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...
Globacom has announced two new Enterprise Business products, Glo Fibre to the Home (FTTH) and Fibre to the Business (FTTB), which come with high data speed...
The police have arrested five young men: Ibrahim Adamu, Muhammed Isah, Abdul Hussain, Abdulgafar Sidi Mukhtar and Muhammed Ya’u, for allegedly stealing an iPhone 13 pro...
The provincial pastor of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), FCT 7, Pastor Amos Okemuyiwa, has urged ushers in the church to go beyond their...
Four people over the weekend were killed and nine others injured in a road accident in Abudu community in Orhionmwon LGA of Edo State. A witness...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Yobe Command, has deployed 862 personnel to ensure a hitch-free Eid-el-Fitr celebration in the state. Mr Bala Garba,...
Amidst a relentless onslaught on schools by terrorist groups across Nigeria, a new report exposes the harrowing toll of insecurity on education in the nation. Titled...
Bandits have raided eight rural communities, killed two people and rustled several cows in Kachia LGA of Kaduna State. City & Crime gathered that the communities...
Gunmen have shot dead three persons and injured one other in a renewed cult-related fight in Obagie and Esigie communities in Ikpoba Okha and Oredo LGAs...
Gunmen suspected to be herders have killed a civil servant and farmer, Inofomoh Gabriel, in Jattu community in Uzairue Clan in Etsako West LGA of Edo...
Hoodlums on Tuesday reportedly looted homes of some residents who fled communal crisis at North Bank vicinity of Makurdi metropolis in Benue State. Daily Trust had...
The Kano State Fire Service, on Tuesday, confirmed that fire has razed the Aliko filling station on Aminu Kano Way in Dala LGA of the state....
A real estate firm, Praco International Limited, has accused the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) of illegally demolishing its property in Abuja. Briefing newsmen, the firm’s...
An early morning fire on Tuesday gutted the popular Owode Market in Offa LGA, one of the commercial hubs in Kwara State. The spokesperson of the...
Some youths on Tuesday morning set ablaze a poultry farm in Etoo Baba community in Jos North LGA of Plateau State over the alleged killing of...
Rev. Tom Takpatore, Senior Pastor of First Baptist Church, Garki Abuja has said that a better Nigeria is possible if leaders and followers shun sharp practices...
A suspected motorcycle thief has been lynched in the Apalara community in Ilọrin West LGA. A source explained that, “The suspect was apprehended after a failed...
At least 19 people have been injured in an auto crash which occurred at Tyoor Tyu village along the Makurdi-Gboko road in Benue State. Our correspondent...
The police in Lagos State have arrested a 10-year-old boy, Ezekiel Evbota, for allegedly strangling his friend, Israel Ogunleye, to death in the Ejigbo area. The...
The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested one Isyaku Babale (30) for allegedly stabbing his biological elder brother at the Anguwan Dawaki area of Bauchi metropolis....
A magistrates’ court in Kontagora LGA of Niger State has ordered the remand of a housewife, Amina Abashe, who allegedly poured boiling water on her husband,...
The police command in Kaduna State said its operatives arrested motorcycle snatcher after the father of the suspect reported to police in the state. The command’s...
The Ogun State Police Command says it has arrested a 24-year-old man, Gadafi Bala, for allegedly raping a Junior Secondary School (JSS) 1 student in the...
The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a suspected kidnapper, Rabi’u Adamu (20), who allegedly murdered one Christopher Bala (12), the son of a police officer,...
The police in Benúe State have killed two suspected bandits terrorising the Sankera axis of the state after a gun duel during which one of them...
Bauchi State government has rewarded the Daben Kasuwa community in Ganjuwa LGA with 200 bags of rice and millet for preventing the looting of a fallen...
At least 48 suspected cultists have renounced cultism and surrendered their arms in Sagamu, Ogun State. Some of the weapons submitted include one pump action gun,...
Two passengers lost their lives while six others, including an elderly woman, sustained various degrees of injuries when an 18-seater commuter bus crashed at Manderegi village...
Traders, who are pushing wheelbarrows at Sabon Gari market in Kano State, have taken to the streets to protest against their expulsion from the market. City...
The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has expressed satisfaction with the quality and speed of the ongoing road construction in Kuje, Kuje Area Council of the territory....
A police special squad code-named Operation Zenda has rescued one kidnapped victim in coma at Tine-nune community of Zakibiam town in Ukum LGA of Benue State....
Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced a 26-year-old man, Usman Harun, to six months imprisonment over internet fraud...
The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has sought for huge investments from Indian investors for the development of Abuja, the Nigeria’s capital. Wike made the call when...
A 34-year-old man, Kabiru Sani, of Gawu Babangida, Gurara LGA of Niger State, has been allegedly killed by his 30-year-old younger brother, Abubakar Sani, over property....
The Chairman of the FCT wing of the Nigeria Union of Teachers (NUT), Comrade Abdullahi Mohammed Shafas, has berated the area council chairmen for handling welfare...
Women all over the country have been advised to engage in transport business rather than selling their bodies for money in the face of the present...
Two persons were burnt to death while four others sustained various degrees of burns in an accident at Kwaita village, on the Abuja-Lokoja highway. A witness...
A socio-cultural group based in Benin city, the Edo’Okpa Youth Movement, has commended the Federal Government for approving the immediate funding of 30km dualization of three...
The Edo State Chapter of the Nigeria Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDELA), said it is currently rehabilitating 12 drug dependent persons arrested by the agency in...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has apprehended four suspected kidnappers believed to be terrorising residents of Owo in Ondo State. The suspects were...
A cleric, Pastor Godwin Kalu, has cautioned traders to desist from selling fake products, warning that it could land them in hell. Kalu, Presiding Pastor, Divine...
The Kwara State High Court has released one of the suspected killers of Onikoro of Koro, Oba Peter Aremu, on bail over health reasons. The suspect,...
Residents of the Shapi community in Gumbo ward of Kwali Area Council of the FCT have decried the water scarcity in the area, pleading with the...
A Plateau State High Court 11, on Wednesday, has ruled on a suit filed against three residents of Jos – Musa Abubakar Pam, Yakubu Ajebu and...
A fire outbreak has burnt down about 40 shops at Zawaciki market, close to 1000 housing units in Kumbotso LGA of Kano State. A witness,...
The President of the Chartered Institute of Taxation of Nigeria, (CITN), Barrister Samuel Agbeluyi, has asked the government to exempt women from paying tax while...
The FCT Administration has promised accelerated economic progress for women in the territory. Dr Mariya Mahmoud, FCT Minister of State, Dr Adedayo Benjamin-Laniyi, Mandate Secretary, Women...
Two illegal miners have died after the well they dug for mining activity collapsed on them. The incident which occurred on Wednesday at Buya community in...
The Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) in the FCT, says its Special Task Team impounded 1,408 motor vehicles, 3,712 commercial motorcycles and 1,112 tricycles between...
The Blind Human Rights Association of Nigeria (BHAN) has raised concerns over the plight of Persons Living With Disabilities (PLWD) in Ogun State, lamenting the lack...
The Kwara Government says the Human Papilloma Virus (HPV) Vaccine, which will soon be introduced, would be taken to all secondary schools across the state. The...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency NDLEA) said at least 605 drug users and traffickers were arrested in 2023 across Ogun State, out of which 81...
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have rescued a kidnapped victim identified as Rev. Canon Tony Mukoro in the state. The victim was reportedly kidnapped...
A Grade 1 Area Court sitting at Lugbe, Abuja, on Tuesday, sentenced a labourer, Terkaa Akishi (36) to 15 months in prison for stealing two Qurans...
The House of Representatives has passed the N1.28 trillion proposed Federal Capital Territory (FCT) budget for the 2024 fiscal year. The budget was passed on Tuesday...
A tenant, Henry Nwabueze, has been arrested by detectives attached to the Federal Criminal Investigations Department (FCID), Annex Alagbo, in the Ikoyi area of Lagos for...
The police in Edo State have arrested a 23-year-old secondary school leaver, Rukevwe George, for allegedly being in possession of fire arms in the state. It...
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has found 14 of its officers guilty of corruption and misconduct while performing their duties in the past four...
The operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested a driver identified as Ifeanyi Okafor (42) with 11 wraps of Indian hemp and other drugs...
The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has berated the area councils’ chairmen in the nation’s capital for failing to discharge their responsibilities to the residents. The minister,...
The police in Lagos State on Tuesday arraigned a 37-year-old phone repairer, Abdulhafiz Adewale, for allegedly flogging his four-year-old child with a belt and an electric...
Six people have been convicted and jailed for Internet fraud in Kwara State. The convicts were prosecuted on separate charges before Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the...
Two children have been burnt to death in Bauchi State following a fire incident in their residence, the police said in a statement on Monday. The...
There has been reported outbreak of chickenpox in Wubara community in Jiwa ward in the Abuja Municipal Area Council (AMAC) of the FCT. The chairman of...
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) on Monday reiterated warnings to drivers of heavy duty articulated vehicles to desist from using the Katsina-Ala long Bridge in...
An Internally Displaced Person (IDP) at the weekend was gunned down by armed invaders in Ikobi community of Apa Local Government Area in Benúe State. Villagers...
Retired soldiers under the aegis of the Nigerian War Veterans in Ogun State, have written an open letter to President Bola Tinubu, lamenting neglect of their...
A women’s group under the auspices of FCT Mothers For All (FCT- MALL) has commended President Bola Tinubu and the FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike for...
The North East Development Commission (NEDC) has donated relief materials to victims of fire disaster that destroyed over 20 tents at the Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs)...
The Police in Kano State on Monday warned youths against perpetrating violence at the Ramadan, particularly during the “Tashe” cultural activities. The cultural show usually starts...
The Nigerian Navy Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Igbokoda, Ilaje LGA of Ondo State have destroyed nine illegal refineries sites laden with 182 litres of products...
A 60-year-old herder, Audu Usman, on Monday, appeared in a Badagry Chief Magistrates’ Court over alleged defilement of his 14-year-old daughter.The police also charged a 43-year-old...
Niger State government has begun a clampdown on illegal mining sites in the state as part of measures to safeguard communities from harmful effects of illegal...
A three-year-old girl was reportedly murdered and some parts of her body including two eyes and her private part was removed by suspected ritualists in Ningi...
Bandits have reportedly escaped with two women and a kid among the nine victims that were abducted from Azzara village in Kachia LGA of Kaduna State....
The FCT Minister, Mr Nyesom Wike, has advised the newly inaugurated Permanent Secretaries for the FCT Administration to perform, else, they will be sacked. Wike gave...
The FCT Minister, Nyesom Wike, has ordered the reshuffling of directors across Secretariat, Department and Agencies of the FCT Administration with immediate effect. The move, which...
An 11-year-old boy, simply identified as Ogunrinde, who was declared missing after his Arabic class in the Ikorodu area of Lagos has been reunited with his...
As part of measures towards preventing the spread of malaria in Nigeria , the Plateau state government has received 2 .9 million treated mosquito nets from...