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Police begin stop and search operations nationwide

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris has directed immediate commencement of Stop and Search operations throughout the yuletide period.

How Governor Dickson’s former aide died in Patience Jonathan’s hotel

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The Police in Bayelsa on Saturday confirmed the death of a former aide to Governor Seriake Dickson of Bayelsa, Mr…

Gunman kills 4, injures 8 during Christmas carol in Kaduna

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

No fewer than four people have been killed and eight others injured in an attack by a lone gunman at…

More than 100 killed in Philippines tropical storm

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

More than 100 people are reported to have been killed as a tropical storm swept through the southern Philippines, with…

2 days to Christmas, Lagos in lockdown

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Chaotic traffic scenes continued in Lagos, the nation’s commercial capital on Saturday morning with commuters spending hours on the road…

Christmas warning: Don’t accept wrapped gifts from strangers – Police

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The Commissioner of Police in Niger, Mr Dibal Yakadi, on Saturday advised Nigerians against accepting wrapped gifts from strangers during…

Petrol pump price hits N250 per litre

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The supply and price of petrol in Anambra have worsened as customers now pay between N250 and N300 per litre…

I-G bans SARS from conducting stop and search operations

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The Inspector-General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris, has banned the Special Anti Robbery Squad (SARS) of the Nigeria Police Force…

Police Declare Badoo Cult Kingpin, Alaka Wanted

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

The Lagos State Police Command has declared a popular independent oil marketer and prime suspect of the Badoo cult killings…

Fire guts NAFDAC headquarters

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The headquarters of National Agency For Food and Drug Administration and Control (NAFDAC) in Abuja has been gutted by fire…

Latest: Pirates abduct 10 sailors in Niger Delta

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Pirates have kidnapped 10 sailors from a merchant ship off the coast of southern Nigeria in the latest attack in…

UN rejects Trump’s Jerusalem recognition as Israel’s capital

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

The UN General Assembly has decisively backed a resolution effectively calling on the US to withdraw its recognition of Jerusalem…

Badoo Strikes again, wipes out family of three in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

The deadly Badoo members have struck again at Ibeshe area of Ikorodu, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria, killing three members of a…

Another PDP rep defects to APC

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Another member of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP has defected to the All Progressives Congress, APC, in the House of…

Sheer Bliss! When governor’s son proposed to governor’s daughter

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

This was exactly the feelings of Fatima Ganduje, daughter of Governor Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State when her heartthrob, Abolaji…

Presidency: FEC meeting’ll extend till Thursday

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

The Presidency on Wednesday said the meeting of the Federal Executive Council, FEC, presided over by President Muhammadu Buhari, will extend…

N1.47bn fraud: EFCC Releases Innoson boss on Bail

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission has released Nnewi, Anambra-State born Industrialist, Chief Innocent Chukwuma on bail.

Lagos Arraigns late GTB’s founder’s brother over Land Fraud

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday arraigned a brother of late founder of Guaranty Trust Bank (GTB) and property developer,…

Shell, Eni to be tried for corruption in Nigeria

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

An Italian judge has ordered Royal Dutch Shell and Eni to stand trial over alleged corruption in Nigeria with the…

PDP breaks again, splinter group emerges

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) is in crisis again as a splinter group has emerged within the party.

Kidnappers kill abducted manager after collecting N10m ransom

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The police have arrested seven suspects who allegedly kidnapped and murdered a 64-year-old man, Mr Ubani Onyema, after collecting N10…

Boko Haram suffers heavy casualty, loses vehicles, arms to soldiers

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The Nigerian Army has inflicted a heavy casualty on Boko Haram insurgents at the remote islands in Lake Chad basin…

25,000 Nigerians in Libyan slave camps

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

The Director General of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons(NAPTIP), Julie Okah-Donli, has disclosed that more…

Trouble in Kano: Deputy governor withdraws support for governor

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Deputy Governor of Kano State, Prof. Hafiz Abubakar has vowed not to support Governor Abdullahi Ganduje for a second term…

INNOSON boss, Innocent Chukwuma arrested by EFCC

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Boss of Innoson motors, Chief Innocent Chukwuma has been arrested by officials of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC)…

Fayose promises to pay Ekiti workers Christmas bonus on Thursday

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State has promised to pay civil servants in Ekiti State a christmas bonus by Thursday

Osbornegate: Buhari vows to sanction all those found culpable

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Nigeria's President, Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday vowed to sanction all those found culpable in the Osborne Towers scandal, as they…

Governors meet over controversial $1billion fund to fight Boko Haram

Lanre Babalola

8 years ago

An emergency meeting of the Nigerian Governors Forum (NGF) is currently holding in Abuja, the nation's capital.

PDP reps protest, stage walk-out over member defection

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in the House of Representatives have walked out of plenary over the defection…

Ambode Releases 12 Kirikiri Prison Inmates

Kazeem Ugbodaga

8 years ago

Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode on Tuesday released twelve inmates of the Kirikiri Maximum Security Prison in Apapa in…

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