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IPOB, ESN: Army indiscriminately arresting Igbo youths – Group

A socio-political group, Igbo National Council (INC), has alleged that Nigerian Army indiscriminately arresting Igbo youths.
Gunmen abduct Islamic cleric, Alfa Fasasi Ola Mejabi, younger brother along Lokoja/ Obajana/ Kabba road of Kogi State

Gunmen storm Ondo community, kidnap 3 construction workers

Unknown gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have on Wednesday abducted three construction workers in Ondo State.

Most wanted Abia drug supplier Apolos busted with 100kg of cocaine, cannabis

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has busted a notorious major supplier of illicit drugs in Abia state, Chibuike…
Sanwo-Olu to launch Lagos State's 5-year agricultural development roadmap tomorrow.

Sanwo-Olu launches 5-year agricultural development roadmap

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu is set to launch the state's 5-Year Agricultural and Food Systems Roadmap (2021-2025).
Yinka Odumakin

Funeral rites for Odumakin begin tomorrow

The funeral rites for Yinka Odumakin, the publicity secretary of the Pan Yoruba group, Afenifere, will begin tomorrow.
L-R: Chairman, House Committee on Judiciary, Human Rights, Public Petitions & LASIEC, Hon. Victor Akande; Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat; Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu; Attorney General/Commissioner for Justice, Mr. Moyo Onigbanjo, SAN and Chairman, House Committee on Finance, Hon. Rotimi Olowo, during the signing of Lagos State Lotteries & Gaming Authority and the Public Complaints & Anti-Corruption Commission bills into Law, at the Conference Room, Lagos House, Ikeja, on Monday, April 19, 2021.

CACOL supports Lagos’ anti-corruption commission creation

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL), has made its support known to the Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu led administration…

Police officers arrested for extorting man of N500k in Anambra

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested some officers of the command after a petition indicted them of extorting N500,000…
Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine

25,000 Akwa Ibom frontline workers take COVID-19 jab

Prof. Augustine Umoh, Commissioner for Health, in Uyo on Wednesday, said Akwa Ibom has vaccinated 25,039 frontline workers against COVID-19.
Three hoteliers arrested in connection with beheading of woman in Adamawa hotel

4 kidnappers arrested in Adamawa, cash, guns recovered

The Adamawa Police Command has apprehended four suspected kidnappers living in Garwayel Village of Hong Local Government Area of the…
File : a police station burnt in Adani Enugu state

2 policemen killed in attack on Adani Police station

By Hilary Akalugwu/Nsukka At least two policemen were killed today by unidentified gunmen who attacked Adani Police Divisional headquarters in…
Police confirm three dead, others injured in clashes between two rival cult groups in Ondo Town, Ondo State,

Two dead as rival cult groups clash in Benin

A renewed cult clash between members of Black Axe and Eiye confraternity groups, has reportedly resulted in the death of…
Suspected gang members apprehended in a robbery operation in Diobu, Port Harcourt.

Three-man robbery gang arrested in Port Harcourt

The Diobu (Vigilante) Security Service (DSS) operating in Port Harcourt, the Rivers Capital has apprehended a three-man robbery gang.
Some of the motorcycles impounded by Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Taskforce)

Lagos impounds 81 motorcycles

Lagos State Environmental and Special Offences Unit (Task Force) has impounded 81 motorcycles for plying restricted routes in the state.

Massive raid: 14 suspected Internet fraudsters busted in Lagos

Operatives of the Lagos Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 14 suspected internet fraudsters.
ILO Accel Africa Training Akure

ILO trains Akure agric extention officers to combat child labour

The International Labour Organization (ILO) has begun training agricultural extension officers in Akure, on the protection of children in the…
A typical Nigerian correctional Centre: Security operatives aborts attempted jailbreak spearheaded by awaiting trial inmates at Benin Correctional Centre

Imo jailbreak: 9 escapees nabbed in Ghana

Nine persons suspected to be Nigerian jail breakers met their waterloo in a Ghanaian motor park on Sunday.
Justice Ayotunde Phillips, LASIEC Chairman: announces Lagos council election

Lagos council election to hold in July, says LASIEC

Election into the offices of chairman, vice chairman and councillors in the 20 Local Government Councils and 37 LCDAs in…
Human trafficking

26 trafficked women, children rescued in Edo

No fewer than 26 women and children believed to be victims of human trafficking have been rescued by operatives of…
Food market

Ramadan: FCT residents lament hike in food, fruit prices

Some residents in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), on Tuesday expressed worry over the high cost of food items and…

Varsity student, Rhoda Agboje arrested for selling drugged cookies to schoolchildren

Rhoda Agboje, a 300-level university student has been arrested in Abuja for selling drugged cookies to schoolchildren and other members…
Nigeria Police

2 kidnappers arrested, 4 rescued in Delta

The Police Command in Delta said it has apprehended two suspected kidnappers and rescued four victims in two separate operations.

Nigeria’s Chukwudi Opara busted in India over N9.4m scam

A suspected Nigerian scammer, Henry Chukwudi Opara, has been arrested in India over alleged Rs 18.50 lakh (₦9,397,082.50) gift scam.
Police Command in Osun say three persons were shot during a failed kidnapping attempt at Koka Village in Ibokun Local Government Area on Sunday.

Three shot as villagers fight off kidnappers in Osun

Police say three persons were shot during a failed kidnapping attempt at Koka Village in Ibokun LGA Osun State on…

Sanwo-Olu honours AK-47 wielding cop Erhabor assaulted by civilian 

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday honoured ASP Sunday Erhabor for displaying professionalism and self-restraint when harassed by a…
INEC

Three INEC staff perish in ghastly accident in Borno

The Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, has announced that it lost three staff in an accident on Sunday in Borno…
Ahmad Muhammad suspected kidnapper

I live near expressways to aid my kidnapping business – Ahmad Muhammad

A 20-year-old suspected kidnapper Ahmad Muhammad has confessed to living close to expressways to aid his kidnapping business.

Lagos Assembly clears Iba LCDA chairperson of wrongdoing

The Iba local council development chairperson Hon Princess Ramota Rachael Dayo Oseni has been cleared by the Lagos State House…
Deputy Governor of Lagos state, Dr. Obafemi Hamzat

Nigerians must come together to fight insecurity – Hamzat

Lagos State Deputy Governor, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat has called on Nigerians, to come together in fighting insecurity.
Obabioluwakosi Malaolu and his bride, Feyisetan Sogbesan

Photos: Niran Malaolu’s son Oba weds in grand style

Obabioluwakosi Malaolu and his bride, Feyisetan Sogbesan tied the nuptial knot in a grand style in Abeokuta at the weekend.
L-R: National President, Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of Nigeria, Alhaji Abdul-Rafiu Ade Sanni, Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr. Kadri Obafemi Hamzat and National Missioner, Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of Nigeria and Overseas, Sheikh Abdur-Rahman Olanrewaju Ahmad during the 2021 Annual Ramadan Lecture of the Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of Nigeria, Lagos State Council held at the Tafawa Balewa Square, Lagos on Sunday.

Photos: Lagos hosts annual Ramadan lecture

The Lagos State government on Sunday, April 19 hosted the 2021 Annual Ramadan Lecture of the Ansar-Ud-Deen Society of Nigeria…