Crimes

Kaduna Police Arrest 35 Suspected Phone Snatchers in Metropolitan Raids

The Kaduna State Police Command has detained 35 individuals suspected of phone snatching following a series of targeted raids in the Kaduna metropolis. The arrests were confirmed by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, ASP Mansir Hassan, in a statement released to journalists on Saturday. According to ASP Hassan, the operation was carried out by the […]

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Kano Security Council Declares Phone Snatching As Armed Robbery

Kano state Security Council has declared phone snatching as an armed robbery and any individual or group caught in the act will be treated as such . The outgoing commissioner for Information and Internal Affairs, Malam Muhammad Garba disclosed this in a statement issued to newsmen in Kano. He said the council, which was presided […]

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NSCDC Arrests Five Suspected Phone Snatchers In Kano

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kano State Command said it had arrested five suspected phone snatchers. Mr Ibrahim Idris-Abdullahi, the command’s spokesperson on Wednesday listed the suspects as: Faisal Usman, 28, Mansur Isa, 38, Abdullahi Bashir, 25, Ahmed Ibrahim, 21and Zulkifil Bello, 25, specialise in stealing and snatching of phones. “The suspects […]

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Thief Stabs Young Man To Death In Abuja, Flees With His Phone & Bike

A suspected thief who allegedly stabbed a young man to death in Kubwa, Abuja, has been arrested. It was gathered that the suspect killed the deceased and fled with his motorcycle and mobile phone last week. Facebook user, Paul Rinunga Akkah, said the suspect was nabbed at Ninga Village in Nasarawa state Akwanga Local Government […]

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Phone Snatching: 17-Year-Old Boy Stabs Phone Dealer To Death In Katsina

Abdulrahman Ibrahim, a 17-year-old Senior Secondary Student in Katsina State, has been nabbed. He was arrested by the police for allegedly killing a man after he had snatched the deceased’s phone. Ibrahim was among the 74 suspects paraded on Monday at the headquarters of the Katsina State Police Command. Also paraded was a 20-year-old man, […]