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A young man has called for the arrest of a young lady who threatened to tarnish his image with a false rape accusation. The man identified as Richard Osita has called on the Nigerian Police Force for the arrest and conviction of a lady…

Controversial music star, Habeeb Okikiola alias Portable has raised alarm after some policemen came to his bar to arrest him. The singer took to his Instagram page to raise alarm via a live video where he showed the embarrassing moment…

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a suspected fake currency note producer. The Command’s spokesman, SP Ebere Amaraizu, said in a statement in Enugu on Sunday that the suspect, one Collins Oputa, was nabbed on July 26.…

The Mavrodi Mondial Moneybox  popularly known as ‘MMM’ is calling on all of its participants to wise up – not to throw caution to the wind – when making cash transfers or deposits in the wake of a crackdown by the Federal Government of…

Ibraheem Musa Usman who is a member of Mavrodi Mondial Moneybox in Kano has vented his anger on the House of Representatives for directing the EFCC to arrest promoters of the investment scheme. Following the decision of the House…

The House of Representatives on Wednesday asked the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the Central Bank of Nigeria to immediately go after the promoters Mavrodi Mondial Moneybox, otherwise known as ‘MMM’ in Nigeria.…

Akpabio’s arrest was occasioned by an allegation that he collected a sum of N10,000,000.00 from a potential investor in petroleum products. Specifically, Akpabio reportedly approached the investor to invest the money as equity in the…

Security agencies in Nigeria have arrested about 800 suspected violent herdsmen across the country, according to Vice President Yemi Osinbajo. Prof. Osinbajo made this disclosure in Houston, Texas in the US on Friday at a Townhall…

The Presidency on Wednesday expressed delight at the latest World Bank’s Doing Business 2017 ranking report released on Tuesday which ranked Nigeria 169 out of 189 countries in the overall Ease of Doing Business rank. The…

Operatives of the Special Fraud Unit (SFU) in Lagos have arrested a suspected fraudster, Babatunde Oyedepo, popularly known as Baudex on IG, for allegedly attempting to swindle businessman Femi Otedola.‎ The Nation reports that Oyedepo,…

According to FFK, his wife was arrested in Ekiti earlier today. Below is what he wrote on the development This govt is sick and cowardly and so are the EFCC. If you have a problem with me face me and leave my family alone. My wife…

The Department of State Service, DSS has released all the judges arrested during a nationwide raid of their residents at the weekend. The judges, according to DSS sources were released on self-recognition but are to report at the…

US actress Shailene Woodley has been arrested during a protest in North Dakota against a huge oil pipeline project that will cross four states. Her arrest at a construction site happened as she was broadcasting the protest, which…

President Muhammadu Buhari has officially spoken on the reason for the arrest of seven senior judges across the nation between Friday night and Saturday morning. In a statement issued on Sunday by Malam Garba Shehu, his Senior…

Femi Falana, a senior advocate of Nigeria, has asked members of the legal profession to blame themselves for the harassment of judges by the security agencies. While asking that the judges arrested on Saturday should be granted…

Fresh allegations were made yesterday against some judges. One got a bribe in a department store. Another travelled to Ghana, Niger Republic and Benin Republic to collect bribe, a security source alleged. It is all in a bid to…

A Mass Communication student of the Lagos State Polytechnic, Taiwo Rasaq, has lamented how policemen who are attached to the Owutu Police Division tortured and detained him unlawfully. Rasaq claimed that the only “crime” he committed…

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo on Sunday said his intention during his regime was to develop the nation’s natural gas for vehicles to use and reduce dependence on imported petrol. Obasanjo said he gave out licences to companies…

President of the Nigeria Football Coaches Association, Bitrus Bewarang has expressed shock at the sudden death of former Chief coach of the Super Eagles Amodu Shuaibu, a few days after the death of Coach Stephen Keshi who, like Amodu, also…

Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, the former president, says he is currently under investigation for corruption. In an interview with Bloomberg TV, Jonathan said that he could not make comments about the investigations. “Of course,…