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Ekiti teenager Suluka Abimbola stages own kidnap

The Police in Ekiti State have arrested a 16-year-old girl, Suluka Abimbola, alongside three accomplices for faking her own kidnap.
Yahaya Bello

Kogi launches special website

The Kogi State government has launched an e-compendium, a special website to showcase the achievements, projects, news, and events of…
Governor Dapo Abiodun with LASEMA official at OPIC Plaza on Friday

OPIC Plaza gas fire: LASEMA gives final death toll, explains cause

The fire that gutted a moving cooking gas truck in Lagos on Thursday came from the kitchen of a Chinese…

Bauchi residents lament erratic power supply

Some residents of Bauchi metropolis have expressed concern over the erratic power supply in the area.
Gastroenteritis kills 39 persons in Sokoto

Bauchi health agency moves to contain gastroenteritis

The Bauchi State Primary Healthcare Development Agency (BSPHCDA), said it has deployed 180 workers to stem the spread of gastroenteritis…
JTF seizes 2 vessels, arrests 17 in Illegal diesel haul

Nigerian vandals smuggling diesel to Benin arrested in Lagos

The Nigerian Navy has arrested 10 suspected vandals conveying 210,000 litres of diesel, Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), concealed in water…
Atiku Bagudu

Updated: Bagudu confirms rescue of some kidnapped Kebbi college students

Kebbi State Government late Friday night says all students and teachers kidnapped from Federal Government College, Birnin-Yauri, Kebbi have been…
Road accident

Drunk truck driver John rams into cars on ACME Road

A drunk truck driver who identified himself as Sunday John ran the big vehicle which carried a container on cars…

Tension, as Obaseki’s SUV gets stuck in mud

There was palpable tension on Friday in Edo Central part of the State, when the official vehicle of the State…

Sanwo-Olu commissions 4 road networks in Ikoyi

The heavy flow of traffic associated with the perennial flooding in the Ikoyi-Obalende area of Lagos State is now past,…
Troops

Fierce gun-battle: Army rescues seven abducted Yobe students, teachers 

The Nigerian Army says two teachers and five students of the Federal Government College, Birnin Yawuri, Yobe kidnapped by bandits…

Lagos empowers 703 youths with vocational skills

Lagos State Government has trained 703 youths in various vocations and entrepreneurship skills across the six Educational Districts of the…
Bandits

Police: Van used to kidnap Kebbi students belongs to High Court judge

The police in Kebbi have said the command is not the owner of the vehicle used to kidnap students from…

Gov. AbdulRazaq mourns Oba Adeyeye

Gov. AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq of Kwara has commiserated with the people of Idofian and Ifelodun Local Government Area over the demise…
Federal High Court

‘I am guilty’: Ojo busted with 250kg of cannabis confesses in court

A Federal High Court on Friday ordered that a 37-year-old man, Gbenga Ojo, who pleaded guilty to peddling 250g of…

Gunmen shoot UNIBEN lecturer Aimuen dead

Authorities of the University of Benin (UNIBEN), Edo State, has confirmed the murder of one of its dedicated lecturers, Mr.…
The raging fire at OPIC Plaza Thursday night

3 dead in OPIC Plaza gas tanker fire, 25 vehicles burnt [Video]

National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) said three bodies recovered from OPIC Plaza, scene of Thursday night’s tanker explosion in Ikeja

Updated: 13 injured, 25 cars destroyed in Lagos

No fewer than 13 persons sustained various degrees of injuries on Thursday night following a Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) tanker…

Ibadan Mayhem: Sunday Dare sends message to Gov. Makinde

Mr. Sunday Dare, Minister of Youth and Sports Development, has charged Gov. Seyi Makinde to ensure adequate security of lives…

Five Nigerians jailed for defrauding Belgian, Italian, Dutch, others

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Sokoto Zonal office on Thursday 17 June, 2021 secured the conviction of five…

Vigilante operative kills Okada rider in Delta

Delta State Police Command has denied reports linking its operatives to the killing of an Okada rider in Orhuwhorun town,…
Seyi Makinde inspects scene of Wednesday clash in Iwo Road

Makinde vows to bring to book Iwo Road rioters

Governor Seyi Makinde has vowed to bring to book those involved in the deadly clash in Iwo Road on Wednesday.

Akwa Ibom Pastor Christopher beats wife to death, buries her in shallow grave

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested the founder of Omega World Global Ministry (Fellowship Church), Pastor Ukachukwu Enoch…

Lagos to initiate 30-year Development Plan

Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Olusola Sanwo-Olu has stated that no meaningful progress can be achieved by the country without…
Operatives of Amotekun Corps rescue five people from kidnappers in two overnight operations at Akure South LGA of Ondo state.

Deadly Fulani bandits Saliu, Suleiman busted with AK-47 rifle in Oyo

By Muhaimin Olowoporoku Operatives of the Oyo State Security Network code-named Amotekun has apprehended two suspected armed bandits. Amotekun media…

JUST IN: Youth groups protest in Anambra

A coalition of youth organisations on Thursday held a peaceful protest to strengthen the campaign against cultism, killings and other…
traffic robber

127 traffic thieves arrested in 3 months: Lagos CP

The Lagos Commissioner of Police (CP), Hakeem Odumosu, has said no fewer than 127 suspected traffic robbers were arrested in…
Ekiti State House of Assembly

Ekiti Assembly mourns ex-lawmaker, Ayedun

Ekiti State House of Assembly has condoled with the family of late Dr Joshua Ayedun, the first elected member from…

Mayhem in Delta: Cop shoots okada rider dead, mob sets ablaze police van

A police vehicle has been set ablaze as mob protests the killing of an okada rider by policemen on stop-and-search…
Uzodimma

COVID-19: Uzodinma inaugurates Imo Steering Committee

Gov. Hope Uzodimma of Imo has​ inaugurated the Imo Steering Committee on Nigeria COVID-19 Action Recovery and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES)…