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Nigeria’s Hashim arraigned over alleged N20m scam

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday arraigned one Salmanu Abdullahi Hashim before Justice Bello Shinkafi of the…

EFCC busts 10 suspected Internet fraudsters in Enugu

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zonal Office, have arrested 10 suspected internet fraudsters in Enugu.

Sanwo-Olu says Adiyan water project almost done

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Wednesday said the state government was working assiduously to bridge the huge deficit…
Rivers Governor, Nyesom Wike: Controversies trail his selection to lead Ogoni stakeholders in discussion with FG on resumption of oil production in OML 11

We won’t succumb to pressure from criminals to lift Curfew – Wike

Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike on Wednesday said the government would not succumb to pressure from criminals to lift the…
Gunmen abduct BEDC driver in Ondo, demand N10m

Gunmen kidnap village head, wife in Ibadan

The Baale of Araromi Village in Ibadan Chief Tafa Apanpa and his wife, have been abducted by some suspected kidnappers.
Lagos bans Commissioners, others from bringing personal assistants from outside

#EndSARS: Most Lekki victims suffered minor injuries, says Muri-Okunola

Lagos Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, on Tuesday testified before the Lagos State Judicial Panel that many of the people…

Killer-labourer Ikechi goes to jail for life in Lagos

Justice Modupe Nicol-Clay of a Lagos High Court sitting at the Tafawa Balewa Square (TBS), on Tuesday sentenced a 32-year-old…

Ogun sympathises with victims of Ogere inferno

By Adejoke Adeleye The Ogun State Government has extended condolence to the families of those who lost their lives in…
Police debunk reports that it directed its personnel in Kogi going to Anambra for governorship election to pay N10,000 as transport fare

Gun duel in Edo: Police dislodge kidnappers’ barricade, shoot one dead

Operatives of Ehor Division of Edo State Police Command, on Tuesday dislodged a blockade made by hoodlums suspected to be…

Edo govt reads riot act to property developers

The Edo State Government has warned property developers erecting buildings without approval from relevant regulatory authorities to either discontinue or…
Police rescue wife of retired AIG Hakeem Odumosu who was abducted in her residence in Arepo area of Ogun State about a week ago

Lagos Police partner NGOs to fight sexual offences

The Commissioner of Police (CP) in Lagos State, Mr Hakeem Odumosu, has vowed to bring to justice anyone found to…
Lagos Assembly urges LASG to support schoolgirl suffering teargas injury

Lagos Assembly wants ritualists punished, endorses Bill

A bill to criminalise illegal trading in human organs has scaled second reading at the Lagos State House of Assembly,…

EFCC arraigns Kyari for N99.7m fraud in Maiduguri

The Maiduguri Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Monday, June 21, 2021, arraigned one Alhaji…

Fake ponzi scheme operator jailed 7 years in Port Harcourt

Justice A.T. Mohammed of the Federal High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, Rivers State, has convicted and sentenced a fake…

N.5m fraud: Ex-banker Hannatu Nuhu bags 1 year imprisonment

The Maiduguri Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has secured the conviction and sentence to one-year…

Wicked policeman Ndlovu stabs wife 10 times till she dies

A police constable, Bright Ndlovu has allegedly stabbed his estranged wife, Muchaneta Siziba 10 times until she died for refusing…
Imo makes payment of workers salary mandatory before month end

Uzodinma to Imo people: Know your neighbours

Governor Hope Uzodinma of Imo State has charged residents, particularly traditional rulers and landlords, to know their neighbours.
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu

Sanwo-Olu unveils seven new boats, Cowry card for water transportation

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Tuesday unveiled seven additional new boats built by local boat builders to enhance the…
Suspects

Abdulrahman bags 3 months imprisonment for assaulting herder

An Upper Area Court, Mpape, Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced a security guard, Zakariya Abdulrahman, to three months imprisonment for assaulting…
NSCDC men on patrol

7-year-old Usman Abubakar’s hand cut off in Kwara: NSCDC

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kwara Command, said it has discovered a seven-year-old boy, Usman Abubakar, whose…
Court sentences Lagos man, Eniola Wasiu Ibrahim, to life imprisonment for forcefully having sexual intercourse with his girlfriend

3 docked for wandering in Abuja ”black spots”

Three men on Tuesday appeared in a Magistrates’ Court for allegedly wandering in black spots in Gwagwada, FCT.
Area Court in Jos dissolves 16 -year- marriage of Hussaina Abdullahi to one Saidu Ali over lack of peace and joy in the union  

12-year-old marriage dissolved over abandonment

A Grade I Area Court in Kubwa, Abuja, on Tuesday, dissolved a 12-year-old marriage between Fatima Salisu and Abubakar on…
Okezie Ikpeazu

Abia traditional ruler begs Ikpeazu to save his community

Eze Sunday Emejiaka, the traditional ruler of Ohazu Autonomous Community in Abia, has called on Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu to save…
Mr Olufunmi Olatunji

Eti-Osa East LCDA council boss is dead

Mr Olufunmi Olatunji, the Chairman, Eti-Osa East Local Council Development Area (LCDA) in Lagos State, is dead.
Gunmen:

Bandit arrested while fleeing from Niger to Ibadan

The Nigerian Army said its troops operating along Mokwa-Jebba road, intercepted and arrested a fleeing bandit in a vehicle traveling…

Grandma of slain student forgives trigger-happy policeman

A 93-year-old grandmother, Mrs Cordelia Omeya whose grandson, Nnamdi Ekwuyasi was shot and killed, has forgiven the trigger-happy police officer.
Gunmen

Gunmen shoot ATM customer dead in Ibadan

A yet-to-be identified man was allegedly shot dead at Water bus stop, along University of Ibadan, Ojoo Road on Monday…
The Quadruplets

Osun woman Mariam gives birth to quadruplets

The joy of Aleem Hassan Kehinde knew no bound when his 35-year-old wife, Mariam Tijani gave birth to quadruplets, months…

Facebook scammer Murtala bags 10 years in Sokoto

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Sokoto Zonal Office on Monday, secured the conviction of Murtala Abdullateef for attempting…

Nigerian Architect Oluwole, Ayoola jailed for impersonation

Justice Oluremi Oguntoyinbo of the Federal High Court sitting in Abeokuta, Ogun State, on Monday June 21, 2021, convicted the…