•Police Public Relations Officer Jimoh Kazeem, Ondo State Command The Ondo State Police Command today said it had arrested six men posing as pastors for allegedly defrauding residents of Idanre community in Idanre Local Government Area. According to a statement by the Police Public Relations Officer, Jimoh Kazeem, the suspects allegedly perfor...
The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 72-year-old man for allegedly chaining his 40-year-old biological son for 17 years in Shadawanka Village, on the outskirts of Bauchi Local Government Area. According to Zagazola Makama, a security and counterinsurgency expert on his verified X handle on 17 February 2026,” Sources said the incident...
•Police arrest Bishop Gideon Osagie Osazee, Founder of Rollo Life of Christ Brethren Ministry, situated in Benin City, Edo State, has been arrested for allegedly sexually abusing two biological sisters. Besides the two sisters, four other girls have stepped out to testify that Bishop Osazee had sexual intercourse with them, reports Daily Indep...
•Anambra masquerade The Anambra State Police Command has arrested a masquerade that allegedly unleashed violence on guests during a burial ceremony in Awgbu, Orumba North Local Government Area of the state. A viral video of the incident showed the masquerade charging towards people seated at the high table, causing panic as guests fled for saf...
The Police Command in Ebonyi has detained a middle-aged-man, Chukwuma Onwe, for allegedly selling his 5-day-old son for N1.5 million. Onwe, a native of Nwezenyi-Igbeagu Community in Izzi Local Government Area of the state, was apprehended when his would-be wife, Philomena Iroko, alerted her neighbour, who informed the police of the husband’s a...
Eighteen people have been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command after a protest at Tejuosho Market, Surulere, turned violent yesterday. The suspects, along with others still at large, were said to have vandalised a bank branch in the market while claiming to protest a power outage, reports Nigerian Tribune. The Deputy Public Relations Off...
The Niger State Police Command has apprehended nine suspects involved in a staged self-kidnap and a fraudulent demand for a ₦7 million ransom. The command’s spokesperson, Wasiu Abiodun, revealed this in a statement released today, explaining that the suspects were participants in a Ponzi scheme. According to Abiodun, one of the suspects conspi...
The Police Command in Lagos State has detained a self-proclaimed traditional ruler who attempted to deceive the public by unlawfully parading himself as the ‘Obi of Lagos’ during an unauthorised installation ceremony. The Command deputy spokesperson, DSP Babaseyi Oluseyi, confirmed this in a statement yesterday in Lagos. He said that the suspe...
•N1million fake currency The Police Command in Oyo State says it has arrested a male driver, (name withheld), allegedly in possession of N1,000,000 fake currency. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the state, Adewale Osifeso, made this known in a statement he issued in Ibadan yesterday. Osifeso stated that the suspect was arrested b...
The Ondo State Police Command has arrested a 42-year-old woman, Mrs. Sanmori Taiwo, and her husband, 62-year-old Pastor Sanmori Joshua, for allegedly faking her abduction to extort a ₦10 million ransom from her relatives residing abroad. According to a statement from the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Olushola Ayanlade, the inciden...
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