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A Lagos stylist, Tosin took to Instagram to cry out after he was allegedly arrested on the streets of Ojota for looking like a girl. According to him, he was made to pay N5000 before he was released. “So this …

Sharp guy! Hehehe. A 51-year-old man,  Abiodun Adeleye, has been arrested by the officials of the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences (Enforcement) Unit for impersonating an official of the agency and allegedly extorting money from motorist …

Senator Dino Melaye has been rushed to Zankli hospital in the Mabushi district of Abuja. He was injured while allegedly jumping off a police vehicle around Area One that was conveying him to court in Lokoja, Kogi state. The hospital ambulance brought …

Reports emerged yesterday that Dino Melaye was arrested from a taxiing plane at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport by the FCT Police Command. Although FCT police, when contacted over the issue, insisted that it was not yet aware of the …

While thousands of Nigerians were singing and praising God at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos State, during the House on the Rock’s sponsored gospel concert, ‘The Experience,’ a man, Lateef Nurudeen, had a different plan. According to the police, Nurudeen, …

The officials of Lagos Police Command have arrested a disabled beggar operating in Egbeda area of Lagos. The suspect, Godwin Fawehinmi was caught in possession of a gun and upon investigation, police recovered more guns from his house at Alhaji …

An estate agent who helped ex-minister, Diezani Alison-Madueke, buy properties in the UK has been arrested in Nigeria, Premium Times is reporting. Adeyemi Edun helped Mrs. Alison-Madueke buy millions of pounds worth of properties in the UK. The former petroleum …

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested one Tolu Olaoye, a lawyer, over an alleged violent abuse of her house-help, one 15-year-old Abigail Opebiyi at 5, El Shaddai Crescent, near Unique Estate in Baruwa, Ipaja area. . . Spokesman of …

A woman, Chinyere James, has been arrested by the police in the Okokomaiko division, Lagos State, for allegedly torturing her nine-year-old cousin, Emmanuel. According to Punch, the victim had been wrongly accused by the 28-year-old of defiling his three-year-old sister …

Nigerian wrestling champion, Power Uti has been arrested over the death of his wife, Toyin. Toyin passed away in their Ilupeju Lagos home. Her body was reportedly first discovered by Power Uti on Monday morning, who, instead of taking her …

Davido has been arrested in connection with the death of Tagbo. According to an exclusive report from HNN Africa,  a reliable source at Channels TV news said the singer and his three dead associates are the wider subject of the investigation. It is …

Las Vegas gunman Stephen Paddock’s companion Marilou Danley has been located and the house they shared raided by police following the attack that left 50 dead and 200 more injured. Authorities said later Monday morning that Danley is no longer …

One of the notorious Matharoo sisters, Kiran Matharoo, was reportedly arrested at an airport in Italy on Wednesday. According to Italian newspaper Il Gazzettino, Kiran Matharoo was nabbed as she disembarked a flight at Venice’s Marco Polo Airport on an international …

A Sierra Leone-based Nigerian pastor Victor Ajisafe has been arrested by authorities after recordings of a sermon targeting Muslims went viral on social media. Ajisafe, who is the founder and President of the Sanctuary Praise Church had said Islam is a “violent religion of lies and …

Chima Odo, suspected to be a lunatic, has been arrested by the Enugu State police for allegedly killing his step-sister, Ndidiamaka Odo. A statement by the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Mr Ebere Amaraizu, said that the suspect also injured two …

Saw this opinion piece on LIB and I must say, I haven’t been more impressed reading such an intelligent analysis on that website in a while. Read… If you go through the embattled singer’s IG page, the last 12 photos …

The Cross River State Police Command has arrested and paraded a couple for allegedly selling their biological child, Miss Favor Sunday Udoh at the rate of 400 thousand Naira. The couple identified as Mr. George Sunday Udoh and Mrs. Victoria …

Controversial journalist, Kemi Omololu-Olunloyo has been allegedly arrested and detained at a prison in Port Harcourt. The award winning investigative journalist took to her Instagram page, @HNNAfrica about five hours ago, and wrote a two part narrative of her ordeal: Part …

Police investigating Kim Kardashian’s Paris robbery have arrested the chauffeur who drove her around Paris in the days before the robbery. The development appears to strengthen theories that the brutal crime was an inside job, and that the gang knew …

French police arrested 16 people in raids early Monday over the robbery of US reality TV star Kim Kardashian in Paris last year, police sources said. Police swooped in the Paris region and the south of France following the discovery …

A Moroccan woman has been arrested for trying to smuggle a 19-year-old migrant from Gabon across the border with Spain curled up inside a suitcase. The Spanish Civil Guard arrested the woman in Ceuta, a Spanish enclave next to Morocco, on …

Two Toronto sisters, Jyoti And Kiran Matharoo who are based in Lagos, have apologized to billionaire businessman, Femi Otedola. The Matharoo sisters who engage in sex extortion and cyberbullying of wealthy Nigerians made a video apologizing to Otedola and others whom …

A woman who received death threats after going out without her abaya in Saudi Arabia has been arrested and now faces being lashed. The woman, who has been identified as Malak Al Shehri, shared a photograph of herself without a …

The 33 Artillery Brigade soldiers captured a fake soldier identified as Adam Alexander in Bauchi state. The 22-year-old boy from Maiduguri Borno State, was arrested on Friday, when he was trying to sell a stolen phone Samsung Galaxy Note 5 …

Two Nigerian-Americans were arrested early Saturday morning in New York for possessing forged credit cards and a credit card encoder, police have reported. Olisa Uzoegwu, 20, and Chidubem Adi, 19, were pulled over after driving through a red light at …

The Special Fraud Unit (SFU) in Lagos, revealed on Monday that a suspected fraudster, one Babatunde Oyebode (pictured) was arrested for allegedly attempting to blackmail and swindle high profile businessmen and Nigerians. Oyebode’s victims submitted different petitions to the SFU, …

A Cairo prosecutor ordered on Sunday the release of a man on EGP 1,000 bail after he was arrested for possessing an amount of subsidised sugar that exceeded possession of amounts reasonable for personal use, amid current shortages in the …

Five Nigerian men with student visas have been arrested in connection with the murder of an African man in Taman Cendana, Sungai Chua. Police chief Asst Comm Othman Nanyan said a resident of the housing area alerted the authorities of …

Femi Fani-Kayode has been rearrested by operatives of EFCC. According to PDP’s director of New Media, Deji Adeyanju, the former Aviation Minister, was re-arrested this morning at the Federal High Court Ikoyi, Lagos. He had gone to the court for …

A 41-year-old man (name withheld) has killed his wife in a most horrible way in their home because he suspected she was cheating on him. The man allegedly chopped his wife up into pieces with a machete and then went …