The Federal Government on Saturday brought back to Nigeria, a 35-year-old nurse, Omowunmi Rhoda Aladeboyeje, from Egypt. Aladeboyeje, a mother of four, was allegedly trafficked to...
The late General Officer Commanding 6 Division of the Nigerian Army, Major General John Olu Irefin has been buried in his country home in Ayetoro Gbede,...
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a housewife, Ihuoma Amadi, for allegedly stabbing her husband, Kinikanwo Amadi, a former Supervisory Councillor in Obio/Akpor local government...
The General Overseer of the Living Faith Church Worldwide, aka Winners Chapel, Bishop David Oyedepo says the church was able to plant 10,000 churches despite the...
The Taraba lawmaker, Bashir Bape, who was recently abducted has regained freedom on Friday night. The police and family sources both confirmed the release of the...
Two Delta monarchs, the traditional rulers of Emede and Igbide clans in Isoko South Local Government Area of the state have been suspended following the killings...
Gunmen on Friday afternoon shot dead a mobile policeman along Jakpa Road, in Uvwie local government area of Delta State. The policeman was on escort duty...
The Ekiti State Police Command on Friday confirmed the arrest of one person in connection with the abduction of a former Commissioner for Agriculture in the...
Police on Friday arraigned a 14-year-old boy, Abdullahi Sheriff, at the Kwara State Family Court, Ilorin, for allegedly defiling a minor at Iji, Owu-Isin area of...
A Non-Governmental Organisation (NGO), Initiative for the Downtrodden, has rescued a 12-year-old house help simply identified as Esther, who was allegedly bought for N15,000 from a...
The Rivers State Police Command said on Friday the police inspector who killed a commercial tricycle driver in Rukpokwu, near Port Harcourt, Christopher Oba, would be...
Justice N.I. Buba of the Federal High Court, Enugu on Thursday sentenced a former Rector, Dr Isidore Ojukwu Nwankwo to one year in prison for N1.1...
The Kaduna State government and the state police command have disagreed with the Kano State government following reports that 16 indigenes of Kano who perished along...
A Consultant Cardiologist attached to the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital, Dr. Vincent Uhegbu Maduka has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen. The doctor, Mr Maduka was...
Police in Akwa Ibom have arrested 40 persons suspected to be involved in armed robbery and cultism activities within Uyo, its capital city. The Police Public...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos zonal office, has arraigned two legal practitioners, Sarah Omeigha Ajibola and John Ozovehe Demide, for alleged electoral fraud....
The governor of Borno state, Babagana Zulu’s has called for the return of over 200,000 refugees from his state who are in neighbouring countries to return...
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos has convicted and sentenced five Indians to one year imprisonment each for oil theft. A statement by Wilson...
Lagos State University (LASU) has increased the tuition fee for new students of the institution by 168 percent effective from this academic session. In a circular...
Police on Thursday confirmed the arrest of two members of a trans-national kidnap syndicate involved in the abduction of a United States citizen, Philippe Nathan Walton,...
A jealous 19-year-old girl identified as Jemila Ibraheem, has been remanded in police custody for allegedly killing her ex-lover’s girlfriend in the Satellite area of Lagos...
Gunmen, who invaded the Igbe-Lara community in the Igbogbo-Bayeku Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, have killed two businessmen in an attack residents believe to...
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested two siblings and an accomplice for allegedly attempting to kidnap their employer’s son. According to the State Police Public...
A local government worker in Benue State, Aondona Yaga, has allegedly committed suicide by setting himself ablaze over hardship and unpaid salaries. Yaga reportedly took his...
Gunmen on Tuesday abducted two teachers at the Ohorhe community, Uvwie local government area of Delta State. The teachers – Gladys Niemogha and Blessing Emunefe –...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, said on Wednesday the Agege-Pen Cinema Bridge would be open to the public by February 2021. Sanwo-Olu, according to a statement...
The Nigerian Navy on Wednesday declared 43 personnel wanted for desertion. In a circular issued by the Navy Headquarters in Abuja, the force requested members of...
The Niger State House of Assembly on Wednesday summoned the state Commissioner for Education, Hajiya Hannatu Salihu, over alleged collection of illegal fees from primary six...
The Ondo State Security Network Agency, Amotekun, said on Wednesday said some herdsmen attacked its operatives in Osi community, Akure North local government area of the...
Operation “Akpakwu”, a new security outfit launched by the Governor of Cross River State, Prof Ben Ayade, has arrested a suspected kidnap kingpin, Etim Bassey, and...
The newly elected President of the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), Sunday Asefon, has vowed that the students’ body would shut down all private universities...
Two brothers were on Tuesday killed, and other people injured, throwing Owerri, the Imo State capital into mourning. The victims, Ifeanyi Anyanwu, 47, and Tochukwu Anyanwu,...
The Osun State Police command has arrested two siblings, Lawal and Monsuru Tajudeen allegedly involved in ritual killings in Iwo. They were apprehended by the Osun...
The Abia State Police Command has arrested two suspects who allegedly specialise in stealing babies and selling them to child traffickers. The suspects, Ekene Duru and...
The Maritime Workers Union of Nigeria (MWUN) has called off its proposed three-day warning strike over the perennial gridlock on the Apapa-Oshodi Expressway. Maritime workers in...
The Association of Resident Medical doctors (ARD), Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja on Tuesday, called for the development of Primary Health Care (PHC) Centers in hospitals....
The Katsina State government has banned the use of WhatsApp in all schools in the state, and also the use of Facebook by civil servants in...
The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a suspected fraudster and fake Airforce captain, Khamis Abdullahi. The police spokesman Gambo Isa, in a statement on Tuesday,...
Three suspected car thieves have been arrested by the Cross River State Police Command, over the alleged robbery of a household in Calabar, the state capital....
Police in Niger State on Tuesday arrested a robbery suspect, Abubakar Mohammed, along Suleja-Minna Road, in the Suleja Local Government Area of the state. The police...
President Muhammadu Buhari has sacked the Director-General of the National Directorate of Employment (NDE), Dr. Nasiru Mohammed Ladan Argungu. The Senior Special Assistant to the President...
For the second time in one week, suspected hoodlums on Tuesday destroyed the palace of the traditional ruler of Ode community in Akure North local government...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command on Tuesday confirmed the arrest of 11 suspected kidnappers terrorizing residents of various communities in Abuja. The command’s spokesperson,...
The family of a teenager who was allegedly sexually assaulted by a Lagos-based Islamic cleric has withdrawn the case. The case was withdrawn due to several...
Three men identified as Aderemi Adegoke, Adekunle Adegoke and Rasaq Okemakinde, who allegedly assaulted a policeman to evade arrest, were on Tuesday arraigned at the Ikeja...
A housewife has reportedly set her husband ablaze in Benue State after she suspected that he was having extra-marital affairs with other women. A Facebook user,...
The Federal Government announced on Monday that five million smallholder farmers are to get fertiliser subsidy. The Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development, Sabo Nanono, and...
A 24-year old man, identified as Chiemezie Aligu who narrowly escaped lynching over motorcycle theft has been arrested by police in Anambra state. The suspect, a...
Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a suspected highway robber in a gun duel. The police in a statement on Monday said the...
An 18-year-old girl, Ujunwa Offiah has been arrested by the Lagos State Police Command for allegedly conniving with her boyfriend, Blessed Ifesinachi, to stage a fake...
