Gunmen in the early hours of Monday abducted 13 residents of Piko community in Bwari Area Council of the FCT. A resident of Shere, a neighbouring...
The search and rescue team of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) are in search of a man trapped in an underground drainage at Onipanu...
A 60-year-old food vendor, Iya Owolabi, on Monday, slumped and died while cooking on the popular Akinjagunala Street in Ondo West LGA Ondo State. City &...
The apex Igbo socio-cultural group, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, has demanded an immediate apology to the Ukachukwu brothers and their subsequent compensation by the federal government for the...
The operatives of the Edo state police command have arrested four suspects allegedly involved in cultism and armed robbery in the state. The suspects Collins Edo...
The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Department (FEMD) says it is well prepared against flooding in the territory. The Director of the department, Mohammed Sabo, gave...
Residents of Gwagwarwa Community in Nassarawa Local Government Area (LGA) of Kano State have demanded justice over the alleged killing of 23-year-old Yusuf Shuaibu by a...
The Benue State Government on Thursday demolished 40 illegal structures in Makurdi, the state capital. The General Manager (GM) of the Benue State Urban Development Board...
There was an outrage over the weekend’s demolition of structures by the Lagos State Government at the Arowojobe and Mende estates in Maryland, Lagos. The state...
The Chief of Jen in Karim-Lamido LGA of Taraba State, David Robert, has called on Governor Agbu Kefas to upgrade Jen Chiefdom to second class status...
Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benúe State has disclosed his administration’s plan to launch a new security outfit of 10,000 operatives before the end of May. Alia...
The police in Yobe State have confirmed the death of an 11-year-old boy who was kidnapped and fed with hard drugs by his abductors. The police...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has disbursed the sum of N6,316,621,045.37 billion to the six area councils and other stakeholders as statutory allocation for the...
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Mr Nyesom Wike, says the FCT Administration has begun the procurement processes for drones to boost the security...
Seven passengers sustained injuries after an 18-seater bus with registration number, ANC 481 XA, crashed in Kwaita village on the Abuja-Lokoja highway on Tuesday. A witness...
The Director of Environment, Gwagwalada Area Council, Mrs Eunice Asubiojo, says plans are underway to partner private waste collectors for effective waste evacuation in the council....
A Badagry chief magistrates’ court, Lagos State, on Tuesday, remanded a 45-year-old cleric, Mr Sunday Adewoye, who allegedly raped a 22-year-old woman. The Magistrate, Mr Patrick...
An Upper Customary Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, on Tuesday, remanded a 32-year-old businessman, Raphael Moses, in a correction centre for allegedly defiling an eight-year-old girl....
Three members of a notorious gang of robbers who operate on the Otedola Bridge, Lagos, have been arrested in connection with the recent attack on the...
A man, Philip Ayo, and his son allegedly on Saturday night stabbed a housewife, Mrs Nata Igbinovia, to death in Okpagha community in Uhunmwode LGA of...
Soldiers from the 6 Brigade of the Nigerian Army (NA) under Operation Whirl Stroke have cleared a kidnappers’ camp and rescued many victims in the Punkun-Fikyu...
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested three suspects, Sunday Ehiosu, Patrick Okon (26), Godswill Omorege (23) and Malik Shola (26), for allegedly breaking...
The police have arraigned one Tunde Aroni, a 25-year-old vigilante, over alleged illegal possession of a locally made single-barrel gun. According to the police First Information...
The Oba of Benin in Edo State has barred some chiefs who allegedly engaged in sacrilege and falsehood against the Benin Custom from Oba Palace in...
The police in Kano State have arrested a man, Sadam Mu’azu, popularly known as Badoo (33), of Tukuntawa Quarters in Kano metropolis after a public outcry...
Gunmen on Monday night invaded Bmuko community in the Dutse Baupma axis of Bwari Area Council of the FCT and kidnapped four residents. A resident, Mr...
A magistrates’ court in Yola, Adamawa State, on Tuesday, ordered that two men should be remanded in the Jimeta Correctional Centre until May 6, for collaboration...
The police in Niger State have arrested two vigilantes, Sabiu Hassan (26) and Ibrahim Ahore, over alleged theft of a motorcycle. The command’s spokesman, SP Wasiu...
The police command in Ebonyi State have confirmed two persons dead after a bridge under construction at Mgbabeluzor village in Izzi LGA collapsed on Monday. The...
A female student of the University of Abuja, Murjanatu Zubairu, has been declared missing while on her way to school. An uncle of the student, Alhaji...
The police in Ogun State have arrested two suspected “one chance” armed robbers, Emmanuel Edeki and Tobi David, in Ota, Ado Odo-Ota LGA. The spokesman of...
Detectives from the Lagos State Police Command have recovered two rifles and ammunition that were allegedly abandoned in the Ajah area following a tip off about...
A Lagos-based accountant, Ayodele Oduniyi, has accused his former employer, Sonny Idedevbo, of using the police to harass and arraign him on alleged trumped-up charges. Oduniyi...
There was outrage as a toddler simply identified as Ayoola lost his life after falling into a flooded gully at Lusada market, along Lusada/Ketu road, Ado...
The people of Oro town in Irepodun LGA of Kwara State have filed a suit over the title of whoever may be chosen as successor. City...
The Abuja Investments Company Limited (AICL) has announced a temporary suspension of the rehabilitation work at the International Conference Centre (ICC), Abuja till July 5, 2024....
A passenger suspected to be in his 60s has died inside a commercial bus on the Ogbomoso-Ilorin Expressway in Kwara State. Narrating the incident, another passenger...
The Babcock University, Ilishan-Remo, has expressed its sadness over the killing of one of its lecturers, Yinka Olomojobi, a professor of human rights and gender law...
The people of Oro town in Irepodun LGA of Kwara State have filed a suit over the title of whoever may be chosen as successor. City...
A newborn baby has drowned in a well in Ruguzau community in Takai LGA of Kano State. A statement on Tuesday by the spokesman of the...
The victims of a windstorm which wreaked havoc in Kwaita village in Kwali Area Council of the FCT have appealed to the FCT Minister, Nyesom...
The Federal Government Girls College (FGGC), Abaji has been closed for two weeks, after resumption of third term academic session, to allow for the reconstruction of...
The Kwara State Government has redeployed workers of some media houses. The development, it was gathered, affected both print and broadcast media organisations of the government....
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers reportedly invaded an event centre in Iperu area of Ogun State and opened fire on people, killing a lecturer of Babcock...
The Cross Rivers Commissioner for Transport, Mr Ekpenyong Cobham, said on Monday that only about five per cent of the commercial drivers in the state are...
Gunmen have reportedly killed three young men in Entekpa Council Ward of Adoka District in Otukpo LGA of Benue State. Caretaker Council Chairman of Otukpo LGA,...
A man, Shuaibu Aliyu, has been reportedly killed in a windstorm which wreaked havoc in Kwaita village in Kwali Area Council of the FCT. A resident,...
The Police Command in Niger has confirmed the death of five children by suffocation in a car on Sunday in Minna. DSP Wasiu Abiodun, the Police...
At least 11,189 internally displaced households in Benue State have benefitted from the Start Fund Network intervention being implemented by Plan International Nigeria, ActionAid in Nigeria...
The Chief Judge (CJ) of Edo State, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, has set free an awaiting trial inmate, Saliu Akande, charged with rape after he spent four...
…We’ve seized carcasses – Govt Thirty cows have died after consuming grains allegedly poisoned in Ilorin, Kwara State. A source explained that the cows were...
Al-Hikmah University, Ilorin, Kwara State, has matriculated 1,214 students for the 2024/2025 academic session. Speaking during the 19th matriculation ceremony, the Vice Chancellor (VC), Prof Noah...
Many residents of Kwara state are expressing joy as a 50kg bag of rice now goes for between N52,000 and N54,000 from the N80,000 during the...
The Onojie of Uromi, Anslem Edenojie, has demanded N100 million from the Justice Alero Edodo-Eruaga-led Edo State Private Property Protection Committee as homage for five parcels...
SmallSmall, a property technology firm, has partnered with The Elevation Church to provide housing for families displaced at Jakande, Lekki in Lagos. It would be recalled...
The Chief Judge of Edo State, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, has ordered the release of an inmate, Saliu Akande, detained at the Auchi Medium Security Correctional Centre...
A man, Olarewaju Saliu, has been arrested over alleged theft of a pumping machine belonging to one Mr Isiaka Tunde on Imam Yusuf Onimasa Street in...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Anambra State Sector Command, has confirmed the death of a woman in an accident at Okpoko market on the Asaba-Onitsha...
Men of the the Benue State Community Volunteer Guards (BSCVG) have paraded three suspects apprehended for allegedly stealing diesel from the yard of Triacta Construction Company...
The Edo Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), has arrested an alleged fake reverend sister for allegedly trafficking...
The President of Taimako Women in Media, Mrs Queen Kunde Enoch, has called on the Taraba State House of Assembly to enact a law that will...
A housewife, Lawal Modupe Lawal, has approached an Upper Area Court in Kubwa, Abuja seeking the dissolution of her 17-year-old marriage to her husband, Ismaila on...
The people of Gwer West LGA of Benue State have staged a protest ON the Makurdi-Naka road to demand en-forcement of the state’s anti-open grazing law...
Workers of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), under the Joint Unions Action Committee (JUAC), have appealed to the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, to make staff housing...
The Chief Judge (CJ) of Edo State, Justice Daniel Okungbowa, has set free four awaiting trial inmates, Benedict Oko (27), Obasogie Caleb (27), Emmanuel Marcus (35)...
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has begun a three-day visit to Ogun State, where he vowed to tame the rising kidnapping incidents in...
The Kano Hisbah Board has said it is set to embark on a massive sensitisation of its staff across the 44 LGAs of the state on...
University students from Kano, Katsina and Jigawa states have called for the provision of adequate security presence in schools as a measure of restoring parents’ and...
The Chairman of Gwagwalada Area Council of the FCT, Alhaji Abubakar Jibrin Giri, has charged vigilantes not to wait for bandits to strike but to take...
The police in Edo State have arrested a 22-year-old man, Francis Obinna Okoye, for allegedly being in possession of a pistol with the intention to kill...
Justice Mu’azu Abubakar of the Bauchi State High Court on Tuesday sentenced a 39-year-old man, Sa’idu Mohammed, to 14 years in prison for sodomising a 12-year-old...
The Kwara State Police Command has said 46 suspects have been arrested in connection with the recent cult clash in the Oja Oba area of Ilorin...
The police in Edo State have arrested three people, Blessing Ogunu, Esther Anthony and Ukpebor Joel, for allegedly faking their kidnap and demanding a N4,800,000 ransom...
The management of the Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, Ogun State, has suspended 19 students for examination malpractice. Two other students were given warning letters to desist...
Homicide detectives from the Lagos State Police Command have arrested a lance corporal of the Nigerian Army (NA) over an attempt to kill a commercial motorcycle...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) on Tuesday destroyed 304,436kgs and 40,042 litres of illicit substances seized from parts of Lagos and Ogun states. Speaking...
Gunmen have shot dead a bus driver and abducted his 16 passengers near Chikara village on the Abuja-Lokoja highway. City & Crime learnt that the incident...
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration Control (NAFDAC) has banned the selling and use of Dex Luxury Bar Soap due to the presence of...
The police in Enugu State have arrested a counterfeit money peddler, one Maduabuchi Okonkwo, in the state. City & Crime learnt that the 24-year-old suspect, who...
The Sokoto Child Protection Act does not in any way contradict Shari’ah, some Shari’ah court judges have observed. Speaking during a 2-day training workshop organized by...
Men of the Benue State Internal Revenue Service (BIRS) have arrested three illegal tax collectors for harassing two drivers who were conveying palliatives from Adamawa State...
The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, will today embark on a three-day working visit to Ogun State. Egbetokun, during the visit, will commission the...
Three men, Rafiu Odeyale (80), Ganiyu Ayinde (61) and Kabiru Adeyemi (47) have been arraigned in a customary court, Iyaganku, Ibadan, Oyo State, for allegedly threatening...
Two people have been killed and 13 others injured in a road accident involving a commercial bus and a truck after the J3 Junction on the...
The Kwara State Government has confirmed the receipt of 12,058 bags of assorted grains from the federal government to be distributed to residents to help them...
Soldiers on board the Nigerian Navy Ship, NNS Lugard, have arrested four persons, Abdulrazak Danjuma, Idris Abdullahi, Suleiman Ibrahim and Musa Muhammed, suspected to have stolen...
The Edo State Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) said it arrested 362 motorists for traffic violations in March, 2024. The Sector Commander,...
Many residents of Iyara community in Iyara community, headquarters of Ijumu LGA of Kogi State, who were rendered homeless by a rainstorm on Monday could not...
A chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in the FCT, Hon Adamu Musa Abaji, has said the ongoing infrastructural development under the FCT minister, Nyesom...
Rescuers are currently combing the Lagos lagoon looking for two passengers of a bus which crashed into the rails of the Third Mainland Bridge and flung...
The Agora of Zuba in Gwagwalada Area Council of the FCT, Alhaji Muhammed Bello Umar, has urged farmers and herders to continue to live in...
The Comptroller General (CG) of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), Mrs Kemi Nandap, has said that no space will be given to any criminally-minded traveller across...
The Paramount Ruler of Iwoland, HM Oba Abdulrosheed Adewale Akanbi, has turbaned Muhammed Thanni AbdulMumin Adedeji as the Chief Imam of Iwoland. The turbaning took place...
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) police command have arrested four ‘wanted’ notorious armed robbers and recovered various kinds of rifles from them in Abuja....
The upgrading of the Katangua ICT Market may be delayed further as the Lagos State Government insists that it has terminated its contract with the project’s...
Barely 24 hours after a fire razed the cosmetics and hair attachment market in the Balogun business district area of Lagos Island, a fire disaster has...