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JUST IN: Buhari shot dead by gunmen in Edo

A driver with Hartland Construction Company, simply identified as Buhari was on Tuesday shot dead in Benin, the Edo state…

Police arrest rail track vandals syndicate in Benue

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force have arrested a criminal syndicate responsible for recent economic sabotage and vandalism of rail…

Five burn to death as fuel tanker explodes in Ogun

Five persons have been burnt to death as a fuel-laden tanker exploded at Owode-Idiroko Road, Ogun, Southwest Nigeria.

EFCC arrests 3 for currency counterfeiting

The Lagos Zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has commenced investigations into the alleged case of…
Mr Lanre Mojola

Lagos controls use of gas, cylinder handling

Mr Lanre Mojola, Director-General, Lagos State Safety Commission, convened a meeting to deliberate on solutions to incessant gas explosions in…
NSCDC beefs up security in Zamfara

Woman arrested for duping Osun politician N2.6m

One Omolara Solanke has been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Osun State, for allegedly obtaining the…
Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

It is obscene: a true reflection in three parts by Chimamanda

Novelist and feminist Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie writes about her experience with a budding female Nigerian writer, that she mentored and…
Beggars being taken to the Oyo resettlement centre

Why we’re evacuating beggars, others in Ibadan – Oyo Govt

The Government of Oyo State has given reasons for evacuating beggars, street-urchins and the destitute to the new facility at…

LASBCA to commence removal of structures under powerlines

The Lagos State Building Control Agency, LASBCA has decried illegal development under powerlines in the State, saying that some developments…
Boboye Oyeyemi, FRSC Marshal

FRSC advises motorists on alternative routes to Sango-Ota

The Sango-Ota Unit Command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun, has advised motorists to consider alternative routes due…
Beggars

Oyo begins evacuation of beggars

The Oyo State Government said it has commenced the evacuation of beggars in some parts of Ibadan, the state capital.
accident

Ambulance conveying corpse crashes in Edo

It was a double tragedy for a corpse on Tuesday morning, as the ambulance conveying it crashed into a stationary…

EKEDC explains power outage in Badagry

The Eko Electricity Distribution Company (EKEDC) has attributed the outage in some communities in Badagry to broken poles along the…
Osun JUSUN

Delta JUSUN orders members to resume work

The Judiciary Staff Union of Nigeria (JUSUN), Delta chapter, has directed all its members across the state to resume work…
Former Ebonyi governor David Umahi says he is not quarrelling with his successor, Gov. Nwifuru

Forget it, Ebonyi has no land for ranching – Umahi

Ebonyi State Governor, David Umahi has said the state has no land to give Fulani herdsmen for ranching as the…
Nigerian Army, police dismiss reported clash in Imo

Nigerian Army begins massive shooting in Rivers 

The Nigerian Army, 6 Division, has announced that has begun its annual massive shooting range classification exercise which will end…
Ekiti State University

EKSU students beat suspected robber Oluwasola to death

Students of the Ekiti State University, EKSU, have beaten a suspected armed robber to death.

Lagos urges cooperative college to boost capacity

Lagos State Government has called on the State Cooperative College to develop an additional pragmatic policy framework for the development…

Randy father defiles 14-year-old daughter in Lagos

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a randy father, Kayode Adeyanju, 45 for defiling his own 14-year-old…

Seven suspected deadly cultists busted in Lagos hotel

The Lagos State Police Command on Monday said its officers have arrested seven suspected cultists in a hotel at Igbekele…

Kaduna robbers failed in mission (photos)

The Police Command in Kaduna State foiled a robbery attack on Jada road, Tudun Wada area of the state on…

Bobrisky: Why I underwent plastic surgery

Popular Nigerian cross-dresser, Idris Okunneye aka Bobrisky, has said he underwent plastic surgery to please his boyfriend.
Cholera

37 dead from Bauchi Cholera outbreak

The number of casualties who have lost their lives in the recent cholera outbreak in Bauchi State has risen to…
Yomi Casual

Yomi Casual escapes death in car accident

Omoniyi Makun, the fashion designer, popularly called Yomi Casual, has been hospitalised after surviving a motor accident.
Bayero University Kano (BUK)

Bayero varsity warns students against protesting colleague’s death

Bayero University Kano (BUK) has warned its students against protesting the death of a 200-level student crushed by a moving…
Police debunk reports that it directed its personnel in Kogi going to Anambra for governorship election to pay N10,000 as transport fare

Police recover N1.3m from kidnappers in Abuja

The Police Command in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Sunday said they recovered N1.3 million from five suspected kidnappers…

EFCC arrests ‘Juju’ scam kingpin Awise over N250m fraud

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has arrested Abayomi Kamaldeen Alaka (a.k.a Awise), leader of a deadly syndicate of…

Gov. Ugwuanyi receives second jab of COVID-19 vaccine

Gov. Ifeanyi Ugwunayi of Enugu State and his deputy, Mrs. Cecilia Ezeilo, on Sunday received the second dose of Oxford…
Gunmen abduct BEDC driver in Ondo, demand N10m

Gunmen attack police station in Akwa Ibom; kill 1

Some Gunmen attacked Ini Divisional station in Odoro Ikpe, Akwa Ibom, on Sunday.

Shocking: Why I sold my two daughters for N300,000 – Wicked mother

A housewife, Blessing Ebuneku Agoro, 35, has been arrested by men of the Ogun State Police Command for selling her…