Dubai Sex-Trade Ring Boss Held By Police After BBC Investigation
THE BBC understands the boss of a degrading sex-trade ring that exploited vulnerable women in Dubai’s most glamorous neighbourhoods has been detained in.
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Explosion Rocks Imo Community, One Dead, Two Injured
AN explosion on Thursday sent shockwaves through Obinwanne Community in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo State, killing one man and injuring two.
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Ondo Police Rescue 4-Year-Old Sold For ₦3.7m, Bust Child-Trafficking Ring
POLICE operatives in Ondo State have rescued a four-year-old girl who was stolen and sold for ₦3.7 million, exposing a sprawling child-trafficking syndicate.
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Horror In Kano As Man Stabs Grandparents To Death Over Food Dispute
TRAGEDY struck in Kano on Thursday when a 30-year-old man, identified as Mutawakilu Ibrahim, allegedly stabbed his aged grandparents to death following a.
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Corpses Of Eight Missing Policemen Found In Benue
THE security situation in Benue State took a grim turn on Monday as authorities confirmed the recovery of the corpses of eight missing.
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South Africa Police Uncover $20m Crystal Meth Lab
SOUTH African police say they have dismantled a crystal methamphetamine laboratory, with drugs worth $20m (£15m), discovered on a farm in the east.
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Malawi Police Arrest Eight For Alleged Election Fraud
POLICE in Malawi have arrested eight people for alleged electoral fraud as the country waits for the final results of Tuesday’s general election..
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Days After Robbery Attack On Star Musician In Lagos, Police Arrest Suspect In Kano
THE Kano State Police Command has announced the arrest of two prime suspects linked to a violent armed robbery and attempted murder that.
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Police Arrest 789 Suspects, Rescue Kidnap, Trafficking Victims In Imo
THE Imo State Police Command says it has made major strides in the fight against crime, arresting 789 suspects and rescuing several victims.
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One Dead, Another Injured As Security Forces Foil Late-Night Kidnap Attempt In Abuja
TRAGEDY struck in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Monday night when a vigilante official was shot dead, and another critically wounded during.
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Four AK-47s, 200 Live Rounds Seized As Police Intercept Arms Supplier In Zamfara
IN a major breakthrough against banditry, operatives of the Zamfara State Police Command have arrested a suspected arms supplier alleged to be transporting.
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Police Forcibly Remove Gambian Auditor General In Reshuffle Row
POLICE have physically removed The Gambia’s auditor general, Momodou Ceesay, from his office after he refused to give up the post, in a.
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IGP Appoints Abimbola Adebisi As New Lagos Police Spokesperson
THE Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has approved the appointment of Superintendent of Police Abimbola Adebisi as the new Police Public Relations Officer.
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DSS, Police To Monitor Preaching As Niger Governor Says Clerics Must Submit Sermons For Vetting
GOVERNOR Umar Mohammed Bago of Niger State has stirred nationwide debate after reaffirming that all religious preachers must submit their sermons for government.
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‘Oga Yellow, See Your Boys’ And The Israeli Licence – By Dr Hassan Gimba
ABOUT two weeks ago, Nigeria lost one of its finest police officers who rose to the peak of its Police Force. Solomon Arase.
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Adamawa Police Foil Child Trafficking Attempt, Rescue Five Boys Abducted From Borno
BARELY a month after rescuing 14 children trafficked to Anambra State, the Adamawa State Police Command has again recorded a major breakthrough, freeing.
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Shock In Nasarawa As Final-Year Student Arrested For Dumping Newborn In Bush
THE Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a final-year student of the College of Education, Akwanga, for allegedly abandoning her newborn baby in.
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INEC, Police Draw Battle Line Against Premature 2027 Campaigns
WITH political activities already intensifying ahead of the 2027 general elections, the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) and the Nigeria Police Force have.
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Bandits Ambush Police In Kogi, Kill Three Officers
YAGBA West Local Council in Kogi State was thrown into mourning on Wednesday after armed bandits launched a deadly ambush on a police.
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Summon: Police Await El-Rufai, Other ADC Leaders, Dismiss Representation By Lawyers
THE Kaduna State Police Command has insisted that former Governor Nasir El-Rufai and six senior members of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) must.