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The NSCDC Spokesman in the State, CSC Adamu Shehu, who confirmed the arrest in Dutse Saturday, said the suspect was arrested on Wednesday.

The police, on Monday, arraigned a 27-year-old businesswoman, Mary Jideobi, before a Grade I Area Court sitting in Kado, Abuja for allegedly

Teenagers charged with cult membership, sent to prison. A Makurdi Magistrates’ Court in Benue State on Wednesday remanded three teenagers

Four internet fraudsters have been convicted and sentenced to five years imprisonment by Justice N.U. Sadiq of the State High Court sitting in Kaduna. The Economic Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday in a statement on X (formerly Twitter) said the convicts, Chinedu Prince Omeka, Adamu Eric Mendos, Daniel Andrew and Elom Vincent Prince were […]

22-year-old fashion designer, accused of attempted culpable homicide, remanded,A 22-year-old fashion designer, Jamilu lawal, was on Thursday,

The Kano State Public Complaints and Anti-Corruption Commission (PCACC) has said that it has arrested the former Managing Director of Kano State Agricultural Company (KASCO), Bala Muhammad Inuwa, for alleged fraudulent diversion of over N4 billion belonging to the government. Following Inuwa’s arrest by the state anti-corruption agency, the Assistant Director in the office of Attorney General of Kano State, Salisu Muhammad Tahir, filed an application at the Kano State High Court to prefer char...

The Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, arraigned one Abass Aminu Abdulkareem before Justice O. I. Adelaja of the Federal Capital Territory High Court sitting in Kubwa on one count bordering on internet fraud.

An Osun priestess, Yeye Ajesikemi Omolara, has called for a fair and unbiased trial of the traditional religion practitioner and popular Isese activist Adegbola Abdulazeez also known as Talolorun, who was recently arrested and remanded for allegedly burning the Quran and insulting Islamic clerics. 

  Human rights activist, Omoyele Sowore, has said the Nigeria police arrested Adegbola Abdulazeez, a popular traditional religion practitioner and activist also known as Talolorun, with a fake warrant.   According to the candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 presidential election, the police also asked the state government to allow them to prosecute Talolorun without the involvement of the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP).

  Adegbola Abdulazeez, a popular Kwara traditional worshipper and activist known as Talolorun (Who is God), who was remanded by a magistrate court in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, was accused of planning to start a war in the city by "inviting other traditional and idol worshippers to assemble in Ilorin on the 20th of August, 2023", among others.