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Governor Seyi Makinde and Alao-Akala

Makinde in shock, ends state function over Alao-Akala’s death

Makinde, shocked by the sad news, could not read the speech he had prepared for the service. He called for…
Three of the armed robbers arrested by the police in Edo

Police smash 7 armed robbers in Edo, recover arms

Three suspects of the suspects were members of a five-man gangsters who disguised as vigilante members to rob members of…
Buhari orders security forces to bring perpetrators of killings in Benue to book

We’ll tackle monster of terrorism in Zamfara, Buhari vows

Buhari conveyed his condolences and that of his government to the people of Zamfara State on what he called the…
Left, Onasanya; T-B, Jimoh, Ayede, Sodiq

5 convicted cyber fraudsters to return $4,641 to victims

The five cyber fraudsters were convicted and sentenced to four months imprisonment each, for the offence of obtaining money under…
The suspect, Aliyu

EFCC arraigns rice agent Aliyu for N6m fraud

The defendant, sometime in 2019 collected 49 tonnes of Rice worth N6, 000,000.00 from the complainant but failed to pay…
Chu Okongwu

Chu Okongwu, IBB’s finance minister is dead

Okongwu was born on September 23, 1934 in Nnewi, Anambra State, the first of eight children. He attended St. Michael’s…
One feared dead, two injured as fire guts Alao-Akala’s residence

I’m happy Alao-Akala got justice before his death: Counsel

The fraud case against Alao-Akala was instituted by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) in 2011 at the Oyo…
Fraud

Wasiu Kareem jailed 2 years for trafficking 25g heroine

Kareem was arrested following a tip off, at Idi-Araba in the Mushin area of Lagos, for unlawfully dealing in heroine…
EFCC witness, Idi Musa, narrates in court how the sum of N35bn was found in two bank accounts linked to Ismaila Mustapha, (a.k.a Mompha)

Updated: Mompha remanded in EFCC custody

Mompha is alleged to have conspired alongside Ahmadu Mohammed, now at large, to conduct N5.9billion worth of financial transactions with…
Soot pollution in Rivers

Burna Boy cries out over soot pollution in Rivers

Governor Nyesom Wike, had earlier ordered the shutdown of illegal crude oil refining sites in the state to tackle the…
Troops of Operation Safe Haven

Thabitha Silas, Audu Samuel rescued from abductors

She was rescued by troops of the Special Task Force, Operation Safe Haven, according to Maj. Ishaku Takwa, the Media…
Kano Police Command HQ

Kano Police arrest man who kidnapped two siblings, killed one

The suspect first kidnapped on June 7, 2021, a three-year old sibling of the girl, identified as Muttaka, in Tofa…
DSP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa

‘How Kano man Lauje abducted, slaughtered 13-yr-old girl’

Police said the suspect further confessed that, on June 7, 2021, he kidnapped a younger brother of the victim, Muttaka,…
Governor Seyi Makinde, Olubadan's widow, Rasheedat, and the son of the late monarch, Dr. Abdul Raheem Adetunji

Seyi Makinde visits late Olubadan Oba Adetunji’s family

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State has said that the next Olubadan of Ibadanland will be appointed using the “original”…
de arrest over allegation that he been raping 14- year- old daughter

Nigerian teenager defiled at 13 threatens suicide

Mother of the teenager, now 19 and a student of one of the tertiary school, made the disclosure at an…
COVID-19 vaccination on going at the Federal Secretariat, Abuja

FCTA Abuja set to bar unvaccinated workers from work

Malam Abubakar Sani, the Senior Special Assistant to FCT Minister on Media and Strategic Communication announced this in a statement…
Nigerian Army speaks on officers assaulting traffic wardens in Oyo

Nigerian Army speaks on officers assaulting traffic wardens in Oyo

The Nigerian Army said one soldier was arrested in connection with the assault on two traffic wardens in Ibadan while…

Bulldozers level Gwarinpa Abuja shanties

Most of the demolished shanties are scrap materials sitting on right of major road network around Angwan Berberi, off Efab…
Lagos Nurses

Lagos nurses suspend 3-day strike

Awojide said that the association suspended its strike to enable the government to fulfil its promises after meeting with Gov.…
The suspects

Policeman dies after colleague stole his service gun, sold it to cultists

Haruna, 38, subsequently sold the said pistol to members of a secret cult group who used it to carry out…
Terhemen Anongo,

21 facts about Terhemen Anongo who removed testicles to serve God better

Terhemen Anongo recently castrated his second testicle to serve God better. He had earlier castrated the first one early last…
Resumption of Schools: Oyo Govt. Not Impressed with Low Turnout

Resumption of Schools: Oyo reacts to low turnout of students

The Oyo State Government has said it is not impressed with the low turnout of students in public schools across…
FAAN gives reasons for spike in airfare

FAAN hands over 90 touts to police in Lagos, Abuja

The management of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN) says that it has arrested no fewer than 90 persons…
Police say 24-year-old Joshua Kosoro hangs himself after telling his relatives that he was hearing strange voices in Ohaukwu LGA of Ebonyi

Court sentences Oriyomi Felix to death by hanging

An Oyo State High Court sitting in Ibadan has sentenced a 35-year-old man, Oriyomi Felix, to death by hanging for…
A Magistrates’ Court in Akure has fined a herder, Abdulkadir Shehu N50,000 for grazing without permit from the Ondo State Government.

NSCDC sues for peace after bloody farmer, herder clash in Kwara

He said that the appeal was intended to put an end to the incessant farmers and herder's clashes in the…
sexual assault

Ikorodu man lands in Kirikiri after raping 14-year-old

The prosecutor told the court that Ogala who is brother-in-law to the victim raped her sometime in 2015 and Nov.…
A woman has died after allegedly pouring petrol on her body and setting herself ablaze at a family residence in Bauchi, police confirmed

Fleeing Alfred Julius stabs brother to death in Jigawa

Alfred stabbed Augustine with a knife in multiple places, as a result of which he sustained grievous injuries and died…
Babatunde

Yobe man Usman Ali arrested for stealing 200 phones

The Yobe State Police Command has arrested a 35-year-old man, Usman Ali for allegedly stealing over 200 cell phones and…
Gunmen

Gunmen kill Ebubeagu operative Orogbo, set body ablaze in Ebonyi

The victim, Ifeanyi Orogbo, 32, was murdered and partially burnt by the assailants.
Gov. Sanwo-Olu

Breaking: Sanwo-Olu averts nurses’ strike, resolves crisis

The National Association of Nigeria Nurses and Midwives (NANNM), Lagos State Council, had ordered its members to embark on a three-day…