The Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) has condemned the arrest of a lawyer, Dele Farotimi, by the Nigerian Police Force over allegations bordering on libel. The NBA President, Afam Osigwe, in a statement Tuesday night in Abuja, also decried the alleged invasion of Farotimi’s law firm and the harassment of...
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Dozens of arrests have been made in Amsterdam following two days of clashes between supporters of Israeli soccer club Maccabi Tel Aviv and pro-Palestinian demonstrators, according to the local Dutch authorities in Amsterdam on Friday. Supporters of the Israeli football club removed a Palestinian flag from a house in...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has vehemently condemned the detention of its leader, Joe Ajaero, describing it as illegal and an affront to workers’ rights and democratic principles. Deputy President of NLC, Mr Adeyanju Adewale, said this in a communique at the end of...
The House of Representatives has demanded the arrest of an alleged unlicensed auctioneer and Director, Quality Control, Nigeria College of Aviation Technology (NCAT), Zaria, for providing false information on oath. The alleged false information was in respect of the sale of two helicopters for $1.2 million. The lawmakers...
A Benin Republic court has jailed three Nigeriens who were detained last week at a port, judicial sources said on Friday, as diplomatic tensions deepen between the two West African neighbours. Ties between Benin and Niger have been strained since last year’s coup that ousted Nigerien President Mohammed...
By JOHN ONAH, Abuja – Contrary to report that the Independent Corrupt Practices and other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has arrested and detained Sir Paul Chukwuma, the Media Assistant to him, Obi Chukwuemeka disclosed that “his boss is currently in his office”. In a statement made available to...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State Police Command has arrested three suspects for allegedly hiding hard drugs in a loaf of bread. The command’s spokesman, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the arrest in a statement issued on Sunday in Kaduna. Hassan said, “The three suspects were arrested for attempted...
Police Command in Kaduna State, said its operatives had arrested a suspect involved in the vandalism of railway tracks with 100 pieces of rail tracks. The Command’s Police Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), on Saturday in Kaduna. Hassan said the arrest...
Kano State Governor, Abba Yusuf has directed the immediate arrest of dethroned Kano Emir, Alhaji Aminu Ado Bayero. News Point Nigeria reports that the directive was communicated to newsmen by the Governor’s Spokesperson, Sanusi Bature Dawakin Tofa, Saturday morning. According to Governor Yusuf, ‘Aminu Ado Bayero’s unprecedented return...
By EZEKIEL OBI, Abuja – o The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS), has raised an alarm over attempts by some visitors to smuggle illicit drugs into its custodial centres. The Public Relations Officer, NCoS FCT Command, DSC Adamu Duza, said this in a statement on Thursday in Abuja. “Recently, after...
By TOM CHIAHEMEN, Abuja – The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ikechukwu Ogalla, has explained the circumstances leading to the arrest of a vessel, MV BLU-SHARK with IMO number 8767783 on May 6, 2024. A statement issued in Abuja on Friday from the Naval...
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) have arrested two brothers for allegedly impersonating the corps’ FCT Commandant, Olusola Odumosu and other citizens on Facebook. The FCT NSCDC boss disclosed this on Tuesday while briefing newsmen at the Command’s Headquarters in Abuja. The News Agency of...
A Federal High Court, Abuja, on Tuesday, fixed May 10 for ruling on an application by former Governor of Kogi, Alhaji Yahaya Bello, seeking an order of setting aside the April 17 arrest warrant issued against him. Justice Emeka Nwite fixed the date after counsel for the Economic...
Hearing on the appeal instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against an interim order of the Kogi State High Court restraining it from arresting former Kogi governor Yahaya Bello, suffered a setback on Monday as the Court of Appeal failed to sit. The Kogi High...
Former Governor of Kogi, Yahaya Bello on Wednesday, called on President Bola Tinubu to call the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) to order over alleged flagrant disobedience to court orders. The former governor, in a statement issued by his media officer, Mr Onogwu Muhammed in Abuja, said...
Police in Oyo State have arrested 20 suspected Yoruba nation agitators over Saturday’s alleged invasion of the state’s House of Assembly complex in Ibadan. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a group of persons allegedly invaded the complex located at the Government Secretariat vicinity in an...
Kano State Police Command has arrested 54 suspects who are planning to disrupt the Hauwan Daushe in different parts of the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Mr Usaini Gumel, stated this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria NAN in Kano on Thursday....
By OLA MUDOPE, Osogbo – The Western Nigeria Security Network, Amotekun Corps in Osun, has arrested one Babalola Timothy, 35, for allegedly hypnotising and keeping a 35-year old married woman hostage after she refused his love advances. The Commander of Amotekun Corps in Osun State, Bashir Adewinmbi, disclosed this...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kaduna – Kaduna State Police Command has arrested a notorious kidnapping gang leader who masterminded the Fadan Kamantan inferno where a Seminarian and a Church were burnt into ashes in 2023. Police spokesman in the state, ASP Mansir Hassan, confirmed the arrest in a statement...
By HARUNA AHMED, Kano – The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Kano State Command, says it has arrested one Muhammad Munzali, 35, for allegedly sneaking into a female hostel at the Skyline University, Kano. The command’s spokesman, Mr Ibrahim Idris-Abdullahi, disclosed this in a statement on Friday...