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Facebook user, Ebi Willaims Sinte has narrated how he and his friend were allegedly robbed at gun point by one of the suspected armed robbers arrested in Bayelsa.   The suspects, Zion Kientei and Solomon Deizigha, were nabbed inside a tricycle during a Stop and Search Operations at the Isaac Boro Express Way, Yenagoa.  …

Operatives of the Enugu Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested an outdoor advertisement executive over political advertisements that appeared in two billboards bearing the name and logo of the Commission.   According to EFCC, the two Super 48 Sheet Billboards located at Otigba and Zik …

The Lagos state police command has said that under the new total ban on motorcycles in the state which takes effect on June 1st, passengers and riders alike will be arrested and prosecuted.   The spokesperson of the command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, disclosed this on his Twitter handle this evening. Read …

The Police Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has warned Nigerians against buying items from the street or uncertified vendors.   He gave the advice while reacting to a Twitter thread by a lady who was arrested and is now been detained for buying a stolen recharge card in Osun. The lady …

Operatives of the Adamawa State Police Command have killed three suspected kidnappers, arrested two others and rescued a victim in a joint operation with hunters in Fufore Local Government Area of the state.   Spokesperson of the command, SP Suleiman Nguroji, who disclosed this in a statement, said two double barrel guns, …

A 36 years old man Kingsley Essien has been arrested by men of Ogun state police command for allegedly trafficking his wife to Mali for prostitution and subsequently selling her 2-year-old son at the rate of N600,000. A statement released by DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, spokesperson of the state polie command, …

Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Patricia Etteh has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.    Etteh who is the only woman in the country’s history to have been elected Speaker, was arrested over allegation of fraud involving a Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC) contract.   She …

Police officers in India have arrested a Nigerian national who was allegedly found wandering in a ”semi-undressed” state in Bengaluru, Karnataka.     The man identified simply as James,33, a resident of Hennur Cross in Bengaluru, was arrested by Sampigehalli police on Monday and taken up further investigation.    According to police, the …

The Lagos State Police has said that everyone involved in the lynching and burning of a sound engineer in Lekki, Lagos, have been arrested.   David, a father-of-two, was mobbed by commercial motorcyclists alongside two of his friends (read here).   The friends are in hospital in critical condition. David …

Bauchi State Commissioner of Police, CP Umar Mamman Sanda, has appealed to the general public to be calm as the police are investigating the circumstances surrounding the death of Alhaji Musa Hussaini Gwabba, the chairman of All Progressives Congress in Bauchi Local Government Area of the state.    Spokesperson of the …