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Hair dresser Maria Taiwo docked for slapping policeman

A 55-year-old woman, Maria Taiwo, was on Tuesday docked in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly slapping a policeman.
policemen

Gun-duel in Osun: Robbers raid bank, shoot policeman dead

A police officer was feared dead as suspected armed robbers on Tuesday attacked a first generation bank in Iragbiji, Boripe…
Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu

Sanwo-Olu orders Lagos CP to fish out killers of CSP Abonde

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has ordered the Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu to fish out the killers of a…
Shiites protest in Abuja and the traffic jam caused, top left

Updated: Police, soldiers kill 8 Shiite protesters, arrest 42 in Abuja

DSP Josephine Adeh, the spokesperson for the police, said that the protesters who came from Niger, Bauchi, Gombe, Borno and…
NSCDC nabs 27-year-old man posing as a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member to defraud parents, students with fake scholarship scheme

Anambra NSCDC nabs 4 with adulterated crude oil

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Anambra has arrested four persons allegedly conveying about 90,000 litres of…
fleeing POS agent Bolarinwa busted for stealing employer’s N400,000 

Suspected fraudsters Tersoo, Terver defraud POS operator in Benue

The Benue Police on Tuesday arraigned Torhile Tersoo, and Azua Terver, both 21-year-olds, before a Makurdi Magistrates Court 3B for…
the tanker fire in Rivers Tuesday

3 dead, houses gutted in petrol tanker fire

Witnesses said the driver of the petrol truck was trying to evade paying bribe at a police checkpoint when the…
Senate adopts the House of Representatives report on the establishment of the Nigeria Peace Corps (Establishment) Bill, 2023.

Senate to FG: Consider N300bn fund for Emergency Intervention on roads

The Senate has urged the Federal Government to, as a matter of urgency, consider an Emergency Intervention Fund to the…
L-R Tobi, Olujobi Victor and Akinrodolu

2 fake U.S. soldiers Akinrodolu, Tobi jailed for romance scams

Akinrodolu and George were jailed alongside Oluwajobi Victor, slammed with a separate charge of fraud by the Economic and Financial…
Gov. Inuwa Yahaya says his administration will continue to borrow funds to address development deficits in Gombe

Gombe Govt. stops salaries of 731 workers

Gombe State Government has suspended the payment of salaries of 731 workers for being absent from work in the month…
Mr Samuel Ben

Gunmen kidnap councillor in Akwa Ibom; third abduction in 3 weeks

Police on Tuesday confirmed the kidnap of Mr Samuel Ben, councillor representing Ward 6 Central in Eket Local Government Area…
Dashe Arlat Dasogot, Chairman, Plateau State Internal Revenue Service (PSIRS)

Plateau generates N17bn IGR in 9 months

Mr. Dashe Arlat Dasogot, Chairman, Plateau State Internal Revenue Service (PSIRS) has said that the service generated N17 billion from…
LASG gives reasons for removal of gated streets

Tokunbo Wahab wins Excellence Recognition Award

Tokunbo Philip Wahab, the Special Adviser on Education to the Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwoolu was has been honored…
Bello blasts Chinese contractor

Yahaya Bello blasts Chinese contractor over substandard job

Governor Yahaya Bello of Kogi State on Monday, in Lokoja reprimanded the Chinese contractor handling the renovation of the Kogi…
The suspected deadly robber, Ojugbele paraded

Deadly Ogun robber Ojugbele busted with guns

A suspected armed robber, Rotimi Ojugbele has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command along Ilaro/Owode Yewa…
Rotimi Amaechi

FG flags off removal of 3,000 wrecks on waterways

By Esther Komolafe The Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA) at the weekend flagged off the first phase of…
Committee on Removal of Abandoned Vehicles (RAVC)

Corruption: Lagos suspends committee on removal of abandoned vehicles

The Lagos State Government on Monday suspended activities of the Ad-hoc teams of Committee on Removal of Abandoned Vehicles (RAVC)…
Inmate who escaped kogi prison rearrested vandalizing transformer

Inmate who escaped Kabba prison vandalizes transformer

The inmate was rearrested on Sunday evening according to the state Security Adviser, Commodore Jerry Omodare.
Two of the convicts

Three fraudsters Adefila, Babamide, Segun go to jail in Ibadan

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal Command has secured the conviction of three internet fraudsters.
The suspected internet fraudsters arrested

Suspected internet fraudsters, Riliwan, Dominic, David busted in Abuja

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested three suspected internet fraudsters in the Kuje and Gwagwalada…
Just In: 37 killed, houses burnt in fresh Kaduna attack

Just In: 37 killed, houses burnt in fresh Kaduna attack

Gunmen have attacked Madamai village in Kaura Local Government Area, Kaduna, and killed 34 people.
Edo protesters kick against COVID-19 vaccination policy

Massive protest against compulsory COVID-19 vaccination in Edo

Members of civil society organistions and students unions on Monday staged a massive protest against Edo State's no-COVID-19 vaccination, no-entry…
Mr Adewuyi Popoola newly appointed Bursar, University of Ibadan

Adewuyi Popoola named University of Ibadan’s new Bursar

The new bursar holds Higher National Diploma (Accounting) from The Polytechnic, Ibadan, and Bachelor of Science (Accounting) in the First…

International tourists, dignitaries, traditionalists, others storm Ile-Ife

The Ile Oodua palace of the Ooni of Ife, Ooni Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II on Saturday was filled to…
The arrested students

Two undergraduates Angel, Sonia busted with drugs

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has arrested two female students of Edo State Polytechnic, Uzen, Babalola Modupe Angel,…
The suspects

Edo Police declare Enwereji, Omotakpor wanted over N27m fraud

Edo State Police Command has declared two persons, Donald Enwereji and Desmond Alabi Omotakpor, wanted over an alleged N27 million…
Alhaji Lai Mohammed the Kakakin Kebbi of Argungu

All hail Lai Mohammed the Kakakin Kebbi of Argungu

Alhaji Suleiman Argungu, Chief of Staff to Gov. Atiku Bagudu of Kebbi State, described the turbaning of Mohammed as a…
Gov Inuwa Yahaya: Now the First Dan-Maje of Gombe Emirate

Gov. Yahaya now the First Dan Majen of Gombe

The Emir of Gombe, Alhaji Abubakar Shehu the 111, has honoured Gov. Inuwa Yahaya with the traditional title of First…
Nneka and Emmanuel busted with drugs

NDLEA intercepts 3,300kg of drugs in Lagos airport, Abuja hotel, others

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have seized 3,300kg of drugs at the Lagos Airport and in…
Sanwo-Olu being shown the prototype of Ikeja rail station on Red Line

Lagos Blue, Red rail lines ready late 2022: Sanwo-Olu [Photos]

By the last quarter of 2022, we hope that trains would move on both corridors. And by 2023, we expect…