Arrest
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The wife of Kano Governor Abdullahi Ganduje, Hafsat, has been arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over a bribery and land fraud case. According to reports, it was her son, Abdulazeez, who reported her to the anti-graft agency. Hafsat Ganduje had previously been invited to the EFCC headquarters in Abuja on September […]
Paul Rusesabagina, the “Hotel Rwanda” hero who became a fierce government critic, was found guilty on Monday on terror charges after what his supporters say was a politically motivated show trial. He was convicted of backing a rebel group blamed for a deadly gun, grenade, and arson attacks in Rwanda in 2018 and 2019. “He […]
The Police have arrested a welder for allegedly manufacturing and selling locally made guns to criminals in Akwa Ibom state. The suspect Ekike Hector David of Mbiokporo 1 in Nsit Ibom Local Government Area, was apprehended on Monday, 13th September. Speaking on the development, Police Spokesman, SP Odiko MacDon, in a statement on Tuesday said […]
The Department of State Services (DSS) has released eight of the 12 aides of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, in its custody. Lawyer to the detainees, Pelumi Olajengbesi, confirmed their release on Monday at a press conference in Abuja. The detained persons have been in the custody of the security […]
Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, has been arrested in Cotonou, Benin Republic. Although security agents in the country are yet to confirm the arrest, renowned historian and leader of the Umbrella Body of Yoruba Self-Determination Groups, Professor Banji Akintoye, in a statement on Monday, confirmed the incident. “I received last […]
The World Igbo Congress (WIC) is calling on the Nigerian authorities to ensure the safety of the self-acclaimed leader of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra (IPOB) Nnamdi Kanu, saying the rights of the secessionist leader must be protected. Kanu who jumped bail in 2017 was rearrested and brought back to Nigeria on Tuesday. He is facing […]
The leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Nnamdi Kanu, has been re-arrested and brought back to Nigeria to face his trial, Nigeria’s Attorney General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami, has said. At a joint press briefing on Tuesday with the Department of State Services (SSS) in Abuja, Malami disclosed that international […]
Dozens of suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)/ Eastern Security Network (ESN) have been arrested in connection with the attacks on police stations and offices of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Ebonyi State. The Commissioner of Police in Ebonyi, Aliyu Garba, paraded the suspect alongside others on Monday at the […]
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested the three members of a robbery gang that specializes in robbing unsuspecting persons of their belongings around the Choba/ Obiri Ikwerre axis of the State. They were nabbed, after successfully robbing one Mr. Simon Ibrahim who was on his way to make a deposit at a bank but […]
Ten persons have been arrested in connection with the recent killing of security operatives and attacks on police facilities in Akwa Ibom State, authorities have said. The arrests were made during a series of raids on locations of criminal elements by the Joint Task Force (JTF) comprising operatives of the Nigerian Army, the Police, the […]
