The Oyo State Anti- Corruption Agency (OYACA) has handed over some officials of the Ministry of Lands to the Ministry of Justice for prosecution over alleged diversion of government’s funds. The OYACA Chairman, retired Justice Eni Esan, made this known in a statement made available to News Agency of...
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By EMMANUEL JIMOH, Benin – No fewer than three suspects have been arrested by operatives from the Edo State Police Command following a raid on a ritual shrine along Asoro slope, off Ekenhua Road, Uzebu quarters in Benin. The assistant police spokesperson, Jennifer Iwegbu, who disclosed this in a...
The police authority in Anambra State has arrested the Transition Committee Chairman of Nnewi North LGA, Mbazulike Iloka, who was earlier suspended by Governor Chukwuma Soludo over the death of his wife. Iloka, who was sworn in as chairman of the local government area, less than a week before...
By MARY RONKE, Minna – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Niger Command, has arrested an 18-year-old student, over alleged attempt to kidnap the Provost, College of Fisheries, New Bussa. The command spokesman, ASC Nasir Abdullahi, who disclosed this in a statement issued on Wednesday in Minna....
OLA MODUPE, Abeokuta – Operatives of the Ogun State Security Network, otherwise known as the Amotekun Corps, have arrested an 18-year-old suspect, identified as Ibrahim Ismaila for allegedly having sexual intercourse with a goat. The Ogun State commander of Amotekun, David Akinremi disclosed this in a statement issued to...
By OLA MUDOPE, Lagos – The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) operatives have raided a building in the popular VGC Estate in Lagos State and discover amrth laboratory on a property. The raid on the estate was carried out by anti-drug agency on Saturday following an credible intelligence....
The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) in Lagos State on Saturday debunked reports of arrest of its officials over alleged creation of illegal voter enrollment centre. INEC Resident Electoral Commissioner (REC) in Lagos state, Mr Olusegun Agbaje, made this clarification in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – The Kaduna State Police Command has said its operatives have re-captured a suspected Kuje Prison fleeing inmate in Kaduna on Sunday. The Police Public Relations Officer,, DSP Mohammed Jalige, disclosed this in a statement issued on Monday in Kaduna. DSP Jalije said the re-arrest...
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC), says its operatives on election monitoring duties arrested three persons suspected of vote buying in the Osun gubernatorial election. Spokesperson for ICPC, Mrs Azuka Ogugua, made this known in a statement on Saturday in...
The Imo Police command has clarified that Prof. Adiele Jachimike, a staff member of Boss FM radio, was arrested by policemen from Owerri Area Command, not abducted by gunmen as being claimed. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) CSP Mike Abattam disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. The...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a former governor of Zamfara State, Abdul’aziz Yari. Sources within the antigraft agency said the former governor was arrested for his alleged role in the N84 billion fraud involving a former Accountant General of the Federation, Ahmad Idris. He was...
Popular Nigerian crossdresser, Bobrisky has fired back at Instagram skit maker, Sabinus for calling him a ‘senior man’. Bobrisky who has obstinately refused to be referred to as a man didn’t take it lightly on the jovial comedian who had greeted him as a man. The ‘Lagos queen’ uploaded...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arrested the immediate past governor of Anambra State, Chief Willie Obiano. Obiano, who stepped down as governor today having completed the maximum two terms of eight years, which the Constitution allows for governors, was picked up at about 8.30 pm...
By BARBARA KALU, Owerri- The Imo State Police Command on Monday released the former Imo State gubernatorial candidate, Uche Nwosu from its custody. Recalled that Nwosu, a son-in-law to former Governor Rochas Okorocha, was on Sunday whisked away by the security agencies at St. Peter’s Anglican Church, Eziama-Obaire, Nkwerre...
Facts have emerged to prove that the viral story of former Chief of Army Staff, Lt-General Abdulrahman Bello Dambazau’s reported arrest by the Department of State Services (DSS) is untrue. The social media has been awash with news and photos of the former Chief of Army Staff and immediate...
Malawi police have arrested a former finance minister and an ex-central bank chief for fabricating figures in a bid to impress the IMF, they said on Wednesday. Joseph Mwanamveka, 57, and Reserve Bank of Malawi former governor, Dalitso Kabambe, 48, are accused of having cooked up numbers to secure...
Sudanese authorities released Al Jazeera television’s Khartoum bureau chief on Tuesday, the Qatar-based network said, two days after security forces arrested him from his home. The arrest of Al-Musalami al-Kabbashi was the latest since a military coup three weeks ago and came after tens of thousands of protesters took...