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Paul Ikonne, Executive Secretary, National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA)

NALDA to establish integrated farm estate in Imo

The National Agricultural Land Development Authority (NALDA) is set to establish an integrated farm estate in Imo to complement the…
Mr George Edem, Commandant NSCDC Edo Command

3 arrested for stealing, re-bagging cement in Edo

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) Edo Command, said it has arrested three suspects for allegedly stealing and…
Nigerian policemen: Police bar Ogun ‘Yoruba Nation’ rally

Suspected cultist nabbed with pistol in Ikorodu

The police in Lagos on Friday arrested a suspected member of Aye cult group at Igbogbo area of Ikorodu, armed…

Lagos MOJ to train police prosecutors on effective investigation

As part of efforts to ensure speedy dispensation of Justice as promised by Governor Sanwo-olu's administration, the Lagos State Ministry…
Oxford Astrazeneca vaccine

COVID-19: Kaduna vaccinates 51,447 persons

The Kaduna State Ministry for Health has said that 51,447 persons have so far received the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine in…
Lagos House of Assembly summons of Gov. Sanwo-Olu's aide, commissioner over refusal to bring contracts before the lawmakers for ratification

COHCTL petitions Lagos Assembly over high cost of COVID-19 test

A coalition has petitioned the Lagos State House of Assembly on the high cost of COVID-19 tests in private laboratories…
Police speak on alleged resuscitation of notorious SARS

SARs official shot dead my 19-year-old son, father tells panel

Mr Kolawole Owoade, recounts how officials of the defunct SARs shot dead his son, Adewale, before Oyo Panel of Inquiry…
Governor Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom

Gov. Emmanuel restricts movement of tricycles, motorcycles in 3 LGAs

Gov. Udom Emmanuel of Akwa Ibom has restricted the operation of motorcycles (popularly called Okada) and tricycles (popularly known as…
Yusuf Saliu

Lagos Police arrest man who stole motorcycle during #EndSARS

Lagos State Police Command has arrested 32-year-old Yusuf Saliu, for reportedly stealing a motorcycle at the Dalemo Police Post in…
Lagos State to reward teachers

Lagos to reward teachers with 13 vehicles, consolation prizes

The Lagos State Government is set to reward public school teachers with 13 vehicles at the State's Merit Award.
Kano housewife, Fadila Adamu to die by hanging for kidnapping and throwing an eight-year-old girl into a well, causing her death.

Two brothers sentenced to death for robbery in Ondo

Two brothers, Isaac Sunday and Isaac Lucky have been sentenced to death for robbery by the Ondo State High Court.
Jackson Kamalu convicted for fraud

Man jailed for N65m fraud in Lagos

Justice Mojisola Dada of a Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos has convicted one Jackson Kamalu for defrauding a…
Reckless driver kills Esu Rita Ema, a final year student of OAU, Ile-Ife, throwing the institution into into a gloomy state.

OAU staff hangs himself after sending suicide note to family

A staff of Obafemi Awolowo University, Ile-Ife, Osun State, named Fisayo Oyeniyi, has killed himself at his residence after sending…
Uzoma Franklyn Izuchukwu

‘Yahoo boy’ bags two years imprisonment in Port Harcourt

An internet fraudster also known as Yahoo Boy, Uzoma Franklyn Izuchukwu has been sentenced to two years imprisonment for impersonating…
Governor Seyi Makinde: reacts to Supreme Court judgment

Makinde visits Akinyele Market, calls for harmony among traders

Oyo State Governor, 'Seyi Makinde, on Wednesday, pledged to upgrade the infrastructural facilities and social amenities, such as roads and…
Open defecation

Osun council prohibits open defecation

Mr Yinus Akande, the Council Manager, Ayedaade Local Government Area of Osun, said open defecation is now a forbidden act…
EFCC Working in Best Interest of Nigerians- Ekpungu

1 Nigerien, 5 Nigerians convicted over fake $570,000

The Kaduna Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction of members of a…
NSCDC arrests suspected transformer vandal in Cross River.

Cross River NSCDC arrests transformer vandal

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Cross River has arrested a suspected transformer vandal, Joseph Usani, for…
Kano lawyer, Musa Tudunwada ask Hisbah Board boss to clarify how bags of rice donated by the state to his officers and staff were distributed

Kano Hisbah invades Bayero varsity hostels, arrests students

Operatives of the Kano State Hisbah Command have invaded some off-campus hostels of the Bayero University in Kano, arresting students…
Buba Marwa NDLEA boss: says credible data essential for fight against drug abuse.

126 Nigerians jailed for drug trafficking in two months

A total of 126 Nigerians across 14 states in Nigeria have been sentenced to various jail terms for offences bordering…
Why cultism and cult-related killings persist in spite of public sensitisation

End of the road for cultists in Lagos?

Cultism is one of the social ills that has bedevilled our society for quite some time.
I risked my life to deliver N2.5m ransom to my in-law’s abductors- RCCG worshipper

Bandits storm Benue market,1 killed, 9 injured

The Benue Police Command has announced that bandits, disguised as buyers, killed one and injured nine persons at Abaji Market,…
Suspects

45-year-old Mushiratu arraigned for fraud, breach of peace

The Police, on Thursday, arraigned a 45-year-old woman, Mushiratu Funseyin at the Magistrates’ Court in Badagry, for alleged fraud and…
Back view of the 12-year-old girl remanded for telling court that she eloped with 38-year-old Alfred Chikere because she enjoys sex

Court remands girl,12, for eloping with Chikere, 38, because ‘she enjoys sex’

Court remands 12-year-old girl for admitting that she willingly eloped and consented to sexual relations with 38-year-old Alfred Chikere

Ogun judicial panel strikes out petition against DPO Andrew Akinseye

The Ogun State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on matters of police abuse and brutality has struck out the petition by…

Ijede/Itamaga road ready in May, says Sanwo-Olu

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu has assured Lagosians, especially Ikorodu that the Ijede/Itamagun Road will be ready in May.
Lucky Onisokumen: illegally detained by officers of IGP Monitoring Unit in Rivers

Anger trails arrest, detention of taxi driver Lucky Onisokumen by police in Rivers

Rights activists knock Police over detention of Lucky Onisokumen, a Port Harcourt based driver for five days without knowledge of…
CP Abutu Yaro: Anambra United asks Inspector-General of Police to deploy him to Anambra to tackle rampaging gunmen

Police: How gunmen killed 2 Kaura-Namoda Poly staff 

Police confirm murder of Usama Nazifi and Bashiru Mohammed, both staff of the Federal Polytechnic, Kaura-Namoda, by gunmen on Wednesday…
Edo CP, Philip Aliyu Ogbadu

Teacher bolts with N2m WAEC enrollment fee in Edo

A yet-to-be-named private school teacher in Edo State has allegedly bolted with N2 million meant for enrollment of students for…
Enugu Police

Wife exposes husband who looted shoes during Katsina market inferno

Police arrest 43-year-old Muhammad Abba, who was exposed by his wife for looting shoes during the inferno at the Katsina…