A devastating fire in the early hours of Friday claimed the lives of a husband, his wife, and their grandson in the Ori-Eru, Idikan area of...
Some parts of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), are facing darkness as vandals have destroyed the 330-kilovolt Shiroro-Katampe Transmission Line. The spokesperson of the Transmission Company...
The Supreme Court of Nigeria, National Hajj Commission of Nigeria, and several other federal agencies have been flagged as high corruption risk Ministries, Departments and Agencies...
The Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Enforcement Unit Taskforce has arrested 17 suspected criminals in the state. The chairman of the taskforce, Adetayo Akerele, said...
A visually-impaired widow in Anambra State has lost more than N2 million after an unidentified woman allegedly stole her Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card under the...
The Kano State Police Command has arrested two men suspected of stealing tricycles and recovered the stolen vehicles, which have since been returned to their rightful...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Federal Capital Territory Command, on Thursday assured residents of adequate security during the Christmas and New Year celebrations....
The Lagos State Police Command has denied claims that its officer assaulted a personnel of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the Lekki area of...
The Anambra State Police Command has arrested one Chidi Ekwesiri, 50, from Umunya, Oyi Local Government Area, and two others, dealing with innocent residents of the...
Fire on Wednesday night gutted the Ogbosisi Timber Market in Onitsha, Anambra State, leaving several goods destroyed. The spokesperson for the Anambra State Police Command, Tochukwu...
One Chibuike Onyebuchi, who was allegedly kidnapped in Onitsha, Anambra State, has been found in Kogi State. The spokesman for the Anambra State Police Command, SP...
A Nigerian lady who is a victim of human trafficking has cried out for help seeking to be returned to Nigeria from Iraq where she was...
A contentious banner displayed at the entrance of the Lekki Central Mosque, Lagos, which sparked widespread criticism, has been taken down following public backlash. The banner,...
The Nigeria Police Force has defended its use of leg restraints on Vincent Makinde, a dismissed officer, following allegations of inhumane treatment and unlawful detention. Human...
A banner displayed at the gate of the Lekki Central Mosque in Lagos State has ignited heated discussions across social media platforms. The sign, which went...
The Katsina State Government yesterday rewarded a woman, Malama Abdulkadir-Yanmama, with N500,000 for returning N748,320 to the state. The Executive Director, Katsina State Social Investment Programme...
A man identified as Eseni Chima, 54, was on Tuesday docked before an Abakaliki Magistrate’s Court for allegedly killing his wife, Ugochukwu Chima. Chima is facing...
A truck on Tuesday crushed a yet-to-be-identified pedestrian to death at the Iyana-Isashi U-turn, inward Mile 2 area of Lagos State. The fatal accident which caused...
A Senior Special Assistant on General Duties to Bayelsa State Governor, Douye Diri, Mr. Prudent Oguruguru, has been convicted of assault by a Bayelsa State High...
An Area Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State, on Tuesday sentenced one Musa Biliaminu to six months in jail for theft of aluminum window frames. The...
A National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Tayachibiyacha Ebal, deployed to Kebbi State, has tragically passed away after suddenly slumping at the Dakin Gari Orientation Camp....
The House of Representatives on Tuesday called on the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Christopher Musa, and the Chief of Army Staff, Gen Olufemi Oluyede to...
A lecturer at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, Dr. Fabian Osita, has been shot dead by some yet-to-be-identified members of a car-snatching syndicate. According...
The Plateau State Government has expressed its willingness to prosecute anyone found guilty of child trafficking in any of the state’s 17 local government areas. The...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, re-arraigned a former Managing Director of the defunct Bank PHB Plc, Francis Atuche, on a nine-count charge...
The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Ola Olukoyede, has disclosed that the Commission, in a landmark raid, arrested 792 suspects for...
Police operatives in Zone 2, Lagos, have detained two suspected international fraudsters that specialised in forging foreign certificates in the country and Ghana. The Assistant Inspector-General...
At least one person died and four others were injured in an auto crash on the Third Mainland Bridge, Lagos, on Monday. A J5 Ford bus...
Suspected armed robbers on Saturday killed a 57- year-old man, Alhaji Mohammed Samaila, in Gaina village of Misau local government area of Bauchi State. Eyewitnesses told...
The Benue State Police Command has confirmed the deaths of 20 people and the rescue of 11 others following a tragic boat accident on the River...
In a determined push against oil theft, troops conducting anti-bunkering operations in the Niger Delta Region (NDR) have dismantled 42 illegal oil refinery sites, arrested 29...
Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani, has reopened the Kidandan market in Giwa Local Government Area, a decade after its closure due to banditry and insecurity....
Former presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC) in the 2023 general elections, Omoleye Sowore, has called out the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun,...
Police operatives in Benue have arrested a native doctor, Veror Orduen, and a driver, Aondoaver Viaga, over the alleged theft of a company truck in the...
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has announced a ban on the use of firecrackers, popularly known as knockouts, ahead of the Christmas and New Year...
The Senate Leader, Opeyemi Bamidele, has decried that many Nigerians die of treatable diseases because of poverty and paucity of quality healthcare services. Bamidele, who represents...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested a suspected fraudster, Osang Otukpa, for allegedly defrauding 139 Australians to the tune of eight million Australian...
A couple died in a midnight fire at Rangaza (Inken) Layin AU, Ungogo local government area of Kano State on Thursday. The Director of Kano State...
Police operatives in Anambra have arrested a 40-year-old man, Alfred Bassey, over the sudden death of his seven-year-old son. The spokesman for the state police command,...
Gunmen on Friday killed a guest at the popular Raptor Club and Lounge in Edo State. The spokesman for the state police command, Moses Iyamu, who...
Benue State Police Command has arrested a lecturer at the Joseph Sarwuan Tarka University of Agriculture, Makurdi, Dr Ichor Tersagh, for allegedly masterminding the abduction of...
The Special Anti-Cultism Squad (SACS), formerly known as the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), of the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), have raided a students’ hostel in the...
The Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Thursday, struck out the alleged N4.8 billion fraud charge instituted against the Chairman of Ibeto Energy Development...
The Senate committee on works on Thursday resolved to issue a warrant of arrest on the Managing Director (MD) of Julius Berger Nigeria Plc, Peer Lubasch....
The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), has arrested a 37-year-old Nigerian fraudster, Abiola Kayode, over an alleged $6 million email scam. According to a statement by...
The Nigerian Armed Forces on Thursday formally retired 656 senior non-commissioned officers after 35 years of service to the nation. The retirees were honored at a...
An Ojo Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday sentenced a 55-year-old truck driver, Wahab Oyashiji to one year imprisonment for stealing 40 tonnes of cement. Magistrate...
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Kano Zonal Command, has received 10 rescued victims of human trafficking. The victims, aged between...
In its bid to rid Nigeria of expired and counterfeited drugs, the National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) on Wednesday, destroyed smuggled...
The Federal Capital Territory High Court in Jabi, Abuja, has sentenced an Internet fraudster, Praise Humphrey Igbo, also known as Jessica Allen, to one year imprisonment...
