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DSP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa

Fake military officer Zailani-Ibrahim arrested in Kano

According to police, he fconfessed to have hailed from Adamawa and came to Kano purposely for the criminal act.
Enugu based native doctor, Mr Simon Odo, popular known as ‘King of Satan: dies after brief illness

Enugu native doctor with 59 wives, ‘King of Satan’ is dead

Mr Emeka Odo, one of the sons of King of Satan said burial arrangement for his father is in progress…
Ikoyi Marriage Registry

ICYMI: Ikoyi marriage registry certificates worthless, court orders it shut

Justice Osiaagor held that only the local government marriage registries are empowered to conduct marriages by the provisions of the…
Edochie and Odumeje dancing on Naira notes

Yul Edochie, Odumeje caught dancing on Naira notes (Video)

Nollywood actor, Yul Edochie has been caught on video dancing with controversial prophet, Chukwuemeka Ohanaemere, popularly known as Odumeje in…
20 suspected crude oil thieves arrested in Bayelsa

20 suspected crude oil thieves arrested in Bayelsa

The Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) Soroh, said it arrested 20 suspected crude oil thieves aboard a vessel marked MT TIS…
The convict, Ayigor

Nigeria’s fake oil magnate Ayigor jailed 175 years for duping American $629,287

Justice A. T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced a fake…
Shola Jejeloye Lagos State Taskforce chairman

Lagos Taskforce impounds 382 motorcycles

Jejeloye spoke after some Taskforce officials were attacked by suspected miscreants, hoodlums and illegal drug peddlers posing as motorcycle riders.
Harnaaz Sandhu Miss India wins Miss Universe

How Bollywood star Harnaaz Sandhu won Miss Universe in spite of politics

The beauty pageant was almost stalled by a grassroots led boycott urging contestants to skip the event to protest Israel's…
Gunmen kidnap 19 INEC staff, cart away election materials

Gunmen open fire at policemen in Abia; kill Inspector Adama

Inspector Friday Adama was killed on Monday as gunmen in military camouflage attacked policemen beside the Abia State Command Headquarters.
Angry mob swoops on two suspected motorcycle thieves at Popo bridge in Oke-Ado area of Ibadan, Oyo State and set them ablaze.

Police dock 100 Lagos Okada riders for attempted murder

The Lagos state taskforce in conjunction with the police was on a raid on illegal motorcycle riders in Festac and…
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu assisting Whitemoney to prepare stir fried rice at the Lagos State Food Festival

Sanwo-Olu, Whitemoney cook together at Lagos Food Festival

Clad in a black apron, Sanwo-Olu set up the symbolic outdoor kitchen and prepared stir fried rice, the official meal…
Gunmen abduct Islamic cleric, Alfa Fasasi Ola Mejabi, younger brother along Lokoja/ Obajana/ Kabba road of Kogi State

Gunmen invade Ekiti community, popular trader, Alhaja Saliu abducted

The invasion, which was heralded by sporadic gunshots, also witnessed attack on an unidentified farmer who was left with severe…
Amaechi Okonkwo, Chairman Correspondents' Chapel Rivers NUJ,(with microphone) making a remark during the Thanksgiving Service and some members.

Rivers: Correspondents’ Chapel ends press week with thanksgiving

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt The week long activities of Correspondents’ Chapel of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Rivers State Council…
Rwang Pam

Prince Rwang Pam: Over 100 Plateau communities taken over by herdsmen

He said though the attacks started in 2001, it has degenerated under the present government
L-R: Justice Sherifat Solebo of Lagos State Judiciary; Wife of the Deputy Governor, Mrs Oluremi Hamzat; Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu; and First Lady, Dr. Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu

Sanwo-Olu presents vehicles to agencies, NGOs

The vehicles were presented to facilitate a prompt, efficient, and effective response to the menace of rape, defilement, domestic violence,…
Onitsha petrol station in flames

Tanker explodes at Onitsha petrol station while awaiting discharge

The petrol-laden tanker exploded and burst into flames while waiting to have the fuel discharged.
Aderemi Adebowale

Lagos advocates collective security to tackle security challenges

The Lagos State Government at the weekend said collective security remained the only best way to tackle security challenges in…
First son of the deceased, Wale Babalaki, Governors Dapo Abiodun and Gboyega Oyetola at the Fidau prayers

Dignitaries, clerics honour Late Justice Babalakin at Fidau prayers

Shaykh Abdrahman Olanrewaju, National Missioner, Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of Nigeria, who gave the sermon, said that the late Babalakin left good…
Oba Jimoh Oyewunmi

Soun of Ogbomoso, Oba Ajagungbade buried 

Remains of the late Oba Jimoh Oyewumi Ajagungbade III, the Soun of Ogbomosoland, were interred on Sunday in the palace,…
We fell in love: Pastor Taiwo denies raping 16-year-old choirgirl

Ogun pastor, wife arrested for conniving to rape choir member

The Ogun State Police Command at the weekend arrested Pastor Peter Taiwo of Christ Apostolic Bible Church, Alaja Oke, Saje,…
Police in Jigawa recover live ammunition, magazines abandoned by suspects

Police recover 44 live ammunition from fleeing robbers

The Jigawa Police Command said it has recovered 44 live ammunition, three empty magazines, and a motorcycle abandoned by suspected…
Pastor Taiwo, wife blame devil after raping 16-year-old chorister

Pastor Taiwo, wife connive to rape 16-year-old choirgirl; blame devil

Pastor Peter Taiwo and his wife, Elizabeth Taiwo have blamed the devil after they confessed to the rape of a…
IITA boss Sanginga and wife Charlotte now chiefs of Ife

Oba Ogunwusi honours IITA boss Sanginga, wife Charlotte

Obasanjo, who is an IITA Ambassador, commended Oba Ogunwusi for the choice of Sanginga and his wife for the chieftaincy…
COVID-19 cases soar in Nigeria

COVID-19 cases go northward again in Lagos, for the 5th day

Figures released by the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, late Saturday showed that as new infections are rising, Lagos…
Nigeria Air Force kills Halilu Buzu and Alaji Gana notorious kingpins of bandits terrorising communities across Northwest in air strikes

Bandits strike again in Kaduna, abduct woman, 4 children

Police said effort is ongoing to facilitate safe rescue the abducted victims.
Lagos to reopen Stadium Flyover in Surulere on Sunday

Lagos to reopen Stadium-Alaka flyover in Surulere

Shomide said debris generated as a result of the rehabilitation was being cleared to effect the re-opening of the bridge…
Ulla Elisabeth Mueller,

10,000 Nigerians suffer GBV daily, cases underreported – UNFPA

The Country Representative of United Nations Fund for Population Activities (UNFPA), Ulla Elisabeth Mueller, has disclosed that about 10,000 Nigerian…
Firecrackers

Police ban sales, use of fireworks in Osun

The Osun Police Command has warned the residents of the state against selling, buying or using fireworks and other explosives…
Shafa’atu dies after narrating how bandits burnt her 4 kids, mum

Shafa’atu dies after narrating how bandits burnt her 4 kids, mum

30-year-old widow, Hajiya Shafa’atu, has died after she narrated how bandits killed her four children, mother and some relatives of…
Hoodlums

Hoodlums have taken over Agege: Victims speak

Some victims of the activities of hoodlums within the communities in the Agege area, especially Pen Cinema, have spoken out.