Tag: Arrest
-
Hisbah arrests 178 street beggars in Kano State in 3 months
The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested 178 suspects in Kano metropolis for violating the law against street begging from September to November 2020. The Commander-General of the board, Mr Harun Ibn-Sina, said this in an interview with our correspondent in Kano on Monday. ”The suspects were arrested along Alu Avenue, Dan’agundi, Taludu, Race Course,…
-
NDDC’s IMC Suspension: Arrest, Investigate, Prosecute Akpabio Now – Ex-militants Tell EFCC
A coalition of ex-militants under the aegis of the National Coalition of Niger Delta Ex-Agitators, NCNDEA has called on the federal government through the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, to immediately arrest, investigate and sack the former governor of Akwa Ibom State, Mr Godswill Akpabio, for misleading President Muhammadu Buhari, into appointing an Interim…
-
Indian Muslim student arrested under love jihad law
Police in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh have arrested a Muslim man for allegedly trying to convert a Hindu woman to Islam, officials said on Thursday. The 20-year-old college student is the first to be held under a new anti-conversion law aimed at curbing `love jihad’, a term radical Hindu groups use in accusing…
-
NDLEA arrests two-time female convict with 576kg of cannabis sativa in Kano
The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Kano State Command says it has arrested a two-time female convict with 576 kilogrammes of cannabis sativa. Dr. Ibrahim Abdul, the NDLEA Commander in the state who disclosed this to newsmen on Thursday in Kano, gave the ex-convict’s name as Madam Caroline. According to Abdul, the woman was…
-
#EndSARS protests: Police arrest 25 suspected looters in Kaduna
The Kaduna State Police Command has arrested no fewer than 25 suspects for allegedly looting private and public property, as hoodlums hijacked the #EndSARS protests. The Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mohammed Jalige, said this at a press conference in Kaduna on Monday. He said that following the current trend of #EndSARS protests in the…
-
Kaduna govt. orders arrest of looters of COVID-19 palliative
Kaduna State Government, says it will trace, arrest and prosecute those who looted COVID-19 items in Kaduna on Saturday. The state Acting Governor, Dr Hadiza Balarabe said in a state-wide broadcast on Sunday. She said that security agencies had already arrested some of those involved. “There can be no other word but theft for describing…