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Edo police command reacts to claim that CP Abutu Yaro, illegally released suspected oil thieves after collecting ₦7 million bribe.

32 Itugbe Kings football players rescued, 5 still missing – Police

The Edo State Police Command through its Uronigbe Divisional Headquarters, in the Orhihonwon Local Government Area, Edo State, on August…
Adekunle and the meth he was caught with

Dubai-bound crystal meth hidden in heads of smoked fish uncovered at Lagos Airport

Babafemi said the suspect was promptly arrested upon the discovery that the seven cartons he presented for export contained parcels…
File: Flooded road in Benin in 2018

(ICYMI) Flood ravages Jigawa, 50 dead, many displaced

Sani Yusuf, Executive Secretary, State Emergency Management Agency (SEMA), confirmed that 50 people have been killed and thousands of home…
Benin woman, Becky Igiebor, petitions the I-G Usman Baba, over alleged cyber-bullying, and threat to life by Canada based Racheal Iyonmana

IGP orders tight security around schools, hospitals, national infrastructure

Baba also ordered regular patrols, stop-and-search, raids and show of force by tactical commanders to clamp down on crime and…
Sola Giwa

Lagos deploys more body cameras for LASTMA personnel’s use

The move is to enhance transparency in the traffic management and enforcement in the state.
Munkaila Ado, Houseboy impregnates boss' 13-year-old daughter, strangles her to death

Houseboy impregnates boss’ 13-year-old daughter, strangles her to death

Ado allegedly impregnated the minor and connived with her mother to take her to Gombe State for an abortion.
Mgbeobuna Victor Eberechukwu

Anambra’s Eberechukwu excretes 77 pellets of cocaine on arrival from Ethiopia

Anti-narcotic officers of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu had arrested Eberechukwu…
Osun police arrest four men for killing woman for money ritual

Ex-convict Akintunde Joy arrested for burglary

The 22-year-old suspect was arrested after Akinkunmi Oyekola, a cellphones shop owner in Ede reported that his shop was severally…
Operatives of Edo State Police Command have rescued a 65-year-old farmer, Samson Osegbowa and 38-year-old Stanley Peters from the clutches of gunmen suspected to be kidnappers.

No kidnapping on Benin-Ekpoma road in last 90 days – Edo CP

According to Yaro, the only kidnapping activity witnessed in the state was in the last 120 days, that was carried…
The remains of Mr. Kadiri during the funeral service at Chapel of Christ the Light, Alausa

Emotion, tears flow as LAWMA’s Public Affairs Director buries husband

Mr. Kadiri, popularly called ‘Solar,’ an accomplished businessman, died on 28 July, 2022, after a brief illness.
The suspected carjackers

Four deadly carjackers cracked in Lagos with guns

The suspects are: Victor Chibuike, 26 aka Azaman; Kingsley Ndubuisi, 33 aka kango; Augustine James, 29 aka Edo boy and…
Police confirm loss of 21 lives in an attack by bandits at Baure Village in Safana Local Government Area of katsina state

13 villagers massacred in deadly terrorists attack in Taraba

Taraba, North Central has been a haven of terrorists (Bandits) attack in recent time with scores of locals reportedly killed…
Babatunde

Businessman Soso docked over alleged $12,000 fraud

He was charged before the court for allegedly conniving with others still at large to obtain the sum of $12,000…
Minister Sambo blows hot over cargo evacuation from Lekki Deepsea Port

‘FG working assiduously to secure release of kidnapped Abuja-Kaduna train victims’

Sambo also promised to liaise with the Works and Housing Minister, Mr Babatunde Fashola, to see how the Tin-Can and…
Former Ebonyi governor David Umahi says he is not quarrelling with his successor, Gov. Nwifuru

Umahi orders demolition of 65 houses at landslide site

Gov. Umahi said that work on the affected area would begin on Aug.15 as the people would indicate where the…
Kogi Police Commissioner, Edward Egbuka

Kogi: Polytechnic staff arrested over murder of daughter

Sherrifah, the daughter of the Polytechnic staff was kidnapped on Aug. 4, at the family residence in Okenya along Itayi…
Chief Mbayin Ndoma, the traditional ruler of Orimekpang in Boki LG of Cross Rivers State: allegedly killed by cultists

Daughter narrates how C/River Chief Ndoma was murdered by cultists

Assailants murdered Chief Ndoma on Aug. 3 at his hometown, Orimekpang, in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River.
Soliu

Fraudster boutique owner jailed for Yahoo-Yahoo in Ilorin, loses house to FG

Muhammed's journey to prison started on August 2, 2022 when operatives of the EFCC, while acting on intelligence on the…
Adetuberu

Fraudster Corps Member jailed, loses house, car, N.9m to FG in Ilorin

The court, on Thursday, August 11, 2022 found Adetuberu, 28, guilty of the two counts preferred against him by the…
The suspected internet fraudsters

26 Suspected internet fraudsters smashed in Delta

The EFCC listed items recovered from suspects to include a Toyota Camry car, two Mercedes Benz C300 cars, mobile phones…
Corporal Opeyemi Kadiri, middle,

JUST IN: Corporal Kadiri disgraced, sacked from police for checking man’s phone

Kadiri was caught on video recently assaulting a man for refusing that he allowed him to check his phone which…
The suspect

Lagos Police intercept 21 parcel of illicit drugs

Hundeyin said the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Abiodun Alabi, had directed that the suspect and exhibit be transferred…
The two Nigerians

Faces of two Nigerian drug dealers, Ifeanyi, Obiora busted in India

The suspects have been identified as Herry alias Ifeanyi, 26 and Obiora, 50.
Kano Hisbah arrests 19 youths for attending gay marriage

Jigawa Hisbah busts man with 384 bottles of alcoholic drinks

Ibrahim said the suspect was arrested with 384 assorted bottles of alcoholic drinks in his car, allegedly smuggled in from…
But for prayers, the value of the naira would have crashed up to N I0, 000 to a dollar, says General Overseer of RCCG, Pastor E.A. Adeboye.

RCCG 2022 Convention: Adeboye reveals forgotten link with God 

Bisi Daniels writes about how Pastor Enoch Adeboye challenged Christians not to abandon santification or holiness
Tension brews in health sector over appointment of two acting medical directors by the FG for each of its 3 new National Orthopedic Hospitals.

Group seeks stakeholders’ collaboration to strengthen healthcare system

Okafor Ofiebor/Port Harcourt A group of non-governmental organisation, the Civil Society in Malaria Control, Immunization and Nutrition (ACOMIN) has called…
UNIBEN student, Jeffrey Omoregie: Crushed to death 20 days before his scheduled departure to Canada for post graduate studies

Canada-bound UNIBEN graduate crushed to death in Benin

The incident occurred on Tuesday, 9 August, 2022, when Jeffrey Omoregie, a petroleum engineering graduate attempted to cross the Benin/Lagos…
Police constable Nura Mande gets his reward for honesty

Katsina newspaper rewards Police constable Mande for returning lost and found dollars

The reward was the second to be earned by Mande since his honest gesture. In June, Police Commissioner Idris Dabban…
CP Ayuba Elkanah retires from police

Zamfara Police Commissioner Ayuba Elkanah retires

Elkanah said at a dinner organised in his honour on Thursday in Gusau that he has no regret joining the…
Oyingbo BRT Bus Terminus burnt during EndSARS protest

Chinasa sent to Kirikiri prison for burning Oyingbo Lagos BRT bus terminus

The defendant, 21, who is unemployed and resides at 21, Ilogbo St., Apapa Road, Lagos, is being tried for conspiracy,…