15 people have been arrested by the police in Benue state for stealing at least 255 railway slippers from different locations of the state within the past two months. Commissioner of Police, Tunji Akingbola disclosed this during his maiden press briefing with journalists in Makurdi, the state capital on Thursday October 7. Akingbola said within the…
Zamfara state Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Alhaji Ibrahim Dosara has said that the telecommunication shutdown in the state has been sucessful as over 2000 ‘informants’ have been arrested. Speaking in Kaduna State on Thursday September 30, while giving an update on the ongoing military operations in the state, Dosara said the suspected informants are undergoing serious interrogation for…
An Upper Area Court in Makurdi, Benue State, has sentenced a commercial sex worker, Dooshima Anems, to four years imprisonment for biting customer’s tongue during sex. The police charged Anems with assault and causing grievous hurt. The Magistrate, Ms Rose Iyorshe, on Thursday, September 30, sentenced Anems after she pleaded guilty and told the court…
The police in India have arrested a Nigerian actor, Chekwume Malvin, on charges of drug peddling and seized hashish oil worth Rs 7.5 lakh. Chekwume, 45, who hails from Delta state in Nigeria, was arrested near the HBR Layout BDA Complex, where he had allegedly gone to sell drugs. According to Indian newspapers, Chekwume who…
A suspected armed robber, Rotimi Ojugbele, was on Monday, September 27, arrested by men of the Ogun state police command along Ilaro/Owode Yewa road, while coming from a robbery operation. A statement released by the spokesperson of the command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, says the suspect was arrested when the DPO of Ilaro division, CSP Olayemi Jacob, led…
Operatives of the Delta State Police command have foiled a cult initiation ceremony in Agbor and arrested two suspected cultists. Spokesperson of the command, DSP Bright Edafe, who disclosed this in a statement on Thursday, September 23, said a suspected member of a three-man robbery gang died after sustaining injuries during a shoot out…
A 15-year-old girl was allegedly gang-raped on several occasions by up to 33 men in the latest horrifying sex attack case in India. The attacks took place at various locations in the Thane district of Maharashtra state over the last eight months, a senior police official confirmed. It was also reported that angry crowds had gathered outside…
Olajide Sowore, the immediate younger brother of Sahara Reporters Publisher and human rights activist , Omoyele Sowore has been shot dead in Edo state. Omoyele who penned down a tribute to his brother, said that Olajide was killed today September 4 near Okada in Edo state by “herdsmen /kidnappers”, while on his way from Igbinedion University in Edo sate…
A 45-year old school teacher, Nelson Akinsowon, who has allegedly been having carnal knowledge of his 17-year-old daughter since she was 10 years old has been arrested by men of the Ondo state police command. The suspect was arrested and detained by the police in Ondo, headquarters of Ondo West Local Government Area after…
A father of five, Zakaria Waye, was arraigned in Chief Magistrate Court 4 in Yola, Adamawa State, for allegedly assaulting his wife, Ruth Zakaria. It was gathered that the accused from Girei town in Girei Local Government Area of Adamawa, allegedly broke his wife’s lower jaw and damaged her left eye during a quarrel which happened on…
