Niger: Road accidents claimed 473 lives in 6 months – FRSC
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Niger State has said that Road Traffic Crashes (RTCs) claimed no fewer than...
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Delta: Hoodlums allegedly behead okada man in Aladja community
Hoodlums have reportedly beheaded a man in Aladja Community in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. The hoodlums also...
Our officers defended themselves – NDLEA on alleged killing by operatives in Lagos
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has reacted to reports that its operatives shot two persons dead during a raid...
Kogi: Okada riders revolt against union leaders in Lokoja
There was chaos on Thursday in Lokoja, the Kogi State capital, when some commercial motorcyclists, popularly called Okada riders, staged...
Gunmen kill 7 persons, injure others in Bauchi communities
Seven persons have been gruesomely murdered by some unknown gunmen at Gara and Gamji villages in the Burra District of...
Court jails two fraudsters in Maiduguri
The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, July 24, 2023, secured the conviction...
‘I was hungry’ – Man arrested by Amotekun for looting shop in Ekiti confesses
The Western Nigeria Security Network, codenamed Amotekun, Ekiti State Command, has arrested one labourer identified as Sunday Ojo, 35, for...
Farmer gets life imprisonment for defiling neighbour’s six-year-old daughter
A 37-year-old farmer, Joseph Agbomu, has been handed a life sentence by an Akure High Court for defiling his neighbour’s...
Man, 30, commits suicide in Niger over N250,000 debt
The death of 30-year-old Saifullahi Salisu of Shata, Maikunkele, in Bosso Local Government Area of Niger State, who allegedly hanged...
Sit-at-home: Armed hoodlums hijacked traders’ protest – Enugu govt
The Enugu State Government has reacted to the protest by Ogbete Market traders which led to the reported killing of...
PH man accuses police of assault, extortion, planting exhibit on him
A Port Harcourt-based man, Daddy Geoffrey, has accused some Police Officers of the Rivers State Police Command of extorting N8,000...
Gunmen abduct FCE ex-Provost, driver in Ogun
Unknown gunmen on Tuesday abducted the immediate past Provost of the Federal College of Education (FCE), Osile, Abeokuta, Ogun State,...
Police arrest 13 suspected criminals in Kwara
The Kwara State Police Command, on Tuesday, paraded 13 suspected criminals for various offences committed in the state. Among them...
Police kill two kidnappers, rescue 10 victims in Bauchi
The Bauchi State Police Command says it has killed two suspected kidnappers and rescued 10 victims during an operation carried...
Troops neutralise seven bandits, recover weapons in Zamfara
The troops of Operation Hadarin Daji, OPHD, a military component, have neutralized seven terrorists after intensifying onslaughts on their enclaves,...
MACBAN condemns attack, killing of Fulanis in Zamfara
The Zamfara State wing of the Miyatti Allah Cattle Breeders Association of Nigeria, MACBAN on Monday condemned the recent attack...
8 dead, 15 injured in Jigawa road accident
Eight people have been reported killed and 15 others seriously injured in a road accident along the Malam Madori-Birniwa road...
Hit-and-run driver kills police officer in Ondo
An Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) attached to the Ondo State Police Command was on Sunday killed by a hit-and-run...
Father of lady found dead in Anambra hotel cries for justice
Mr Patrick Awuda, father of Chinyere Awuda, 27, who was found dead at Cosmilla Hotel, Awka, last Monday, has described...
NDLEA arrests Lagos drug lord as mule about to swallow 93 cocaine wraps
A notorious drug kingpin who specialised in sponsoring young Nigerians to traffic cocaine to Europe was recently caught redhanded when...
Property worth millions destroyed as flood ravages houses, farmhands in Ibadan
Hundreds of residents of Ido local government area in Oyo Atate have lost property worth millions of naira to flood...
Youths loot private warehouse, cart away items worth millions in Taraba
Items worth millions of naira including bags of maize and locally processed rice have allegedly been stolen by youths in...
Bandits threaten to marry out 4 kidnapped victims in Zamfara
The four female students of the Zamfara State College of Arts and Science who were kidnapped by bandits along the...
Hisba arrests two over alleged same-sex marriage in Kano
Kano State Hisba Command says it has arrested two people who were accused of trying to arrange same-sex marriage. Hisba...
BREAKING: Gunmen kidnap RSBC News Director, Anthony-Nwokocha
Gunmen have reportedly kidnapped the Director of News of the Rivers State Broadcasting Corporation, Priestba Anthony-Nwokocha, in Port Harcourt. The...
Six die after allegedly drinking alcohol from friend in Ogun
Six persons were said to have died after drinking local gin allegedly served by a friend in Ogbogbo community, Ijebu-North...
‘Lunatic’ beheads 84-year-old man in Ogun
A man suspected to be mentally challenged has beheaded an 84-year-old man, Elder Alfred Opadipe, in Ipara community, Remo North...
