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NURTW Vice-Chairman, Samuel Kayode shot dead in Lagos

Samuel Kayode, a.k.a Ekpo Kinkin, the vice-chairman of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW), has been shot dead…
Fraud

3 businessmen docked for fraud in Maiduguri

The Maiduguri Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), on Thursday, July 8, 2021, arraigned three businessmen…

Sanwo-Olu bags Grand Ambassador Award for OVC

The Lagos State Government and the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), have launched the ‘Association for Reproductive and…

90-year-old man Yarkadir busted for selling drugs to youths

Officials of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a 90-year-old man, Yusuf Yarkadir for selling drugs to…

Two police officers stabbed on duty

Two police officers have been stabbed at Princetown, in the middle of the Dartmoor national park, London.
And here is the crashed NAF plane

Aircraft crash report that killed Athahiru, others ready in one week – AIB

Commissioner of Accident Investigation Bureau (AIB) Akin Olateru on Thursday in Abuja said the preliminary report on the recent Nigerian…
Road accident

5 dead, 2 injured in Ogun road crash

The Ogun Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said that five people were killed in an accident that…

‘What Yoruba leaders should do over Igboho’

President of the Oodua People’s Congress reformed, Dare Adesope has said Yoruba leaders should stand up and speak against the…

Two internet fraudsters Nnana, Oboh sent to jail in Edo

Justice Efe Ikponmwonba of the Edo State High Court, Benin City, has sentenced two internet fraudsters, Theopilus Nnana and Samuel…
Police

Lagos police arrest four suspected cultists during 7/7 celebration

By Muhaimin Olowoporoku The Lagos State Police Command has said it arrested four suspected cultists during the annual 7/7 celebration…

JUST IN: Fuel tanker crushes many students to death in Delta

There was heightened anxiety on Thursday, in Effurun, near Warri, Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, when a fuel…

Gun-duel in Edo: Police bust two kidnappers, rescue 6 victims

The Edo State Police Command has busted two notorious kidnappers and rescued six of their victims after a gun-duel along…

Donatus Onyeabor jailed for possessing fake naira notes

Donatus Onyeabor has been convicted and sentenced to two years imprisonment for possessing counterfeited currencies, especially N1,000 notes. Onyeabor was…
Suspects

Johnson Idoko remanded for raping 20-year-old woman

A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Makurdi on Thursday ordered the remand of a farmer, Johnson Idoko, 29, in a correctional…
Rivers

Two security men sent to prison for stealing employer’s property

The police at Maroko Division, Lekki, Lagos have arrested two security men and arraigned them before a Lagos Magistrate’s Court…
Ogbu

Three Lekki suspected handset thieves land in prison

Three suspected handset thieves terrorising and robbing residents of Lekki and road users of their handsets and other belongings have…
Okpako and the hotel where he died

Warri man Okpako dies in hotel after taking sex enhancement drugs

A man simply identified as Okpako fell unconscious Tuesday and later died in a hotel in Warri, where he had…

JUST IN: SEDI DG Prof. Ndubuisi, assassinated in Enugu

The Director General, Scientific Equipment Development Institute (SEDI), Enugu, Prof. Samuel Ndubuisi was on Wednesday assassinated in Enugu by unknown…

12 students sent to jail for internet fraud in Enugu

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Enugu Zonal Office has secured the conviction of 12 students before Justice I.M…

Lagos unveils smart device for real time traffic management

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday unveiled the use of a smart hand-held device to reduce human interface in the…

COVID-19: Court sentences India returnee Oluwakemi to 14-day community service 

A Magistrate Court 8 sitting in Ogba, Lagos on Tuesday sentenced Raji Sekinat Oluwakemi, a traveller from India to 14…

Yoruba Nation agitators protest in Ibadan over arrest of Igboho’s men

Yoruba Nation agitators have stormed streets in Ibadan, Oyo State, demanding the release of agitators arrested during raid on Sunday…
Gunmen

Gunmen abduct PDP member in Edo, demand N20m ransom

Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have forcefully abducted a member of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Mr. Ugbo Iyiriaro.

Lagos plants 7.6m trees in 10 years, targets 50,000 trees 2021

The Lagos State Government on Wednesday said it has planted 7.6 million trees in the last 10 years and targeted…
Fire

Fire guts shops at Ladipo Market

The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said shops containing car accessories worth millions of naira have been gutted by fire…
Child beggars

Kano Hisbah arrests 20 children for street begging

The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested 20 children in Kano for violating the law against street begging.
Osun CP Olawale Olokode

Osun Police CP Olawale warns cultists planning 7/7 celebration

The Osun State Police command has warned cultists planning to celebrate July 7, known as 7/7, in the state

Fraudulent Habiba Abubakar jailed seven years

The Kano Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC has secured the conviction of one Habiba Abubakar…
Late TB Joshua’s daughters at All Day Service Tribute at Synagogue Church of All Nations. Photo by Ayodele Efunla

TB Joshua: In the eyes of his daughters, son-in-law

The only three daughters of Prophet TB Joshua, the founder of the Synagogue Church of All Nations, have paid tributes…
Bandits

Bandits shoot 19 villagers dead in Katsina

Bandits have reportedly shot 19 people dead at Tsauwa village, in Batsari Local Government Area, Katsina State in a renewed…