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The lovely couple

Moment newly wedded couple joins Peter Obi’s rally in Edo (Video)

The couple who just tied the knot were captured in a video at the rally in Edo. Many were astonished…
In a massive raid on Thursday, operatives of EFCC, arrest 95 suspected internet fraudsters in Warri, Delta State.

EFCC operatives storm Warri, nab 95 internet fraudsters

Items recovered from them are : phones of different brands, laptops, and fifteen vehicles (15) of different brands.

Four fraudsters jailed 15 years In Kaduna

Three of the convicts; Hezekiah, Truman, and Bartholomew were arrested for internet-related offenses while Aliyu was arrested by officers of…
EFCC arraigns “Mama Boko Haram”, two others for N150m fraud

Court jails Mama Boko Haram, three others, 7 years

The convicts made their ways to the Correctional Centers when they falsely obtained the sum of N15 million from a…
Gov. Sanwo-Olu seeks support for ”Greater Lagos Rising”

Independence anniversary: Sanwo-Olu releases 46 inmates

The Governor also commuted death sentences of six inmates to life imprisonment.
defilement

Ogun man Ogundele jailed for life for sexually abusing minor

By Joy Akinsanya An Abeokuta High Court on Friday sentenced a man, Lanso Ogundele, to life imprisonment for sexually abusing…
The Taliban Supreme Court sentences a man and woman to 39 lashes and 18 months in prison for engaging in extramarital sex.

Kano teenager, one other jailed 5 years for sodomy

Chief Magistrate Mustapha Sa’ad-Datti sentenced Murtala, 18, and Abdullahi Lawan, 30, without an option of fine.
Labour Party, LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi

Lagos police warn Peter Obi, supporters: No rally is allowed at Lekki Tollgate

Obi's supporters had planned to hold a rally for their candidate at the Lekki Tollgate on Independence Day, but a…
Police dock Nura Mohammed for colluding with others to defraud 21 officers of N100m while claiming to CSP Wale, a PA to DIG Ibrahim Olawale.

Battle-ready policemen take over Lekki Tollgate ahead Peter Obi’s rally (Photos)

Already operatives of the RRS and Taskforce have taken over the tollgate to stop Obi's supporters from converging there on…
Thugs stab Mohammed Abo’ore to death assisting to apprehend miscreants smoking cannabis in Fadikpe community of Minna, Niger State

How Rivers man Ovundah Wiche stabbed father to death

Though details of the incident are still sketchy, an eyewitness said the tragic incident occurred on Thursday during a very…
Nwonwu

Three contractors accused of of breaking into Ashamu Estate taken into custody

Operatives of the Special Weapons and Tactical (SWAT) Team of the Nigeria Police, arrested the suspects.
Police arrest 9 suspects over murder of Hakeem Mudashiru, a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) grassroots mobiliser in Oyo town, Oyo State.

2023 election: Oyo CP Adebowale Williams meets hunters, vigilantes

Adebowale Williams, Commissioner of Police in Oyo State, has met with heads of hunters, vigilante groups, and other stakeholders to…
Lagos opens probe as three-year-old boy dies after nurse injections

Lagos opens probe as three-year-old boy dies after nurse injections

The Police Command in Lagos has begun an investigation into the death of a young boy who died after some…
The abandoned baby

Shocker as day-old baby retrieved from dustbin in Lagos

Police Command's spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin said the baby was found wrapped in a polythene bag in a dustbin.
RTEAN hoodlums on rampage

Breaking: Lagos suspends RTEAN operations, sets up caretaker committee

Deadly clash among members of the body on Wednesday led to mayhem at Iyana-Iba area of Ojo, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria,…
Nigeria Customs Service intercepts seven containers loaded with contraband drugs worth over N11 billion at Onne Port in Rivers State.

Customs impounds N79m contraband in Katsina

According to Wada Chedi, the value of seized vehicles was N35.9 million while that of food items was N43.3 million.
Bullion Van

Three policemen, three others burnt to death in bullion van accident

Nafi’u said that the Commissioner of Police, Ahmed Magaji-Kontagora, had visited the accident scene.

World Heart Day: PPC recommends healthy lifestyle for heart disease management

Cardiovascular diseases are the leading cause of deaths globally, responsible for more than 18 million deaths yearly. Four out of…
The suspected fraudsters

Two siblings, 24 others busted for internet fraud in Ibadan

A statement issued by EFCC's spokesman, Wilson Uwujaren on Wednesday said the suspects were arrested on Tuesday, September 27, 2022…
The jailed fraudsters

Faces of five internet fraudsters jailed in Kaduna

Justice Bello, thereafter, convicted and sentenced Solomon to three months imprisonment or a fine of N150,000. He also forfeited the…
Kadiri

$9.6billion P&ID fraud: Court orders arrest of Briton, James Nolan

Nolan, a Director in the Process and Industrial Development Limited, P&ID, is standing trial, alongside Lurgi Consult Limited and others,…
RTEAN hoodlums on rampage

Mayhem in Iyana-Iba as transport union workers in bloody clash: Two dead (Video)

Two people were feared dead in the mayhem as dangerous weapons were freely used by the factions.
Gunmen abduct Islamic cleric, Alfa Fasasi Ola Mejabi, younger brother along Lokoja/ Obajana/ Kabba road of Kogi State

Four soldiers, civilian shot dead in Anambra

The soldiers were driving across when the gunmen opened fire on them, killing four of them.
Nigerian Army troops of Operation UDO KA kill 13 armed members of IPOB, nab three kidnappers in recent clearance operations in the South-East

Troops raid bandits’ den, rescue 3 kidnapped victims in Kaduna

Aruwan said: “Troops of Operation Forest Sanity carried out a raid on a bandits’ hideout, in furtherance of clearance operations…
Labour Party, LP presidential candidate, Peter Obi

Court stops Obi, supporters from staging mega rally at Lekki Tollgate

Obi and his supporters are planning to storm the Lekki Tollgate, scene of the October 20, 2020 #EndSARS shooting, on…

UNICAL disowns kidnap kingpin John Ewa

Ewa was arrested in connection with kidnapping activities by the Bayelsa Police Command and was subsequently paraded before the media.

Lagos charges LGs to stop touts from establishing illegal markets

Tajudeen, who was represented by a director in the office, Bolade Fasasi, said the constitution of designated markets in the…
Edo Govt drags mother and siblings of a visually-impaired man, Lucky Osarenkhoe to court over alleged inhuman treatment they meted on him.

Blind man beaten, locked up to die by family members; Edo govt fumes

The victim was reportedly beaten, locked up without food in the family house for seven days and left to die…
Cocoa farmers protest alleged plan to forcefully evict them from of Oluwa Forest Reserve (OA3A) in Odigbo LG by the Ondo State government

AK-47 for Amotekun: Presidency replies Akeredolu

While inaugurating new corps of Amotekun in Akure, Ondo State Capital on Monday, Akeredolu had insisted that he will procure…
Ogun PDP governorship candidate Oladipupo Adebutu honours police invitation over allegations of vote buying levelled against him.

Court nullifies all PDP primaries in Ogun, orders fresh poll

The court, in a judgment delivered by Justice O.O Oguntoyinbo, therefore, ordered that the party should immediately within 14 days…