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4 suspects nabbed for armed robbery in Plateau

The Police Command in Plateau on Thursday said it had arrested four suspects over alleged armed robbery activities in the…

Early morning fire razes 13 shops in Kano

The Kano State Fire Service says 11 temporary shops and two permanent ones in a one-storey building have been destroyed…
Governor of Jigawa Muhammad Badaru

Jigawa secures $37m IDB loan

The Jigawa Government says it has secured 37.373 million dollars facility from Islamic Development Bank (IDB) to propel irrigation, livestock…
The governor of Nasarawa State, Abdullahi Sule said his administration has fulfilled all promises made during the 2019 electioneering campaign.

Nasarawa to eradicate Hepatitis C with N40m

Gov Abdullahi Sule, of Nasarawa, says his administration has committed the sum of N40 million towards the eradication of viral…
FG frees 15 inmates from Katsina custodial centre

Oyo CJ frees inmates with HIV, ulcer, pelvic dislocation

The Chief Judge of Oyo State, Justice Munta Abimbola, on Thursday, freed some inmates who had HIV, ulcer and pelvic…
UNICEF

Bauchi: UNICEF begins implementation of child-friendly initiative

The United Nation’s Children Fund (UNICEF) says it has commenced a programme aimed at promoting the health and protection of…
House of Reps moves to evacuate Nigerians from Ukraine

Reps. want Anambra River dredged

The House of Representatives has urged the Federal Ministries of Water Resources, Transportation and Works and Housing and the National…
Iyaloja

Benin monarch cautions new Edo CJ against compromise

The Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II, has advised the new Chief Judge (CJ) of Edo, Justice Esther Edigin, to…

Police deny killings of Hausa traders in Ogun

The Ogun State Police Command has denied the killing of two Hausa traders during alleged shooting by Operatives of the Special…

Ex-UNILAG lecturer jailed 21 years 

An Ikeja High Court on Thursday sentenced a former part-time lecturer in the University of Lagos (UNILAG), Akin Baruwa, to…

Tension in Ogun as SARS officer’s bullets hit 2

Dozens of Hausa traders took over the Olomore Market, Abeokuta on Thursday to protest the death of two of their…

Court arraigns 2 for insulting police officer

A 22-year-old man alongside a 42-year-old female accomplice was arraigned before Ikorodu Magistrate’s Court in Lagos State on Thursday for…

Street trader bites off lips of Neighbourhood Corps, jailed

A Special Offences Mobile Court, sitting in the Ikeja Magisterial District on Tuesday jailed a street trader, Matthew John, 27,…
Magistrates' Court

Car dealer faces N2.3m fraud

A 49-year-old car dealer, Sobur Adeyanju, who allegedly obtained N2.3 million under false pretence, was on Thursday brought before an…
Child-rape

3 teenagers remanded for gang rape of 12-year-old girl

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ikorodu, Lagos on Thursday ordered that three teenagers, who allegedly defiled a 12-year-old girl, be…

Police arrest man for possessing fake currency

The Police in Jigawa have arrested a 33-year-old man over alleged possession of fake currency in Kazaure Local Government Area…

Edo plans new city layout

The Edo State Government says it will expand the Benin City-Iyekogba axis in ward 2, of Orede Local Government Area…

Kidnapping: Police create 2 MOPOL bases on Obajana-Kabba road, Okene

The Kogi Government in partnership with the Nigeria Police Force said it has established two Mobile Police Squadron Bases along…

LASU graduate who jumped into lagoon planned to go to Canada – Mum

Mother of a 22-year-old man identified as Daibo Toju Davies who plunged into the lagoon from the Third Mainland Bridge…

FEC approves N4.8bn for Benin-Akure road project

The Federal Executive Council (FEC) has approved the sum of N4.8 billion being augmentation for the Benin-Adumagbae-Igba-Akure road in Edo…
Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State

Gov. Makinde reacts as proscribed NURTW threatens strike

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State on Wednesday said the Southwest leaders of the National Union of Road Transport Workers…

The police has no right to your phone – Lagos Police PRO

Dolapo Badmus, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) of Lagos state has cleared the air on whether the Nigerian Police…

Oyo CJ pardons 32 inmates

The Chief Judge of Oyo State, Justice Munta Abimbola, on Wednesday, freed a total of 32 inmates from Agodi Correctional…

Kebbi govt says upgrade of college to varsity won’t sffect academics

Kebbi State Government has assured the 439 academic and non-academic staff of the College of Agriculture, Zuru, that the upgrade…
Recruitment: Nigeria Customs Service sends message to enlisted candidates

Customs intercepts 3,593 kg of Marijuana in Kwara

The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Customs Service says it has intercepted and seized 3,593 kgs of cannabis sativa…
Herdsmen

Suspected herdsmen strike two dead in Edo

Suspected herdsmen have reportedly killed two indigenes of Owan village, Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State.

Kidnapped Priest Fr. Oboh released

Fr. Nicholas Oboh, Nigerian priest kidnapped last week in Benin, has been released.He was freed Tuesday evening by his abductors.

Suicide on Third Mainland Bridge: Grieving Mum releases photo

The photograph of the 22 year-old man who was reported to have jumped into the Lagos Lagoon from the Third…

Bar owner stabs customer to death in Lagos

A 53-year-old bar owner Obioma Dennis has been arrested by men of the Lagos State Criminal Intelligence and Investigations Department…

JTF confirms death of 4 soldiers in Bayelsa community

The Joint Military Force in the Niger Delta on Wednesday confirmed that four soldiers were killed in an ambush by…