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The Kano State police command has confirmed the arrest of 100 suspects including those who recently disrupted mobile network services in the state after allegedly stealing a large quantity of telecommunication solar panels in some parts of the metropolis. Parading the suspects, the Kano state commissioner of police Ahmed Iliyasu says the suspects were apprehended […]
Police authorities in Lagos have paraded suspected looters of Shoprite in the Lekki area of the State. The police area commander of Shangotedo, Mr Gbolahan Olugbemi says between September the 3rd and 4th, a total of 125 suspects have been arrested in connection with the attack on Shoprite with 90% of the stolen goods recovered. […]
The police on Thursday in Abuja arraigned a 47-year-old woman, Zipporah Kure, in a Dutse Grade 1 Area Court for allegedly impersonating a staff of the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company (AEDC) and selling stolen metres. Kure, who resides in Garam village, near Bwari town, is charged with Criminal Breach of Trust, cheating, impersonation and possession […]
Police in Katsina State on Monday arrested eighteen suspected notorious social miscreants otherwise known as ‘Kauraye’ operating in various locations within the metropolitan area. The spokesman of the Katsina police command, Gambo Isah confirmed this to Channels Television adding that various incriminating exhibits were also recovered from the suspects. “The Command under the leadership of […]
The police have released the 121 indigenes of Jigawa State arrested in Lagos State. Mr Bala Elkana, the Police Public Relations Officer of the State Police Command, confirmed this in a statement on Saturday. The persons were arrested on Friday by a team of policemen attached to the Lagos State Taskforce on Environmental Sanitation and […]
The Nigerian Bar Association, Jigawa State branch has condemned what it calls unlawful arrest of 123 Jigawa State indigenes in Lagos State. The chairman of the association, Mr Bashir Usaini, faulted the arrest in a statement sent to Channels Television on Saturday. According to him, the people were on their way to Lagos for a lawful business […]
One of the suspected internet fraudsters, wanted by the Federal Bureau Of Investigation, (FBI) Joseph Oyediran, has been arrested by operatives of the Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ilorin zonal office in Kwara State. The zonal head of the EFCC in Ilorin, Isyaku Sharu, disclosed this during a press conference on Friday to give updates […]
The convener of #RevolutionNow protests, Mr Omoyele Sowore, has challenged the powers of the Department of State Security Services (DSS) to arrest, investigate and prosecute him or any person under the Terrorism Prevention Act as amended. In documents filed on his behalf by human rights activist and Senior Advocate of Nigeria(SAN), Mr Femi Falana, Sowore […]
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), says it has arrested 33 suspected online fraudsters in Owerri, the Imo State capital as part of its efforts to clampdown on internet fraudsters across the country. In a statement by its spokesperson, Wilson Uwujaren, the anti-graft agency explained that the suspects were arrested in their hideout by […]
At least eight police officers have been arrested in connection with the killings and assault of Nigerians living in South Africa. The Chairman, National Diaspora Commission, Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, disclosed this during a meeting with officials of the National Association of Nigerian Students in Abuja. Meanwhile, President of the association, Daniel Akpan during the meeting, […]
