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Italian police said Monday they had arrested a businessman who had ties to the former premier Silvio Berlusconi for ordering a bomb attack targeting prominent television journalist Sigfrido Ranucci last year. Rome's carabinieri police said Valter Lavitola, supposedly a friend of Ranucci, was the "alleged mastermind" behind the October 16 attack outside the journalist's home.

NDLEA Logo NDLEA Arrests Italy-Based Businessman with 98 Wraps of Cocaine in Enugu A 30-year-old Italy-based businessman, Joseph Cyril, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, after he allegedly ingested 98 wraps of cocaine weighing 1.51kg. The suspect was arrested on Sunday

The investigation is connected to a suspected threat directed towards an Islamic event in Suffolk...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested seven suspects for illegal blasting activities in Ondo State. The NSCDC Public Relations Officer in the state, Daniel Aidamenbor, disclosed this in a statement on Thursday in Akure. Aidamenbor said the suspects were arrested by operatives attached to the command’s mines and steel unit in

President Donald Trump’s immigration crackdown has parents who lack legal residency worried about the welfare of children left behind. Some jurisdictions are taking action. Maryland, Virginia, and Washington, D.C., allow families to name temporary guardians if a parent is detained or deported. KFF Health News correspondent Jazmin Orozco Rodriguez appeared on WAMU’s May 13 Health

Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Ikoyi, Lagos, have arrested a Cameroonian businessman, Bekono Marc Eric, for allegedly defrauding a first-generation bank of about N1.5bn. The 47-year-old suspect, a member of a trans-border syndicate that specialises in credit card fraud, was arrested on Thursday, April 23

Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Directorate 2 of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission EFCC, Ikoyi, Lagos, have arrested a Cameroonian businessman, Bekono Marc Eric, for allegedly defrauding a first-generation bank of about N1.5bn. The 47-year-old suspect, a member of a trans-border syndicate that specialises in credit card fraud, was arrested on Thursday, April 23

Former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, was arrested by operatives of the Department of State Services, DSS, shortly after being released on bail by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, according to Premium Times. El-Rufai, who was granted bail at around 8 p.m., was immediately picked up by DSS operatives who reportedly lay in