Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested an Ivorian and a Nigerian medical doctor over their alleged involvement in cocaine trafficking. The agency said the Ivorian suspect, Gohouri Michael, 41, was apprehended at the Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport during the outward clearance of passengers on an Ethiopian ...
•French Police A woman in her fifties has been arrested after two newborn babies were found dead in a freezer in eastern France, sources close to the case.. The case is the latest suspected instance of infanticide to emerge in France in recent years, reports AFP. According to one source, a man alerted police on […]
•Terrorists Ondo State Security Network otherwise known as Amotekun Corps has arrested 39 fleeing insurgents from the Northern part of the country. The suspects were arrested at Elegbeka in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, reports Daily Independent. … developing story
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a man, Ebuka Adindu, for allegedly stabbing Sodiq Ibrahim to death during a violent confrontation in the Mandillas, Ebute Meta area of Lagos yesterday. A social media user, @JackFleet, who first raised the alarm on X.com, wrote, “There’s a fracas going on presently in Lagos Island, Madillas to [&hell...
•Late Boko Haram founder, Mohammed Yusuf A young son of Boko Haram’s founder has been arrested in Chad, where he was allegedly leading a jihadist cell, according to both an intelligence source and a former insurgent. Muslim Mohammed Yusuf was arrested alongside five other suspected members of the movement, which was founded in neighbouring Nig...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Command, has apprehended a truck fully loaded with suspected vandalized street light poles in Abuja. The truck was on its way to Kano when it was intercepted by the Command’s Critical National Assets and Infrastructure (CNAI) team around Jabi axis of Abuja, t...
•Boniface Mwangi Kenyan human rights campaigner Boniface Mwangi was arrested at his home in the east African country, the latest in a long series of arrests, his wife and an NGO said yesterday. The prominent activist and former photojournalist has been detained on many occasions, including in May when he was abducted in Tanzania and […]...
A staff member of the Department of Land Administration of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) known as Mairiga Hassan Shahru, has reportedly been queried and subsequently arrested and detained for allegedly leaking some “classified documents”. The FCT Police Commissioner, Adewale Ajao has confirmed the arrest of Shahru, and in...
Two suspected traffic robbers were arrested yesterday in the Ketu and Mile 12 areas of Kosofe by operatives of the Lagos State Police Command. The suspects, identified as Samuel Adekunle and Yemi Aparaojo, were apprehended by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS), reports Nigerian Tribune. RRS confirmed the arrests in a statement shared...
•Late London scientist, Alessandro Coatti (L) and the four suspects The Colombian authorities have confirmed the arrest of four people after a London scientist, Alessandro Coatti, was found dismembered in a suitcase in Colombia. The scientist, who worked for the prestigious Royal Society of Biology (RSB), was found in April by a group of child...
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