Mining Marshals, security forces clash over arrest of Chinese illegal miners in Kebbi
Mining Marshals, recently deployed to curb illegal mining activities across Nigeria, clashed with security forces last Friday over the attempted…
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Dangote truck kills three Lagosians
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, has confirmed three persons dead following an accident involving a Dangote truck (numbered…
Police arrest 6 in Yobe for alleged theft, criminal trespass, vandalism
The Yobe State Police Command said it has nabbed six suspected criminals who specialised in various acts of criminality in…
Police detain six over alleged theft of tricycles’ parts
The Police Command in Yobe says it has detained six persons for allegedly stealing tricycles’ parts in Damaturu. This is…
Groom-to-be killed by suspected cultists in Edo
A young man whose wedding has been slated for December 2024 has been reportedly killed by gunmen suspected to be…
Anambra community disowns indigenes fighting against teaching hospital annex project
Members of Umuogem community in Ufuma, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State, have disowned few indigenes of the…
Police launch investigation as gunmen kill two in Ogun
The Ogun State Police Command has confirmed the killing of two people by armed men. Two other persons sustained bullet…
Lakurawa: Scores killed as youths attack Fulani residents in Kebbi community
About six people have reportedly lost their lives, with scores injured, after angry youths attacked Fulani residents in Mera community,…
Oil theft: Troops arrest 19 suspects, confiscate 260,000 litres of stolen products
The Nigeria Army says troops have recorded success in the Niger Delta region as it dismantled over 43 illegal oil…
FCT Police Command investigate alleged killing of 21-year-old by ‘trigger happy cop’
The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command has commenced investigation into an incident involving one David Ikechukwu, who was reportedly…
Police detain two suspected railway vandals in Kaduna
The Police Command in Kaduna State, said its operatives have detained two suspected railway track vandals and recovered 40 pieces…
Navy impounds 3 wooden boats laden with stolen crude oil, arrest suspects
Operatives of the Nigerian Navy’s Operation Delta Sanity have intercepted and impounded three wooden boats laden with large amounts of…
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New terror group Lakurawa offers N1m incentives to recruit Sokoto youths [Video]
The newly emerged terror group known as Lakurawa, is reportedly offering as much as one million naira to young men…
Police arrest three officers over alleged murder of Kwara varsity student
Three police officers, who allegedly beat a student of the Kwara State University (KWASU), Malete, Suleiman Olayinka to death at…
NSCDC detains suspect for alleged armed robbery in Kano
The Kano State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has detained a suspect for alleged armed…
Four arrested as Police investigate death, alleged rape of 2-year-old in Bauchi
Bauchi State Police Command have arrested four people in connection with the death of a two-year-old girl in Ningi local…
EFCC arrests two for suspected money laundering in Abuja
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested two men in Abuja over suspected cases of money laundering and…
Two vigilante operatives killed as Police, others foil bandit attacks in Katsina
Operatives of the Katsina State Police Command, in collaboration with the Nigerian Military, members of the State Community Watch Corps…
Police bust kidnap syndicate in Kaduna, recover AK-47 rifle
The Kaduna State Police Command said its operatives arrested three members of a notorious kidnapping syndicate in the state. This…
Alex Ikwechegh: VeryDarkMan fumes over bolt driver’s apology video
Controversial social media critic Martins Vincent Otse, known as VeryDarkMan, has expressed his frustration over the situation involving Stephen Abuwatseya…
19-year-old trader jailed for robbing elderly woman in Jos
A Jos Magistrates’ Court on Friday sentenced a 19-year-old trader to nine months imprisonment for robbing an elderly woman in…
Kwara: Police parade 3 over alleged involvement in culpable homicide
The Kwara State Police Command has paraded six suspects, five males and a female, for alleged involvement in offences bordering…
EFCC arrests 21 suspected internet fraudsters in Edo
Twenty-one suspected internet fraudsters have been arrested at different locations in Benin City, Edo State. EFCC operatives in Benin made…
Newborn baby dumped inside gutter in Umuahia
Bungudu local government patriotic front of the the local has begged Zamfara State has begged the State Governor, Dauda Lawal,…
Gunmen attack Plateau community, kill three, injure two
Unknown gunmen have attacked Rakok village of Barkin-Ladi Local Government Area of Plateau State, killing three youths and injuring two…
Nigerian military deactivates 216 illegal refining sites, kill 40 IPOB terrorists
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Thursday revealed that troops of Operation Delta Safe destroyed about 216 illegal refining sites across…
Abducted Edo Catholic Priest regains freedom
Abducted Catholic Priest, Rev. Fr. Thomas Oyode of the Diocese, Auchi in Edo State, has been released after spending 11…
Police detain dog owner, confiscate 3 dogs for mauling security guard to death
The Police Command in Lagos State has detained a dog owner, Salisu Mustapha, after dogs belonging to him allegedly mauled…
Gunmen kill 3 farmers in Edo
Three farmers were reportedly killed by gunmen suspected to be herders in Etsako East Local Government Area of Edo State.…
Benue family demands justice over extra- judicial killing of their son
The family of Peter Onminyi who was allegedly killed by men of the Operation Zenda Squad of the Benue State…
Enugu Court remands woman for using pestle on stepson, inflicting bodily harm
An Enugu State magistrate court has remanded a woman, Mrs. Ada Ogbogu for allegedly breaking her three-year old stepson’s bone…
Bandits kill 10 persons in Niger community
Suspected gunmen have allegedly killed 10 persons in Wayam community of Sabon-Gari District in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger…
Angry mob beats suspected armed robber to death in Benue
A suspected armed robber was beaten to death by an angry mob while robbing the Redeemed Christian Church of God…
Taskforce cracks down on illegal miners, warns of environmental crisis in Taraba
The Chairman of the Taraba State Special Taskforce Committee on Environmental Protection, Public Safety and Prohibition of Deforestation, retired General…
Police arrest five suspected cultists in Delta, recover gun, vehicle
Operatives of the CP-Special Assignment Team CP-SAT led by ASP Julius Robinson have arrested five suspected cultists in Oton Community,…
Deputy Senate President, Barau loses aide, Barde Nuhu in accident
One of the Police officers working with Deputy Senate President, Corporal Barde Nuhu has died in an accident while travelling…
Abia community rejects plans to acquire lands
The people of Umuawa in Umuahia North LGA of Abia State have alleged that the Federal Housing Authority, FHA is…
FCT Police arrest 23 suspects, recover 13 stolen cars
The Federal Capital Territory, FCT Police Command says its operatives have arrested no fewer than 23 suspects over robbery, one…
Two persons, 40 donkeys die in Jigawa road accident
No fewer than two persons and forty donkeys were killed in a fatal motor accident at Shiwarin town in Kiyawa…
Hunters rescue kidnap victim in Anambra
The Nigerian Hunters and Forest Security Service, NHFSS, says it has rescued a kidnap victim, one Chukwunonso Nzekwe, at Nimo…
Police burst kidnappers’ hideout, rescue 14 victims; arrest five suspects in Nasarawa
Operatives of the Nasarawa State Police Command have arrested at least five suspected kidnappers and rescued 14 victims. According to…
Two suspected phone robbers arrested in Minna
Two suspected tricycle robbers arrested in Minna metropolis are presently cooling their heels in the custody of the Police in…
Police tells court how woman forced teenager to sleep with husband
Investigating Police Officer Inspector Elizabeth Osikolu, on Monday, told an Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court how a housewife,…
Cleric bags life imprisonment for defiling minor
An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Monday sentenced an Islamic cleric, Alani Rafiu, to life imprisonment for…
Police confirm dismissal of female officer, demotion of husband over viral rape video
The Edo State Police Command has confirmed the dismissal of one Inspector Edith Uduma for exposing Sgt. Abraham Uzuobo in…
Eruption in Mount Lewotobi, Indonesia leaves 10 dead
At least 10 people have been killed after Mount Lewotobi Laki-laki erupted on Indonesia’s Flores Island early Monday, according to…
36 killed as bus plunges into gorge in northern India
At least 36 people have died and several others have been injured after a bus fell into a 50-meter-deep gorge…
Fire destroys shops with goods worth millions in Lagos market
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), has confirmed that a market around Ajah area of the state was engulfed…
Police confirm death of soldier in clash with officer at Agyaragu market in Nasarawa
The Nasarawa State Police Command has confirmed the death of a soldier following a violent altercation with a special constabulary…
Lightning kills 14 at refugee camp in Uganda
At least 14 people, including several children, were killed in northern Uganda’s Palabek refugee camp when lightning struck a makeshift…