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The suspected internet fraudsters

Two ex-convicts, 46 others, arrested for internet fraud in Kaduna

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The suspects included two women, Precious Malachi Zidyep and Tina Patrick Omoyeme, in a sting operation in Kaduna.
Ekiti State High Court

Deadly Ekiti murderer Ojo sentenced to death

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Justice Olusegun Ogunyemi held that the defendant was found guilty of one-count charge of murder contrary to section 316 and…
Businessman Gyang Dung jailed 3 months for stealing policeman’s phone

Abuja businessman Danladi in trouble for beating man unconscious

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

Nwafoaku said that the defendant during an argument attacked Caleb with a stick and beat him up until he lost…
UTME

JAMB begins conduct of UTME nationwide

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

A visit to some of the Computer Based Centres (CBT) in Abuja and its environs revealed that the examination was…
Auto accident

Five dead in Bauchi fatal auto crash

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Abdullahi said that one person sustained serious injury in the accident which involved an OPEL Astra car with registration number…
NPC Commissioner abducted

Gunmen abduct NPC commissioner, aides in Rivers, demand N500m ransom

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Police spokesperson in Rivers, SP Grace Iringe-Koko who confirmed the abduction on Monday, said Izonfuo was abducted on Sunday alongside…
Female beggar jailed in Lagos

Lagos female beggar jailed for begging with babies

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Olusegun Dawodu, disclosed this in Lagos, while restating the ban placed on street…
Ritualist caught with over 100 used children diapers at Lagos accident scene

Ritualist caught with over 100 used diapers, huge cash at Lagos accident scene

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

A suspected ritualist was on Monday arrested with over 100 used baby diapers and a huge sum of money.
President-elect Bola Tinubu condoles with journalist Yusuf Ali and family family over death of their mother Hajiya Hawau Odee

Tinubu condoles with journalist Yusuf Alli over mother’s death

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

The late businesswoman and community leader, who died at 89, was the mother of a veteran journalist, the Managing Editor…
t in at different parts of Benin, the State capital.

Rampaging cultists kill one, rob motorists, others in Port Harcourt

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

Many residents of Diobu area of Port Harcourt are now living in fear and are lamenting the spate of armed…
Boat tragedy

5 die, 6 survive Kano boat accident

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

Names of those that lost their lives in the mishap are Abdulrazak Nabara, 40; Dalha Muktar-Atamma, 40; Mustapha Ibrahim, 45;…
Okoloke

Kogi monarch dies in custody of kidnappers

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Obadofin was said to have passed on last Thursday, 12 days after he was kidnapped, when he could not longer…
Police arrest Ogun hotelier, Paul Niwa and one Michael Odunayo for stealing a bus belonging to a company in Shagamu area of the state.

Ogun hotelier Paul Nwa one other nabbed for theft

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

By Adejoke Adeleye/Abeokuta A 47-year old hotelier, Paul Niwa and one Michael Odunayo have been arrested by men of Ogun…
Seven burnt to death on Lagos-Ibadan expressway

Seven burnt to death on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway fatal accident

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Those burnt to death included two children, while 14 other passengers were said to be injured in the fatal accident.
The collapsed building

JUST IN: Another three storey-building collapses in Apapa

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

This is coming few days in which a seven-storey building under construction caved in on Banana Island area of Ikoyi,…
Troops

Seven terrorists shot dead in gun-battle with soldiers in Zamfara

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Danmadami said the troops achieved the feat during an encounter with the bandits at Birnin Tsaba, Tsanu, Lamba, Gabas, Gidan…
Niger Delta University student, notorious drug dealers nabbed by NDLEA

400-level student, other notorious drug dealers nabbed by NDLEA (photos)

Michael Adesina

3 years ago

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 400-level Marine Engineering student at the Niger Delta…
Police storm venue of celebration of 20th anniversary of Aye Confraternity in Ifo area of Ogun State, arrest 116 members of the cult group.

2 Shot dead as rival cult clashes spread in Port Harcourt

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

This led to the killing of two more persons in the Sangana/Railway part area on Friday night.

Abuja residents panic as flooding looms

Isa Isawade

3 years ago

The residents, who spoke with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), said that rainy seasons have been a difficult period…
Naira fluctuations have prompted businesses to adapt, says Bunmi Adeleye of Retail Supermarkets Nig. Ltd, owners of Shoprite Nigeria.

FCT residents decry scarcity of new Naira notes

Nimot Sulaimon

3 years ago

Although, the Supreme Court had earlier extended the validity of the old naira notes till Dec. 31. Nigerians believe that…
Sudan: 435 children killed, 2,000 injured in 100 days

FG’s lame excuses not evacuating Nigerian students from Sudan unacceptable – AYCF

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The AYCF, in a statement issued by Yerima Shettima, National President, said it is totally unacceptable that while several countries…
Sanwo-Olu on Banana Island

Sanwo-Olu spit fire, orders demolition of 10 illegal buildings on Banana Island

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The governor also condemned the illegal activities of developers hiding under agencies of the Federal Government to build illegal structures…
Some of the beneficiaries

DeenSisters Initiative empowers Northern women

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Millions have been displaced and suffer inhuman conditions in northern Nigeria, due to insecurity, kidnapping, and herdsmen and farmer/dwellers' duels,…
EFCC raises Special Task Force against dollarisation of economy, currency mutilation

Many estates springing up in Abuja are proceeds of illegally gotten wealth – EFCC

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The commission said it is beaming its searchlight on suspected fraudsters using real estate for money laundering.
Taskforce officials serve removal notice to squatters in Lekki

Lagos set for massive demolition of shanties in Lekki, issues removal deadline

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

The Chairman said that the state government was worried by the squalid environment which could also serve as hideouts for…
FGC Birnin Yauri

Four more students of FGC Birnin Yauri regain freedom

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Alhaji Salim Ka’,one, the Chairman of Committee for the 11 abducted FGC, Binrin Yauri, made this known to newsmen in…
Sanwo-Olu and the empty vault

Bizarre! Sanwo-Olu’s vault spotted at Ikoyi Cemetery (Photos)

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

Even though the governor is less than 60 years, he is already thinking of the future and has acquired a…
Nigeria Customs Service intercept bus with 4 passengers, 553 parcels of canabis sativa (Indian hemp) worth N10m at Seme border, Lagos State.

Bus loaded with N10m worth of Indian hemp, 4 suspects busted at Seme

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

The Ford Bus with registration number, EPE 622 YC was intercepted during routine patrol along the Abidjan – Lagos Corridor…
Police arrest five suspects for murder of Muhammad Tukur, a motorcyclist and stealing his motorcycle in Kangere village of Bauchi State.

Five arrested for murder of Bauchi motorcyclist Mohammed Tukur

Ayorinde Oluokun

3 years ago

The senior brother of the motorcyclist, Ibrahim Umar had reported to the police that his junior brother was missing.
NiDCOM says the official Twitter account of Mrs Abike Dabiri-Erewa, its Chairman, has been compromised by hackers.

Why it is impossible to evacuate stranded Nigerian students in war-torn Sudan – FG

Kazeem Ugbodaga

3 years ago

As of 21 April, at least 413 people have been killed and more than 3,500 injured in the Sudan crisis.
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