The Nigerian Navy has set ablaze a Marine Vessel, MV Cecilia, laden with no less than 350,000 litres of petroleum products, which its operatives arrested a few days ago. The Navy had announced earlier that it burst the stolen Automated Gas Oil, also known as diesel in Woji, Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers…
Suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari has accused operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) of assisting drug dealers to bring cocaine into the country. Abba Kyari is currently facing eight counts of conspiracy, obstruction, and dealing in cocaine, and other related offences at the Federal High Court, Abuja. The embattled police…
Brighton & Hove Albion Player Arrested Over Sexual Assault. Truetells Nigeria reports that a Brighton & Hove Albion player has been arrested on suspicion of sexual assault. The player, in his 20s, was one of two men taken into custody following an incident at a nightclub on the seafront in the early hours of Wednesday,…
Popular Nollywood Actor Arrested For Peddling Drugs In India. Truetells Nigeria reports that the police in India have arrested a Nigerian actor, Chekwume Malvin, on charges of drug peddling and seized hashish oil worth Rs 7.5 lakh. Chekwume, 45, who hails from Delta state in Nigeria, was arrested near the HBR Layout BDA…
Deputy Speaker for the Ogun State House of Assembly, Oludare Kadiri has been arrested. Truetells Nigeria reports that the Ogun police spokesperson, Abimbola Oyeyemi said Kadiri was arrested on charges of breach of public peace and alleged assault during the revalidation exercise of the All Progressives Congress in the state. He was accused of leading hoodlums…
Lagos State Police Command has arrested a certain Sergeant Eze Aiwansone attached to the Special Protection Unit, Base 16, Ikeja, for the shooting of his girlfriend, Joy Eze. TruetellsNigeria reports that the incident occurred on October 8, 2020, at Salvation Bus Stop, Opebi, Ikeja, Lagos. A video of the incident showed the lady in pains…
Cubana Chief Priest arrested In a related development, the Inspector-General of Police Monitoring Unit in Lagos has arrested and detained the Executive Director of the Cubana Group, Pascal Okechukwu, who is popularly referred to as Cubana Chief Priest. Cubana Chief Priest was invited by the police for alleged misuse of police escorts and weapons…
A 26-year-old corps member, Oluwatosin Medaiyese has been arraigned before an Osun State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Osogbo for alleged impersonation. Medaiyese was arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), after reportedly presenting himself as Hon. Justice Jimoh Aliyu to the Zonal Coordinator of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) Emmanuel Attah, with…
Police officers involved in the shooting incident that occurred at Crest Inn Club, Oshodi, Lagos have been arrested as ordered by the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu. Police shooting on Friday Nov. 29 at the popular club at 28/30 Balogun Street, Oshodi led to death of one Maliki Mohammed ‘m’ 27 years…
A church protocol officer in the habit of luring church girls to hotels and taking their nude photographs subsequently using the photographs to blackmail them in exchange for money has been arrested in Lagos. The suspect, Victor Duru, a Madonna University drop out, was arrested in Surulere on Thursday, after repeatedly blackmailing his church member…
