arrested

NY: Brooklyn Man Arrested For Raping 13-Year-Old Girl

November 14, 2019 3:31 pm

Police have arrested a man they say raped a 13-year-old girl while she was walking to her friend’s house in Brooklyn, cops said.

Kervins Germain, 29, was nabbed Wednesday night for the Nov. 1 attack on the teen inside a home on E. 102nd St. and Avenue M in Canarsie, police said.

The girl was walking to a friend’s house about 11:30 p.m. when Germain walked up to her and convinced her to follow him into a nearby building, where he raped and sexually assaulted her. The victim was treated at a local hospital and later released.

Germain, who lives

…

Man Arrested Over Alleged ₦500m Credit Card Fraud

November 12, 2019 6:53 am
A 30-year-old suspected internet fraudster, Victor Ojionu, who specialized in hacking into credit cards belonging to Nigerians and foreign nationals, have been arrested by operatives of the Inspector General of Police Intelligence Response Team (IRT) at the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, for stealing over ₦500 million within the space of five years.
It was gathered that Ojionu, who is currently undergoing interrogation at the Abuja office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), was alleged to have succeeded in defrauding his victims using a popular online retail site, Amazon.com, where he allegedly sells books.Sources disclosed that the Imo State-born
…

SA: Nine Suspects Arrested For Looting, 53 TVs Recovered

November 10, 2019 1:45 pm

Door-to-door raids by police have resulted in nine arrests and the recovery of 53 large LED TV sets that were looted during a community protest in De Doorns in the Cape winelands past week.

The protest led to the closure of the N1 between Touwsriver and De Doorns on Thursday after two trucks came under attack and their consignments were looted.

Scenes of protesters carrying away large boxes containing TVs from one truck and an assortment of condiments from the other were captured in videos and pictures that went viral on social media.

“Following a community protest in De …

Suspects

Seven Suspects Arrested For Rebel Attacks In Thailand

November 9, 2019 1:01 pm

Seven suspected rebels have been arrested in Thailand’s violence-wracked south, authorities said Saturday, as a manhunt sweeps through remote villages for gunmen who killed 15 in an ambush considered the deadliest attack in the yearslong insurgency.

Thailand’s three southernmost provinces have been in the grip of a simmering 15-year conflict that has killed more than 7,000 people, the majority civilians, as Malay-Muslim militants fight for more autonomy from the Thai state.

The fighting is characterised by tit-for-tat attacks that usually target symbols of the mostly Buddhist Thai state and its security forces.

…
84yr Old Arrested For Trying To Burn Down Mosque

84yr Old Arrested For Trying To Burn Down Mosque

October 29, 2019 3:58 pm

84-year-old Claude Sinké was arrested by France security on Monday after he allegedly shot and injured two Muslim worshippers at a mosque in Bayonne, south-western France.

The suspect according to report was trying to burn down the mosque during the time he inflicted the harms on the victims.

Sinké was a former election candidate for Marine Le Pen’s far-Right National Rally. He was arrested at his home in Saint-Martin-de-Seignanx, near Bayonne after fleeing the scene by car. He reportedly set a vehicle on fire before he left. Police found a gas canister and a handgun in his car.

Patrice Peyruqueou, …

IPOB Members Arrested Over ‘Inciting Songs’, Missing

IPOB Members Arrested Over ‘Inciting Songs’, Missing

October 28, 2019 4:07 pm

Four months after the Enugu state police command arrested 140 members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) for allegedly organising unlawful procession, some members of the group are yet to be found.

The command spokesman, Ebere Amaraizu, told The Guardian that after the IPOB members were arrested on Wednesday 22 May in Nsukka Local Government Area (LGA) of the state, the way about of Iloegbusi Ikenna Emmanuel is yet unknown.

He said the man who hails from Oji River LGA and some of his fellow members of the group were caught displaying “proscribed items” on the streets and …

Another 26 FRSC Officials Arrested For Extortion – ICPC

Another 26 FRSC Officials Arrested For Extortion – ICPC

October 23, 2019 4:19 pm

Another set of 26 officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has been arrested for alleged extortion of motorists in different parts of the country.

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) disclosed this in a statement signed by its spokesperson, Mrs Rasheedat Okoduwa, in Abuja on Wednesday.

Okoduwa said the culprits were nabbed in a joint operation codenamed “Operation Tranquility”, involving operatives of the ICPC, FRSC and the Department of State Services (DSS).

According to her, a man alleged to be the custodian of the proceeds of extortion was also arrested in Owerri, Imo, during …

Six Illegal Immigrants Arrested At The Nigerian Border

Six Illegal Immigrants Arrested At The Nigerian Border

October 16, 2019 10:35 am

The operatives of the Ogun State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service have arrested six illegal immigrants at Idiroko borders in the state.

“When you aid unknown people into your country, without even knowing their aim, it is a big risk,” the comptroller of immigration, Doris Braimah said on Tuesday while parading the suspects.

“It is actually called security threat.”

The illegal immigrants were being smuggled in by two Nigerians through one of the country’s major borders in the state when the officers intercepted them.

READ ALSO: Ronaldo Named Highest Earner On Instagram, Beats Messi

The two suspects who smuggled …

Hope Uzodima implicated, arrested in India

Hope Uzodima implicated, arrested in India

September 22, 2019 10:58 am

India’s Anti-Narcotics Cell (ANC) has arrested a Nigerian man identified as Hope Uzodima in Mumbai for alleged possession of dangerous weapons.

The suspect, a 40-year-old man who lives in Bonkhode village in Koparkhairane was arrested for possession of ivory and a sword cane.

Another Nigerian named King Chukwudi Fidelis who is also in police net fast-tracked his arrest as he helped the police with information.

The 30-year-old Fidelis was arrested at Sector 13 in Koparkhairane last week for the possession of 64 gm of methamphetamine powder worth rs3.2 lakh.

Investigations revealed that he got the drug from Uzodima.

Read Also: …

Presidential aide arrested in Zimbabwe for corrupt deals

Presidential aide arrested in Zimbabwe for corrupt deals

July 31, 2019 6:04 am

The former Principal Director of State Residences, Douglas Tapfuma, who was arrested by the Zimbabwe Anti-Corruption Commission (ZACC) on Tuesday, has sensationally been accused of maintaining a ‘Torture Chamber’ at the State House.

According to online publication, Zimlive, Tapfuma used the torture chamber to intimidate and torture people who impeded his corrupt deals.

Allegations were also made that he was summoning individuals to State House to intimidate and threaten them.

Read Also: Zimbabwe to allow U.S. dollar cash withdrawals

Juliana Muskwe, Hwange’s board chairperson, alleged last year that she was summoned to State House by Tapfuma who directed her to

…
'Arrested for cautioning policemen over reckless driving'

‘Arrested for cautioning policemen over reckless driving’

June 15, 2019 7:41 am
  • We’ve arrested the officer involved – Police spokesman

An office support staff of the Lagos State Inland Revenue Service (LIRS), Mr. Michael Green, has alleged that he was detained at Makinde Division, on false accusation of being a thief and phone snatcher.

The incident allegedly happened on Friday June 7.

According to Green, he was riding in a colleague’s car when he cautioned the policemen who were coming from Ogun State in a Toyota Sienna car against dangerous driving.

Apparently irked by Green’s audacity, the policemen were said to have stopped his vehicle and arrested him.

He was taken to …

IPOB, bishop cleric trade words over RUGA in South East

IPOB seeks release of members arrested in Akwa Ibom State

June 14, 2019 12:21 am
The Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) yesterday demanded the release of its members allegedly arrested by the police in Akwa Ibom State on Wednesday.The group, in a statement signed by its Media and Publicity Secretary, Emma Powerful, in Enugu yesterday, said that 122 of its members, including a three-year-old child, were arrested by the police and Department of State Services (DSS) officials during a peaceful gathering in the state.

Read Also: IPOB sit-at-home order shuts down South-East of Nigeria

He said that no amount of arrest would deter the harmless members from continuing with their peaceful agitation for the realisation

…

TRENDING

Breaking

𝐀𝐟𝐫𝐢𝐜𝐚 𝐃𝐢𝐠𝐢𝐭𝐚𝐥 𝐍𝐞𝐰𝐬, 𝐍𝐞𝐰 𝐘𝐨𝐫𝐤, is a nonpartisan online news portal founded on the truth to provide you with weekly, insightful articles written with precision and current updates on current events from Africa in particular and the rest of the world in general. All of our reports undergo extensive fact-checking to ensure their veracity, and we adhere strictly to the facts, no matter whose ox is gored.

follow on social media

Facebook Twitter Youtube Telegram Linkedin

subscribe to newsletter

© 2018 - 2020 Africa digital news, New York
Powered by

People and Polity