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Illustration for traditional healers docked

Eight docked for cutting dead man’s parts in Ibadan

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

The defendants tampered with the body of the late Nimotalahi Amidu by chopping off his head and body parts.
Accident

Multiple accident claims one life, four others injured in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Oke-Osanyintolu said further information gathered at the scene revealed that the truck driver lost control due to mechanical fault (brake…
Kebbi

Chinese national Fan Yu, 11 bandits shot dead in Zamfara

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

According to him, the police operatives who responded to the distress call regarding the ambush neutralized 11 bandits while others…
Nwonwu

Cleaner, nanny accused of stealing employer’s N9m property sent to Kirikiri Prison

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Miracle Phillip Umorem, 27, a cleaner and Mary Effiong, 27, a nanny were accused of perpetrating the act after their…
Popular Nigerian comedian Bright Okpocha, better known as Basketmouth, announces breakup with Elsie, his wife for 19 years

Marriage breakup: How Basketmouth met his wife 19 years ago

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

Last September Elsie had penned a beautiful message celebrating her husband, Basketmouth when he turned 44, saying he was her…
power station

10 killed, 3 communities affected by electric shock in Zaria

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

The accident was a result of a “high tension line snap onto the low tension line”, which resulted in a…

Consumer council confiscates 1,200 substandard tricycle tyres

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

Ali-Muhammad urged tricycle owners and riders to always ensure that they buy standard spare parts for their tricycles in order…
Police arrest 27-year-old woman, Mariam Ayila, for kidnapping a 13- year- old girl and asking for a N250,000.00 to release her in Ogun state.

Ogun woman Mariam Ayila kidnaps 13-year-old girl, demands N250K ransom

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

The suspect had also kidnapped a young girl at Itele Ota area on the 19th of December 2022, and ransom…
Kaduna government says 25 suspects prosecuted over involvement in gender-based violence (GBV) in the state have been sentenced to death

Rivers: Udoh brothers sentenced to death for murder of Radio Nigeria staff

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

The two defendants who are indigenes of Akwa Ibom State were said to have picked late Okorie along East-West road…
Director General, Lagos State Safety Commission, Lanre Mojola

Lagos moves to stem rising incidence of gas explosion

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

According to Mojola, findings indicated that gas explosions were often caused by improper handling and storage, saying that the summit…
Fasawe, Mojola and others during the meeting

Yuletide: Lagos jaw-jaw with leisure, hospitality operators to avert accidents

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The meeting which was a stakeholders’ parley, was jointly presided over by the Director General, Lagos State Safety Commission, Mr.…
Gun and flag of Biafra recovered by troops from IPOB/ESN stronghold in Lilu forest

Troops raid IPOB/ESN camps in Ebonyi, Enugu

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

The troops had in another encounter at Agubeji community in Enugu state, apprehended one Mr Martins Abogwu, for conniving with…
Police

Police in show of force in Delta, deploy patrol teams

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

He stated that the operation would be supervised by the eight Area Commanders in the state, to ensure a hitch-free…
Lagos governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu is expected to lead officials of State Government and other stakeholders as the first passengers as the much expected Lagos Blue Line Rail commences operations today.

12 years after: Sanwo-Olu announces completion of first phase Lagos Blue Light Rail 

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

He said the milestone in the development of the Lagos Rail Mass Transit (LRMT) was the culmination of several impactful…
Oke-Osanyintolu and others at the event

Yuletide: Lagos charges residents to be safety cautious

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The permanent secretary added that “due to the fact that we at LASEMA have been in the business of service…
Father found hanged, 2 children, mother dead in France

Missing boy found by police in Nasarawa

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

According to the Police spokesperson, the boy claims to hail from Hadeja in Jigawa State, was found wandering.
People help firefighters to extinguish a fire after blasts ripped through a fireworks warehouse in a shopping mall in Yerevan, Armenia August 14, 2022. Vahram Baghdasaryan/Photolure via REUTERS

Harmattan: Residents warned on fire outbreaks

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

Mukaddas noted that the agency planned to embark on an aggressive media campaign to prevent dry season disasters in the…
PWDs call for special ministry to address their needs

CSO uncovers systematic exclusion of PWDs from governance, politics in FCT

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

GSAI's report findings indicate that in the entire Federal Capital Territory (FCT), only just six persons with disabilities have been…
Resident doctors in FMC Abeokuta, set to begin strike on Monday

2 fake doctors busted in Lagos

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

The prosecutor, ASP Benedict Aigbokhan, told the court that the defendants conspired and committed the offences on Jan. 1, 2022,…
The forfeited cars

EFCC auctions seven forfeited cars in Ilorin

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The auctioned vehicles are Lexus IS350 2007 model, Toyota Venza 2010 model, White coloured Mercedes Benz 2007 model, Gold Porche…

Gombe farmers cry out: ‘Hippos are destroying our farmlands’

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

According to them, the incessant hippos’ attacks exposed them to losses.

Septuagenarian sent to Kirikiri Prison for defiling 5-year-old girl in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

According to the mother, on getting back to the house, she was shown a video of her daughter being defiled…
Ogun PDP Central senatorial candidate, Olumide Aderinokun pledges that his interventions will be based on need of the people of if elected.

Yuletide: Ogun PDP senatorial candidate celebrates with children

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

By Adejoke Adeleye/Abeokuta The candidate of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, for Ogun Central senatorial district in the 2023 election, Olumide…
The fake LASTMA officer

Fake LASTMA officer Oluchkwu jailed in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The convicted fake LASTMA officer was arraigned by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on a 2-count charge of…
Senator Ibikunle Amosun explains why people outside his Ogun Central senatorial district will benefit from his one week empowerment programme

Why I extended my empowerment programme to other senatorial districts – Amosun

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

Amosu, who is now the Senator representing Ogun Central Senatorial District, gave the explanation during the flag off of his…
Justice Kekere-Ekun must implement radical reforms in Judiciary - Agbakoba

Kogi: EFCC fires back at Agbakoba, says commission has power to probe States finances

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Agbakoba had cast aspersion on the commission’s commitment to rule of law and its investigation of the finances of the…
Aregbesola

Osun: ‘Comments attributed to Aregbesola mischievous’

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Fasure, in a statement on Monday said he had read with dismay, comments attributed to Aregbesola, on the ongoing accusation…
Ogun governor, Dapo Abiodun, describes death of former presidential aide and politician, Dr. Doyin Okupe, as a deep personal loss to him.

JUST IN: Okupe escapes jail, pays N13m conviction fine

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Justuce Ijeoma Ojukwu, in a judgment, had found Okupe guilty in 26 out of the 59 counts preferred against him…
Police confirm loss of 21 lives in an attack by bandits at Baure Village in Safana Local Government Area of katsina state

Massive gun-battle in Bauchi: Police shoot 12 terrorists dead

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Wakil said that a joint operation of security operatives engaged the suspects in four hideouts at Mansur, Digare, Gwana and…
Edo High Court remands 38-year-old Pastor, Simeon Okehielem, for allegedly raping and impregnating a house wife, Mrs Isoken Vivian Aigbedo.

Oyo men BJ, Oro docked for kidnapping 2 persons, collecting N20m ransom

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

The accused and others still at large conspired on July 21, at about 8.00 am at Challenge area, Ibadan, and…
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