A 47-year-old security guard, Obinna Andrew has been sentenced to 16 years in prison with an option of paying N3 million fine for sexually exploiting two...
The Chief Judge of Lagos State, Justice Kazeem Alogba, has ordered the repatriation of five foreign nationals who were part of the 38 newly freed inmate...
An ex-convict, Adeniyi Ajayi has been arrested by the Lagos Stste Police Command for allegedly raping not less than eight women during robbery operations in Lagos....
The Yobe State Police Command said on Wednesday its operatives had discovered and diffused some Improvised Explosive Devises (IEDs) buried underground in some communities in the...
The Adamawa State Police Command said on Wednesday a 30-year-old woman identified as Zainab Ja’afaru had been arrested for allegedly arranging for her friend to be...
Police on Wednesday arraigned six persons at the Ebute-Metta Magistrate Court sitting in Oyingbo for allegedly stealing 560 crates of Smirnoff-Ice worth N7.2 million. The defendants...
The Federal Government said on Tuesday that it had secured the release of 39 Nigerians arrested for illegally entering Ghana. The released Nigerians according to the...
The Enugu State Commissioner of Police, Ahmad Abdulrahman has ordered investigation into the murder of a 67-year-old man, Anayo Iloabani within the Amamkpunato-Achi forest area in...
One Nwokorie Valentine, has been sent to jail by the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos over romance scam. The Lagos Zonal office of the...
A self-acclaimed lawyer, Elijah Ojo, has been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly duping a client into parting with N300,000. According...
A mid-day fire on Tuesday gutted the top floor of a three-storey building in Nkpor, Anambra State and destroyed property worth millions of naira. The Director,...
A 26-year-old man, Shagbada Erigga, on Tuesday revealed how he killed his girlfriend, Happiness Winfred and threw her into a well for rejecting his sexual advances....
The Senate postponed its plenary on Tuesday and observed a minute silence in honour of the Senator Bayo Osinowo, who represented Lagos East in the National...
The Osun State Police Command has arrested a popular masquerade and six of its cohorts in the state for allegedly fomenting trouble and causing a commotion...
The National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) has called on the federal government to subsidise operation costs for motorists, else it would be forced to...
Six internet fraudsters, popularly referred to as Yahoo boys, have been sent to jail by a Federal High Court in Ibadan, Oyo State capital. Their conviction...
Fire on Monday razed a residential building of eight rooms with two attached shops at Isale-Ago, Ile Olu-Olo compound in Offa local government area of Kwara...
An Osun State High Court sitting in Ikire on Monday dismissed reliefs sought by the Akire of Ikire, Oba Olutunde Falabi, restraining the state government from...
The police said on Monday operatives of the Intelligence Response Team had arrested members of a kidnap syndicate who allegedly killed three of their victims after...
Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos zonal office have arrested one Babatunde Oyerinde Abidoun, also known as Kashy, over alleged involvement in...
The Standards Organisation of Nigeria on Monday said it would sanction manufacturers of substandard hand sanitizers and liquid hand wash in the country over failure to...
The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has described as fraudulent the operation of a phoney Twitter handle, @YusufPhilipYila, purported to belong to its Director of Development...
The Lagos State government said on Sunday several lounges, bars, spas, and night clubs across the state had been sealed off for flouting COVID-19 directives regarding...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command said on Sunday night its operatives had arrested 10 suspected cultists during a surveillance operation in a major part...
Men of Ogun State Police Command on Sunday arrested two suspected armed robbers on the Kara long bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. The command’s spokesman, Abimbola...
A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, has granted nine suspected illegal oil dealers and a vessel, MT OMUSN N10 million bail each. A statement...
Two suspected robbers, Ibrahim Nura and Isaac Kyegh have been arrested by men of the Ogun State police command while robbing motorists on the Long Bridge...
The Zamfara State Police Command on Saturday confirmed the killing of four persons in fresh bandit attack at Yartalata village, Tsafe local government area of the...
At least two persons were killed in a fuel tanker explosion at Azare in Katagum local government area of Bauchi State on Saturday morning. An unspecified...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has revealed why it is proving really difficult for the agency to effectively enforce COVID-19 guidelines across all states...
Gunmen Thursday abducted at least nine persons along the lsua highway in Akoko South East local government area of Ondo State. The victims, according to eyewitnesses,...
The Nigerian Navy and Nigeria Police Force are collaborating to beef up security in Lagos and other parts of the country. The Police Public Relations Officer,...
The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) said on Friday it would effect the upward review of the electricity tariff from July 1. The General Manager, Corporate...
The Osun State Police Command said on Friday a 50-year-old farmer had been arrested for allegedly defiling his 13-year-old daughter. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Mr....
The Ikeja Electric Plc said on Friday it would begin the implementation of its revised electricity tariff on July 1. The firm’s Head of Corporate Communications,...
The Enugu State Commissioner for Health, Dr. Obi Ikechukwu on Friday said 72 health workers had been infected with the dreaded COVID-19 virus in the state....
Not less than 327 suspects in possession of 660.15kg of exhibits in Jigawa State have been arrested by the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA). The...
A 20-year-old housewife, Murja Ibrahim has allegedly poisoned her eight-year-old step-son, Habibu Ibrahim in Katsina State. The father of the victim, Sani Ibrahim of Jidadi village,...
The Federal Government on Friday said the Kara Bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway will be closed to traffic after the fire incident that involved three tankers...
A pastor in Asaba, the Delta State capital, Fidelix Nwansa has been arrested by operatives of the state police command after six rifles were recovered form...
The National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), on Thursday said there was no plan yet in the pipeline to open orientation camps. According to the NYSC, the...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday confirmed the arrest of one Anthony Ojemolon over an alleged attempt to obtain money under false pretences....
The Katsina State Police Command said on Thursday one Abdulrahman Abdulkarim had been arrested for allegedly killing his wife and dumping the corpse in an abandoned...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested six suspected internet fraudsters in Abuja. The commission’s spokesman, Mr. Dele Oyewale said in a statement the...
One of the four suspected gangsters allegedly belonging to a gang called Shila Boys died of high degree burns on Thursday morning in Yola, Adamawa State....
Armed policemen on Thursday denied the All Progressives Congress (APC) National Secretary, Arc Waziri Bulama, entrance into the party’s National Secretariat in Abuja. The party’s scribe...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has revealed that the abuse of tramadol (a medication used to help relieve moderate to moderately severe pain) is...
The Chairman, Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU), Ambrose Alli University, Ekpoma chapter, Monday Igbafen has alleged that his life is under threat for carrying out...
A Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday ordered for the interim forfeiture of a sum of N250 million illegally diverted from the Niger Delta...
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja and presided over by Justice O.A. Ipaye has convicted and sentenced a fraudulent land officer to 30 years...
