…Airport. The National Crime Agency investigated the group after Border Force officers arrested them in August 2024 and seized the Class B drug packed into 22 suitcases. According to NCA in statement shared on its website on Wednesday, the couriers had arrived in the UK on the same flights from Thailand via Paris Charle…
…fled on sighting the security operatives. The boys were rescued, while two suspects were arrested. They forcefully took us Afterwards, Abubakar and Abdullahi recounted their ordeal in low voices. Suspected kidnappers had pulled them away from the cattle and marched them into a distant part of the forest. They said they…
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested six suspects after a video showing some youths harassing motorists in the state circulated widely on social media. In a statement posted on its official X account on Thursday, the command said it was aware of the trending footage showing “some miscreants harassing motorists a…
…also urged the Nigeria Police Force to ensure the prompt prosecution of the 295 persons arrested for various election-related offences during the poll. The organisation called for appropriate information on the progression of the cases, subject to legal and investigative requirements, saying transparency would enable c…
…bag and components for a bomb, including nails to be used as shrapnel, Bowie was arrested on August 19 by FBI agents. “There’s no helping me, you guys know enough,” she is alleged to have told agents. Bowie was due to appear in court Thursday. Her attorney did not immediately respond to an AFP request for comment. AFP
…God will grant you peace and comfort. The police have said that some persons have been arrested, and we will follow the matter to its logical conclusion.” Mutfwang said the killing of innocent residents was a direct challenge to the government’s resolve to protect lives and property in the state. He assured residents t…
…the Abidagba and Iroto communities in Ijebu East, Ogun State. The raid led to 10 arrests, including three Mexican nationals and seven Nigerians, and the seizure of 2.4 tonnes of meth and chemicals valued at over ₦480 billion. In a statement released on Thursday by the NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, the agency’s Chairm…
…of the state through the judicial system. According to the IPI, Takiou had been arrested in June by the National Cybercrime Unit after criticising the use of cybercrime provisions to target journalists during remarks at the Pan-African Media Forum in Bamako. The institute also reported that Abdrahamane Keita of Le Témo…
…knowingly neglected a child and assisted in the ab¥se, authorities said. The couple were arrested in September 2023 and were later reindicted by a Rutherford County grand jury in March 2024. Police said Benjamin had spent several years travelling across the United States as a minister, primarily working with the Hispan…
FUOYE management said viral reports claiming its Vice Chancellor was arrested after serving as INEC Returning Officer are falseThe university's Director of Communications, Dr Sunday Saanu, stated in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday, condemning the claimsSaanu said Prof Joshua Ogunwole travelled to Abuja after the election for of…
…facility by a child-trafficking syndicate. The joint operation, which led to the arrest of the owner of the facility, the facilitator in the alleged baby sale saga, and one other member of staff of the maternity, followed actionable intelligence on a criminal network allegedly involved in the procurement, sale, and unl…
…Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Ondo State Command, has announced the arrest of a 20-year-old security guard in connection with an alleged burglary, housebreaking, and theft in Akure, the Ondo State capital. SC Daniel Aidamenbor, Public Relations Officer (PRO), NSCDC Ondo State Command, who said this…
…the intention behind it, and where the investigation establishes criminal culpability, arrest should be made, and prosecution should be followed in accordance with the law,” he said. Obiaku averred that it is unacceptable for a public official to suggest that any part of the state can be declared a political no-go area…
…ahead of the 2027 general elections that they would be identified, investigated and arrested, regardless of their political affiliation. The command also cautioned youths against allowing themselves to be recruited as instruments of political violence, urging them to reject inducements offered by political actors to di…
…buyer on the black market prepared to pay a huge sum. Cops probing the sick k!lling have arrested prime suspect - 20-year-old business student Zoheb Khan - alleged accomplice Aamir Qureshi, 18, and detained three minors. Prime suspect Zoheb Khan Aamir QureshiInvestigators allege Khan recruited the group and convinced t…
…police said the raid was carried out by a joint security task force and resulted in the arrest of 11 people. Authorities accused Mundubile’s political alliance of involvement in insurgency and militia activity and said weapons had been recovered during the operation. Mundubile, who has since gone into hiding, rejected…
The Department of State Services has arrested a man identified as Moferewa Maiye for allegedly impersonating an officer of the Service and using a fake firearm to extort commuters and motorists in Abuja. Maiye was arrested late Wednesday by DSS operatives at his hideout around NITEL Junction, along Adetokunbo Ademola W…
…him,” Soni told The Indian Express. Soni also disclosed that the man had previously been arrested twice by police in Mumbai in connection with cocaine trafficking cases. “He lived in Vasai (Mumbai) and was arrested twice by Malwani and Malad police in Mumbai for drug (cocaine) trafficking cases in 2018,” he said. The p…
…A source at the Moroccan Ministry of Justice confirmed to BBC Sport that Baptiste was arrested in Marrakech in May, has subsequently been convicted, and is now serving a custodial sentence in Al-Oudaya prison. "In relation to the reports concerning the alleged 'disappearance of Leon Baptiste' - an English athletics coa…
…KC Luxury flaunting Virgil Abloh Maybachs and luxury watches went viral after his NDLEA arrestIn one clip, KC Luxury boasted about his cars, claiming no one else had serial number 001The videos, which have gone viral, have further fueled conversation about the influencer's arrestPAY ATTENTION: Mark Legit.ng as a prefer…
…University Oye-Ekiti denied reports that its Vice-Chancellor, Prof Joshua Ogunwole, was arrested following the Osun governorship election. 1. 2027 poll: N571bn campaign spending limit for presidential, gov candidates No fewer than 146 candidates currently in the race for the 2027 presidential and governorship elections…
…court after spending about three months in police detention. They were among 76 people arrested in the Federal Capital Territory (Abuja), Kaduna, Gombe, Jos, Katsina, and Kano states for allegedly participating in the #EndBadGovernance protests, which lasted from August 1 to 10, 2024. The proceedings had barely commenc…
A Federal High Court, sitting in Lagos, on Wednesday ordered the remand of three suspects arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Customs Service in connection with the alleged unlawful importation of pump-action rifles into Nigeria. Justice Friday Ogazi ordered the remand of the suspects, who are Kenneth Mbonu, Kenneth…
…Nobody can embarrass me," he said. The Cardinal added that he was not afraid of being arrested or intimidated, noting that Nigerians should not take for granted the ability to speak openly about issues affecting the country. He also said other voices, including people on social media and religious leaders from differen…
…waterways. He also commended the Eastern Naval Command for its reported successes in the arrest of suspected maritime criminals and the rescue of passengers along the Calabar-Oron waterways.