The Benin Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested a staff of First Bank of Nigeria Plc, Philips Orumade, for allegedly...
The Economic and Financial Crimes commission (EFCC) zonal Office in Sokoto has recovered about N400 million stolen funds. The head of the office, Mr Abdulahi Lawal,...
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command said on Tuesday a community leader, a pastor and three others had been arrested for alleged defilement and rape in...
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) on Tuesday announced the cut-off marks for admission into higher institutions in the country. The JAMB Registrar, Ishaq Oloyede,...
A 19-year-old teenager, Lilian Benedict of Bwaranji ward, Yola South Local Government Area of Adamawa State, died on Sunday after giving birth to triplets. Assistant Director,...
Unknown gunmen have kidnapped the wife of Eggon Youth President in Nasarawa State, Mr. Daniel Anyabuga. The incident took place on Monday night, when 10 gunmen...
The Vice Chairman of Shelleng Local Government Area, Adamawa State, Kama Bakta, has been abducted. Reports indicated that a number of suspected kidnappers armed with guns,...
The Zamfara State Police Command on Monday confirmed the arrest of a 25-year-old man, Aminu Bala for allegedly raping and killing his elder brother’s wife in...
Operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) in the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two friends who allegedly specialise in ordering expensive mobile phones online...
The trial of two Chinese men, Meng Wei Kun and Xui Kuoi of China Zhongao Nigeria Ltd., slated to begin on Monday, June 15, did not...
No fewer than four customers at a PoS kiosk have been shot following a robbery attack in Panyam District of Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau...
A 42-year- old Indian passenger on board an evacuation flight from Lagos to Mumbai at the weekend, died under unusual circumstances. It was learnt that the...
The Rivers State government led by Governor Nyesom Wike has denied a claim made by the state chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association that no fewer...
The Imo State Police Command on Sunday confirmed the death of a couple in their apartment in Owerri, the state capital. The command’s spokesman, Godson Ikeokwu,...
Three members of the same family died on Sunday when the car they were travelling in plunged into a river following the sudden collapse of a...
The Benue State Police Command said on Sunday suspected herdsmen killed three persons during an attack on Adama village in Agatu local government area of the...
The Lagos State government on Sunday asked owners of 56 properties sealed in Ikoyi and Banana Island axis to produce their building plan permits and evidence...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has claimed that no fewer than 20 Boko Haram/ISWAP fighters were killed following an attempted attack on Monguno Town in Borno State....
Tragedy struck along Ogidi-Abatete road in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State, when a Mecedez tipper truck loaded with sand rammed into a bus...
The Governor of Yobe State, Mai Mala has raised an alarm over a fake Twitter account tagged ‘@mmbproject’ making the rounds on social media which cyber...
The Lagos State government on Saturday ordered the clearing of shanties near the drainage channels in the state. The state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources,...
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Saturday morning killed the village head of Mazoji, Matazu local government area of Katsina State, Alhaji Dikko Usman. Eyewitnesses told...
Members of the terrorist group, Boko Haram and Nigerian soldiers on Saturday engaged each other, exchanging gunfire in Monguno, Borno State. As at the time this...
The Benue State Police Command said on Friday seven suspected armed robbers were killed last week along Lafia-Makurdi Road. The command’s spokesperson, Catherine Anene, who disclosed...
The Ondo State government said on Friday that at least 500 illegal miners had been arrested by operatives of Special Mines Surveillance Task Force on Illegal...
The Lagos State government said on Friday it sealed 19 more buildings on Banana Island, Ikoyi, over lack of building permits. The state’s Ministry of Physical...
The International Labour Organisation(ILO) and UNICEF said on Friday millions of children risked going into child labour as a result of the COVID-19 crisis that had...
The Lagos State Government on Wednesday sealed 15 buildings in some parts of the state over lack of planning permits. The government, which disclosed this on...
The Lagos State Government on Thursday directed operators of event centres in the state to register their facilities pending the release of further directives on their...
Adamawa State Police command has confirmed the kidnap of a 90-year-old Alhaji Dahiru Nyaki, a brother to former governor Murtala Nyako. Police Public Relations Officer, Sulaiman...
In the wake of prevalent physical and sexual abuse of girls and women across Nigeria, two groups have announced plans to train hundreds of girls and...
The Kano State Police Command said on Wednesday a 32-year-old man, Muhammad Alfa, had been arrested for allegedly raping 40 women in the last one year...
The Yaba Magistrate Court, Lagos, Wednesday discharged and acquitted a 15-year-old girl accused of killing her father`s friend, Babatunde Ishola. The teenager stabbed Ishola to death...
The Anambra State police have shot a man, who reportedly stole a bag containing N3.5 million from a victim, close to a new generation bank in...
No less than 40 persons have been killed following bandits’ attacks on communities in Katsina State, Ripples Nigeria has learnt. The communities, located in Faskari Local...
The Defence Headquarters has informed that scores of Boko Haram terrorists were neutralised during a well-coordinated commando raid on their hideout at Kwatara on the Mandara...
The Imo State Police Command on Tuesday paraded two women, Victoria Joseph, 28 and Joy Ugorji, 33 for allegedly stealing a 2-year-old baby from Kakuano, Rivers...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said on Tuesday at least six people were killed after a container fell on vehicles along Awka-Onitsha Expressway in Anambra...
Lagos High Court, Igbosere, on Tuesday discharged and acquitted a man, Jelili Dimeji of an armed robbery charge brought against him by the state government. The...
Justice Patricia Oduniyi of the Ogun State High Court, Abeokuta, on Tuesday, sentenced one Francis Okonkwo to death by hanging for armed robbery. Okonkwo had pleaded...
A Police Inspector, Adekunle Ilesanmi Francis, an officer attached to the Special Protective Unit (SPU), Lagos State Police Command, Ikeja, has reportedly died after a gruesome...
Police operatives in Benue State have apprehended one Mr Patrick Onoja Igah, 26, for allegedly luring and raping a seven-year-old girl inside a 7th Wonder Church...
A police officer, Lasaka Habila, was on Sunday electrocuted in Abuja. Habila, a Chief Superintendent of Police, was electrocuted while cutting leaves from a tree opposite...
Police officers in Ekiti State have arrested two fake soldiers in the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Asuquo Amba, who disclosed this in a statement...
The Lagos State police command said at the weekend at least 185 self-confessed members of different cult groups had been arrested in Ikorodu and other parts...
Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Sunday, installed the state’s ex-Commissioner for Agriculture, Gbolahan Lawal, as the 15th Oniru of Iruland in Eti-Osa local government area...
Unknown gunmen on Saturday killed one of the officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Rivers State, Godwin Mbula. The Media Assistant...
The Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) said on Saturday at least 62.3 percent of electricity consumers in the country were still on estimated billing as at...
The General Manager of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), Olajide Oduyoye, said on Saturday the agency impounded 1,233 vehicles between May 4 and May...
Sixteen internet fraudsters have been sent to jail for criminal impersonation and possession of documents containing false pretences. A statement by Dele Oyewale, the Economic Financial...
