Troops of Operation Safe Haven in Plateau State on Sunday said they rescued seven more victims of Saturday’s attack on travellers by gunmen, at Rukuba community...
At least 11 people were feared dead when a bus plunged into a mining pit at Enyigba community, Ikwo local government area of Ebonyi State on...
Gunmen on Saturday killed at least 15 people in an attack on travellers in Jos, Plateau State. The victims were returning from Bauchi State where they...
One person died in an auto crash at Orimerumu along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Saturday. The Commander of Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps (TRACE),...
Governor Mai Mala-Buni of Yobe has directed the immediate relocation of downstream communities to safer grounds to avert perennial flooding occasioned by the rainfall. Mala-Buni also...
After some calm in the level of insecurity in the South-East region of the country, the Imo State Police Command has confirmed that it killed three...
The Osun State Police Command has dismissed a police officer for allegedly shooting a commercial motorcyclist to death in Osogbo, the state capital. The police officer...
Hassana Saudaki, the abducted wife of a former Zamfara State councillor, Babangida Haruna, has regained her freedom. Gunmen suspected to be bandits abducted the woman and...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, (EFCC) has arrested 42 suspected internet fraudsters in separate operations in Anambra and Enugu States. The EFCC Head of Media...
A group in Cross River State, Advocacy For Witches (AFAW) has commended the Governor of Akwa Ibom State, Ben Ayade, for dismissing his Special Adviser on...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), has released its latest situation report on the ongoing fight against insurgency in the country, declaring that military operations in the North-East...
The Osun and Oyo State governments on Thursday resolved to end the boundary dispute between the two states. At a meeting held in Ibadan, Oyo State...
A passenger train on Thursday killed a woman and her daughter in Orhuwhorun community, Udu local government area of Delta State. An eyewitness told journalists that...
Police on Thursday arraigned a 39-year-old man, Sunday Julius, at the Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for allegedly defiling his four daughters. Police arraigned the...
The Lagos State government has shut down 20 illegal pharmaceutical and medicine stores in some parts of the state. The state’s Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin...
Police operatives in Ogun State have arrested three men for allegedly looting a company warehouse at Opic Estate, Agbara in Ado-Odo/Ota local government area of the...
The Benue State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested a man with a fabricated high calibre G3 rifle and 78 rounds...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) on Wednesday demolished about 2,000 illegal structures in the Mpape community. The Chairman of the FCT Ministerial Committee on City...
Justice M.M. Abubakar of the Bauchi State High Court on Wednesday sentenced the Managing Director of Workman Micro-Finance Bank in the state, Sarita Aliyu Bello, to...
Police on Wednesday arraigned a 35-year-old security guard, Ponven Changinin, at the Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos for alleged N5million theft. Police arraigned the defendant on...
Gunmen have abducted the wife and seven-month-old son of a former councillor in Zamfara State, Babangida Ibrahim. The spokesman of the state police command, Muhammad Shehu,...
Police operatives in Ogun State have arrested a suspected herdsman simply identified simply as Mohammed over alleged possession of AK- 47 riffle. The spokesman of the...
An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan on Wednesday remanded eight herders for alleged kidnapping and collection of N22 million ransom. The defendants are: Umoru...
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos State, on Wednesday, remanded a 43-year-old businessman, Emeka Orisakwe for allegedly defiling his three daughters. Magistrate Ejiro Kubeinje, who...
The Nigerian Navy on Tuesday described as false reports that two of its personnel were killed by suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)...
The Nigerian Navy has rescued 12 crew members of a capsized fishing vessel, “Lady Barbara,” belonging to SEABLESS Fishing Company Limited. The Commander of NNS BEECROFT,...
The Sokoto State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Ali Inname, on Tuesday, confirmed the death of 24 family members from poisonous food in the state. Inname, who...
The West Africa Examination Council (WAEC) on Tuesday announced the date for the commencement of the 2021 West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE). The Head...
Five people were on Tuesday, feared dead while nine were rescued after a boat capsized in Karim-Lamido Local Government Area of Taraba State. The State Police...
A Swiss national, Andred Beita, and his Nigerian driver simply identified as Ifeanyi, have been abducted by suspected bandits in Ogun State. This was confirmed on...
The Ekiti State High Court has sentenced a 19-year-old man, Oluwaseun Ademola, to life imprisonment for attempting to steal a motorcycle. The sentence was handed down...
At least five persons were crushed to death by a petrol tanker along the new Ife-Ibadan road, Egbeda local government area of Oyo State on Monday....
Five residents of Jibia in Katsina State have been reportedly killed by Customs officials, who were chasing rice smugglers in the area. Ripples Nigeria learnt that...
A Magistrate Court sitting in Yaba, Lagos has remanded Chidinma Ojukwu, and Adedapo Quadri over alleged murder of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo...
A senior Boko Haram commandant and explosive expert identified as Mala Musa Abuja, and his second in command, Abu Darda, have surrendered to the Nigerian Army...
The Nigerian Army has disclosed that troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) have thwarted an attempted attack by the Boko Haram/Islamic State of West Africa Province...
The Federal Controller of Works in Lagos, Mr Olukayode Popoola, has stated that traffic diversion towards rehabilitation of the burnt Airport flyover bridge in Lagos will...
Police operatives in Delta State have arrested two suspected drug peddlers at Ozoro, Isoko North local government area of the state. The acting spokesman of the...
The Akwa Ibom State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), on Saturday, said it arrested five persons with a truckload of 200...
A housewife in Jigawa State, identified as Maimuna Wadaji, who attempted to commit suicide by setting herself on fire because of her husband’s plans to remarry...
The Osun State Police Command on Saturday paraded two herbalists in the state for aalegedly killing a 35-year-old man identified as Fasesan Ayoade Moses. They were...
Police operatives in Delta have arrested two suspected killers of a 50-year-old pepper seller in the state. The suspects – Akpoghene Idogo and Onos Simon were...
Police operatives in Jigawa State have rescued a woman identified as Maimuna Wadaji, who attempted to set herself on fire at the Rungumau village, Dutse local...
Police operatives in Jigawa State have arrested three suspected armed robbers in the state. The spokesman of the state police command, Lawan Shiisu, confirmed the development...
Gunmen on Friday night abducted two travellers in Ekiti State. The spokesman of the state police command, Sunday Abutu, who confirmed the incident to journalists on...
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested four kidnap suspects for kidnapping, killing and burying Friday Olakada, a 56-year-old pastor of a local church, God Is...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) on Friday recovered a day-old baby abandoned at a dumpsite in Kwara State. The NSCDC spokesman in the...
Police operatives in Edo State have rescued seven teenagers from suspected traffickers in the state. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Philip Ogbadu, who disclosed this to...
A 25-year-old man, Nura Muhammad, has committed suicide at Chamo village in Dutse local government area of Jigawa State. The spokesman of the state police command,...
Unidentified gunmen have killed a Police Inspector attached to the Orsu Police Station in Imo State during a gun battle between the police and the invaders...
