Boko Haram insurgents reportedly attacked Mallam Fatori, the headquarters of Abadam local government area of Borno State on Friday. Although, the number of casualty has not...
Police operatives in Niger have arrested two suspected bandits and recovered 71 cows and 23 sheep in the state. The spokesman of the state police command,...
At least five persons were confirmed dead in an auto crash in Ogun State on Friday The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Sector Commander in the...
Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) has arrested four persons over an alleged attempt to break into a secondary school at Dumukur, Daura Local Government...
A coterie of Nigerian celebrities, including Mercy Johnson, Tonto Dikeh, amongst several others have taken to their respective social media platforms to demand justice for the...
A Court of Appeal sitting in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Friday, discharged and acquitted a prophet, Alfa Babatunde, who was sentenced to life imprisonment...
In demonstration of the return of peace and peaceful co-existence among its people, a planning committee has been put in place to revive the old but...
Political activist and member of the Lagos State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on the Consolidated Report on General Police Brutality Cases and Report of Lekki Incident...
After seven days in the captivity of his abductors, the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) in charge of Fugar, Etsako Central Local Government Area of Edo State,...
Gunmen on Wednesday abducted a couple at a village in Obokun local government area of Osun State. The spokesperson for the state police command, Yemisi Opalola,...
Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of the Lagos State Special Offences Court, Ikeja, on Thursday fixed December 15 for ruling on the admissibility of the confessional statement of...
The management of Dowen College in the Lekki area of Lagos on Thursday reacted to the report on the death of one of the students of...
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a serial ritual killer syndicate at Agbara village, in the Mawuko area of Abeokuta, the state capital. The suspected...
A 12-year-old student of Dowen College in the Lekki area of Lagos on Tuesday died from injuries after he was allegedly beaten by his mates in...
The Nigerian Navy has arrested five stowaways caught onboard a vessel in Lagos. The Commander NNS BEECROFT, Commodore Bashir Mohammed, who disclosed this in a statement,...
Fire has razed several hectares of farmlands in Gulani, Tetteba and Garintuwo communities in the Gulani Local Government Area of Yobe State. The incident was confirmed...
The police on Tuesday said it had arrested 32 notorious suspects for kidnapping, armed robbery, arms smuggling, illegal possession of weapons, illicit drug trade, trans-border car...
The Osun State Police Command has rescued a six-year-old girl who was locked up and maltreated for months by her guardian at the Isale-Osun quarters of...
Forty people, mostly women and children, have been confirmed dead after a boat capsized in Badau village, Bagwai Local Government Area of Kano State on Tuesday....
The Oyo State Government has suspended a female student of Jericho High School, Ibadan, for allegedly assaulting a male peer. This was contained in a statement...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Tuesday said it has seized over three million kilogrammes of illicit drugs and psychoactive substances across the country...
Police operatives in Zamfara have rescued three kidnapped victims and recovered three AK-47 rifles and ammunition in the state. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Ayuba Elkanah,...
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Osun have arrested two men for allegedly defiling a 13-year-old girl in the state. The...
Between January and November 2021, over 400 cases of human rights abuse in the area of gender based violence (GBV) were recorded in Bauchi state out...
To improve safety on all roads across the state, the Lagos State Government has disclosed plans to commence the ‘No Inspection, No Certificate of Roadworthiness’ policy...
The Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted a vehicle conveying N71.3 million cash in Katsina State. The Customs Acting Controller in the state, Dalhat Wada-Chedi, who disclosed...
A lecturer in the Department of Mass Communication at the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, Ayatu Momoh, slumped and died on Monday. An eyewitness said the incident occurred...
Troops conducting clearance operations in Kaduna have killed five suspected bandits in Birnin Gwari and Giwa Local Government Areas of the state. The state’s Commissioner for...
At least 15 persons died in a ghastly auto accident along the Achilafiya-Karnaya road in Yan Kwadhi local government area of Jigawa on Sunday. The spokesman...
A woman heading to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, for Umrah (Lesser Hajj) has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the...
Six bodies have been recovered as the dust settles on the invasion of the Jos Correctional Centre in Plateau State by gunmen on Sunday. Though it...
A former National Publicity Secretary of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Olisa Metuh has pledged to build two vocational centres for inmates in Kuje and Nnewi...
Chiemeka Arinze, who has been standing trial alongside alleged billionaire kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, also known as Evans, has reportedly died in prison custody. Arinze, who...
The Delta State Police Command has arrested four suspected armed robbers in the state and recovered 42 rounds of live ammunition and cartridges. In a statement...
The Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs Pauline Tallen, has advocated castration as a punishment for perpetrators of incest in Nigeria. Tallen made the recommendation at a...
The Anambra State police command and the Azia community in Ihiala local government area of the stare on Sunday disagreed on the cause of death of...
The Federal Government on Sunday announced a six-day traffic diversion on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in a bid to speed up ongoing construction works on the highway....
At least three persons were confirmed dead on Sunday in an auto crash along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps...
Gunmen suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents on Sunday attacked Jos Correctional Centre in Plateau State. The gunmen stormed the facility at 5:30 p.m., shot sporadically...
The Nigerian Army and the police on Sunday dismissed the report of a clash between operatives of both establishments in Owerri, Imo State. An online platform had on...
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a 78-year-old man, Moshood Habibu, for allegedly hacking his 94-year-old brother to death over a land dispute. The State...
Police operatives in Kaduna have killed a notorious bandit simply identified as Yellow Magaji at a hotel in the state. The spokesman of the state police...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested two suspects for alleged theft and vandalism of electricity transformer in Katsina State. The NSCDC spokesman in...
Gunmen on Friday abducted the Divisional Police Officer (DPO) of Fugar Division in Etsako Central local government area of Edo State simply identified as Ibrahim Ishaq....
The Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) has suspended some officials for allegedly extorting a passenger at Murtala Muhammed International Airport, Lagos. The FAAN General Manager,...
Police operatives in Lagos have arrested a 34-year-old man simply identified as Godwin Iroro for allegedly defiling his friend’s 10-year-old daughter in the state. The spokesman...
A 30-year-old woman, Fatima Lawali, has been arrested by the Zamfara State Police Command while trying to smuggle 991 ammunition into the camp of a notorious...
Police operatives in Zamfara have arrested a 30-year old woman who specialised in the supply of arms and ammunition to bandits in Zamfara, Sokoto, Katsina, Kaduna,...
The Assistant Inspector-General of Police in charge of Zone 13, Muri Musa, on Friday approved the dismissal of one Insp. Edem Ebong who was involved in...
A 31-year-old man, Ekerete Ukpong, was on Thursday, sentenced to death by an Akwa Ibom State High Court after he was found guilty of kidnapping a...
