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X-Squad Arrests 2 Police Officers For Extortion
The Federal X-Squad, Force Criminal Investigation Department, CID, Alagbon, Ikoyi,Lagos, southwest Nigeria, has arrested two police officers for alleged extortion…
Police Dismiss Robbers’ Letter To Lambe Residents
The Ogun State Police Command has dismissed as an “empty threat,” letters purportedly sent to Lambe residents in Ifo Local…
Police Intercept Arms, Ammunition In Kano
The police in Kano State on Tuesday intercepted a Golf 3 car with arms and ammunition at Inusawa village in…
Ogun NBA Set To Fight Corruption
The Ogun State chapter of the Nigerian Bar Association has resolved to fight corruption in the judiciary and agitate for…
Civil Defence, Police Clash In Lagos
Policemen and officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps clashed at Alausa, Ikeja area of Lagos, southwest Nigeria,…
Fashola Orders Removal Of Abandoned Vehicles From Parks
Following threats by Islamic terrorists, Boko Haram, Governor Babatunde Fashola of Lagos State has ordered evacuation of all abandoned vehicles…
‘We Are Coming For You’, Robbers Write Residents
Daring Nigerian robbers have sent an audacious letter to Lambe residents in Ogun State, southwest Nigeria, begging them for a…
Nigerian Police Smash Robbery Gang
The police at Dolphin Division, Ikoyi, Lagos, southwest Nigeria, have shot one robber dead and arrested three others during a…
Monarch Petitions Police IG Over Alleged Extortion
The traditional ruler of Cardoso town in Ayobo Ipaja Local Council Development Area of Lagos State, southwest Nigeria, High Chief…
Man, 40, Defiles 10-Month Old Girl In Church
A 40-year old man, Kingsley Ndubisi, has been arrested and charged to court for allegedly defiling a 10-month old girl…
Woman Arrested With Stolen Child
A 28-year old woman, Mrs Kelechi Amadi who allegedly stole a baby, has been arrested by the police in Lagos…
MEND Threatens Mayhem Over Sentencing Of Okah
The Movement for the Emancipation of the Niger Delta, MEND, has rejected the 24-year jail term passed Tuesday on Henry…
Fear Of Boko Haram: Mass Deportation Of Illegal Aliens
The Nigerian Immigration Service has commenced the mass deportation of illegal aliens arrested in different parts of Lagos State, southwest…
Fraud: Lagos PDP Leaders Sent To Kirikiri
Two leaders of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Agege Local Government, Sule Are, 40, and Ayankunle Agbolagade, 45, are now…
In-Laws Throw Man Down 2-Storey Building
A young man, Ejike Igwekile, has been thrown down from a two-storey building at 7 Rev Adegoke street Canal Estate,…
Atuche Charged With Forgery
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has filed a fresh forgery charge against a former Managing Director of Bank…
More Nigerians Leave Switzerland
Nigeria has recorded a high number of voluntary repartees from Switzerland following the migration partnership agreement between both countries. Mrs.…
26-Year Old Marriage Crashes
The Orile-Agege Grade ‘B’ Customary Court in Lagos, Southwest Nigeria has dissolved the 26-year old marriage between Mr. Rashidi Gbadamosi…
Unpardonable Crimes Of Alams
The scale of Chief Diepreye Alamieyeseigha’s crimes against Bayelsa State makes it difficult for Nigerians as well as governments of…
Ideal Pardon Conditions
There is a warped logic in government’s explanation that former governor of Bayelsa State, Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, deserves pardon The pardon…
Tackling Poverty
As the global community gradually draws the curtain on the Millennium Development Goals, stakeholders within the MDGs framework in Nigeria…
Zambia Ex-Leader Banda Arrested Over Oil Deals With NNPC
Zambia’s ex-leader Rupiah Banda was arrested Monday in Lusaka and charged with abuse of authority over an oil deal struck…
Traders Lament Lack Of Amenities At Balogun Shopping Mall
Traders in the new Balogun ultra-modern shopping mall located on Lagos Island have cried out over lack of basic amenities…
Hot Drinks Business Is Tough In Nigeria
Marketing Director, Euro Global Foods and Distilleries Limited, Bharat Vaswani, tells TOKUNBO OLAJIDE and DANIELS EKUGO, how the company is…
WISTA Clamours For More Women In Maritime Sector
The Nigeria Women’s International Shipping and Trading Association (WISTA) has stressed the need to promote women capacity development in the…
Money Laundering: Court Rejects Ikuforiji’s Plea
The Federal High Court in Lagos, southwest Nigeria, Monday morning refused to strike out or dismiss the criminal charge of…
33 Hoodlums Sent To Jail
The Special Offences Court in Alausa, Lagos, Southwest Nigeria has sent 33 hoodlums arrested at the weekend in Oshodi to…
I Didn’t Give Tuface N47m Car As Wedding Gift —David Mark
David Mark, the President of Nigerian Senate has denied giving any car to the award winning musician, Innocent Idibia, popularly…
Jail Break: 2 Inmates Recaptured
Two of the 11 inmates of the Government Remand Home, Sapele who escaped last week have been arrested and returned…
Achebe Was My Hero —Akunyili
A former Minister of Information, Professor Dora Akunyili on Sunday in Abuja joined other prominent Nigerians to pay tribute to…