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

Kazeem Bakare remanded for allegedly stabbing man to death

Amusan alleged that Bakare caused the death of Jelili Saka, 40 when he stabbed him with a broken bottle of…
Top government officials and others at the event

Lagos charges LASBCA staff on service improvement, efficiency

Bamgbose-Martins stated that the workshop was part of the measures to make the staff understand their duties and how best…
L-R: Director-General, National Council for Arts and Culture, Otunba Olusegun Runsewe; Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu exchanging greetings with Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Enitan Ogunwusi, Ojaja II during the opening ceremony of the 2022 National Festival of Arts and Culture (EKO NAEFST) themed: “Cultural and Peaceful Co-existence”, at the Mobolaji Johnson Arena, Onikan, on Wednesday, November 9, 2022

Sanwo-Olu preaches unity, togetherness as NAFEST kicks off in Lagos

Speaking, Sanwo-Olu said Lagos Government accepted the event’s hosting right in demonstration of its love for cultural advancement and promotion…
Hammond briefing newsmen

Lagos launches mouth-watering SDGs Grant competition

She explained that the Challenge is seeking projects that offered smarter, faster ways to make real progress on the 17…
Suspects

Court jails 2 brothers for stealing water pump

The Gyang brothers trespassed into the complainant’s building site and stole a water pumping machine.
Businessman Gyang Dung jailed 3 months for stealing policeman’s phone

Abuja gardener Sunday Apuye docked for theft of 12 air conditioners

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

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

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

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

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)

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

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

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

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

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 

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Abdullahi said two other persons were seriously injured in the crash which involved one Peugeot 406 car and a DAF…