•Gunmen In a dramatic turn of events, abductors of the Chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, Nelson Adepoyigi, have seized and detained the ransom bearers who brought money to secure the freedom of the abducted chairman. Adepoyigi was abducted from his home on Monday evening, along [&hellip...
The Niger State Police Command has detained the officer whose stray bullet hit an immigration personnel while attempting to disperse hoodlums in Minna, Niger State. It was earlier reported how the Assistant Superintendent of Immigration (ASI), Christian Oladimeji, sustained a gunshot wound after a police patrol team was attacked by hoodlums wh...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has approved the request of the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) to detain an Assistant Superintendent of Police and 19 others for 30 days over their alleged involvement in banditry, kidnapping and terrorism. Justice Peter Lifu granted the request of the defence agency to detain ASP A. A Babangida [&helli...
•Jimi Lawal A Magistrate’s Court in Abuja has granted the application of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) to keep Mr. Jimi Lawal, an ally of ex-Governor Nasir El-Rufai, in custody for 14 days. The commission opted to detain Lawal because he could not meet the bail terms, reports The Nation. [&helli...
•Uganda anti-riot policemen Ugandan police detained several demonstrators in the capital Kampala today, according to our correspondent, as scattered anti-corruption rallies began despite being banned by authorities. President Yoweri Museveni, who has ruled the East African country with an iron fist for almost four decades, had warned the demon...
•Yahaya Bello The Nigeria Police Force has detained a female police officer who was the aide-de-camp to embattled former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Bello. The ADC was arrested alongside other police officers attached to 48-year-old Bello, and is being detained at the State Criminal Investigation Department, Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, r...
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