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The Sokoto State Police Command has arrested 22 suspects in connection with various crimes including criminal conspiracy, mischief, theft, vandalism and receiving of stolen properties.    The State Commissioner of Police, CP Ahmad Musa, paraded the suspects at the command headquarters on Friday, October 11, 2024.    According to Musa, the suspects included two persons who vandalized and stole cables …

The Borno State Police Command has re-arrested a convict, Kyari Kur (aka Henry) who escaped from a correctional facility during the recent flooding that ravaged Maiduguri.    The spokesperson of the command, ASP Nahun Kenneth Daso, who disclosed this in a statement on Friday, October 11, 2024, said the 28-year-old convict was arrested in Gubio town following a credible tip-off.  …

The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a fleeing suspect in connection with the gruesome m8rder of a popular Akure-based caterer, Mrs Debbie Adeniyi Iyabode.     LIB reported that the 54-year-old businesswoman was k!lled in her house on Oda Road, Akure on July 25, 2024, five days after celebrating her birthday.     The spokesperson of the command, Funmi …

A woman suspected to be mentally ill was taken to Prince Mshiyeni Memorial Hospital in Durban, South Africa after she climbed up onto a Metro Police vehicle and stripped naked.   In a short video clip of the incident which has gone viral on social media, the woman can be seen on top of the vehicle as it’s driving through …

The 81 Division of the Nigerian Army has commenced investigation into the incident that led to the k!lling of a police officer, Inspector Saka Ganiyu, following an altercation with soldiers in Lagos State.      LIB reported that some soldiers attached to the Ojo Cantonment Barracks attacked Ganiyu after he accosted their colleague for driving against the traffic around Volks …

The Zimbabwe Republic Police (ZRP) has uncovered a WhatsApp group in Harare named “Private Lounge,” which is allegedly being used to promote gay relationships, with over 1,000 members involved.   The discovery came after the arrest of a 25-year-old man from Highfield and a teenage boy, suspected of being involved in a same-sex relationship. The man, who works at a …

The Ogun State Police Command have arrested two brothers, Femi Fagbohun and Kayode Fagbohun, for kidnapping, robbing, and r@ping a 17-year-old girl, Ajiboye Aminat, a resident of Abeokuta.      The victim stated that on June 3, 2024, she had booked an online ride in a Toyota Camry with registration number EKP 352 AE, driven by Femi, from Lekki in …

The High Court of South Africa, Northern Cape Division, sitting in Upington, adjourned the trial of a 35-year-old Nigerian national, Emmanuel Chidi Okafor, who allegedly stabbed a South African police officer to d@ath during an argument.      The spokesperson of the National Prosecuting Authority (NPA) Northern Cape Division, Mojalefa Senokoatsane, in a statement on Wednesday, October 9, 2024, said …

The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old man, Usman Mohammed Iyal, for r@ping and throwing a 16-year-old girl into a well in Katsina Local Government Area of the state.   The spokesperson of the command, ASP Abubakar Aliyu, paraded Usman alongside other suspected criminals on Tuesday, October 8, 2024. said he was nabbed on 17 September in the …

The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a notorious cultist, Sowunmi Rahmon, 25, in Abeokuta.    The spokesperson of the command, SP Omolola Odutola, who disclosed this via her X handle on Tuesday, October 9, said the suspect has been terrorizing Ijemo Agbadu Abeokuta and its environs.    “8th Oct, 2024. One Sowunmi Rahmon aged 25, a notorious cultist terrorizing …