Police operatives in Lagos have rescued four boys from a suspected kidnapper in the Surulere area of the state. The spokesman for the state police command,...
The Federal Government on Tuesday evacuated 117 irregular Nigerian migrants from Libya. The Chargé D’affaires of the Nigerian Mission in Tripoli, Amb. Kabiru Musa, who confirmed...
Fire on Tuesday razed the Tailor Market behind the ultra-modern Tejuosho Market in the Yaba area of Lagos State. The Director of the Lagos State Fire...
The Kaduna State government has reintroduced school fees in senior secondary schools across the state. The state’s Commissioner for Education, Halima Lawal, disclosed this in a...
A building housing a commercial bank situated at Adeola Odeku in Victoria Island, Lagos, has been gutted by fire. The fire was said to have been...
The Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria (JDWAN), which is currently on strike, has been called upon by the Lagos Chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party...
Police operatives in Ogun State have arrested a couple, Goddy and Ebere Samuel for allegedly trafficking a 16-year-old girl in the state. The spokesman for the...
The Lagos State branch of the Association of Nigeria Private Medical Practitioners (ANPMP) has demanded a public apology from ARISE TV to Doren Specialist Hospital, citing...
Police operatives in Oyo State have arrested two former employees of the defunct Power Holding Company of Nigeria (PHCN) and a fake military officer for alleged...
The death of one Adamu Babanta, a 67 year old retired civil servant resident in Yelwa Labura area of Bauchi metropolis on Monday, has led to...
The leadership of the Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria (JDWAN), has raised the alarm over alleged threats to their lives, said to have issued on...
The Defence Headquarters has confirmed that troops of the Nigerian Army on Sunday, killed seven bandits and wounded several others in a coordinated attack in Kaduna...
Commuters in Lagos State will from Monday, October 31, be in a difficult situation as the Joint Drivers Welfare Association of Nigeria (JDWAN) have commenced a...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has uncovered an illegal petroleum products depot in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The NSCDC spokesman, Olusola Odumosu,...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested the head of Gidan Abba village in Bodinga Local Government Area of Sokoto State, Abubakar Ibrahim, and...
The Nigeria Navy has rescued 50 teenage girls and arrested three suspected sex traffickers during a major raid on two brothels in Port Harcourt, Rivers State....
One police officer was killed and another injured during a clash with suspected kidnappers along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Friday. The suspected kidnappers who were in...
Police operatives in Katsina on Friday foiled an attack by suspected terrorists at Buraji and Sabon Sara villages, Dutsinma local government area of Katsina State. The...
Hoodlums have stormed Dan Jamfari Community, Barbaji village, in Rogo Local Government Area of Kano State and burnt down 10 houses. According to a resident, Magaji...
A bloody communal clash between two border communities of Gamawa and Zaki LGAs of the state has claimed unspecified number of lives while others were variously...
The Adamawa government claims it has recorded no fewer than 197 cases of cholera, with two deaths across six affected local government areas of the state....
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested a 30-year-old for allegedly defrauding farmers of N2.8 million in Jigawa State. The NSCDC spokesman in...
The Executive Secretary of Abia State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), Dr. Sunday Jackson, said on Friday the state has so far recorded 21 deaths from flooding...
Plans to outlaw the sale of drinks in plastic bottles that have been exposed to the sun are reportedly in the works, according to the Lagos...
The Bayelsa State Government has called on its federal counterpart to work closely with flood prone states in the planning and implementation of feasible measures to...
Police operatives in Ogun State have arrested a 40-year-old man simply identified as Taofeek Sulaiman for allegedly defiling his 13-year-old step-daughter. The spokesman for the state...
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A prosecution witness, DSP Olusegun Bamidele, on Thursday told the Lagos High Court sitting at Tafawa Balewa Square how a murder suspect, Chidinma Ojukwu, allegedly transferred...
Police operatives in Sokoto have arrested one Nasiru Idris with 101 Permanent Voters Cards (PVCs) in the state. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Usaini Gumel, disclosed...
An Enugu State magistrate court has freed four Igbo youths who were arrested and detained by the Nigerian Army on allegations of being members of the...
Staff of the now defunct New Nigerian Newspapers which was owned by governments of 19 northern states, have cried out over their unpaid entitlements, accumulated salaries...
A 46-year-old man, Abubakar Mohammed, was on Wednesday sentenced to death by a High Court sitting in Yola, Adamawa State, for killing his girlfriend, Christiana Augustine,...
Police operatives in Ogun have arrested four suspected armed robbers in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Abimbola Oyeyemi, who confirmed the development...
Police operatives in Jigawa have arrested nine suspects for alleged kidnapping, armed robbery, and drug peddling in the state. The state’s Commissioner of Police, Emmanuel Effiom,...
Police operatives in Oyo state have arrested two teenagers for allegedly raping a 17-year-old girl and recording the act on their phones. The Police Public Relations...
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Two persons were on Tuesday, killed and 13 others abducted in the Mamman Suka community of Gwadabawa local government area of Sokoto State, the Chairman of...
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has called on motorists to maintain orderly queues for petrol in a bid to prevent serious traffic gridlock to...
A fire outbreak has been reported at the West African Examination Council (WAEC), National Office, Yaba, Lagos. Firefighters were on the scene to put off the...
No fewer than five host communities in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State have received relief materials from the United Nigeria Airline in a bid to mitigate the effects...
Police operatives in Cross River have recovered the lifeless body of a middle-aged lady at a hotel in Calabar, the state capital. The spokesman for the...
Justice F.A. Aliyu of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court sitting in Apo, Abuja, on Tuesday convicted an internet fraudster, Ekechukwu Wilson Chinaza, for $100...
The Imo State chapter of the Nigeria Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ), and the National Human Right Commission (NHRC) have called for the arrest and prosecution...
The Federal Civil Service Commission (FCSC) expressed concern on Monday about the distribution of bogus employment letters given to unwary job seekers in desperate need of...
A Bauchi based human rights organization, Council for Affirmative Action, has demanded that the Bauchi State Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) as...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has dismissed 15 personnel for alleged misconduct. The Commandant General of the NSCDC, Ahmed Abubakar Audi, confirmed the...
Nehemiah, the son of Nigeria’s former Minister of Sports, Solomon Dalung, has passed on. The minister disclosed his son’s death in a Facebook post on Monday....
A Nigerian businessman, Seun Ogunbambo, the Chief Executive Officer of Fargo Petroleum and Gas Limited, who was declared wanted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission...
The Ogun State Police Command has declared an ex-convict identified simply as Orija, wanted for allegedly raping a 12-year-old girl, Janet Fakeye, to death in Abeokuta,...
A security analyst and counter-insurgency expert in the Lake Chad region, Zagazola Makama, has reported how terrorists of the Islamic State of West African Province (ISWAP),...
Police operatives in Ekiti State have arrested two suspected serial burglars for allegedly breaking into at least 16 houses and shops in Ado Ekiti, the Ekiti...
