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Lagos not responsible for demolishing POWA complex

No allocation for permanent structure on Coastal Road site – LASG

There have been allegations in some quarters that the Lagos State Government has sold the land or given approval for…
Petrol price jumps to N520 per liter in Edo, Delta

Petrol stations in Plateau hoard products, create artificial scarcity

Plateau State Government on Thursday said petrol stations in the state are hoarding petroleum products, with the view to creating…
Stephen Jiya

Suleja man Stephen Jiya kills mum by setting her ablaze

Jiya was arrested at Darusalam, Minna for the offence of culpable homicide of his mother Comfort Jiya.
Obasanjo visits late Olubadan’s family

Obasanjo visits late Olubadan Oba Adetunji’s family

In his tribute in the condolence register, Obasanjo wrote: “Kabiyesi, sun re. You lived for the service of family, community,…
Inspector Samuel Ugor killed by colleague during argument

Fake Air Force staff Joshua Sale beats Police officer in Lagos

Joshua Sale falsely represented himself to be an Air Force official, punched the ASP, causing him grievous harm.
Nigeria Air Force kills Halilu Buzu and Alaji Gana notorious kingpins of bandits terrorising communities across Northwest in air strikes

How bandits abducted 3 Chinese workers in Niger – Police

Police said a joint team of security operatives at Zungeru were already on aggressive manhunt of the hoodlums to rescue…
EFCC faults committal of its Chairman Bawa to prison over failure to comply with order to return a Range Rover and N40m to an applicant.

EFCC secures 2,220 convictions in 2021

The figure which emerged from a review of the Commission’s performance in the outgone year, shows that the Lagos Command…
Tricycle rider Haliru Aliyu arrested for feigning own kidnap

Tricycle rider arrested for feigning own kidnap

Aliyu was arrested alongside another 42-year-old Ahmed Ladan after operatives  attached to the State Intelligence Bureau, Gombe got information on…

NSCDC arrests 4 kidnappers in Sokoto

According to the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), two of the suspects were informants whilst the other two…
Sunday Ariyo Anyanfelowa sent to prison

Court sends self-styled bitcoin guru Anyanfelowa to prison

The Gombe Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday, January 4, 2022, secured the conviction…
Sanwo-olu meets Shangisha Landlords Association

Lagos strikes deals with Magodo estate judgment creditors

In the event that there is no available and accessible land within the Shangisha village scheme to allocate to all…
Edo High Court remands 38-year-old Pastor, Simeon Okehielem, for allegedly raping and impregnating a house wife, Mrs Isoken Vivian Aigbedo.

Lagos driver Mohammed sent to prison for stealing dead woman’s N500k iPhone

Police said the alleged stealing was discovered when the family of the deceased reported to the Divisional Police Officer, DPO…
Police rescue four of the passengers abducted from commercial bus hijacked in the Omerelu axis of Port Harcourt-Owerri road, Rivers State

Gunmen invade police station in Rivers, free high profile criminals

The hoodlums reportedly broke the padlock of the cell of Okrika Police Divisional headquarters, Rivers and set the inmates free…
Lagos Government says it has not banned or has any plan to ban use or sale of sachet water, popularly known as 'pure water,' in the state

Producers increase price of ‘pure water’ in Kogi

The Association in Kogi had early last year increased the amount of a bag of pure water from N100 to…
Oromoni died of negligence from parents, doctor - Lagos Coroner

God will avenge Sylvester Oromoni’s death: Mum says

"King of Glory arise, cut the lives of those who killed my son, short. And their supporters. May they feel…
The Director, Admin and Human Resource, Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency, LASEPA, Mrs. Funke Adenle, the Permanent Secretary, Office of Environmental Services, Lagos State Ministry of The Environment and Water Resources, Mrs. Belinda Odeneye and the General Manager of LASEPA, Dr. Dolapo Fasewe during the launch of ban on Single Use Plastic in LASEPA on Tuesday in Lagos.

LASEPA bans single-use plastic, pet bottles, others among staff

LASEPA said that urgent steps are needed to revert the trend with the encouragement of reusable plastics or biodegradable materials.
Elder Michael Oloja Lemikan

Buhari condoles with Martins Oloja over dad’s death

Buhari also extended his condolences to the entire family over the passing of their patriarch, Elder Michael Oloja Lemikan aged…
The Nigerian Correctional Service (NCoS) says 3,298 inmates found guilty of capital offences on death row at its custodial centres

4 prisoners killed in aborted jailbreak in Ile-Ife

The inmates were about to force their way out when security men repelled them, killing four of them.
Olu of Ayepe-Olode, Oba Olajide Omisore

Sen Iyiola Omisore loses father

Omisore confirmed the death of his father in a statement on Tuesday in Ile-Ife.
Favour Iwuozor, the 14 years old house maid arrested by the Police in Ogun for abducting and running away with her mistress 2 years old son.

14 -year old maid abducts 2- year- old son of mistress in Ogun

Iwuozor was begging for alms under the pretense that the small boy is her younger brother and that their parents…
CP Ayuba Elkana of Zamfara Police Command

Police rescue 97 people from Zamfara forest

Elkana said the rescue was the outcome of the extensive pressure mounted on bandits as a result of ongoing military…
Maria Igbinedion and the housemaid Dominion Okoro

Suspected killers of ex-Governor Igbinedion’s mother remanded in prison

Justice Ikpomwomba, who remanded the suspects at the Benin Correctional Centre, adjourned the case to January 26, 2022.
Maria Igbinedion and the housemaid Dominion Okoro

Maria Igbinedion: Prime suspect Dominion Okoro, accomplices sent to jail

The Prosecutor further told the Court that the prime suspect, Dominion Okoro, a cook to the deceased, on December 2,…
Just for illustration for Tasiu Adamu: Above Adeyinka Ajose jailed for rape in UK

Tasi’u Adamu, 20, remanded for raping 4-year-old boy

Adamu entered his neighbour's house situated at Indabawa Quarters and had anal sex with the 4-year-old boy.
3 teenagers cut finger of 13-year-old girl for 'money rituals'

Updated: 3 teenagers cut finger of 13-year-old girl for ‘money rituals’

SP Asinim Butswat, Police Public Relations Officer of the Bayelsa State Command, has confirmed the arrest of three teenagers for…
Two teenagers caught allegedly trying to use 14-year-old girl for rituals in Bayelsa

Two teenagers caught trying to use 13-year-old girl for ritual (photos)

Two teenagers were caught while attempting to use a 14-year-old girl for money ritual purposes in Bayelsa State.

Sanwo-Olu says Lagos rail line projects still on course

The Red and Blue line rail lines are part of the intermodal transportation system of the Babajide Sanwo-Olu administration in…
Fraud

BDC agent Salisu arraigned for duping army officer N2.6m

The Police team, after several months of intelligence gathering tracked the defendant to a hideout in Lagos and arrested him.
One dies in lone accident on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

6 dead, 12 injured on Lagos-Abeokuta expressway accident

Umar said that the accident occurred at 2:10pm, with the likely cause being dangerous driving.
Lekki residents kick against govt.’s plan to construct ferry terminal

Lekki Residents urge Lagos Assembly halt building on Coastal Road

One of the builders, known as CLAM Church, has already constructed permanent structures on the Coastal Road and others are…