Adekunle Adeleke UYO – A man was reportedly arrested for allegedly stealing five children in eastern Nigeria. Promise Boniface was arrested by officers for allegedly stealing five children from a…
Morakinyo Akinosun LAGOS – A Nigerian human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, has been arrested by the police at Zone 2 in Lagos following a petition filed by Tony Elumelu, the…
Kareem Abdulrahman A middle-age man has been arrested for allegedly raping a minor in Nigeria’s southern state of Edo, police said on Wednesday. Monday Obakpian, 40, lured a 14-year-old girl…
Ayomidele Oluwasusi Two suspects have been arrested over the death of a policeman in northeast Nigeria, police said. Ezekiel Kefas, 67, and Stephen Zabadi, 44, who hail from Wamsa Suwa…
Bella Ifasola Police reportedly arraigned a kingmaker before a Magistrate court in Nigeria’s Osun state. The kingmaker, chief Rasheed Odeyemi, the Otun Balogun of Ido-Osun from Ido-Osun community in the…
Morakinyo Akinosun A woman has been accused of killing an elderly woman in southwest Nigeria. Abigel Bankole, now at large, reportedly killed her 65-year-old neighbour, Oladega Morenike, while fighting in…
Bella Ifasola Two persons have been arrested for alleged kidnapping and armed robbery in Nigeria’s southeastern state of Anambra, police said Saturday, the arrest was made following the testimony of…
Martins Olasehinde KANO, Nigeria – At least 82 suspects were arrested for “major crimes” in the first weeks of November in Nigeria’s northwestern state of Kano, police said. Kano State…
Olayomi Koiki ABUJA – A yet-to-be-identified male adult has been hospitalised after being allegedly chased into the ditch by the police in Nigeria’s capital Abuja. The victim was said to…
Olayomi Koiki SOKOTO, Nigeria – Police in Nigeria have confirmed the presence of an armed Islamic group called “Lakurawas” in about five local government areas of the northwestern state of…
