The Jigawa State Hisbah Board, popularly called Hisbah Police, on Tuesday, said it confiscated and destroyed 1,906 bottles of assorted alcoholic drinks in various operations in...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has disclosed that it seized drugs and cash worth over N130 billion between January and December 2021 nationwide. According...
The Lagos State Government has announced an indefinite suspension of activities of the National Union Road Transport Workers (NURTW) at Eyin Eyo, Church Street and Idumota...
The leadership of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has distanced itself from the deadly clashes that led to the killing of four persons...
Gunmen have reportedly killed a petrol dealer identified as Aborowa Oladimeji, and his attendant in an attack on a filling station in Okeluse community, Ose council...
The grisly murder of five-year-old Hanifa Abubakar in Kano State has triggered outrage by the youth who set the school where she was buried on fire....
Former Kano State Governor and now Senator representing Kano Central senatorial district in the National Assembly, Ibrahim Shekarau, has vowed to personally pursue and get justice...
There was palpable tension in the Ekpelu Community in Ikwo local government area of Ebonyi State after unknown gunmen killed an operative of the South-East security...
The Ogun State Police Command has disowned a purported list of suspected cyber criminals which has been circulating on social media, and allegedly compiled by the...
Four mining workers have been killed by unknown gunmen at a mining site in Dong Village in Jos South local government area of Plateau State. The...
A fresh attack by suspected herdsmen on a community in Benue State, has left two people dead, with about 18 seriously injured. The herdsmen who reportedly...
While the shock and consternation over the alleged abduction and gruesome murder of a five-year-old, Hanifa Abubakar by her teacher, Abdulmalik Tanko in Kano, is yet...
Calm and normalcy has returned to the Idumota area of Lagos Island following a deadly clash between rival factions of the National Union of Road Transport...
A Nigeria Telecommunication Limited (NITEL) mast collapsed and killed two persons in Kastina-Ala Local Government Area of Benue State on Wednesday. The two men were among...
Police on Thursday arrested a school teacher, Abdulmalik Mohammed Tanko, for allegedly kidnapping and killing a five-year-old girl, Hanifa Abubakar, in Kano State. The girl, who...
The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Tuesday, arraigned a serving airman, Lance Corporal Haruna Samuel of the Nigeria Air...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Makurdi Zonal Command, have arrested eight suspects for alleged involvement in computer-related fraud. The suspects are: Okoha...
The Lagos Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court, Ikeja, on Wednesday, sentenced a 38-year-old businessman, Ofure Siakpere, to life imprisonment for defiling and impregnating his 14-year-old...
The police in Adamawa State has confirmed the killing of the village head of Madagali community in Madagali local government area of Adamawa State by terrorists...
Justice Efe Ikponwnoba of an Edo State High Court on Tuesday, January 18, 2022 ordered two sureties, Chief James Izomo and Elliot Ebole to forfeit a...
Some communities in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna State have been burnt down after heavily armed bandits laid siege to them from Sunday to...
A worker with the National Assembly, Abdul Olajide Abayomi, fell down from the stairs at the Assembly complex and died on Monday. Abayomi, 34, worked with...
The Kebbi State police command on Monday confirmed the killing of 16 persons by bandits at Dankade village Danko/Wsaagu Local Government Area of the state. Reports...
A trigger-happy police officer, Insp. Urbanus Ishaku, has been arrested for allegedly shooting a tanker driver in Gombe State. The spokesperson for the state police command,...
Justice Lekan Ogunmoye of the Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti, on Monday, sentenced an ex-soldier, Olasoji Damilola, to death for armed robbery. The judge also...
Gunmen have reportedly killed scores of people in Dan-Kade village, Unashi district of Kebbi State, while a traditional ruler was kidnapped in a separate attack in...
Five persons have been confirmed dead with several others sustaining injuries in a fresh clash that broke out between farmers and Fulani herdsmen in the Idofa...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Saturday disbanded the agency’s anti-vandal unit in Rivers State over allegations of illegal oil bunkering. The Rivers...
Police operatives in Bauchi have arrested a man for allegedly defiling his three-year-old daughter in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Ahmed Wakili,...
Police operatives in Bauchi State have arrested a man, Ali Lawan, for allegedly defiling his three-year-old daughter. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Ahmed Wakil,...
The Imo State Police Command has confirmed the death of an inspector, while another officer suffered a minor injury during an attack on the Mgbidi Divisional...
Angry youths on Friday attacked the palace of a traditional ruler in Plateau State, Rev. Ronku Aka, over his alleged inability to protect his community from...
Bandits on Tuesday killed 13 people in Nakundna village, Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State. The spokesman for the state police command, Wasiu Abiodun, confirmed...
The Borno State Police Command on Friday described as fake news the reports on the abduction of mobile police instructors at a training school by Boko...
Police operatives in Ebonyi have rescued 32 trafficked persons in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Aliyu Garba, confirmed the development when he paraded two...
Gunmen on Thursday abducted four students of the Federal University of Lafia, Nasarawa State. The abduction of the varsity students came just 24 hours after gunmen...
A middle-aged local government worker in Delta State, Chuka Nwosu, has been arrested for allegedly hypnotising and raping a 13-year-old girl to death. Confirming the arrest...
The Zamfara State Police Command has arrested a Nigerien woman, Aisha Ibrahim, after a failed attempt to sell her co-wide’s two-year-old son. While parading the suspect...
Two separate car accidents in Bauchi State, on Thursday claimed 15 lives, according to the State Command of the Federal Roads Safety Corps (FRSC). The command...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned a car importer, Muhammed Sani Dauda, at the Kaduna State High Court for alleged N264 million...
A 21-year-old young man identified as Auwal Abdulrasheed has been arrested after he allegedly kidnapped and murdered a 13-year-old hawker known as Zuwaira in Tofa Town,...
Policed operatives in Plateau have arrested the suspected killer of an undergraduate student of the University of Jos (UNIJOS), Jennifer Anthony, in the state. Anthony, who...
No less than 18 people were reportedly killed, with several others seriously injured when armed bandits suspected to be herdsmen invaded another community in Plateau State,...
The Delta State Police Command has confirmed the number of casualties from the church building which collapsed on Tuesday evening in Okpanam community, near Asaba, in...
The Save Our Heritage Initiative (SOHI) has called for the establishment of Special Courts for the prosecution of cases related to gender-based violence. The Chief Executive...
A Nigerian rapper identified as Nicholas Ebanehita Ogbeifun has been arrested over the alleged murder of another Nigerian simply known as Ajence in Johannesburg, South Africa....
The Kano State Government has pledged to provide viable and alternative means of transportation to its residents due to a strike by tricycle riders, popularly called...
