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Artist view of Opebi-Ojota linkbridge

Sanwo-Olu set to flag-off Opebi-Ojota link bridges

The Sanwo-Olu government has been investing in mega transportation projects. Apart from the two rail lines, it has promised to…
Sen Gyang condoles NCPC’s Rev Pam over mother’s passing

Sen. Gyang condoles with NCPC boss Rev. Pam

Sen. Istifanus Gyang (Plateau North) on Sunday, paid a condolence visit to Rev. Yakubu Pam, Executive Secretary, Nigeria Pilgrims Commission…
Ifeoma and her husband arrested with cocaine

Wife of drug dealer Ifeoma attempts to swallow cocaine 

Babafemi said her attempt to swallow the cocaine during an arrest operation was scuttled by NDLEA operatives who retrieved the…
Olisa Metuh in hospital

Olisa Metuh critically ill, begs Nigerians for prayers

"In the last one year, I have had many surgeries and procedures and I am believing God this will be…
Pellets of cocaine

UK, Saudi-bound cocaine concealed inside hair cream intercepted

Babafemi added that another three grams of cocaine and 5grms of cannabis being exported to Cyprus packed inside locally made…
Oba of Benin, Ewuare II with his quadruplets

Oba of Benin announces names of his quadruplets

Queen Aisosa Ewuare, the fifth wife of the Oba, gave birth to the set of quadruplets, three boys and one…
Two of the suspects

NDLEA raids Abuja garden, arrests six over drug cookies, noodles

Babafemi added that another business operator in the garden, Moses Obi, 30, was also arrested with his salesgirl, Aisha Abdulrahman,…
Matthew Ashimolowo ordains son Tobi Ashimolowo as pastor aat KICC London

Video: Ashimolowo makes son Tobi pastor of kICC London

In a video shared by Church Gist, Ashimolowo said he was making a fundamental change with the way things are…
Asma'U Waalamu abducted and killed in Zaria

Asma’u Waalamu: Girl-child abducted and killed in Zaria

The kidnapping of eight-year-old Asma'u also happened 9 December. She was captured when she went out to buy recharge cards.
The victims

28 teenagers rescued in Edo from human traffickers

The victims whose ages ranged between 13 and 17 years, were rescued during a stop and search operation by the…
Screenshot of NURTW thugs in a deserted Idumota on Friday

Lagos police arrest NURTW members amid calls for ban

Normalcy had returned to the Lagos Island as more operatives had been deployed there, the police said. .
Nwonwu

Lagos Island businesswoman sent to prison over alleged N4.6m visa scam

The police said Okonkwu allegedly collected the money from the complainant with the promise to procure Canadian Visa for him…
No less than six persons have been reported killed in an accident along Hassan Katsina road in Lokoja, Kogi State

Overspeeding driver dies in Anambra crash

The fatal crash involved an unidentified driver of a blue Mercedes 911 truck with registration number: XA 129 AWK and…
Ongoing rehabilitation of Marine Bridge in Apapa on Saturday in Lagos

Lagos Marine bridge rehabilitation 66% completed

Construction workers were seen climbing through the lifting towers to work simultaneously under the bridge deck and its top surface…
Enugu Police

Missing 3-year-old Aminu Bukar found dead in Jigawa

A team of policemen discovered Aminu’s corpse at Tudun Mai Jambo bush, about one kilometre from his village.
Adebayo Alao-Akala

Oyetola, Fayemi, Ajimobi, others condole with Alao-Akala’s family

Some of the dignitaries who visited the Opadoyin residence of the Alao-Akalas on Friday were Gov. Adegboyega Oyetola of Osun…
Funmi Ademosun

Ademosun arraigned for alleged N26.6B Investment fraud in Lagos

Justice Osiagor granted the defendant bail in the sum of N250m, with two sureties.
Simbi Wabote, Executive Secretary, Nigeria Content Development and Monitoring Board

Smear campaign: Group urges Wabote not to back off libel suit

Wabote had filed libel suit against Jackson Udeh, the publisher of PointBlank news (an online newspaper) in the United States…
Wheelbarrow pushers during their protest in Benin, Edo State on Friday

Clash averted as wheelbarrow pushers protest extortion in Benin

One of the wheelbarrow pushers said the revenue collectors in Benin started with N50 per day for a wheelbarrow, but…
Police arrest 51 suspected kidnappers, others in Borno

Police arrest 5 kidnappers in Borno

The Police Command in Borno has paraded five suspected kidnappers and 46 other suspects arrested for various crimes in the…

Court sends fraudster Raji Olasunkanmi to prison

Raji was sentenced to one-year imprisonment for possession of fraudulent documents used to perpetrate internet fraud.
The suspect

How Abdullahi deposited fake €482,000 in bank – Witness

Abdullahi, who was arraigned in November 2021 on a three-count charge bordering on an alleged €482,000  counterfeit fraud, allegedly deposited…
Hanifa and Buhari

Hanifa’s murder: Buhari wades in, orders police to ensure justice

Mohammed was Hanifa’s private teacher and having realized that the victim recognized them, the suspects poisoned her to death, butchered…
Police dock Abuja hairstylist, Chiamaka Nmonye for stabbing her apprentice, Joy Jacob with a scissors during an argument.

3 Benue farmers docked over death of 7-year-old girl

Uleru said that while the defendants were at the party, the house was razed by fire and Levi Ianna’s granddaughter…
Manager

Deadly robbers Adeola, Adeyemo sentenced to death

The convicts and others at large, on Nov. 27, 2018, at House 2, Dende Bovas Garage, off Iyana Eku, Larodo,…
Hoodlums on rampage

Heavy gunshots in Idumota as hoodlums clash, streets, markets deserted (Videos)

The incident began last night and spread to Friday morning, with hoodlums seen with dangerous weapons, such as cutlasses, guns,…
Hanifa Abubakar

Kano shuts school where pupil Hanifa was killed by her teacher

Five-year-old Hanifa was abducted on 4 December by her teacher, Abdulmalik Mohammed Tanko, who has been arrested by the police.
Military neutralise 3 kidnappers in Jos

Nigerian soldiers kill 3 kidnappers in Jos

Troops of the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven (OPSH), have neutralised three notorious kidnappers in Jos.
Edo High Court remands 38-year-old Pastor, Simeon Okehielem, for allegedly raping and impregnating a house wife, Mrs Isoken Vivian Aigbedo.

Ayomide Olatunji, 4 others remanded in Kirikiri for armed robbery

The suspects, armed with dangerous weapons, robbed Mr Emmanuel Ono of his cell phone worth N68,000.
Chicken

Chicken thief David Akubu bags 1 year jail term

The prosecutor said that the David Akubu stole the chicken, cooked it and ate it with his friends.