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Troops rescue 3 kidnapped persons, kill bandit in Nasarawa

By Johnson Eyiangho Troops of Operation Whirl Stroke have rescued three kidnapped persons at Mararaba Udege in Nasarawa Local Government…
Hoodlums hack Osun Amotekun Corps officer, Lamidi Abiodun to death while responding to distress call at Papa Farm Area, in Iwo LG of the State

Amotekun officers killed 2 youths in Ibarapa, Col. Olayinka confirms

The Commandant of the Oyo State Western Nigeria Security Network, Colonel Olayanju Olayinka, has clarified the incident between some residents…

Armed robbers kill Police Inspector in Benin

By Jethro Ibileke/Benin Suspected armed robbers have reportedly shot and killed a police officer, Inspector Mohammed Hameed, in Benin, Edo…
Police rescue man who attacked his girlfriend with a machete leading to her death from being lynched by a mob in Kaduna metropolis

Angry youths lynch robbery suspect in Edo

A robbery suspect who allegedly broke into a premises located along Holy Rosary Catholic Church Road, Ugbowo Quarters, in Benin,…

FCMB MD adultery mess: Campaigners for late Thomas close case

Friends of late Tunde Thomas, whose wife Moyo was impregnated twice by Adam Nuru, the suspended managing director of First…

LASEMA to prosecute drivers of tanker fire

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, says it will prosecute the drivers of articulated vehicles involved in accidents in…

Salary deduction not permanent, Ganduje tells workers

Kano state government has said that the deduction of its workers’ salaries for November and December 2020 was temporary.

Bandits, soldiers engage in gun battle in Kaduna; 4 dead

Security agencies have informed the Kaduna State Government that armed bandits on Wednesday attacked Katarma village in Chikun local government…
Gov. Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State

APC chieftain lauds Akeredolu’s COVID-19 efforts

A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Ondo State, Mr Steve Otaloro, has commended Gov. Oluwarotimi Akeredolu’s efforts…

Amputee tells Taraba Judicial panel how NSCDC officer shot him

Suleiman Ibrahim, a 25-year-old carpenter has narrated to the Taraba State judicial panel how he was shot in his right…
FG frees 15 inmates from Katsina custodial centre

Yobe to recruit teachers for custodial centers’ inmates

Dr Mohammad Idris, Commissioner, Yobe Ministry of Basic and Secondary Education, on Monday said the state would recruit teachers for…
Gov. Kayode Fayemi

Ekiti workers assured of conducive working environment

The Secretary to Ekiti Government, Mr Abiodun Oyebanji, said the state government will provide a conducive working environment for the…
National Identity Card

NIN registration: Applicants appeal for decentralisation

Residents in Warri and environs enrolling for the National Identification Number (NIN) have appealed to the Federal Government to decentralise…

Lawmaker urges dialogue to avert future NLC strike in Kebbi

Sen. Bala Ibn Na’Allah, representing Kebbi South senatorial zone, has called for dialogue, maturity, cooperation and understanding in the wake…
Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists stage Gudumbali ambush

Adamawa community seeks help over Boko Haram attacks

The Garkida Town in Adamawa has called for the State and Federal Governments’ urgent measures to ameliorate the people’s plight,…

Akwa Ibom announces death of ex-Chief of Air Staff, Eduok

The Akwa Ibom Government has announced the death of a former Chief of Air Staff, rtd Air Marshall Nsikak Eduok.

Adeola condoles with Hamzat over brother’s death

The Chairman, Senate Committee on Finance, Sen. Solomon Adeola, on Thursday commiserated with the Deputy Governor of Lagos State, Dr…

NIN registration suspended as NIMC staff begin indefinite strike

Registration for the mandatory National Identification Number (NIN) has been put on hold as staff of the National Identity Management…
NSCDC men on patrol

Edo NSCDC arrests 751 crime suspects

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) said it has arrested 751 suspects for various crimes in 2020 in…

Kano conducts 58,979 COVID-19 tests

The Kano State Government said it has so far conducted 58,979 COVID-19 tests since the outbreak of the pandemic in…

Resumption: Government called to decontaminate, fumigate schools

An Educationist, Mrs Jacintha Nweke, has urged Enugu State Government to begin decontamination and fumigation of schools ahead of resumption…

Police brutality: 75- year- old demands N20m compensation in Rivers

Okafor Ifiebor/Rivers A 75-year -old resident of Rumuobiakani Community in Obio/Apor Local Government Area of Rivers State, Chief Paul Nyeche…
Kano lawyer, Musa Tudunwada ask Hisbah Board boss to clarify how bags of rice donated by the state to his officers and staff were distributed

Kano Hisbah Police arrest 53 teenagers for selling drugs

No fewer than 53 teenagers have been arrested by the Kano State Hisbah Board over alleged involvement in immoral acts…

Shocking: Hassan Ebere reveals how he sold 6,000 dead poultry meat to Borno residents

By Hamza Suleiman A 33-year-old suspect, Hassan Ebere, has  revealed how he sold 6,000 dead poultry to residents of Maiduguri…
Five vandals were burnt beyond recognition in an explosion of oil pipeline in Obitti community in Ohaji/Egbema LGA of Imo, police say

JUST IN: Gas explosion rocks Rivers community

An early morning pipeline explosion rocked the Oduoha community in Emohua local government area, Rivers state on Wednesday.

We were forced to implicate Saraki, alleged Offa robbers tell judicial panel

Alhaji Kehinde Gobir and Alhaji Shuaib Jawando, petitioners at the Kwara State Judicial Panel of Inquiry on Wednesday narrated how…

3-month-old stolen baby found in Ondo

Ondo State Police Command says it has found a three-month-old baby reportedly stolen from her mother’s shop in Ondo town…

26-storey Cocoa House elevator collapses, one dead, three injured

The elevator of the 26-storey Cocoa House in Ibadan, Oyo State, has crashed killing one person and injuring three others.

Adebutu rebukes community members for violating COVID-19 protocols

A former House of Representatives member in Ogun State, Oladipupo Adebutu has rebuked residents of Oke-Ijeun area of Abeokuta, for…

Lagos deputy gov, Hamzat loses brother to COVID-19

Haroun Hamzat, a medical doctor, and younger brother to the Lagos State Deputy Governor, Obafemi Hamzat is dead.