The Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Thursday sentenced a former bank staff, Olushola Damilola, to one-year imprisonment for stealing N1.4 million belonging to a...
Nyesom Wike, the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, has disclosed that the Abuja Light Rail will operate free for two months, after its commissioning on...
In an unusual case, the police in Enugu have arrested and arraigned a masquerader for allegedly assaulting a woman in the city. A statement by the...
The Nigeria Police Force says the rescue of the two young daughters of a member of the Zamfara State House of Assembly, Honourable Aminu Ardo, who...
Police operatives in Kaduna have arrested eight suspected armed robbers in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Mansir Hassan, confirmed the arrest in...
Controversial social media critic, Martin Otse, popularly known as VeryDarkMan, has been remanded in police custody until his next hearing slated for next week Wednesday. Otse...
In a successful operation, a combined team of security forces in Kwara State has rescued a two-year-old child and eleven market women who were abducted last...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday presented the first prosecution witness, PW1, Chibueze Chukwuma, a staff of Access Bank Plc, in the trial...
Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, on Monday, adjourned the trial of Ismaila Mustapha, (a.k.a Mompha) till July 1, 2024...
The Department of State Services (DSS) has arrested a football coach working with a male football team in Osogbo, Osun State, simply identified as Adebisi, while...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared a couple, Kazeem Omogoriola Owoalade and Rashidat Ayinke Owoalade, wanted for running a cocaine cartel from India....
The Nigerian Army says its troops have successfully rescued around 386 people including women and children, from the Sambisa Forest in Borno State 10 years after...
Police operatives in Enugu have arrested three suspected armed robbers in the state. The operatives also recovered firearms and other items from the suspects. The spokesman...
A man mistakenly fell into the lagoon on Thursday night in Lagos. He was however rescued by men of the Lagos State Water Authority (LASWA). The...
Justice Mohammed Liman of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on Friday sentenced the founder of MedContour Services, Dr. Anuoluwapo Adepoju, to one year in prison over...
Police operatives in Imo have arrested three suspected killers of a retired army officer, Maj- Gen. Richard Duru, in the state. Duru was abducted and killed...
At least seven persons died in an auto crash along the Ibadan-Iseyin road on Thursday. The spokesman for the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Oyo...
A British journalist identified as Kevin O’Sullivan has taken a swipe at the Duke and Duchess of Sussex, Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, for their recent...
A Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State,has convicted and jailed two Chinese nationals, Duan Ya Hong and Xiao Yi, to one year imprisonment each,...
Minister of Information and National Orientation, Mohammed Idris Malagi and Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) Mr. Ola Olukoyede on Thursday, bared...
Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, the convicted billionaire kidnapper and his co-defendant Joseph Emeka, who were re-arraigned on Thursday on charges of murder and attempted kidnap, have opted for...
No fewer than 18 travellers have reportedly lost their lives on Thursday morning in a fatal accident along the Umuahia-Enugu axis of the Port Harcourt Enugu...
Five persons, were on Wednesday, arrested by National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control, NAFDAC, in Abuja for allegedly selling counterfeit cosmetics. The arrest...
A casual worker at a factory in the Isolo area of Lagos was electrocuted in the company’s premises on Tuesday. The spokesman for the state police...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 23 suspected internet fraudsters in Enugu State. The EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, disclosed...
Police operatives in Osun have arrested a former bank manager for alleged N650.8 million fraud in the state. The spokesperson for the state police, Yemisi Opalola,...
Multiple explosions were reported at the gas processing plant operated by the Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria (SPDC) at Gbarain, Yenagoa local government area of...
A young man was on Monday, arrested with a bomb strapped to his body inside a branch of the UBA bank in the Dadin Kowa area...
Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have arrested four suspects including a lady operating a one-chance syndicate in Port Harcourt and its environs. According to...
The Kaduna State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of one Abdulazeez Idris, for allegedly abducting and killing his six-year-old cousin identified as Aisha Saidu, in...
Namtira Bwala, the student of Lead British International School, Abuja, has filed a lawsuit against the college at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court for...
Police operatives in Edo State have arrested a father for posting nude pictures and videos of his four-year old daughter on social media. The arrest of...
The Lagos State Police Command, on Sunday, confirmed that a yet to be identified truck driver crushed a five-year-old girl, simply identified as Bosede, to death...
The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a middle-aged woman, Abike Olonade, for allegedly trafficking a 16-year-old secondary school student to Libya for the purpose of...
The Lagos State government has resumed the removal of illegal structures in Lagos Island markets. The state Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tokunbo Wahab, confirmed...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a 27-year-old man, Ojo Afolabi, for allegedly defiling a four-year-old girl in Ekiti State. The suspect...
A middle aged man, Abdullahi Sani of Unguwar Makara huta in Ningi, headquarters of Ningi LGA of Bauchi State is to die by stoning. The development...
The Lagos State Emergency Management Authority (LASEMA) has confirmed the death of a man trapped in an underground tunnel for five days in the Onipanu area...
Police on Friday arraigned one Hammed Adigun at the Ona-Ara Magistrates’ Court, Ibadan, Oyo State, for alleged possession of a locally-made gun. Adigun was arraigned on...
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, has disowned a claim by a young man in a viral video who said the revered monarch was his...
The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a cleric for allegedly defiling three teenage girls in Agah village...
A 23-year-old student, Rabiu Garba has been sentenced to 12 strokes of the cane by a Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court for stealing a laptop and two...
A 71-year-old landlord, simply identified as Adesina, has been arrested by operatives of the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly defiling and impregnating his tenant’s daughter...
In a landmark ruling, the Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja, Lagos, has sentenced one Dele Johnson to 10 years in prison for indecent...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested eight suspected internet fraudsters in Akwa Ibom State. The EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale,...
Police operatives in Lagos have arrested a 46-year-old man for allegedly vandalising the Third Mainland Bridge in the state. The incident occurred 34 days after the...
The police operatives in Kano have arrested 17 suspected forex hawkers for an alleged illegal Bureau de Change (BDC) operation in the Wapa area of the...
Officials of the Lagos State government on Wednesday, commenced enforcement of the demolition of illegal shanties and their occupants inside the Ikoyi Towers in the highbrow...
No fewer than two persons have been confirmed dead, while three others sustained severe injuries in a gas explosion at a gas retail shop in Ibeju-Lekki,...
In a crackdown on financial fraud, the Niger State Police Command has apprehended two individuals, Augustine Odiokwu Nonso (28) and Ahmed Mohammed (20), for allegedly defrauding...