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Nigeria Police Force says its operatives rescue 10 kidnapped victims, arrest notorious criminals during recent operations across the country.

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Police rescue 10 kidnapped victims, nab notorious criminals

In a related development at about 1:27 PM on the same day, operatives of the Rapid Response Squad/Anti-Kidnapping Unit, Anambra…
NDLEA intercepts shipment of 46 wraps of cocaine weighing 547 grams hidden in body cream going to Saudi Arabia.

Headlines, News

NDLEA intercepts Saudi-bound cocaine, nabs 3 Ghanaian ladies for trafficking

Babafemi said that the intervention came barely a week after NDLEA officers of the Directorate of Operations and General Investigation…
Police arrest 16-year-old boy has been over alleged illegal possession of a pistol in Ebute-Ero area of Lagos State.

Metro

Lagos teenager caught with pistol, cartridge

The suspect was apprehended following a tip-off from concerned residents.
Bishop Anthony Ademu Adaji expresses concern over deterioration of public primary and secondary schools in the rural areas of Kogi State

Education

Kogi public schools will make you weep – Bishop

Bishop Adaji who spoke during recent chrism mass held at Saint Boniface Cathedral under the Catholic Diocese of Idah to…
Kalu

Politics

Reps Dep. Speaker seeks support of Ndigbo for Tinubu’s re-election

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is a good product to be sold for a second term," Kalu said while urging the…
JAMB

Education, Headlines

JAMB fumes, throws challenge over UTME venue, time controversies

Benjamin insisted that JAMB recognises the importance of convenience for candidates and ensures they sit for their examinations in locations…
NANs says FCT Minister Nyesom Wike, will meet with its leaders as well as chairmen of area councils, and NUT over ongoing teachers' strike

Headlines, Health

FCT: Wike orders crackdown on quack hospitals, doctors after fatal C-section

Olayinka explained that Wike has warned that anyone found operating an illegal facility or working in an unregistered health facility…
FAAN

Headlines, News

FAAN announces date for resumption of flights at Enugu Airport

FAAN had on April 18 announced the closure of the Enugu airport for repairs due to a sudden and significant…
Supporters of FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, defy gunshots to inaugurate new chapter of their group 'New Associates' in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State

Headlines, Politics

Wike’s supporters defy gunshots, inaugurate new chapter in Bayelsa

The supporters of New Associates, who had thronged the venue as early as 8am, were already seated when the gunmen…
The Minister of Finance of Wale Edun says the Federal Government plans to reduce inflation rate to single digit and create more jobs.

Headlines, News

FG to reduce inflation, create more jobs – Edun

The minister also said that President Bola Tinubu’s reform agenda were working and the results were commendable.
Pope Francis was buried in the Basilica of Saint Mary Major, his favourite church in Rome, on Saturday after a two-hour funeral service

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Pope Francis buried in Rome’s Basilica of Saint Mary Major

Some 150,000 people watched Pope Francis’ funeral procession through Rome from the roadside, according to estimates by the Vatican.
Stephen Ifeanyichujwu Ejezie, a former staff of Access Bank has been caught with over 400 naked videos of his colleagues he secretly recorded

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How Nigerian banker secretly filmed 400 colleagues naked in office

However, Ejezie's action has put his former colleagues at the bank in a spin. Many of them are worried and…
A driver was injured as his fully-laden truck plunged down Pen Cinema Bridge in Lagos and landed on two buses early Saturday morning.

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Truck plunges down Lagos bridge, lands on 2 buses

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) announced the grave accident in a statement by its spokesperson Adebayo Taofiq. According…
NIDCOM says 231 Nigerian youths, many of whom were lured coerced into engaging in internet fraud in Ghana have been rescued and return home

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Nigerian youths ‘coerced’ into internet fraud, others rescued from Ghana

The statement quoted Dominic Mensah, Head of Human Trafficking at Ghana’s Economic and Organised Crime Office (EOCO) in Ghana as…
UK Government deports 43 individuals, including failed asylum seekers and convicted criminals to Nigeria and Ghana, a report on gov.uk says.

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UK deports 43 convicted criminals, failed asylum seekers, others to Nigeria, Ghana

The report indicated that the deportation operation followed the Organised Immigration Crime Summit, where the UK convened over 40 countries,…
FRSC boss, Shehu Mohammed hails conviction, sentencing of four motorists for flouting road safety rules by a Mobile Court in FCT.

News

FRSC redeploys 26 senior officers

The FRSC Corps Marshal also appointed for the first time in the history of the Corps, a female Corps Commander,…
Kano governor Abba Yusuf dissolves Ministry of Higher Education being overseen by his estranged deputy, Comrade Aminu Abdussalam Gwarzo.

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Kano govt recovers N28m ‘March salaries’ to dead, retired workers

By Aminu Garko The Kano State Government has uncovered payment of over N27 million to 247 individuals who have either…
Messaging platform, WhatsApp, to appeal Nigeria's tribunal ruling affirming the $220m fine imposed on its by the country's FCCPC.

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WhatsApp rejects Nigeria tribunal’s $220m fine, to appeal ruling

WhatsApp said that it would urgently apply to stay the order and appeal the ruling of Nigeria’s Competition and Consumer…
Police recover pistol, ammunition, arrest one suspect during a raid on a criminal den in Masaka community of Nasarawa State

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Nasarawa: Police raid criminals’ hideout, nab suspect, recover pistol

Nansel said that the operation was part of the strategies adopted by the state Commissioner of Police, Shetima Jauro-Mohammed, to…
Police

Headlines, News

Civilian volunteer dies, as police rescue 7 kidnap victims in Edo

In the first incident, operatives of the Igarra Area Command, Igueben Divisional Police Headquarters, Operation Rescue Teams with vigilantes and…
IGP Kayode Egbetokun says Police will work with Nigeria Forest Security Service (NFSS) to safeguard the country's forests from criminals

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Insecurity: Police ready to collaborate with forest security service- IG

Egbetokun gave the assurance when the Commander General of NFSS, Dr Wole Osatimehin, paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja.
Police arrest three men in Abeoukuta, the capital of Ogun State, for allegedly trading in human parts, including cerebral bones

Metro

‘How three Ogun men were arrested with human parts’

Ogun Police spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, disclosed in a statement that the three men were arrested on April 22 at about…
Post-UTME

Education, News

2025 UTME: JAMB delists four centres, hands over 27 impersonators to police

While JAMB commends the 883 centres that have demonstrated exceptional performance, it unequivocally warns that any centre failing to meet…
President Bola Tinubu says Osun governor, Ademola Adeleke, has created a niche for himself as a politician of reckoning in Nigeria and beyond

Politics

2027: Group urges Adeleke, Tinubu to strike ‘mutual supportive agreement’

According to the group, rather than leaving the (PDP), Adeleke should fully support the re-election of President Bola Tinubu in…
Court jails Kaduna man Darlington Ogihonmwanghomwan for defrauding one Zainab Baloni of N1.2 million through a phony poultry investment deal.

Metro

Fraudulent Kaduna poultry investor Darlington Ogihonmwanghomwan jailed

Ogihonmwanghomwan was arrested by the anti-graft agency after his victim petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC about the…
Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun

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Egbetokun launches police school protection squad in Edo

Egbetokun who was represented by AIG in charge of Zone 5, Benin, Salman Garba-Dogo, said the squad that is specifically…
Kogi govt insists telecommunications giant, MTN Nigeria must comply with its statutory terms, conditions to resume operations in the state.

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Why we shutdown MTN services – Kogi govt

The Kogi government has been at loggerheads with MTN, leading to the forceful and total closure of the company services…
Father speaks on murder of 23-year-old daughter in Ebonyi

Headlines, News

Police say cause of death Ebonyi man, son ‘mysterious’

Some reports circulating online had indicated that the Ebonyi man and his son died following consumption of food prepared by…
Nigeria’s Under-17 female football team, Flamingos, qualify for the 2025 FIFA U-17 Women’s World Cup in Morocco. after draw with Algeria

Sports

Nigeria’s Flamingos play goalless draw with Algeria to qualify for World Cup

In spite of the wintry conditions in Blida on the outskirts of the Algerian capital, Algiers, the Nigerian girls dug…
More congratulatory messages pours in for Olufemi Soneye, the Chief Corporate Communications Officer of NNPCL over his recent NIPR Awards

Metro, News

NIPR Awards: NGE, others hail NNPCL’s spokesperson Soneye

In the latest round of congratulations, the Nigerian Guild of Editors (NGE) and the press corps of the Senate and…
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