn’t interested in the relationship anymore. Fiokee …

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command has arrested a suspected hoodlum, Wisdom Obi for unlawful possession of firearms.     Force spokesperson, ACP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, February 9, 2025, said the suspect was apprehended while riding an unregistered motorcycle at Abule Ado bus stop along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway in Amuwo Odofin.   …