The Police Command in Nasarawa says it has arrested 38 protesters in Lafia for alleged public disturbance over the recent Supreme Court judgment which upheld the election of Gov. Abdullahi Sule of the state. The suspects were immediately charged to court and remanded at the Lafia Custodial Centre, reports NAN. They were charged before the [&he...
The police in Kano yesterday said they arrested five persons over allegations of constituting nuisance and instigating violence while celebrating the Supreme Court judgment on the state governorship election. Wild celebrations greeted Friday’s Supreme Court verdict, which restored the victory of Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf, in the March 18...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) says its operatives from the Lagos Zonal Command have arrested a former Minister of Commerce and Industry, Charles Chukwuemeka Ugwuh, for an alleged conspiracy and fraud to the tune of N3.6bn. Head Media and Publicity of the EFCC, Dele Oyewale in a statement today, said Ugwuh was arrested [&h...
•Train station The Managing Director of the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), Engineer Fidet Okhiria, told our correspondent exclusively that the workers arrested yesterday for ticket racketeering were staff of the China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) and not staff of the NRC. This is even as the MD confirmed that the fre...
•81 Regular Recruits into Nigerian Army The Lagos State Government has called for the arrest and trial of six northern candidates participating in the Nigerian Army recruitment process who claimed to be indigenes of the state. A viral video surfaced earlier yesterday showing six candidates in the recruitment process, who hailed from Kaduna Sta...
The 7 Division of the Nigerian Army in Maiduguri has confirmed the arrest of a soldier for allegedly killing a truck driver at a checkpoint along Maiduguri -Dikwa-Gamboru Road. The incident allegedly occurred following a misunderstanding between the soldier and the truck driver at the checkpoint, reports NAN. The incident, which occurred on Bo...
Osas Nusakare, one of the 14 stowaways arrested onboard a foreign vessel at the Lagos Roadstead, has confessed that he wanted to celebrate the New Year in a European country. 45-year-old Nusakare said this was his second attempt, insisting that he would try his luck again until he succeeds, reports Daily Trust. The 14 stowaways […]
A police inspector has been arrested in Delta after allegedly shooting a motorist at Ekrerhavwe Junction in Agbarho, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The unnamed inspector was arrested by the Delta State Police Command a day after the tragic shooting of the victim identified as Lucky while on stop-and-search duty. This was [...
•CP Olatunji Disu The Rivers State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of four operatives involved in the alleged adoption of hotel staff in Port Harcourt and consequently demanded a ransom to release him. The hotel staff simply identified as Darlington was reportedly arrested on his way to work at about 8 pm last Friday […]
•Governor Abba Yusuf In a startling revelation, the Kano State Government has unearthed a warehouse brimming with diverted food palliatives meant for the underprivileged. Tasiu Al’amin Roba, a Senior Special Assistant to Governor Abba Yusuf was apprehended by the Kano State Police Command in connection with the alleged diversion of these suppl...
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