The Chief Judge of Taraba State, Justice Joel Agya, on Friday sentenced two men, Yusufa Adamu and Adamu Abdullahi to death by hanging for kidnapping in...
The police in Adamawa State have arrested a 35-year-old man, Ishaya Markus, for allegedly stabbing the husband of his secret lover to death. The State Police...
Dare devil armed robbers, on Thursday, raided two banks at Anyigba in Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, reportedly killing two persons in the process....
The police on Thursday arraigned 41 persons for alleged illegal mining at the Federal High Court, Ibadan. The defendants were arraigned on a two-count charge of...
The Nigeria Air Force (NAF), says sustained air strikes conducted by the air component of Operation Hadarin Daji, have killed scores of terrorist leaders and their...
Bandits on Thursday reportedly invaded the LEA Primary School, Kuriga in the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State, abducting over a hundred pupils and some...
A 35 year old Medical Recorder with the Maternity Clinic, Kofar Ran, Bauchi, Mustapha Tahiti has been arrested for allegedly attempting to murder his cousin over...
The Lagos State Police Command has placed its operatives on red alert against any attack on warehouses and shopping malls. Benjamin Hundeyin, the spokesman for the...
The Nigeria Police Force has said its operatives have arrested 11 suspects over alleged involvement in `one chance” robbery in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). This...
Members of Association of Resident Doctors (ARD), University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, on Wednesday began a three-day warning strike over an assault on one of them...
A refuse compactor fell from a Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) truck and killed a tricycle rider in the Surulere area of the state on Tuesday...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) is taking a tougher stance on commercial motorcycle operations, popularly known as “Okada,” in a bid to improve security within...
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Wednesday rejected a “no-case submission” filed by Professor Cyril Ndifon, a suspended professor at the University of Calabar...
A mother of three has reportedly committed suicide after dumping her children at a police station in Enugu state. The woman, whose name is still unknown...
The trial of Nigerian singer Azeez Fashola, popularly known as Naira Marley, on Wednesdays could not proceed before a Federal High Court in Lagos due to...
Mining communities in Enugu State have raised the alarm over the activities of illegal miners which has led to a violation of environmental safety as well...
The Customs Area Controller for the Sokoto/Zamfara Command, Comptroller Kamal Mohammed, on Tuesday, paid an inspection visit to the Illela Station of the Nigeria-Niger border in...
Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court in Ilorin has convicted and sentenced three currency racketeers to various jail terms for selling new naira notes...
A Magistrate’s Court in Ekiti State, Nigeria, has ordered the pre-trial detention of a 25-year-old man, Babuga Lede, for his alleged involvement in the murders of...
Police will arraign the duo of Jude Iheme and Chika Madukwe, suspected killers of the traditional ruler of Amanze Obowo Autonomous Community of Imo State, Eze...
Police operatives in Edo have arrested a suspected notorious cultist in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Chidi Nwabuzor, disclosed this in a...
At least 12 persons died and 28 others were injured in an auto crash along the Zaria-Kano expressway on Monday. The Sector Commander of the Federal...
Justice Lewis Allagoa of the Federal High Court, Lagos, on Monday, dismissed a charge against 19 Bureau De Change (BDC) operators in the state. The suspects...
The Nigerian Navy has destroyed three illegal refineries, a wooden boat and a total of 160,000 litres of suspected stolen crude oil in Bayelsa State. The...
Spokesman for the Edo State Police Command SP Chidi Nwabuzor, has confirmed the lynching of two riot policemen by an angry mob following an accident that...
Nigerian Army troops clashed with suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and its Eastern Security Network (ESN) arm in Imo State on Saturday,...
A 10-year-old boy identified as Chukwudi was on Sunday morning killed by a Nissan Coastal Commercial Bus at Doyin Bus stop along Orile-Mile 2 Expressway Lagos....
A former member of the Plateau State House of Assembly, Hon. Sunday Malo Muchen, who was reportedly abducted by suspected militia on Wednesday, was found dead...
Operatives of the South-West security network, Amotekun, have arrested suspected human trafficker, Isaac Okonu, in Osun State. The Amotekun Commander in the state, Brig-Gen. Bashir Adewinmbi...
Motorists using the Lagos-Sagamu expressway can expect some relief as the Federal Ministry of Works announced the commencement of repairs on the Long Bridge, a notorious...
Police on Friday paraded an Anambra-based lawyer, Mrs. Adachukwu Okafor, who was recently apprehended for allegedly assaulting her 10-year-old housemaid. Okafor, presented herself at the police...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 17 suspected internet fraudsters in Abuja. The commission’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, said in...
Police operatives attached to Zone 2 Police Command in Onikan, Lagos, have arrested a couple for allegedly producing fake currencies in the state. The couple were...
In a decisive operation conducted on Wednesday, the Nigerian Army, in collaboration with a joint force comprising multinational troops and civilian volunteers, successfully neutralized three members...
Spokesman for the Zamfara State Police Command, ASP Yazid Abubakar, has confirmed the rescue of one of the worshippers who was abducted by bandits who attacked...
The National Agency for Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has arrested a 54-year-old man for an alleged attempt to take 12 children to Lagos State...
Police operatives in Nasarawa have arrested a fake member of the Nigeria Youths Service Corps (NYSC) in the state. The spokesman for the state police command,...
At least five persons died and four others were injured in an auto crash near the Fidiwo Bridge, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Thursday. The spokesperson...
The Gombe State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of two suspects, Bashir Haruna, and Mohammed Isah for adulterating foodstuffs in the state. The Deputy Public...
An unspecified number of worshippers were on Thursday morning, abducted when heavily armed bandits invaded a mosque in Tsafe town, the headquarters of Tsafe local government...
The Edo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Paul Okpe, on Wednesday reported the apprehension of 2,147 motorists for various traffic violations...
The Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court on Wednesday sentenced three civil servants to six years imprisonment each for payroll fraud. The convicts are – Justin...
At least five persons were confirmed dead in an accident along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Wednesday. The spokesperson for the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in...
Hunters in Kebbi State have apprehended a suspected bandit and recovered 74 stolen cows, according to a statement made on Wednesday by Musa Hussaini-Rambo, the state...
Suspected vandals have reportedly destroyed a tower supplying electricity to the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. This awful disappointment came less than a week after two...
A Pastor with the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Emmanuel Orekoya, was on Tuesday, arraigned before the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court for...
The Military Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), responsible for maintaining peace in Plateau State, on Tuesday, recognized eight personnel for their integrity in refusing...
Police operatives in Bauchi have arrested a 29-year-old man for alleged car theft in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Ahmed Wakil, who...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has four suspected members of a drug cartel in the country. The NDLEA Chairman, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa (retd), announced...
At least five persons were confirmed dead in a building collapse at a section of Ochanja Market in Onitsha South local government area of Anambra State...