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The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a notorious car snatcher, Mohammed Bashir.    Spokesperson for the command, SP Ahmed Mohammed Wakil, in a statement on Thursday January 5, said Bashir, 32, of Mariri Area of Kano state, was arrested by operatives attached to ‘B’ Divisional Police headquarters.   According …

A suspected criminal has been apprehended by operatives of the Western Security Network Agency, Amotekun, Osun, for allegedly being a member of a kidnap gang terrorising some parts of Edo State.   Anetor Destiny was arrested on January 1, 2023, in Ila Orangun and reportedly confessed to the crime.   Amitolu Shittu, …

The Bauchi State Police Command says 12 suspected kidnappers and bandits were neutralised during a raid in Alkaleri Local Government Area of the state.   Spokesperson of the command, SP Ahmad Mohammed Wakil, who disclosed this in a statement on Monday, December 19, 2022, said that a joint operation of …

Editor’s Note: A version of this story first appeared in CNN’s Meanwhile in the Middle East newsletter, a three-times-a-week look inside the region’s biggest stories. Sign up here. CNN  —  An Iranian official’s comment signaling that the country’s notorious morality police had been shut down has raised more questions than …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has declared an Abuja drug lord, Ibrahim Momoh a.ka. ‘Ibrahim Bendel’ wanted.   Spokesperson of the agency, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday, December 4, 2022, said the suspect is an ex-convict who escaped from jail in 2020.    “Operatives stormed the warehouse …

The Kaduna government has confirmed the death of a dreaded bandit leader, identified as Kachalla Gudau. Naija News reports that the bandit leader was killed on Sunday, November 13, 2022, by the troops of the Nigerian Army. A statement issued by the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home …

A notorious bandit leader called, Dogo Maikasuwa,popularly known as Dogo Millionaire, has been killed but Nigerian security forces. The death of Dogo Millionaire, whose gang operated in Chikun, Kajuru Local Government areas in Kaduna State, was made known by the Kaduna State Commissioner for Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel …

Security Forces have neutralized a notorious bandit commander ‘Dogo Maikasuwa’ terrorizing communities in Kaduna State.  The State Commissioner of Internal Security and Home Affairs, Samuel Aruwan, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, November 11, 2022, shared a blurred photograph of the neutralized bandit leader.  Aruwan said the development was …

Operatives of Ijora Badia Division of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested four suspects who specialize in stealing vehicles and dismantling them for onward sales as spare parts.    The suspects, Alafia Afiwajuomo, Ganiyu Tajudeen, Olamilekan Hassan and Lucky Esomojumi were arrested at Igamu under bridge following a painstaking …

Videos obtained by Reuters show a massive fire rising from the Evin prison in Tehran, where many political dissidents and foreign nationals are held. Explosions and gunshots can also be heard in the videos.