Father of four attempts suicide over alleged failed plot to kill wife in Ondo
Following the alleged failed plan to kill his wife, a 42-year-old man, Awelewa, Monday, attempted suicide at his residence in...
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Ogun Customs impounds 73 trucks of smuggled rice in 11 months
The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Ogun 1 Area Command said it impounded no fewer than 44,933 bags of smuggled foreign...
Teenager bites off finger of man, 50, for staring at his mother
A man in Adamawa State had the tip of one of his fingers bitten off by an angry youth who...
Police rescue security guards kidnapped in Nasarawa, arrest suspect
The Nasarawa State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of a suspected kidnapper, Stephen Jonah of Tafa Local Government Area...
Cultist sentenced to death by hanging in Ekiti
An Ekiti State High Court, sitting in Ado Ekiti, has sentenced one Segun Iwaetan, to death by hanging for being...
Fire incident guts market in Kiyawa, Jigawa State
Fire has gutted some parts of a market in Kiyawa local government area of Jigawa State, destroying stalls and valuable...
Commissioner kidnapped in Benue
Ekpe Ogbu, the Benue State Commissioner for Housing and Urban Development, has been kidnapped by unknown gunmen on Saturday evening....
Bandits abduct 46 persons in Katsina
Bandits in communities of Batsari and Funtua local government areas of Katsina State have abducted about 46 people at the...
Woman conspires with lover to bury newborn baby alive inside toilet in Jigawa
Jigawa State Police Command, on Friday, arrested a 30-year-old woman, Balaraba Shehu, for allegedly burying her baby alive inside the...
Again, police warn against destruction of campaign billboards, posters, banners in Kwara
The Kwara State Police Commissioner, Paul Odama, has again warned against destruction of campaign billboards, posters and banners of political...
Niger: Police parade fake security team for invading Sen Musa’s home
The Niger State Police Command has arrested four members of a fake security team that invaded the home of Senator...
Residents threaten protest as construction site collapses, kills one in Akwa Ibom
Angry residents of Urua Ekpa community in the Itu Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State have started mobilising for...
Amotekun parades five suspected armed robbers in Osun
The Western Security Network Agency, aka Amotekun, has warned criminals and criminally minded individuals operating in Osun State to desist...
Father of two abducted children in Ilorin recounts ordeal
Lukman Aliyu, father of two abducted children in Ilorin, Kwara State capital, has recounted his traumatic ordeal in the hands...
Abductors of Ondo monarch demand N100m ransom
The abductors of the Oloso of Oso- Ajowa Akoko, in Akoko North West Area of Ondo State, Oba Clement Jimoh...
Police exhume corpse of newborn baby in Jigawa
The Police in Jigawa State have exhumed a corpse of a newborn baby buried alive in Kiyawa Local Government Area...
Zamfara security committee arrests man, 70, who allegedly raped girl, 13
Operatives of the Zamfara State Anti Thuggery Committee have arrested a 70-year-old man (name withheld) for allegedly raping a minor...
In Zamfara, security committee nabs bandits drug runners, others for various offences
The operatives of the Zamfara State Anti-Thuggery Committee apprehended a 14-year-old boy who specialized in breaking shops and stealing motorcycles...
Zamfara police rescue 75-year-old victim after 2 months in bandits’ captivity
Zamfara State Police Command has rescued a 75-year-old man, Alhaji Muhammad Sheshi, a native of Enagi village in Edati Local...
Gunmen storm Ogun communities, shoot three persons
Some gunmen stormed Abule-Oko, Agbado, Olaogun and Ijoko communities in Ifo Local Government Area of Ogun State, on Friday, and...
Court sentences Pastor to three years jail term for possession of human parts
Solomon Bello, a 35-year-old pastor has been sentenced to three years imprisonment after he was found guilty of possessing human...
Troops kill unspecified number of ISWAP, Boko Haram terrorists
Troops of Operation Hadin Kai have neutralized several fighters of the dreaded Islamic State in West African Province (ISWAP) and...
4 internet fraudsters die of drug overdose in Bayelsa
No fewer than four suspected internet fraudsters popularly known as Yahoo Yahoo Boys were on Friday reported dead after an...
Fire guts 6 shops in Jigawa market
A fire incident has razed down six shops in Hadejia Local Government Area of Jigawa State. State Spokesman of the...
NDLEA drags teenager to court for peddling restricted narcotics
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on Friday, charged a 19-year-old unemployed man, Abdullahi Aliyu, before a Federal High...
Gunmen storm palace, kidnap monarch in Ondo
The Oloso of Oso, Oba Clement Jimoh Olukotun, in Ajowa-Akoko in the Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State,...
Fuel scarcity: Drivers warned against transporting containers filled with petrol
Drivers in Ogun State have been warned to resist the temptation of loading their vehicle booths with containers filled with...
