A fire disaster struck in a compound housing 40 rooms in the early hours of Friday in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital. The fire incident occurred...
Yet-to-be ascertained number of people are currently trapped in the rubble of a building which collapsed in the Kuntau area of Gwale Local Government Area of...
A 44-year-old man, Oluchukwu John, on Friday, appeared before an Abakaliki Magistrates’ Court 6 in Ebonyi State over alleged stealing and threatening the life of one...
Fire on Wednesday destroyed four shops located at Ugbowo axis of the Benin metropolis, opposite the university of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Benin, the Edo capital....
Operatives of the Bauchi Police Command, in collaboration with local hunters, have rescued three kidnapped victims from captivity. The command equally killed eight bandits operating between...
Twenty-eight suspects were on Thursday paraded by the Taraba State Police Command for various criminal activities. Parading the suspects before newsmen at the police headquarters in...
The Abia State Command of Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, has paraded two men suspected to be involved in vandalism of petroleum pipelines, crude...
The Kaduna Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, said one person died and three others were injured in a crash along the Kaduna-Abuja...
The Rivers State Police Command, on Thursday said some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have killed one of its officers, Sunday Baba. The Command posted a brief statement on...
A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a 33-year-old man, Stanley Julius, in a corrections centre for alleged armed robbery. The police charged Julius, who...
The Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB) says cases of people having double national identification numbers (NIN) made impersonation possible in the 2024 Unified Tertiary Matriculation...
The Oyo State Police Command has declared that some officers involved in the alleged killing of a student, Damilola Iyanda, at a club in Ogbomoso, have...
Tragedy struck at BrickHall Schools located in the Cadastral Zone B11, Kaura in Abuja on Wednesday, when a four-year-old pupil, Miguel Ovoke, died during the school’s...
An Osun Chief Magistrates’ Court, sitting in Ede, has sentenced a teenager, Abiodun Adewuyi to three years imprisonment for theft of water taps. 18-year-old Adewusi was...
The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command has made a clarification on the video clip circulating online depicting a robbery incident, which purportedly occurred in Abuja,...
Edo State Police Command has paraded 21 suspects arrested for alleged armed robbery, cultism, attempted murder, unlawful possession of firearms, conspiracy, pipeline vandalism, house breaking, stealing,...
Edo State Police Command has paraded 21 suspects arrested for alleged armed robbery, cultism, attempted murder, unlawful possession of firearms, conspiracy, pipeline vandalism, house breaking, stealing,...
The Edo State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service said its personnel, in collaboration with the Nigerian Army and operatives of the local vigilante, arrested two...
A Federal High Court in Ibadan, on Tuesday, sentenced two men, Oluwaseun Nwankpa and Olayode Fadaiya, to three months imprisonment each, for illegal currency trading amounting...
The Police in Jigawa State have arrested an 18-year-old boy, Safiyanu Lawan, for allegedly faking his own abduction in a bid to extort money from his...
Some residents of Ogbomoso in Oyo State are currently in a state of confusion over alleged shooting of a student by a yet to be identified...
Another video depicting a separate case of bullying at the Lead British International School, Abuja has emerged. In the new video posted on Tuesday, some...
Lead British International School in Abuja has responded to a distressing viral video depicting a female student being bullied by her peers. The school management...
The Nasarawa State Police Command has announced the arrest of three suspected kidnappers in Mararaba. The suspects, identified as Babangida Abdullahi (29), Mohammed Abubakar (27), and...
A medical laboratory scientist, Oluroju Shola, has been docked at an Upper Area Court Gwagwalada, Abuja, for allegedly exposing his ex-girlfriend’s nude pictures. The police charged...
A video of a female student of Lead British International School, Abuja, being bullied by her schoolmate has sparked outrage on social media. On Monday night,...
The Birnin-Gwari Emirate Progressives Union, BEPU, in Birnin Gwari local government area of Kaduna State, has expressed concern over the spate of banditry in the area....
No fewer than ten people have been confirmed dead after two navy helicopters collided in mid-air during a military training and rehearsal for a Royal Malaysian...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has intercepted in Abuja 10 suspected victims of human trafficking, purportedly being sponsored for illegal migration abroad. The...
The Nigerian Army has confirmed the dismissal of two soldiers involved in an alleged theft of armoured cables from the premises of Dangote Refinery in Lagos...
A lecturer of University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, has been caught pants down inside his office with a female student. The man whose name...
The Kano Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has received 51 rescued victims of human trafficking. NAPTIP zonal...
An Ikeja Magistrates’ Court on Monday sentenced a 22-year-old trader, Mohammed Abdulhamid, to five years imprisonment for receiving stolen property worth N2.19 million. The convict, who...
The Ekiti State Police Command has arrested the owner of A1 Pure Water situated behind 132KVA in Omisanjana area of Ado Ekiti for operating unlawfully and...
A Magistrates’ Court in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, has ordered two men, John Simon and Yusuf Nikie, to be remanded in a correctional facility after they pleaded...
The Niger State Police Command has confirmed the death of five children who mistakenly locked themselves up in an abandoned vehicle in Gurara Albishir, suburb of...
Gunmen suspected to be kidnappers have killed Yinka Olomojobi, a professor of law at Babcock University, Ilisha, Ogun, and abducted two others. It was gathered that...
Bandits have again unleashed terror on Tsafe town, the headquarters of Tsafe Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing two locals while five were said to...
An unidentified North Carolina (United States of America) high schooler has been charged with assault after reportedly being caught on camera slapping a teacher. Fox News...
The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has arrested six suspected internet fraudsters in the State. The Commission in a statement...
No fewer than 14 persons on Sunday died in a head-on collision involving two Toyota buses in Kogi State. The accident occurred at Aloma community in...
Awka, Anambra State capital, is again under the siege of gunmen, believed to be cultists. At the last count, over 15 residents have been murdered in...
The Katsina State Police Command, in a joint operation with the military, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, vigilantes, and the Katsina State Community Watch...
The Abia State Police Command has paraded suspected criminals involved in various crimes in different parts of the state. Among those paraded was Victor Emmanuel, a...
Bandits on Saturday night invaded Dutse, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) under Bwari Area Council, kidnapping at least five persons. The bandits invaded...
The Nasarawa State Police Command has recovered 1,473 illegally acquired security materials from banned ethnic vigilante groups and other organisations in the state. Among the items...
Bandits on Saturday night invaded Dutse, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) under Bwari Area Council, kidnapping at least five persons. The bandits invaded...
Bandits on Saturday night invaded Dutse, a suburb of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) under Bwari Area Council, kidnapping at least five persons. The bandits invaded...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says its operatives have arrested three members of an organized criminal organization which specializes in illicit drug trafficking across...
At least two persons have been confirmed dead while several others were seriously injured in a shooting that took place at a street party in Memphis,...
A pastor with Redeemed Christian Church of God, RCCG, identified as Olugbenga Olawore, and other passengers of a 14-seater bus have been kidnapped in Oyo State....
The Abia State Police Command has apprehended an officer who killed an Abiriba-born business man, Emmanuel Michael Okocha, in Aba. This comes on the heels of...
The Abia State Police Command has arrested some suspects in connection with the death of a 23-year-old man, Hope Chinedu Prosper, who was taken to an...
The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Abia State has condemned the killing of an Aba-based businessman, Mr Emmanuel Okocha, by a policeman, describing the incident as...
Operatives of the Bauchi State Police Command have arrested one Usman Adamu, a 34-year-old final-year student of Law at the Ahmadu Bello University (ABU) Zaria, for...
The Uyo Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentencing of the proprietor of an Uyo Cybercrime Training...
One person was killed and eight wounded in an overnight explosion at an Iraqi military base housing a coalition of pro-Iranian armed groups. The explosion hit...
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested four men for allegedly stealing three tricycles from an Ojota-based mobility company. The command’s spokesman, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed...
A suspected drug kingpin, Sumaila Ata, AKA Summy, has been killed in Kogi State. The drug baron was killed by security agencies in Ajaka, Igalamela Odolu...
Two men who allegedly snatched a motorcycle and were attempting to rob their victims were burnt to death by a mob in Makurdi, Benue State capital....
Road crashes have claimed the lives of 18 people on Thursday and Friday at Gaya Junction in Kano State and Tashar Yari in Kaduna State. Dauda...
The Osun State Police Command has arrested 18 suspects for various offences in the state. This was made known during a suspect’s parade to showcase successes...
Two persons have died while one other sustained injuries in an accident at Iyana Odogo, on Ilaro-Owode Road, Ogun State. The spokesperson, Federal Road Safety Corps,...
Renewed gunmen attacks in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau state on Friday have claimed about 18 lives. The gunmen attacked the Tilengpan community...
Renewed gunmen attacks in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau state on Friday have claimed about 18 lives. The gunmen attacked the Tilengpan community in Mangu...
The Police on Friday arraigned one Prudent Umadike, 31, in a Grade’A’ Customary Court, Iyaganku, Ibadan, for allegedly stealing television picture boards. Umadike, a security guard...
Five persons died while several others sustained injuries in an accident involving a transit bus and a tipper around Orogwe market bus stop in the Owerri...
An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Friday remanded a 45-year-old man, Samson Adedokun, at Kirikiri Correctional Centre for allegedly defiling his 16-year-old daughter. The Magistrate, Mrs...
Unknown gunmen, on Thursday night, killed a third-class chief, Abdulmutalib Nuhu, at Sensani Village in the Gasol Local Government Area of Taraba State. It was gathered...
Police operatives in Katsina State have foiled an attack on Sabuwa town, headquarters of Sabuwa local government area of the state, neutralising one suspected bandit. The...
The Lagos State Police Command, on Thursday, rescued three infants who were locked up in a room by their grandmother in the Agodo-Egbe, Ikotun area of...
Kwara State police command has so far arrested about 60 suspected kidnappers, including kingpins in the last six months. The State Commissioner of Police, Victor Olaiya,...
Abia State Police Command has said that it has apprehended one Emmanuel Victor, the principal suspect in the murder of Emmanuel Uche, a student of Abia...
The Imo State Police Command has arrested two suspected drug dealers, Kelechi Ekeopra and John Aburodo, from whom were recovered large quantities of weeds suspected to...
A Makurdi Chief Magistrates’ Court, on Thursday ordered that a farmer, Terkula Chile, 30, be remanded at the correctional centre in the state, for allegedly attempting...
Members of the Neighbourhood Watch in Afikpo Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, on Thursday, arrested four suspects who are allegedly specialists in stealing transformers and...
The Edo Zonal Command of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has arrested a 40-year-old woman posing as a reverend sister...
The Bauchi State Command of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has arrested and paraded seven suspected petroleum pipelines and rail track vandals, as...
A 50-year-old man, Adetipe Idowu, was on Thursday arraigned before an Ile-Ife Magistrates’ Court for allegedly inflicting harm on a female neighbour. The Prosecutor, ASP Abdullahi...
The Anambra State Government on Thursday apprehended a 40 year old man, Anietie Tim, for raping a 14 years old girl in Onitsha. The arrest came...
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...
The Nasarawa State Police Command has arrested a suspected motorcycle snatcher, Ibrahim Isiaka, following an incident in Masaka. The arrest was carried out by Police operatives...
An official of the Anambra Road Traffic Management Agency, ARTMA, has been gunned down in Awka, the state capital. This is coming a few hours after...
Gunmen suspected to be cultists have killed one person at the popular Aroma junction in Awka, Anambra State capital. The shooting of the youth on Wednesday...
Police operatives in Adamawa State said on Wednesday that they have made fresh arrests of 49 gangsters identified as Shila Boys. Shila Boys are mostly teenagers...
A joint security team deployed to Suru and Maiyama local government areas of Kebbi on Tuesday rescued two persons abducted by suspected bandits. The operation was...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Badagry, Lagos State, on Wednesday ordered that a 20-year-old man, Peter Ezekiel, who allegedly abducted and defiled a 14-year-old girl, be...
A Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ikorodu, Lagos State, on Wednesday, remanded a 45-year-old woman, Rayinat Bakare, in a correctional centre for allegedly stealing a nine-year-old girl....
A 42-year- old woman, Ihuoma Onunyere, was on Wednesday docked in an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing N2.1 million from her late boyfriend’s account. The...
Police in Jigawa State have arrested three hoodlums over the alleged robbing of three bags of pepper and raping a housewife in Ringim Local Government Area....
A Jos Magistrates’ Court, on Wednesday, sentenced a 28-year-old businessman, Peter Sunday, to one-year imprisonment for stealing vehicle parts valued at N200,000. The Magistrate, Mr Shawomi...
The Benue State Community Volunteer Guards paraded three suspects on Tuesday for allegedly stealing diesel from the TRIACTA Construction Company located along New GRA, Makurdi. According...
The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, in Ebonyi State has confirmed the abduction of two of its personnel by gunmen along the Abakaliki-Enugu federal highway. Roads...
Bandits have killed 26 persons in renewed attacks on three communities in Gwer West Local Government Area of Benue State. The attacks, according to locals, occurred...
The police in Lagos on Tuesday arraigned a 29-year-old dispatch rider, Chigaemezu Kingsley, in a Surulere Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing gold jewellery worth N2.7...
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court Ibadan, on Tuesday remanded five men in a correctional facility over alleged armed robbery.The defendants, Abiodun Solomon, 24; Abdulahi Alejolowo, 26; Emmanuel...
A masseur has been arrested for allegedly raping a 71-year-old woman in Portugal. The 71-year-old British pensioner reported the case to police after allegedly being sexually...
The Lagos State Police Command has arrested two robbery suspects whose gang invaded and attacked guests at a hotel in the Alagbado area of the state....
Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo has ordered the arrest of one Mr Itoro Monday Uko in Ikot Ekpene Local Government Area of the...