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Businessman Gyang Dung jailed 3 months for stealing policeman’s phone

Abuja gardener Sunday Apuye docked for theft of 12 air conditioners

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

By Hauwa Gold A gardener, Sunday Apuye, was on Wednesday docked in a Grade I Area Court in Karu, Abuja,…
Operatives of Tshwane Metro Police Drug Unit, Pretoria, South Africa nab five Nigerians for allegedly dealing in cocaine and crystal meth.

How police busted 5-man Nigerian drug trafficking ring in South Africa

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

The Nigerians were arrested on Tuesday with drugs worth over half a million Rand found in their possession after their…

Court jails trader for snatching lady’s handbag

Isa Isawade

4 years ago

A panel of two magistrates, Adam Sadiq and Hyacinth Dolnaan who sentenced Emmanuel, however, gave him the option of a…
Tunrayo Falade

The Complete Woman holds medical outreach for women in Lagos

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

Highlights of the medical outreach include health talks on breast cancer awareness, cervical cancer, general health tips, question and answer…

30 suspects arrested over Rivers deadly cult clash

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

The cultists had allegedly engaged themselves in gun battle around Ikoku flyover axis of Ikwerre road over the issues of…
The inferno

Many injured as explosion rocks Onitsha drug market (Photos, video)

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

Unconfirmed report said the blast, which occurred Tuesday afternoon, has resulted in many casualties as well as destruction of goods…
New Minister of Environment, Mohammed Abdullahi

COP27: Nigeria pushes for $400 billion funding for ETP

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

Abdullahi, who led the Nigeria delegation to the climate change conference, said that the country expected very positive affirmative commitment…
NUPENG

Lagos intervenes as NUPENG calls off proposed strike

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

Aboyeji said the state government had directed community youths under the aegis of Indigenous Unity Forum, to desist from disturbing…
LASTMA GM at Apongbon

Eko Bridge: LASTMA to ensure free-flow of traffic on Lagos Island

Nimot Sulaimon

4 years ago

A full impact assessment of the partial closure of vehicular movement from Tinubu Square, Idumota, Martins Street, Balogun, Apongbon, Broad…
Ex- Kano lawmaker Yusuf Sulaiman says emergence of Abdullahi Ganduje as National Chairman of APC has sent jitters to the camp of the PDP.

Kano: Isa and Bala bag 20 strokes of cane for defaming Ganduje on Tiktok

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Isa and Bala were sentenced after they pleaded guilty the allegations that they defamed Ganduje on their Tiktok social media…
Troops

Armed youths, soldiers in fierce gun-battle in Imo 

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

By Victor Nwachukwu Soldiers are currently engaging armed youths in a fierce gun-battle in Imo State, says Capt. Joseph Akubo,…
Sheep

Maiduguri fish seller who forgave sheep rewarded with N50,000

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

Ibrahim had caused the police to arrest a sheep on Saturday for eating up his fried fish and later got…
Sheep

Bizarre! Police release detained sheep for eating fried fish in Maiduguri

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

The arrest and detention of the mother sheep and its two lambs took place on Sunday evening, an action that…
Sunday

Abuja sales rep docked for theft of employer’s N13.4m

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

The police charged Emmanuel,41, who lives in Apo mechanic village estate, Garki, Abuja with criminal breach of trust, cheating and…
Court sentences Kamilu Olona to eight months imprisonment for stealing items belonging to his father’s tenants at Bodija Market, Ibadan.

Jos mechanic James Matthew jailed for stealing car battery

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Magistrates Sadiq Adam and Hyacinth Dolnaan, unanimously sentenced Matthew after he had pleaded guilty to the offence preferred against him.
Three die in motor accident on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway

3 die on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

Nimot Sulaimon

4 years ago

The accident occurred in the early hours of Monday and involved a Toyota Sienna with registration number DKP 60 LG,…
Chief Isaac Jolapamo

Shipping magnate Jolapamo to be docked on illegal possession of firearms charges

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Police alleged Chief Jolapamo was in possession of several Firearms namely, Mar-22 Calibre Rife, pump-action firearm, and a double-barrell, all…
IGP redeploys Rivers Commissioner of Police, Okon Okon Effiong to Department of Finance and Administration, ICT, Force Headquarters, Abuja.

Brutal cult clash leaves five dead in Rivers

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

Police confirmed that the shootout that ensued was between the invaders suspected to be members of the Greenland cult group…

Man, 54, sets 5 step-children ablaze in Ondo

Nimot Sulaimon

4 years ago

An eye witness, who did not want his name in print, said that the suspect claimed that his wife, who…
Some of the suspects arrested by NDLEA

NDLEA busts blind Nigerien Haruna, son with illicit drugs

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

The blind Nigerien, Bukar Haruna, 52, and his son, Saka Haruna, 30 were arrested in Katsina State while heading to…
The suspect

NDLEA smashes female drug dealer with cocaine, cannabis enroute Dubai

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday said the suspect, 32-year-old Oladitan Serah Olufunmilayo who presented the consignment…
The suspected drug dealers

Two Pakistani drug dealers cracked with cocaine hidden in PA System at Lagos Airport

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi, in a statement on Sunday named the two suspects as Asif Muhammed, 45 and Hussain Naveed,…

Alleged assault on pregnant woman in Ondo: FRSC tells its story

Isa Isawade

4 years ago

He further alleged that the driver also attempted to run over another marshal, Olamigoke, before the vehicle was forced to…
Bolaji Oreagba

Lagos begins impoundment of unpainted commercial vehicles Monday

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr. Bolaji Oreagba, warned warned that all intra-state commercial bus operators must ensure that their…
12 dead, six injured in Kogi fatal crash 

Five dead, two injured in Bauchi fatal road crash

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

Abdullahi said two other persons were seriously injured in the crash which involved one Peugeot 406 car and a DAF…
Nigerian Army says two ring leaders of IPOB/ ESN were arrested during a raid in Mgbowo community in Awgu LGA of Enugu State.

Army kills 3 Boko Haram terrorists in Gubio, recovered weapons

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

It was gathered that the troops, in conjunction with the Civilian Joint Task Force (CJTF) in a joint operation, intercepted…
Odumboni

LAWMA CEO warns against turning abandoned properties to refuse dumps

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

The Managing Director/CEO of the Lagos Waste Management Authority (LAWMA), Ibrahim Odumboni, has warned residents against turning abandoned properties to…
Burnt section of Eko Bridge

Inferno: Lagos shuts Eko Bridge for integrity test: Plan your movement 

Kazeem Ugbodaga

4 years ago

Fire had gutted under the Eko Bridge at the Ijora-Olopa Section which damaged some parts of the bridge on Friday
Ifeanyi, the son of superstar musician Davido and partner Chioma, dies after he allegedly drowned in Banana Island residence of the couple

JUST IN: Police autopsy confirms Ifeanyi Adeleke drowned

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Ifeanyi died on 31 October, 2022 after he was discovered in a swimming pool in his parents' mansion.
Kano Fire Service said Mustapha Aliyu was recovered from the well in an unconscious state and was pronounced dead by doctors at the hospital

12-year-old Kano pupil slips into well, dies

Ayorinde Oluokun

4 years ago

Spokesman of the Kano State Fire Service, Alhaji Saminu Abdullahi, stated in Kano that the pupil was brought out of…
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