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Fire Service saves 8 lives, property worth over ₦3.8bn in Adamawa

Fire Service saves property worth over ₦3.8bn in Adamawa

The Federal Fire Services in Yola rescued eight persons and saved property worth ₦3.8 billion in 64 fire incidents in…
Pastor Ayo Adun

Kogi Pastor Ayo Adun is dead

Adun died on Sunday, 26 December 2021, five months after his car rammed into a stationary trailer that had developed…
Mr Babaji Sunday, CP FCT

21 cars impounded over illegal car races in Abuja

Police Public Relations Officer in the FCT, DSP Josephine Adeh said the enforcement team, led by the Commissioner of Police…
Medical Laboratory

Akwa Ibom shuts 12 fake medical laboratories

The clampdown is in compliance with the directive from Akwa Ibom over sub standard services of medical Laboratories operators in…
NAFDAC

Stop using ‘Manpower’, NAFDAC warns Nigerian men

The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control, (NAFDAC) has urged Nigerian men to desist from using performance-enhancing…
Alfa Tunde Olayiwola

Suspected ritualist Olayiwola slumps, dies in police custody

Odunlami said that the suspect was behaving strangely on Saturday evening and was rushed to a hospital where he was…
Emmanuel Nwafor: Arrested for alleged involvement in the attack on Ajali Police Station in Orumba North LGA of Enugu State

Anambra man, Nwafor arrested over attack on police station

A motorcycle allegedly looted from the station during the attack was found in his possession of Nwafor and recovered.
A ghastly motor accident

Boxing Day tragedy: Mother, two daughters die in Ogun accident

They were travelling to the Eastern part of the country when the accident occurred on Boxing Day.
‘Give Tinubu more time’ - Nwosu begs Nigerians to shun protest

Uche Nwosu: Group issues 72-hour ultimatum to Gov. Uzodimma

Imo Police Command has said the gunmen who arrested Nwosu and took him away from the Church were its personnel.
Ak-47, ammunition recovered from IPOB/ESN gang led by Godwin Nnamdi

Notorious Enugu IPOB/ESN kingpin, Godwin Nnamdi nabbed by troops

The IPOB/ESN kingpin was arrested by troops of 82 Division Nigerian Army in conjunction with other security agencies while conducting…
Chief Emmanuel Obafemi Odolofin Ijan Ekiti

Kidnappers demand N20M for Ekiti chief Obafemi, abduct two more

Two days after Obafemi's abduction, gunmen abducted two men on Christmas day in the same town, located in Gbonyino Local…
Gunmen abduct Islamic cleric, Alfa Fasasi Ola Mejabi, younger brother along Lokoja/ Obajana/ Kabba road of Kogi State

Gunmen abduct Ekiti cocoa merchant, motorcyclist on Christmas day

They were abducted barely 72 hours after a traditional chief, Emmanuel Obafemi, the Odolofin of Ijan-Ekiti and another victim were…
The suspects

Italy-bound drug dealer, Cyril smashed with 114 wraps of heroin at Lagos Airport

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested an Italy-bound suspected drug dealer, Ovire Cyril with 114…
Fridge/Aircondition technician, Toheeb Akanji, aka T.cash: arrested for stabbing Damilare Oladipupo, a.k.a “No Story’’, to death

Ogun technician, Toheeb Akanji stabs union leader to death

Upon interrogation, Akanji confessed to the killing of the deceased and claimed it was the devil’s handiwork.
Surajo arrested by NDLEA

8.3m Tramadol caps, 56,782 bottles of Codeine seized in Lagos

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has seized 8,381,600 capsules and tablets of Tramadol and 56,782 bottles of codeine,…
Abducted travelers rescued by Amotekun corps

Kidnappers strike on Christmas Day as Amotekun rescue nine victims

He said Amotekun responded to a distress call on Saturday and immediately moved into the forest to rescue the victims,…
Rivers

Engr. Don, accomplice arraigned over alleged N75m land fraud

The defendants were charged before the Tinubu Magistrate's Court, Lagos on two counts of obtaining money under false pretence and…
Suspected land grabbers

Ibeju Lekki shooting: Three suspected land grabbers arraigned

The police team after days of intelligence gathering tracked the defendants to a hide out in Ibeju-Lekki and arrested them.
Igando dumpsite. Inset: Alimosho General Hospital

Stench in Igando dumpsite is bad, a slap on Lagos – Soyinka

“The stench is bad, it is a slap on Lagos and we will continue to agitate so that something will…
Kano govt asked President Buhari to postpone his visit to the state in deference to 'suffering' of the people over the new naira notes

Buhari praises Ganduje over achievements in Kano

Buhari said this in a congratulatory letter to Ganduje as he marked his 72nd birthday.
Governor Bala Mohammed when the Chairman, Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN), Rev. Abraham Damina, led the Christian communities on a Christmas homage to him in Bauchi on Saturday.

Why Bauchi is building huge churches, mosques – Gov. Mohammed

He expressed satisfaction with the performance of Christians in his administration.
Hiphzibah and Joshua Opikhara, the two toddlers allegedly crushed to death by vehicle conveying officials of Rivers State Taskforce in Port Harcourt

Rivers: Task force vehicle crushes 2 kids, father cries for justice

Hiphzibah and Joshua, aged one year, six months and three years respectively were crushed to death at the roadside after…
Abike Dabiri-Erewa chairman of NIDCOM

Why 1.5m Nigerians in Italy can’t return home or get job

Omo-Iduhon said that out of about three million Nigerians registered in Italy, 1.5 million of them needed passports, which had…
A commercial bus somersaulted in Lagos

Photos of the day: Commercial bus somersaults in Lagos on Christmas Day

The Danfo summersaulted after one of its tyres burst while on high speed. A woman was, however, injured.
Chief Ifayemi Elebuibon

Ifa priest Elebuibon reveals what Ooni must do to avoid divorce

He made the call amid the collapse of the marriage between Ooni of Ife, Oba Enitan Ogunwusi and Olori Silekunola…
Defection: Court shifts judgment day for Gov. Ayade

Gov. Ayade suspends 14-month-old curfew in Cross River

Governor Ben Ayade of Cross River on Saturday suspended the 14-month-old curfew in the state.
The Osun Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mr Adegboyega Leye, made this known in a statement issued by the command’s spokesperson, Mrs Agnes Ogungbemi, in Osogbo.

7 perish in Christmas Day accident on Sagamu-Benin highway

Seven persons were killed, while seven others sustained injuries on Saturday in an accident involving a Mercedes Benz luxury bus…
Obafemi Shyllon, his wife Ademide and the Omooba Yemisi Shyllons

Obafemi Shyllon marries heartthrob Ademide [Photos]

The wedding took place at the African Church Cathedral, Broad Street in Lagos, on 23 December.
TCN says its Shiroro-Katampe 330 Kilo Volt (kV) transmission line has been vandalised, the fifth such incidents within two months of 2024

TCN says power restored in Lagos areas affected by tower collapse

Five 330KV Towers supplying power to Akangba-Ikeja West had on Friday collapsed in Iyana-Odo/Baruwa axis of Lagos State.
Rep. Sunny-Goli and the items he gave out

Rep. Sunny-Goli stuns supporters with 520 motorcycles and other items

The chairman of the Dynamic Youths of Okoroma, a social-political youth group based in Okoroma kingdom, Abraham Okpara Perenye commended…