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Police recover pistol, ammunition, arrest one suspect during a raid on a criminal den in Masaka community of Nasarawa State

Afolabi Olumide caught with pistol, ammunition at Lagos Airport

Olumide had earlier been accused by Nigeria Immigration Service of illegally being in possession of two International Passports
NSCDC nabs 27-year-old man posing as a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member to defraud parents, students with fake scholarship scheme

NSCDC deploys 2000 personnel in Lagos

Mr. Eweka Okoro, the state Commandant of the NSCDC, made the disclosure in an interview with the News Agency of…
Inyang Utuk kidnapped

Businessman Inyang Ntuk kidnapped in Akwa Ibom

Ntuk was kidnapped on April 11, around 9.15 p.m, at the entrance of his residence along Udo Umoh Street in…
Pauline Tallen with the children of Osinachi Nwachukwu

Osinachi Nwachukwu’s house of horror: Children tell heart-rending stories

Then he opened up… And said that their dad used to beat their mom and their mom was always sad.…
Oloyede sets up committee to investigate 19 containers allegedly flown by Clarion Bonded Terminal

Oloyede sets up committee to investigate 19 containers allegedly flown by Clarion Bonded Terminal

Oloyede who disclosed this while fielding questions from journalists in Lagos today said that the 19 containers were allegedly missing…
Police Kill 4 bandits in shootout in Benue

Six kidnappers shot dead in Edo

All the passengers who would have been victims were rescued unhurt by the police operatives.
Patient die waiting for free treatment at Oredo healthcare centre, Benin, Edo State

Patient drowns in Edo hospital septic tank

The middle-aged man was awaiting registration for the ongoing free medical outreach organized by Edo State Government, in conjunction with…
Rape cases increase in Lagos

Lagos man Joshua Torile docked for raping drunk woman

She said the survivor (names withheld) had came to the station with her brother on Oct. 19, 2019 and reported…

Alleged N1.7bn fraud: Court grants First Nation MD Odukoya’s application

The application is seeking the release of his passport to enable him to get it renewed to attend the graduation…
Nnaemeka Chukwu and bride to be Favour Chioma

Gunmen kill Ebonyi bizman Nnaemeka Chukwu, 10 days to his wedding

“Some boys accosted us; first, they shot into the air, then they ordered my husband to lie down and they…
Gunmen kidnap 19 INEC staff, cart away election materials

Gunmen hit Anambra again, shoot four policemen dead

The incident occurred in the early hours of Wednesday after a gun-battle between the police and the gunmen, suspected to…
defilement

How man fingered 10-year-old school girl inside bus – Medic

“The survivor presented herself to the Mirabel Medical Centre on Dec. 2, 2019 and gave a brief account that she…
Police rescue four of the passengers abducted from commercial bus hijacked in the Omerelu axis of Port Harcourt-Owerri road, Rivers State

Rivers: Kidnappers hold on to abducted passengers

But while confirming the abduction of the passengers, operatives of police in Rivers said the tactical units of the Command…
The two-week nationwide warning strike declared by ASUU disrupts ongoing second semester examinations of the University of Benin (UNIBEN).

FG grants scholarship to 72 UNIBEN students

The scholarships took effect from the 2021 academic session with the beneficiaries drawn from the Sciences, Law and Social Sciences.
The burnt bus

Two Reverend Sisters, three others burnt to death in auto crash in Anambra

The identity of the reverend sisters is not yet known. Other victims included the driver and a couple.
Crackdown at sea: NDLEA shatters drug cartels with record seizures

677 drug traffickers jailed, 3,359 arrested, 65,915.891kg seized in first quarter

NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi in a statement said 2,223 drug users were also counselled through brief interventions and rehabilitated in…
Yobe

26 die as boat capsizes in Sokoto

At the time this report was filed, the council boss said the actual number of passengers in the boat could…
Spanish Prime Minister Pedro Sanchez

Manuel Murillo jailed 7 years for threatening to kill Spanish PM

Murillo, 66, posted messages on social media with words threatening to kill Spanish PM Sanchez.
Kebbi

Gunmen invade Zamfara College of Health, abduct four female students

Shehu said that the students were kidnapped on Tuesday night.
Comptroller, Ogun Area 1 Customs Command, Makinde Bamidele, handing over the seized loads of Indian hemp to NDLEA Director, Ishaku Yusuf Kwajafa in Abeokuta, the state capital

Customs hands over N102m Indian hemp to NDLEA in Ogun

NDLEA Director, Ishaku Yusuf Kwajafa, speaking moments after the confirmation of the illicit drugs using United Nation’s testing kits to…
ASP Babatunde Adebayo: caught in a video while smoking Indian hemp.

Viral video: Police identify Indian hemp-smoking officer

Police in Lagos have identified one of its officers caught smoking what looked like an Indian hemp in a viral…
Benue

Fulani herdsmen kill 23 people in Benue in fresh attack

It was gathered that eight people were killed Monday night by Fulani herdsmen at Mbadwem in Guma local government area…
Buhari orders security forces to bring perpetrators of killings in Benue to book

Buhari talks tough after terrorists kill 80 in Plateau

Terrorists killed over 80 people in a brutal attacks at Kanam and Wase communities in Plateau State on Sunday.
Fatima Mohammed Suleiman

Abuja businesswoman Fatima remanded in prison over N150m fraud

The defendant was arraigned before Justice Samirah Umar Bature of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court sitting in Maitama…
Court

Oladimeji Ahmed docked for threatening to kill landlady, 12 others

Police said that the defendant threatened to kill his landlady, Mrs Kudirat Oyebanjo over a misunderstanding in the compound over…
Aregbesola

Nigeria announces holiday for Good Friday, Easter

The minister urged Christians to emulate the attributes of sacrifice, togetherness, forgiveness, kindness, love, peace and patience, which were the…
Murder

3 men remanded for kidnapping 72-year-old Fasilat Badmis

Police told the court that the suspects conspired to kidnap 72-year-old Fasilat Badmis from her residence with intent to collect…
Angry mob swoops on two suspected motorcycle thieves at Popo bridge in Oke-Ado area of Ibadan, Oyo State and set them ablaze.

Ondo govt. organises training for Okada riders

Ondo State Government on Tuesday trained riders of motorcycles popularly called Okada, on safety measures and rules guiding them in…
Kano residents decry water scarcity

Water scarcity in Kano; 8 Local Governments affected

These residents mostly depend on the state water board, boreholes established by the government and philanthropists as well as water…
'Crown Prince' of Ghana Dominic Chukwuma Ifekwu

‘Crown Prince’ Ifekwu swindles German lady in bogus gold inheritance claim

Ifekwu is being prosecuted by the Lagos Zonal Command of the EFCC on a five-count charge bordering on conspiracy to…