The Lagos State Police Command says it has arrested a suspected member of a syndicate, which allegedly specialises in defrauding fuel stations across the state. The Command’s Spokesperson, Superintendent Benjamin Hundeyin told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Thursday in Lagos that the Isheri Police Division carried out the arrest after receiving a complaint from the manager of Enyo …

Police operatives in Delta State have rescued a stolen three-year-old boy and apprehended members of a suspected child trafficking syndicate. In a statement on Wednesday, state Police Public Relations Officer, Deputy Superintendent Bright Edafe said it also recovered a tricycle and a locally made cut-to-size gun during an operation. According to the statement: “On the 13/06/2023 about 0830hrs, one Aisha …

The Edo State Police Command has arrested a 16 years old boy for allegedly defiling a two-year-old minor in Edo State on June seven. Parading the suspect, the state Police State Command’s spokesperson, Superintendent Chidi Nwabuzor said the suspect committed the offence in Egba community, Uhunwonde Local Government. He said the police received a report that the suspect defile a …

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have uncovered a secret laboratory producing a deadly substance, Methamphetamine, in Ikeja, Lagos. In a statement on Sunday, the agency’s spokesman, Mr. Femi Babafemi said that packaged sachets of the drug and various precursor chemicals used in the production were recovered. He added that the clandestine laboratory located at No. 4, …

A man identified as Okhiria has been arrested by the operatives of the Edo State Police Command for shooting his wife with a gun during an argument on June three, at Ekae Community in the new Etete axis, GRA, Benin City, the state capital. The suspect was said to have had an argument with his wife and went to pick …

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) have arrested 108 suspected internet fraudsters in Ogun and Rivers State. In a statement issued in Abuja yesterday, the spokesman of the anti-graft agency, Wilson Uwujaren,  disclosed that 56 of the suspects were arrested in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, while 52 others were arrested in another operation in Ogun State. According …

A Nigerian student, Cyril Kenneth, who barely arrived in the United Kingdom three months ago, has been arrested by the police for allegedly attempting to sexually harass minors. The incident happened in the Belfast province of the UK. In the video posted on Youtube by “Far and Wide TV”, Kenneth was being interviewed, and he confessed to chatting with children …

A 38-year-old man, Raphael Agu has been remanded at the Ikoyi Custodial Centre, Lagos State for alleged murder. Agu was brought before a Magistrates’ Court sitting in Yaba Lagos on Tuesday on two counts of murder. The defendant was accused of allegedly stabbing his friend, Stanley Ugo, in the stomach with a knife on May 25, 2023, during a fight …

Catechist of St. Martins Parish, Mbape, in Adikpo, Kwande Local Government Area of Benue State, Oliver Vershima, is reported to be on the run, after the lifeless body of his alleged lover was found in his possession. He was said to have been arrested with the corpse of the middle-aged woman when he made moves to have it disposed of. …

Delta State Commissioner of Police, Wale Abass has promised to bring to book a mobile police officer, who assaulted a female NYSC medical doctor serving at Ogwashi-Uku General Hospital, Aniocha South Local Government Area of the state. The doctor was said to be attending to patients at the hospital when she was assaulted by the yet-to-be-identified police officer, who was …