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The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Jigawa State Command has arrested three suspected cable thieves for allegedly vandalising electricity transformers and streetlights.    Spokesperson of the Corps in the state, CSC Adamu Shehu, who disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, July 11, 2023, said one Timothy Marcus, …

Candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the 2023 governorship election in Rivers State, Tonye Cole, has said that those responsible for oil theft in the Niger Delta are not hiding.    The former Executive Director of Sahara Energy who made the claim during an interview on Channels Television, …

The Delta State Police Command has arrested two members of a syndicate that specialized in stealing motorcycles in the state.     Spokesperson of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, who disclosed this in a statement on Sunday, June 4, 2023, said four motorcycles were recovered from the suspects.     …

Police have arrested two suspected livestock thieves who allegedly specialized in stealing goats from Osogbo, Ikirun, Obagun, Iree, Eripa, Otan-Ayegbaju and Ila communities in Osun State.    Safer Highway patrol police operatives while on stop and search of vehicles in Odeomu-Sekona axis, apprehended the two suspects; Naheem Ibrahim, 46; and …

Some suspected burglars broke into the newly inaugurated 100-bed Mother and Child Hospital in Iperu, Ikenne Local Government Area of Ogun State and carted away items worth millions of Naira.    The hospital was inaugurated by Vice President, Yemi Osinbajo, on Saturday, February 18, 2023.    Operatives of the State …

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps,(NSCDC) in Rivers State has arrested five suspected oil thieves for dealing in illegally refined petroleum products.   Parading the suspects, four vehicles and two trucks before newsmen at the NSCDC State Headquarters in Port Harcourt on Monday, December 20, 2022, the corps commandant in the state, Michael …

The Ogun state police command has arrested three suspected car thieves.    The suspects identified as Moses Adewale Abiodun, Seyi Oyenekan and Monsuru Majekodunmi were arrested on the 9th of November, 2022, following a complaint lodged at Oke itoku police divisional headquarters by one Olusesi Akingbile.    The complainant told the …

Drama unfolded at Makutano Police Station in Embu County, Kenya after two men surrendered a cow they had reportedly stolen.   The two suspects, covered by a swarm of bees, walked into the police station on Saturday, November 5, 2022, and reported themselves as thieves.   The suspects, who have …

A 25-year-old man, Bulus Asuma, has committed suicide in Jos, Plateau State, over the loss of two tricycles belonging to his employers to thieves.   Asuma of Angwan Rukuba in Jos North Local Government Area hung himself in his room when he returned home the day the second tricycle was …

AC Milan star, Theo Hernandez is the latest footballer to be targetted by thieves in Italy.   According to Italian outlet Repubblica, a gang of criminals broke into and burgled the home of the Rossoneri left-back while he was away at 9pm on Tuesday night, October 18, while his wife Zoe Cristofoli, and …