The Federal Operations Unit, Zone A of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Friday, announced that it seized contraband worth N2.87billion between January to March, 2024...
Controversial cross-dresser Idris Okuneye, popularly known as Bobrisky, on Friday pleaded guilty to the allegation of abusing the Naira brought against him by the Economic and...
Unknown gunmen on Thursday invaded Agojeju Odo Community in Omala Local Government Area of Kogi State, killing 19 persons and setting several houses ablaze. Confirming the...
Operatives of the Bayelsa State Police Command have arrested, a 17 years old boy, Lucky Okubo over the suspected murder of his 14-year-old girlfriend, Shallon Ebitare,...
The Katsina State Government has refuted the claim by the Debt Management Office (DMO) that the Governor Dikko Umaru Radda-led administration has ballooned the state’s debt...
Anxiety has enveloped some areas of Abeokuta, Ogun State, following the killing of Olumide Ifeoluwa, an alleged cult kingpin and popular area boy. Our correspondent gathered...
The Police Command in Lagos State says it has received a man parading himself as soldier but fake from the Nigerian Army. The command’s spokesperson, SP...
Operatives of the Nigerian Navy’s Forward Operating Base (FOB) at Ibaka in Mbo Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State have intercepted a vessel laden with...
An 80-year-old man, identified as Adebola Ezekiel, and his wife, Abiodun Ezekiel, have been found dead in their apartment at Apo area in the Federal Capital...
A 23-year-old Sanusi Umar has been apprehended by operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command for allegedly raping a 10-year-old boy. Umar, a garden egg seller...
The Kano State Police Command has arrested a 25-year-old man, Abba Garba Ibrahim, for allegedly stabbing his friend, 22-year-old Zaharaddeen Iliyasu, to death. The incident occurred...
No fewer than thirty children were abducted by bandits in the early hours Monday at Kasai Village in Batsari Local Government Area of Katsina State. LEADERSHIP...
In a brazen assault on Monday night, bandits struck at a mosque in Gusau, Zamfara State capital, abducting numerous worshippers during the Tahajjud congregational prayer. Tahajjud...
Operatives of the anti-crime squad of the Anambra State Police Command have arrested a man from whom they also recovered an AK-47 rifle. The team intercepted...
Dr Kamar Abdulkadir, a lecturer of the Department of Physical and Health Education, at the University of Maiduguri (UNIMAID), has been brutally murdered in his office....
No fewer than 11 terrorists have been killed by troops in Katsina and Zamfara states during raid on identified kingpins’ hideouts in the North West. A...
The Court of Appeal sitting in Lagos, has affirmed the judgement of a Lagos State High Court, which sentenced two officials of Keystone Bank, Anayo Nwosu...
A battle of supremacy by two bandit groups over the control of some mining sites has led to the killing of several terrorists. A credible intelligence...
The Police Command in Bauchi has arrested Isyaku Babale, 30, of Anguwan Dawaki in Bauchi Metropolis, for allegedly stabbing his brother to death. The spokesperson of...
Police operatives in Bauchi State have arrested one Isyaku Babale, a 30-year-old resident of Anguwan Dawaki in Bauchi metropolis, for allegedly stabbing his older brother to...
Men of the Ondo State Police Command have arrested an Islamic cleric, Oluwafemi Idris, over alleged unlawful possession of human parts which consisted of three kidneys,...
The police in Niger State have arrested three men, Mohammed Abdullahi Chumo (30), Aliyu Salihu (20) and Arzika Ahmadu (25) over alleged rustling of 132 rams....
The people of Oke-Oroma community in Ikpoba-Okha LGA of Edo State have appealed to the state government; the Oba of Benin, Oba Ewuare II; the police...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have detained a 35-year-old lady, Chidinma Chinenye Agbazue. She was detained after being caught attempting to export...
A 27-year-old trader has been stabbed to death by a yet-to-be-identified soldier in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Saturday. LEADERSHIP gathered that the trader, Mr....
The Imo State Police Command has arrested an alleged serial kidnapper, Richard Ebony and another suspected cultist, one Chukwuemeka Peter Ekechi over their alleged involvement in...
The Police in Anambra said they have raided and destroyed a camp operated by suspected criminal gangs in the forest of Ogbunka, Orumba South Local Government...
The Nigeria Police Force said it had arrested eight suspects in connection with the murder of its officers on a fact-finding mission in the Ughelli area...
The Nigeria Police Force (NPF) has confirmed the arrest of eight individuals linked to the brutal murder of six policemen in Delta State. NPF said it...
An Anti-Crime Squad of the Anambra State has destroyed several insurgents’ camps in Ogbunka community in Orumba-South Local Government Area of the state. The police team...
Gunmen have invaded a Celestial Church of Christ in the Mowe area of Ogun State and abducted two members. Our correspondent gathered that the incident happened...
A Jigawa State high court has sentenced four persons to life imprisonment for raping a 14-year-old girl at Kurmi quarters in Gwaram Local Government Area of...
Bauchi State Police Command has confirmed the killing of a 25-year-old man, Khalid Ibrahim of Magama-Gumau allegedly by his friend in Toro LGA of Bauchi State....
An FCT High Court in Apo, Abujka, on Wednesday, sentenced one Ayedun Makanjuola to four years in prison for running over and killing his wife, Adenike....
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Wednesday remanded a 39-year-old man, Chibuike Ajunwa, in THE Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling a seven-year-old...
The Bauchi State Police Command said its men have arrested three suspects, including an ex-convict granted pardon in 2020, for criminal conspiracy and theft of a...
Men of the Edo State Police Command have arrested a man, Godstime Promise, for allegedly stealing N850,000 from a POS operator, Iyebor Glorial, at gunpoint in...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has recovered the sum of N7.8 million for the Benue Investment and Property Company Limited (BIPC). Managing Director/Chief Executive...
Operatives of the Delta State Police Command have rescued three female kidnap victims. The command’s spokesman, SP Bright Edafe, who disclosed this to newsmen, said the...
Men of the Ogun State Community, Social Orientation and Safety Corps (So-Safe Corps), have arrested four men suspected of stealing from a residential apartment in Ado...
The Nigerian Army troops have killed a notorious terrorist leader, Junaidu Fasagora, and scores of his fighters in Zamfara State. The Nigerian Army, in a statement...
The Nigerian Navy Ship, (NNS), Delta has handed over 15 suspects, and a Merchant Fishing Vessel (MFV) Lily IV to the Ministry of Agriculture’s Department of...
Operatives of the Rivers State Police Command have impounded a shrine as well as arrested a native doctor and 25 others suspected to be involved car...
The Air Component of Operation Delta Safe has destroyed illegal oil refining sites and barges laden with stolen crude oil products in Rivers State. NAF’s Director...
Nine of the 50 people abducted from Madaka Market in Rafi local government area of Niger State have been killed by bandits.LEADERSHIP findings revealed that apart...
The Kwara State Police Command said it has “rescued” the Chinese national, PengChao Zhang, who was abducted penultimate Sunday around Eyenkorin in Kwara State. PengChao, also...
The police have arrested one suspected cultist identified as Aiveihenyo Anderson (46) for allegedly being in possession of firearms in Edo State. The suspect, it was...
The police operatives in collaboration with the military and vigilantes have rescued 20 kidnapped victims in Edo State. It was gathered that hoodlums suspected to be...
Ekiti State Police Command has arraigned a 20-year-old man, Ojo Monday, before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court over an alleged house breaking and stealing. Police prosecutor,...
A suspected kidnapper identified as Biakewe has been lynched by a mob for allegedly kidnaping market women in Edo State. It was learnt that the suspect...
Clash between cult groups has left one person dead and several others injured with destruction of several vehicles in the Pakata area, Ilọrin West LGA of...
There is uneasy calm on Taraba-Benue border along Wukari – Zaki Biam Highway as gunmen suspected to be militia group operating in Benue State intercepted a...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has announced that it busted cocaine syndicates operating in Kano State and Abuja. NDLEA spokesman, Femi Babafemi said in...
The operatives of Bauchi State Police Command have arrested three persons suspected to be engaged in kidnapping at Birnin Kudu Local Government Area of Jigawa State....
At least 10 passengers travelling in a Sharon bus from Taraba State have been allegedly kidnapped in Jootar axis, Ukum Local Government Area of Benue State....
Mobile policemen from MOPOL 20 in the Ikeja area of Lagos have smashed a gang of kidnappers and arrested nine members after a shootout that lasted...
Gunmen suspected to be terrorists have abducted a driver and all the passengers in an 18-seater bus belonging to Katsina State Transport Authority (KSTA). A credible...
At least, five suspected kidnappers were killed on Thursday, while three others escaped with varying degrees of bullet wounds when an 8-man kidnapping gang engaged police...
Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), have busted a syndicate of oil thieves and illegal miners...
Operatives of the Lagos Police Command from the Isokoko Division have apprehended four men who specialized in the production of counterfeit drinks in the Agege area...
Former Brazil star Robinho must serve a nine-year rape sentence in his home country of Brazil, a court has ruled. Robinho, 40, was found guilty by...
A middle-aged man, one Onuora Innoma has been arrested by the operatives of the Anambra State Police Command for allegedly raping a 15-year old girl. The...
Men of the Ondo State Security Network Agency, better known as Amotekun, have foiled a bank robbery and kidnapping in Irele Local Government Area of the...
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Wednesday remanded a 56-year-old trader, Ahmed Adeyemi, in Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling an eight-year-old girl. The police charged...
A plumber, Mr Desmond Igbo, on Tuesday, dragged his wife Rosemary, before a Customary Court in Jikwoyi, FCT, accusing her of giving birth to two children for...
The trial of the alleged murderers of the Managing Director of Water View Hotel, a popular relaxation home in Kwara State commenced on Wednesday at the...
Gunmen have reportedly killed two farmers in a fresh attack at their farms in the Onipi community in Adoka District of Otukpo LGA of Benue State....
Justice Evelyn Anyadike of the Federal High Court sitting in Ilorin, Kwara State has convicted another set of six people for internet fraud. This is the...
A man simply identified as Shehu was assaulted by a mob for allegedly stealing woman’s handbag at Kwaita village market in Kwali Area Council of...
Operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), have arrested seven suspected illegal producers of locally made rifles and pistols in the Abuja metropolis....
A teenage housemaid identified simply as Wumi has been arrested for allegedly stabbing her boss, Funmilayo Adelayi, to death in Ondo State. Mrs Adelayi, a civil...
No fewer than seven motor parks attendants working for the Ogun State Parks Management Board (OGSPAM) were on Monday critically injured during the violent clash that...
The Abuja Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has handed over documents of recovered properties and 324 houses to Kano State pensioners....
Major roads and markets in Asaba and Okpanam in Delta State witnessed chaotic scenes on Monday as aggrieved commercial motorcycle riders took to the streets to...
Major roads and markets in Asaba and Okpanam in Delta State witnessed chaotic scenes on Monday as aggrieved commercial motorcycle riders took to the streets to...
Parishioners and local residents of Ikot Ekang, a sleepy community in Abak Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom state are in the mourning mood following the...
The traditional ruler of Riruwai Village in Lame District in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State, Alhaji Garba Badamasi, was abducted and brutally murdered by...
Vandals have struck at the heart of the railway infrastructure in Chidunu village, situated within the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Public Relations Officer...
Terrorists again launched a ruthless assault on the Kajuru-Station Community in Kajuru Local Government Area of Kaduna State, abducting 87 individuals on Sunday night. Harisu Dari,...
A 200-level student of the Federal University, Lokoja, Janet Kyeme has been reported missing on her way to attend lectures at the university. It was not clear...
A suspected bandits’ informant, simply identified as Dan Abba, has been arrested with a stolen cow by vigilantes at Bishini village market in Kachia LGA of...
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a 20-year-old hair stylist, Josephine Odunu and a dispatch rider, Edesemi Ikporo, 30, for selling...
Operatives of the Edo State Police Command have arrested one Godslove Saraki and Henry Osaigbovo, over the alleged killing of a cyclist, identified as Abdullahi in...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has destroyed over three tons of cannabis (Indian Hemp) in Edo forest. A statement by the Director, Media and...
Two motorcycles were reportedly stolen during Taraweeh prayers at Paso central mosque in Gwagwalada Area Council of the FCT. A resident of Paso, Mukail Abdulsalam, who...
Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested two men who disguised as beggars to rob passersby in the Lekki area of the state. The...
A 19-year-old secondary school student, residing in Kubwa town in the FCT, has been stabbed to death, allegedly by her co-tenant. The deceased, Salma Yunusa, was said...
Ekiti State Police Command has paraded seven suspects over alleged offences, which include stealing, armed robbery, burglary and attempted murder. Parading the suspects at the police...
It also came days after 287 students were kidnapped from LEA and GSS Kuriga in Chikun local government area of the state. A former chairman of...
Police in Enugu have arrested a suspect notorious for robbing residents using a toy gun. Police spokesman in Enugu State, DSP Daniel Ndukwe, stated on Saturday...
No fewer than 35 fighters of the Boko Haram Buduma terrorists faction were killed in a series of deadly clashes with the Islamic State of the...
Ten members of the Carpenters and Furniture Makers Progressive Union (CFMPU) in Ondo State have been arraigned before the Magistrate Court, sitting in Akure on allegations...
Troops of the Nigerian Army have thwarted a kidnap attempt on three commercial buses in Kogi State and rescued the victims. This is just as troops...
No fewer than seven persons have been arrested for various criminal offences by the men of the Ekiti State Police Command. The suspects were arrested in...
The Tin-Can Island Command of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), on Friday, announced the seizure of cache of arms, ammunition and illicit drugs imported into the...
Justice James Omotosho of a Federal High Court (FCT) in Abuja, has ordered the remand of the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer (MD/CEO) of Duport...
The Kogi State Government has reacted to the alleged N100billion fraud case instituted against former governor of the State, Yahaya Bello, by the Economic and Financial...
The Kogi State Government has reacted to the alleged N100billion fraud case instituted against former governor of the State, Yahaya Bello, by the Economic and Financial...
Justice Inyang Ekwo of a Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, has fixed April 18 to rule on the motion filed by a former governor of...