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File: Lagos Judicial Panel presents cheque to a victim of police brutality

Family of Lagos taxi driver Adeosun killed by police gets N10m compensation

Adeosun's daughter, Funmilayo, who witnessed how her father was fatally shot by the police, told the panel in February that…
Sunmi Smart-Cole

Buhari hails octogenarian photojournalist Sunmi Smart Cole

President Muhammadu Buhari has sent warm greetings to professional photographer, Sunmi Smart-Cole, who joins the octogenarian club today. He lauded…
Bida blockade by truckers

Truckers mount blockade at Bida, connecting highways shutdown

Vehicles have not been allowed into Bida from Minna or Lambata-Agie- Bida road, in the last twenty-four hours, because of…
Customs intercepts contraband worth N31.5m in Katsina

Customs intercepts N1.1bn worth of Marijuana

The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Western Marine Command, says it intercepted 232 sacks of marijuana worth N1.1bn between July and…
Alozie tied to a stake

Shocker: Lagos debtor Alozie tied to stake over N4.6m debt rescued

A young creditor identified as Oluchi Okoye aka PACA has been arrested by policemen attached to the Denton Police Station…
Ogu, who escaped from Edo prison goes naked, poos on road

Ogu, who escaped from Edo prison goes naked, poos on road

Officials of Edo State Public Works Volunteers (PUWOV), have arrested one Chinedu Ogu, a fugitive who escaped from the Oko…
Some of the suspected internet fraudsters

28 suspected internet fraudsters captured in Enugu, Anambra

The Enugu Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Friday arrested 28 suspected internet fraudsters.
Pro-Buhari supporters in New York

Pro-Buhari supporters storm street in New York (Photos)

Supporters of President Muhammadu Buhari stormed the street of New York where the 76th session of the United Nations General…
Nigerian

Court acquits American businessman Labiran of $55,000 fraud

A Nigerian America-based businessman, Dominic Frank Labiran, has been discharged and acquitted of charges of obtaining by false pretence, concealing…
CSP Kazeem Sumonu Abonde killed by hoodlums

Lagos Police break silence: ‘How CSP Abonde was killed by hoodlums’

The Lagos State Police Command has broken its silence over Thursday's brutal murder of a Chief Superintendent of Police, CSP…
Oyo Govt, UBEC adopt ‘Iwe-Kika’ for Out-of-School Children

Oyo, UBEC adopt ‘Iwe-Kika’ for out-of-school children

The Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) in Oyo State has adopted a literary book, ‘Iwe-kika’ (Book reading) for the implementation…
26 internet fraud suspects bursted in Asaba

EFCC releases names of 26 internet fraudsters arrested in Asaba

No fewer than 26 internet fraud suspects were arrested in Asaba, Delta State by operatives of the Enugu Zonal Command…
Abdulrasheed Bawa: EFCC boss

EFCC secures 978 convictions

The Executive Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Abdulrasheed Bawa on Thursday disclosed that the Commission has…
Damaged police van

Okada riders on rampage at Lagos Airport Road, shoot policeman dead

Okada riders went on rampage on Thursday evening around Ajao Estate on Airport Road in Lagos, shooting a policeman dead…
Some of the suspects with the dangerous weapons recovered

50 Notorious criminals busted, 13 AK-47 rifles, others recovered (Photos)

The Nigeria Police Force says its men have arrested 50 notorious criminal suspects with assorted rifles and 2,720 ammunition of…
The suspects paraded by police

Faces of captured abductors of 121 Kaduna school students

The Nigeria Police Force on Thursday paraded three of the suspected kidnappers of 121 students of Bethel Baptist High School,…
Early morning raid: EFCC busts 21 suspected internet fraudsters in Abia

Early morning raid: EFCC busts 21 suspected internet fraudsters in Abia

Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 21 suspected internet…
Some of the impounded okadas

Lagos Taskforce impounds 410 okadas

Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce) has impounded 410 commercial motorcycles, popularly known as Okada in different parts…
Mrs Kudirat Aka-Bashorun

Kudirat Alao Aka-Bashorun’s wife is dead

Her husband, Alao Aka-Bashorun who also died at the age of 75 was considered as one of the unsung heroes…
One of the paraded suspects linked with the Modakeke killings

Five suspects linked with Modakeke killings paraded

Osun State commissioner of police, Olawale Olokode who spoke to journalists said that the killing began as a result of…
Lagos

Lagos announces traffic diversion in Yaba for Red Line Rail

The Commissioner for Transportation, Dr Frederic Oladeinde, said the diversion would last for three months from midnight of Friday, 1…

Sanwo-Olu launches nutrition scheme for newborns

He launched the initiative surrounded by nursing mothers who benefitted from the pilot phase of the programme.
Court sentences Kamilu Olona to eight months imprisonment for stealing items belonging to his father’s tenants at Bodija Market, Ibadan.

Prophetess Lovely-Worleru jailed for life dies after three days in Rivers prison

Prophetess Edina Lovely- Worleru convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment by the State High Court in Port Harcourt has died…
The suspect, Okey Eze

Drug trafficker Okey Eze busted with N2.3bn cocaine at Abuja airport

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has busted a Nigerian drug trafficker, Okey Eze with 350 wraps of cocaine…
Lagos State House of Assembly

Lagos Assembly urges enforcement of Road traffic Law

The Chairman of the Committee, Temitope Adewale said that effective enforcement of the laws would save residents and discourage the…
Court sentences Lagos man, Eniola Wasiu Ibrahim, to life imprisonment for forcefully having sexual intercourse with his girlfriend

Jimoh Mutaliu nabbed for impregnating 16 year-old niece, aborting the baby

The victim’s father alleged that his own brother was responsible for the pregnancy.
Gunmen abduct BEDC driver in Ondo, demand N10m

Gunmen shoot two policemen dead in Enugu

Gunmen have shot two policemen dead at a checkpoint in Enugu, South East Nigeria.
Bus plunges into River in Kogi

Four dead as bus plunges into river in Kogi

Not less than four persons were killed and several others injured when an 18-seater bus plunged into the Black River,…
Prince Oyekan Adedoyin and Stephen Oni

Breaking: Lagos Prince Oyekan jailed for Yahoo Yahoo

Prince Oyekan, 25, from Kosofe LGA in Lagos, was jailed alongside Stephen Oluwaferanmi Oni from Ilesha, Osun State.
the three suspects arrested by Oyo Amotekun for beheading 73 year-old man

Amotekun nabs three for beheading 73-year-old man

Ismail said he was paid N35,000 to deliver a human head needed by Olanrewaju for money ritual.