Gunmen on Saturday abducted seven children and a security guard at an orphanage in Abuja. The children – Elizabeth Andrew, Dayo Udeh, Jacob Ukpas, Melody Ijeh,...
The Lagos State police command on Sunday confirmed the arrest of a suspected member of an armed robbery gang terrorizing Point of Sale (POS) operators in...
Armed bandits on Sunday attacked some communities in Munya and Paikoro local government areas of Niger State and killed three persons. The bandits who stormed the...
The Vice-Chancellor of the University of Lagos, Prof. Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, said on Sunday the institution would conduct a virtual Post-Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (Post-UTME) test. Ogundipe,...
The management of the Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, on Sunday ordered the indefinite closure of the university following the killing of some students of...
The Akwa Ibom State government on Sunday ordered all hawkers and roadside traders to vacate the streets of Uyo, the state capital, and relocate to designated...
A fire outbreak at the Nigerian Army Depot, Zaria, Kaduna State, on Saturday night destroyed a block of soldiers’ quarters at the depot. The Assistant Director,...
The Ebonyi State Governor, Dave Umahi, on Sunday imposed a curfew on Effium, Ohaukwu Local Government area of the state over the National Union of Road...
A woman in the Ijebu North local government area of Ogun State, Morenike Salami, is currently battling for her life after some marauding herdsmen attacked her...
The Kaduna State police command on Saturday confirmed the arrest of two suspected kidnappers in the state. The command’s spokesman, Muhammad Jalige, who disclosed this in...
The management of the University of Calabar (UNICAL) has directed the students of the institution to return to school on February 5 for the resumption of...
The Kano State government has set up mobile courts to ensure full compliance with COVID-19 protocols in the state. Governor Umar Ganduje, who disclosed this during...
The Anambra State Police Command on Saturday confirmed the arrest of one Nonso Eze for allegedly pushing a lady to her death from a five-storey building...
Armed bandits on Friday killed at least six persons in separate attacks in Chikun and Giwa local government areas of Kaduna State. The state’s Commissioner for...
At least 20 persons died on Friday in a gas explosion in Agbor, Ika South local government area of Delta State. The explosion which occurred in...
Aliko Dangote for the tenth straight time is Africa’s richest person, with a net worth pegged at $12.1 billion according to Forbes 2021 African billionaires’ ranking....
Two people have been confirmed dead while several others were injured in a clash between some herdsmen and supporters of Oyo State-based activist, Sunday Adeyemo, popularly...
Abia State Governor, Dr. Okezie Ikpeazu has officially opened for public use four roads in the economic hub of Aba, the state capital. The roads include...
Fulani herdsmen on Friday reportedly stabbed a cassava farmer in Akure, Ondo State, for denying them access to his farm. A youth advocate in the state,...
An unknown man died mysteriously in his car along the CMD Road in Magodo area of Lagos on Friday. Eyewitness told journalists at the scene that...
Non-teaching staff in Nigeria’s universities will begin a nationwide strike on February 5. The staff who came together under the aegis of Joint Action Committee (JAC)...
The Ekiti State Security Network Agency also known as Amotekun Corps on Friday arrested four suspected kidnappers in the state. The Corps Commander, Brig. Gen. Joe...
Troops of Operation Tura Takaibango on Wednesday killed at least five suspected Boko Haram terrorists in Borno State. The Acting Director of Defence Media Operations, Brig.-Gen....
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested eleven suspected internet fraudsters in Osogbo, the Osun State capital. Operatives of the Ibadan zonal office of...
Police in Lagos have arrested four police inspectors who allegedly harassed and extorted N70,000 from a teenager simply identied as Segun, on 18th January, 202, at...
The Kano State government has revealed that it will charge singer, Yahaya Aminu Sharif, accused of alleged blasphemy, again on the same offence. Shariff’s death sentence...
Thirteen people are reported dead while 70 others were injuried in Katsina accident along Kaita/Dankama Highway, on Thursday night. Although details of the circumstances surrounding the...
A woman in Osun State, Thursday, told the Osun State Judicial Panel of Enquiry sitting in Osogbo, the state capital, how a drunk policeman allegedly used...
The Murtala Mohammed International Airport command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) on Thursday arrested two ladies for presenting tampered passports. The ladies, Adebayo Kazeem and...
Kano State High Court has set aside the death sentence slammed on a singer, Aminu Sharif, for alleged blasphemy. The court ordered a retrial of the...
A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced to two years, a 45-year-old driver, Adetunji Oluwasegun, for converting to personal use a sum of...
The Ebonyi State government led by Governor David Umahi has placed a ban on night clubs, drinking joints and others in the state, in a bid...
A High Court in Akure, Ondo State, Thursday sentenced a pastor, John Abiodun, to two years’ imprisonment for false allegation against a church founder. The convict,...
Armed bandits on Thursday attacked and killed four citizens at Giwa, Chikun and Igabi Local Government Areas of Kaduna State. The State Commissioner for Internal Security...
The Ondo State Police Command Thursday arrested a newly recruited police constable, David Friday, For alleged involvement in armed robbery. David was arrested alongside a soldier...
The Osun State Police Command has arrested one Musa Mohammed Musa, a 400 level student of the Political Science Department of Oduduwa University, Ipetu Modu, Osun...
A 26-year-old Nigerian, Davidsmith Chinazaekpere Ejiogo, has been arrested by the police in Patong area, Phuket, Thailand, after he was caught with small amounts of crystal...
Francisca Ogbu, the widow of the journalist who was shot dead by the police during a protest by members of the Islamic Movement of Nigerian (IMN),...
A former presidential aide, Reno Omokri, has reacted to the life-threatening allegation leveled against him by the mother of Don Davis, the assaulted student of the...
Police operatives in Adamawa State have arrested three members of a notorious gang popularly known as “Shilla Boys” in the state. The spokesman of the state...
The Kwara State police command on Wednesday confirmed the arrest of one of the organisers of a n*de party in the state, Akinsola Babatunde aka “Mr....
The Akwa State High Court, Uyo, on Wednesday sentenced a 23-year-old man, Iniobong Moses, to life imprisonment for defiling his three-year-old step-daughter. Justice Okon Okon, who...
At least two persons were confirmed dead in an accident involving a truck and Toyota Hiace bus along the Ipetu-Ijesha highway in Osun State on Wednesday...
Deborah Okezie, the mother of Don Davis, the student of Deeper Life High School, Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, who was allegedly assaulted by senior students of...
A female kidnapper arrested by police in Kano State, Maryam Mohammed, has explained why she abducted her ex-boyfriend. Mohammed, who was paraded the Kano State police...
The Katsina State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a school vice-principal for defiling a 12-year-old student in the state. The man, Ibrahim Tukur, who...
Police operatives have arrested a 20-year-old man, Abubakar Amodu, for conniving with a gang to abduct his father. The Force Police Public Relations Officer, Frank Mba,...
The management of the University of Benin (UNIBEN) on Wednesday directed the students of the institution to stay at home until further notice over the COVID-19...
The abducted Deputy Vice-Chancellor of Anchor University, Lagos, Prof. Johnson Fatokun, has been released by his captors. The deputy vice-chancellor was abducted by unknown gunmen along...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) arrested a total of 262 suspected drug traffickers in Edo State last year. The NDLEA Commander in the state,...
