The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a newly recruited police constable, David Friday, and a serving soldier, Innocent Victor, for alleged involvement in armed robbery. Briefing newsmen at the command headquarters on Thursday January 21, the State Police Commissioner, Bolaji Salami, said the police constable is attached to Olofin Police Station in Idanre…
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested one Akinsola Babatunde aka Mr. White for planning, with a group of other persons currently at large, to organize a nude party in selected places in Ilorin, the state capital. Parading the suspect before newsmen, the state Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Bagega, said credible intelligence on the organizer’s activities…
Ten criminal suspects were on Wednesday January 20, paraded before newsmen in Cross River state. The state Commissioner of Police CP Sikiru Kayode Akande who disclosed that the suspects were arrested for various offences, said they will be arraigned before a competent court soon. One live cartridge, one handset, ATM Card, Scissors, condemned substance…
A 44-year-old Nigerian national identified as Chuks has been arrested in Bangkok for allegedly committing banking fraud against three Thai victims, Immigration Police chief, Lieutenant General SompongChingduang said on Tuesday, January 19. The alleged scammer then reportedly used the given information to log into mobile banking applications before transferring all the money from the victim’s…
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command (FCT) have arrested a notorious fraudster, Mohammed Abdulrahman, who has been defrauding unsuspecting members of the public by impersonating as a Superintendent of Police and operative of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Spokesperson of the Command, AP Mariam Yusuf, who confirmed this in a statement on…
A 3-year-old boy, who was rescued alive from a well in Sapele, Delta State, has alleged that a yet-to-be-identified woman threw him into the hole. The incident happened at Comprehensive Road in Amukpe area of Sapele on Saturday night, January 16. It was gathered residents of the area heard a child crying from inside the…
Operatives of Ogun Police Command raided a drug dealers’ hideout in Abeokuta, recovered a cash sum of N2,722,750 cash and illicit drugs worth over N10m. Other items recovered from the den named “Mayas,” an abandoned hotel at Lafenwa, Abeokuta, included 55 packs of codeine; 110 parcels of weeds suspected to be Indian Hemp; and two packs of Emzoline. Ajogun…
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kano Command, have arrested an 18-year-old man, Isameel Abubakar, for allegedly raping a 5-year-old girl (name withheld). Abubakar of Kofar Ruwa quarters in Dala Local Government Area was arrested last Friday on the same day the crime was allegedly committed. Confirming the incident, the…
The police in India have arrested a 26-year-old Nigerian man, Bethel Kelechi Aroh, after seven kilograms of heroin was found on him. According to the police, Kelechi who resides in Delhi, was supposed to deliver the banned substance to one of the city’s pubs when he was arrested on Thursday, January 7. He was said to…
The Zamfara state police command has confirmed the abduction of six family members in the state. According to the state police spokesperson Shehu Mohammed, six of the abducted persons are children of Alhaji Gyare, while the seventh is a female picked from a neighbouring house all in Kadauri Village in Jabaka District of Maru LGA. Mohammed said; …
