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Robbers invade Ekiti bank, shoot policeman, FRSC operative dead

Armed robbers killed a policeman and a Special Marshall of the Federal Road Safety Corps on Monday in Aramoko-Ekiti when…
Police

Two gunmen who killed mourners shot dead in gun-duel with police in Benue

The Benue State Police Command said its operatives have shot two of the gunmen who killed mourners in the state…
Hanatu Yahaya: dies few hours after her wedding

Tears as Kano lady Hanatu dies hours after wedding

Hanatu who have been complaining of stomach pains got married to Isyaka Yusuf at Bulama mosque in Kano on Saturday.
Ruins after the fire in along Dr Peter Odili road,Port Harcourt on Monday.

Port Harcourt residents lament losses to fire incidents

The Rivers Government has promised to investigate the causes of the fire incidents in Port Harcourt and environs
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

13-year-old girl raped by father, grandfather

The girl has been handed over to the state Ministry of Women and Children Affairs, pending the conclusion of investigation…
policemen

Massive battle: Police rescue soldier, 15 others abducted by Boko Haram

A team of policemen patrolling Maiduguri-Damaturu road, on Monday prevented the abduction of a soldier and 15 travellers by insurgents.
Troops

Kaduna gun-battle: Five bandits shot dead

The Kaduna State Government has said security operatives have killed five bandits in Birnin Gwari and Giwa Local Government Areas(LGAs)…
Chinedu Awo: the lawmaker ambushed by gunmen

60 gunmen ambush policemen, lawmaker in Ebonyi, two cops abducted

The policemen were in the company of the lawmaker, who was on his way on Sunday to his hometown, Effium…
2 die, 12 injured in Kogi lone accident

15 dead in Jigawa auto crash

Mr Lawan Shiisu, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in Jigawa, has said 15 people lost their lives in a…
Atiku won 2023 Presidential election: PDP replies Lai Mohammed

FG identifies IPOB/ESN kingpins behind murder of policemen in Anambra

Two of the officers, Inspectors Akubo and Adamu, were killed in the most gruesome manner and their decapitated bodies videotaped…
L-R: Lagos State Commissioner for Physical Planning and Urban Development, Dr Idris Salako; former First Lady of the state, Alhaja Abimbola Jakande; Representative of the First Lady/Wife of the Deputy Governor, Mrs Oluremi Hamzat; and representative of Mr Governor/Commissioner for Housing, Mr. Moruf Akinderu-Fatai, at the 2nd Community Sensitization Programme/ 16 Days of Activism against Sexual and Gender-Based Violence organized by the Office of First Lady, held at Lagos House, Alausa, Ikeja on Monday

We’re determined to wipe out rape, others from Lagos – Sanwo-Olu

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu on Monday vowed to completely stamp out rape and other forms of Sexual and Gender-Based…
"Indian hemp in prison:" NCoS issues statement

9 inmates, 1 personnel killed in Jos prison attack – NCoS

Some of the attackers and a total of 262 inmates escaped in the melee before reinforcement could come from sister…

Court reveals causes of death Arinze, Evans’s co-defendant

Arinze was standing trial alongside Onwuamadike, Joseph Emeka and Udeme Upong for attempted kidnap of Chief Vincent Obianodo, the Chairman…
Edo Election: PDP alleges illegal interruption of collation

‘Why Adamawa LG poll was postponed indefinitely’

There was meagre allocation to the commission in the state's 2021 budget.
Inusa Abdulrazaki arrested with Heron

Italy-bound Abdulrazaki cracked with 101 wraps of Heroin at Lagos Airport

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested an Italy-bound suspected drug trafficker, Inusa Abdulrazaki, with 101…
Adisa Afusat Olayinka busted with cocaine

Saudi-bound businesswoman Olayinka excretes 80 pellets of Cocaine at Abuja airport

A businesswoman heading to Jeddah, Saudi Arabia for Umrah (Lesser Hajj) has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug…

Suspected kidnapper, Arinze indicted with Evans die in custody

Chiemeka Arinze, one of the co-defendants in the alleged kidnap trial of  Chukwudimeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, has died in the…
Cosmas Maduka and Charity Maduka

Big blow to Cosmas Maduka, wife Charity is dead

According to a statement on Sunday by the group, Mrs Maduka, vice president of the group, died on Saturday in…

Metuh promises prisoners vocational centres in Kuje, Nnewi

Metuh said this during his 56th birthday celebration with the inmates of Nigerian Correctional Service, Kuje Medium Security Centre, on…
Minister of Women Affairs, Mrs. Pauline Tallen

Tallen advocates castration as punishment for incest

‘Let us name and shame the perpetrators of incest because it is the worst,” she said.
Chief Ben Adaji

APC Chieftain: Why ‘reasonable’ Nigerians should be licensed to hold guns

By Martins Abochol Chief Ben Adaji, a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), has advised the Inspector General of…
policemen

Two policemen shot dead, burnt in Anambra

Gunmen have shot dead two policemen and one other missing in Anambra State, South East Nigeria.
2 die, 12 injured in Kogi lone accident

Two dead, 6 others injured in Bauchi auto crash

Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Bauchi, Yusuf Abdullahi has disclosed that two persons lost their lives in…
Mr Adewale Omofaiye, Kogi Commissioner for Environment

Anxiety over Kogi Commissioner after alleged attack by gunmen

Omofaiye was said to be on his way to Lokoja when he encountered heavily armed men who opened fire on…
Gunmen suspected to be sea pirates abduct four market women along the Lobia/Foropa waterways in Southern Ijaw LGA of Bayelsa State

Pirates shoot two Agip workers, security personnel dead in Bayelsa

Gunmen, suspected to be sea pirates, in the early hours of Sunday attacked two oil installations, killing three and abducting…
Trailer ramps into two buses at police checkpoint, four dead

Anambra: Trailer crashes into two buses at police checkpoint, four dead

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra said an accident involving three vehicles on the Ihiala-Onitsha Road on Sunday,…
Petrol tanker explodes in Anambra; 2 dead

Updated: Woman, child die in Abeokuta petrol tanker fire

The tanker driver was manoeuvring through bad portions of the road when the vehicle fell on its side.
Three die in motor accident on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

3 die in motor accident on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

By Ige Adekunle Three persons were killed on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Sunday in an accident involving two vehicles. Ogun…
Mrs. Beatrice Aigbedion

70-year-old woman Aigbedion, others smashed with 5,000kg of illicit drugs

A 70-year-old woman, Mrs. Beatrice Aigbedion was among suspects arrested in parts of Edo by the National Drug Law Enforcement…
The seized cannabis with the three suspects

Zakari, Sausu, Adie cracked with 12,385kg drugs smuggled into Lagos

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA at the weekend seized 12,385 kilogrammes of Loud Cannabis, a strong…