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Nigerian police join cybercrime war, open reporting portal

The Nigeria Police Force has unveiled a Cybercrime Reporting Web Portal, with the IGP Mohammed Adamu promising whistleblowers of confidentiality.

Witness to court: I gave N11.18m to Saraki

A star witness for the prosecution in the trial of Alhaji Ope Saraki, has told a Federal High Court in…

Two-time female convict nabbed with 576kg cannabis sativa

The National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) Kano State Command says it has arrested a two-time female convict with 576…
Governor Douye Diri:, imposes curfew on Bayelsa waterways as part of measures to check cases of insecurity along the creeks in the state

Attack on Dickson: Perpetrators must be brought to book – Diri 

Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has strongly condemned Thursday's attack on the Toru-Orua country home of his predecessor, Chief…
Lai Mohammed

#EndSARS, CNN, DJ Switch, Lekki Massacre without bodies

Minister of Information Alhaji Lai Mohammed speaks on the aftermath of the #EndSARS protest, fake news in social media, CNN…

Buhari urges for int’l response on tuberculosis

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday called on the international community to address tuberculosis (TB) epidemic.
Lai Mohammed

DJ Switch’s Lekki shooting narrative fake news – Lai Mohammed

Lai Mohammed says the story being circulated by popular disc jockey, Obianuju Catherine Udeh, professionally called DJ Switch is fake…
Fraud

Driver in court for armed robbery

The Police, on Thursday, arraigned a 38-year-old driver, Yinka Makinde, before an Ogudu Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State, over…

Nwodo, Adebanjo, Odumakin react to Umahi’s defection

Some eminent Nigerians from on Thursday expressed divergent views over the recent defection of Gov. David Umahi of Ebonyi from…

Buhari assures of improved healthcare delivery

President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday directed the Head of Service of the Federation and the Budget Office to consider an…
Lekki Toll reopening: Nigerians kick as Lagos govt. seeks ‘understanding’

#EndSARS: There was never a massacre at Lekki Tollgate – Nigerian govt

The Federal Government has rubbished claims of a massacre in last month's shooting of #EndSARS protesters by soldiers at the…

Nigerian govt will not shut down social media

The minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed has disclosed that the Federal Government has no plan to shut down…
Suspects

2 in court for stealing at police station

Rilwan Sumonu and Damilare Akinwale on Wednesday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrate’s Court in Lagos for allegedly breaking into…
NCDC boss

COVID-19: Nigeria not experiencing a spike — NCDC

The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) has said that Nigeria is not experiencing a spike in COVID-19 infections.

Police debunk rumours of personnel withdrawal

Mr Tunde Mobayo, the Commissioner of Police in Ekiti state, has debunked rumours that the Nigeria Police Force have withdrawn…

Policeman killed in gunmen attack on ex-Gov. Dickson’s country home

One police officer was killed in a midnight attack by some unknown gunmen at the Toru Orua, Bayelsa country home…

CNN should be sanctioned over Lekki Shooting report – Lai Mohammed

Nigeria's Minister of Information and Culture, Alhaji Lai Mohammed, has called for the sanctioning of Cable News Network, CNN over…

Buhari congratulates Jonathan as he turns 63

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent his well wishes to former President, Goodluck Jonathan, as he clocks 63.

NDLEA intercepts man with 12.05kg of cocaine

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has seized 12.05kg of cocaine at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.

Ogun police in gun-battle with robbers: Three suspects arrested

The police in Ogun State have arrested three suspected armed robbers while they were in operation at Iju Ota and…
Lagos Traffic Laws

Lagos to lawless Okada riders: The game is over, orders full enforcement

The Lagos State Government on Thursday said the game is over for lawless okada riders and ordered full enforcement and…

#EndSARS: PFN tells FG to stop harassing promoters

The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has called on the Federal Government of Nigeria to stop the further victimisation of…

FAAC: FG dips hands into reserves as revenue falls

The Federal Government resorted into some financial engineering to boost total revenue distributable in October, Aliyu Ahmed, the Permanent Secretary,…
Minister of Finance Zainab Ahmed

Why Rivers was excluded from FG’s COVID-19 grant – Minister

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt Rivers was excluded from the Federal Government’s disbursement of N66.5b to states because of its failure to…

Wike, soldiers will pay for killing IPOB members – Nnamdi Kanu

Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has vowed that Governor Nyesom Wike will pay a heavy…

FG to meet ASUU again over lingering strike

The Federal Government will on Friday resume meeting with the Academic Staff Union of Universities over the ongoing strike in…

3,073 hospitalised for COVID-19, Lagos logs 142 new cases

There are now 3,073 Nigerians hospitalised for COVID-19, latest data by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control(NCDC) showed.
60 gunmen ambush policemen, lawmaker in Ebonyi, two cops abducted

Gunmen demand N100m ransom for six kidnapped policemen

Gunmen holding six assistant superintendent of police, ASPs, have demanded N100 million ransom for their release.

“It’s fake” – NAN disowns recruitment platform

The management of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) has reacted to an advertisement purportedly announcing ”NAN Recruitment 2020/2021 Application…
An eyewitness reveals how gunmen abducted nine passengers between on Ikom-Ogoja Highway in Cross River State on Tuesday.

35-year-old poly lecturer murdered in Ogun

Mufutau Waliu, the Head of Department of Electrical and Electronics at the D.S Adegbenro ICT Polytechnic, Itori, Ogun State, has…