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Police rescue four of the passengers abducted from commercial bus hijacked in the Omerelu axis of Port Harcourt-Owerri road, Rivers State

Police in massive hunt for killers of ASP Josiah in Rivers

ASP attached to Afam Divisional Police Headquarters was killed while returning home after work in the evening of Tuesday, 28th…
This follows the expiration of the 50 per cent rebate earlier granted by Sanwo-Olu when the fuel subsidy was removed by President Bola Tinubu.

Lagos announces hike in BRT fare, fixes date for commencement

With the increase, a bus ride from Ikorodu–TBS will now cost N600 from N500, while Berger to Ajah is now…
Surrendered Boko Haram fighters

4,770 terrorists surrender, 18 killed in two weeks – Army

Onyeuko said the troops of 152 Battalion had between June 17 and June 21, encountered fleeing Boko Haram Terrorist/Islamic State…
Kebbi

Terrorists kill six soldiers, seven policemen during gun-battle in Niger

The terrorists were said to be heavily armed stormed the mining site around 4.oopm on Wednesday and shot dead seven…
t in at different parts of Benin, the State capital.

Eight dead in bloody Edo cult war

Two of the victims were reportedly killed at Uselu-Ugbowo axis of Benin, while Irhirhi, Ogunmwenhi, and Egor axis have one…
File: past demolition in Apo Abuja

FCTA to demolish over 100 buildings in Bwari Area Council

The FCT Administration could no longer wait for unwilling residents to comply with early warnings to save lives after the…
Zulum to commissioners: I will monitor your coming to offices

Zulum to commissioners: I will monitor your coming to offices

Borno State Governor, Professor Babagana Umara Zulum, on Monday announced that he will monitor the coming of commissioners and permanent…
File: 2 traffic robbery suspects arrested in Ketu recently

Lagos police arrest 2 traffic robbers at Gbagada

The suspects are currently assisting the police in an ongoing investigation to arrest the third suspect and other members of…
Kebbi

Bandits demand N20m ransom to release abducted Zamfara medical doctor

Muhammad was abducted at Mashaya village along Dansadau-Magami road while returning from Gusau.
Olamilekan

Ado-Ekiti Yahoo-Boy Olamilekan jailed two years, loses N13m car to FG

Olukayode, 26, was convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment by Justice Muhammed Sani of the Federal High Court, Ilorin…
Scales Olatunji

Incredible! International fraudster Olatunji jailed for 235 years in Uyo

Olatunji was arraigned on July 2, 2019 on 45-count charges bordering on identity theft, money laundering and conspiracy.
Sanwo-Olu at Vetland Junior Grammar School

Sanwo-Olu unveils digitised classrooms, as 13 outstanding teachers get new SUVs

The project is completed with three laboratories and four staff rooms - all made from container. There are also recreational…
The collapsed building

Three-storey building collapses in Port Harcourt

The building was said to have shown enough signs of dilapidation and was marked for demolition by the Rivers State…
Fani Kayode ex-wife, Precious Chikwendu

Police stall arraignment of Fani-Kayode’s ex-wife

Chikwendu was alleged to have carried two kitchen knives threatening to kill Fani-Kayode, the children and other occupants of the…
Heavy security

Invasion of privacy: Court orders police to pay N6m to 2 men

The applicants had alleged that the police, without any prior invitation, invaded their homes at 3:00 a.m. on Nov. 16,…
Kuje correctional centre inmate, Chinwendu Heart receving his certificate from NOUN official. He bags Second Class Upper degree from NOUN

Kuje inmate bags Second Class Upper degree, aims for Ph.D

Speaking, Mr Ibrahim Shehu, officer in charge of Kuje Custodial Centre said that Heart has shown an exemplary character over…
defilement

Lagos govt. drops child defilement charge against school driver

The DPP, in its legal advice to the police, stated that there were insufficient facts to establish a prima facie…
Students of Rivers State University protest alleged involvement in human rights abuses by some personnel of Man ‘O’ War in the institution.

Rivers varsity don docked for rape of female student

Professor David Ogbonna, according to the police, raped the female student on 16th day of May, 2022 at Rivers State…
The mother of the girl uncovered the act after she discovered a whitish slimy substance on her daughter’s underwear while doing laundry, Osun Police Command spokesperson, DSP Abiodun Ojelabi said

Bishop docked for rape, forcing 16-year-old girl to take oath

Duruebube who is facing two charges of defilement and forcing the girl to take an oath with him was arraigned…
Ebube Oba arrested for beating mother of four to death in Anambra State

‘How Ebube Oba beat mother of 4 to death in Anambra’

Trouble started on that Saturday when her sister wanted to leave but was denied access by their Landlord’s son who…
Minister of Defence, Bello Matawalle

Why we directed citizens to acquire guns – Matawalle

The statement explained that the governor’s directive was part of the administration’s efforts to tackle protracted security challenges in the…
Ogun government rolls out figures to disprove claim of diversion of funds allocated to LGs in the state from Federal Govt by Gov. Dapo Abiodun

Abiodun wades in to resolve striking Ogun workers’ demands

The workers had on Tuesday, following the expiration of seven days ultimatum issued on June 21, asking the state government…

Court jails Borno man Modu Ali for N20m fraud

Kotoko was first arraigned on January 1, 2021 and pleaded not guilty to the one count charge preferred against him,…
The suspect paraded

Cross River woman Aniebet smashed with three explosives

Commandant of NSCDC in the state, Mr Samuel Fadeyi, who paraded the suspect at the command’s headquarters on Tuesday in…
Stella Achebe

Court convicts Lagos woman Achebe over N10m dud cheque

The defendant, who said she was a lawyer called to the Nigeria Bar in 2002, also took to the dock…
Court sentences Kamilu Olona to eight months imprisonment for stealing items belonging to his father’s tenants at Bodija Market, Ibadan.

Kano lawyer Hanga jailed two years for forgery

Hanga was jailed on Friday, June 24, 2022, after being found guilty of forgery based on four-count charges bordering on…

34 Gombe teenagers arrested for engaging in ‘illicit dance’

Goni who disclosed that some of the suspects came from neighbouring states, also said that some of them were married…
Chief Babatunde Abegunde,

Fayemi mourns TESCOM Chairman Abegunde

The governor said Abegunde’s death came as a shock, adding that the late TESCOM chairman did not show any sign…
Court sentences Lagos man, Eniola Wasiu Ibrahim, to life imprisonment for forcefully having sexual intercourse with his girlfriend

Sola Lawson remanded in Kirikiri for defiling 17-year-old daughter

The prosecution counsel, Insp Lucky Ihiehie, told the court that Lawson committed the offence between 2019 and 2021 at his…
The three suspects arrested plucking of two eyes of a 16-year-old Bauchi boy, Uzairu Salisu

3 arrested for plucking eyes of Bauchi teenager Uzairu Salisu

Police operatives recovered the eyeballs in a calabash, following a prompt search of the prime suspect’s house.