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Sad as UNIZIK student gunned down dead by armed robbers while trying to collect sim card from his stolen phone

One Daniel, a level 200 student of Nnamdi Azikiwe University Awka, from the Department of Philosophy lost his life on Sunday, January 8, after being a...[Read More]

NNPC filling station in Dutse razed down by fire

A fire incident on Sunday, Jan. 8, razed down an NNPC mega filling station in Dutse local Government in Jigawa State. Reports say a Golf Volkswagen wi...[Read More]

2023 election: Christians should be aware that their destiny is at stake – Pastor Eneche

The founder of Dunamis International Gospel Centre, Pastor Paul Enenche has stated that the 2023 election has gone beyond the physical to the spiritua...[Read More]

Suspect arrested over kidnapping of 32 passengers at Edo train station

One suspect who is linked to the kidnapping of 32 passengers from a train station in Igueben, Edo state, on Saturday January 7, has been apprehended. ...[Read More]

Tragedy as woman loses her life after falling from husband’s motorcycle while on their way to church in Ogun

The Fajol axis of Obantoko area in Abeokuta, Ogun state witnessed tragedy on Sunday, January 8, after a yet-to-be-identified lady fell from her husban...[Read More]

Police nabs 61 for political thuggery in Kano State

The Kano state police command have arrested 61 suspected political thugs. The spokesman of the command, SP Abdullahi Haruna-Kiyawa, said the stateR...[Read More]

Man in Bauchi man shoots and kills his wife after mistaking her for his son who allegedly threatened to harm him

Men of the Bauchi State Police Command have nabbed one Nuhu Umar Usman, 40, for culpable homicide. The command’s spokesperson, SP Ahmed Mohammed...[Read More]

Why police patrol vans always look scattered and dirty explained by spokesman

The spokesman of the Nigerian Police Force, CSP Olumuyiwa Adejobi, has detailed why patrol vans used by police officers in the country are usually sca...[Read More]

Police in Adamawa arrests two men for beating woman and one other to death over allegations of poisoning their deceased brother

Operatives of the Adamawa state police command have arrested two men identified as Sani Amos, 28 and Obed Filibus, 32, for allegedly killing a lady an...[Read More]

INEC begins PVC distribution to wards and registration areas

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) will from today, January 6, begin the distribution of Permanent Voters’ Cards (PVCs) to registran...[Read More]

Bauchi woman, 50, arrested by police for killing co-wife

The Police Command in Bauchi State have arrested a 50-year-old woman identified as Amina Guguwa for allegedly killing her co-wife. The command’s...[Read More]

I pleaded with him to use condom – Court hears how a married nurse was raped by a security guard while on night duty

A married woman identified as Imolita, has narrated before the Special Offences Court, Ikeja, Lagos State, how she was sexually assaulted by a securit...[Read More]

MAPOLY workers stage protest over non-payment of three months salaries

The Non-Academic Staff Union members and Senior Staff Association of Nigerian Polytechnics, Moshood Abiola Polytechnic, Abeokuta, embarked on a protes...[Read More]

How unknown gunmen killed my seven-month pregnant wife and two children – Ebubeagu commander narrates

Mr. Kalu Chima, Commander of Ebubeagu Security Network in Afikpo South Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, has recounted how gunmen shot dead his s...[Read More]

Four arrested by NDLEA with 298 bags of Indian hemp

Four suspects have been apprehended with 298 bags of Indian hemp by the Kaduna State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. Mr Ibrahim B...[Read More]

Fugar community indigenes in Edo state celebrate the return of their ‘mother’, a big python (video)

A video showing some members of Fugar community in Edo state jubilating over the return of their “mother”, a huge python, is making waves over the int...[Read More]

JTF guns down three suspected kidnappers during raid at hideout in Bauchi

Three men suspected to be kidnappers have been killed in a Joint Operation carried out by Bauchi police command in forests at Alkaleri Local Governmen...[Read More]

Every election in the country conducted under 1999 constitution won’t produce leaders with new ideas – Afe Babalola (SAN)

Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Afe Babalola, has again called for a total restructuring of the 1999 constitution. Babalola who spoke in Ado-Ekiti, the Ek...[Read More]

Enugu community banish man over death of his brother’s five children

A Nigerian man identified as Uwakwe Ugwuanyi, has been banished for life from his hometown, Umuela village, Ibagwa-Aka community in Igbo-Eze South Loc...[Read More]

Nigerians ought to praise President Buhari and not criticize him – Ngige on claims that Buhari is responsible for hunger and high cost of living

Nigeria’s Minister of Labour and Employment, Chris Ngige, has said President Buhari ought to be hailed and not criticized, amid ‘hunger an...[Read More]

Another relative beats up medical doctor after losing patient at Ogun hospital

The Ogun State chapter of the Nigerian Medical Association has accused the family members of a patient of assaulting a medical doctor at the Federal M...[Read More]

Asset declaration: DSS and Police stopped by court from arresting INEC chairman

Justice M.A Hassan of an Abuja High Court on Wednesday, January 4, declined an application seeking at ousting the chairman of the Independent National...[Read More]

Presidential Brigade soldier allegedly opens fire at motorcyclists in Abuja, passenger killed

A motorcycle passenger has been killed by a Nigerian Army officer identified as Abubakar Idris, in Abuja. Punch reports that the officer attached to t...[Read More]

Anambra community leader assassinated by unknown gunmen (graphic photo)

Gunmen have murdered Hon. Ike Okolo, the President General of the Obosi Community in Idemili North Local Government Area of Anambra State.   Hon....[Read More]

Relatives of late patient kill medical doctor in Delta

The murder of one Dr Uyi Iluobe by relatives of his patient at a hospital in Oghara, Delta State, has been frowned upon by the Nigerian Medical Associ...[Read More]

PDP leader and four others killed by gunmen in Anambra

Five people, a People Democratic Party (PDP) leader inclusive, were reportedly murdered by armed men in Anambra State. The killings, believed to be cu...[Read More]

Woman abducted after revealing her destination on Facebook while heading to Katsina

A young lady identified as Ramlat Alh Shehu Aji was abducted on her way to Katsina state from Kagara in Rafi Local Government Area of Niger state afte...[Read More]

Three men arrested for trying to kill a policeman at accident scene

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command on Saturday, December 31st, 2022, nabbed three men who allegedly attempted to murder a police sergeant, Ak...[Read More]

COVID-19: Travel restrictions disrupted businesses and had no public health benefit – NCDC DG

Dr Ifedayo Adetifa, Director General of the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC), has stated that the travel restrictions earlier instituted by t...[Read More]

Plateau permanent secretary rescued by police after being kidnapped in front of his premises

The Plateau State Police have secured the rescue of a permanent secretary in the state, Engr Alexander Plangnam, who was kidnapped in front of his apa...[Read More]

Bandits kidnap retired colonel alongside his two children in Zamfara State

A retired military colonel, Rabi’u Yandoto, alongside his two children have been kidnapped by bandits along Gusau-Tsafe Road in Zamfara State. Report ...[Read More]

Nigerian man left traumatized after escaping from kidnappers den in Kaduna

A Nigerian man, 36, identified as Emmanuel Egana Jimmy, who was declared missing in Jos, Plateau State, has been found and rescued.   Jimmy went ...[Read More]

Man stabbed as bandits kidnap four residents in FCT

Bandits carried out an attack at the Kubwa area of the Federal Capital Territory and reportedly kidnapped four persons. It was learnt that the armed b...[Read More]

Kogi govt confirms explosion which happened during President Buhari’s visit

Government of Kogi state have confirmed the explosion which rocked the state on Thursday, December 29, while President Muhammadu Buhari visited the st...[Read More]

Drama as Delta PDP supporters fight with ushers over cooked rice at campaign ground

It was all chaotic at the campaign ground of the Peoples Democratic Party in Asaba, Delta state’s capital on Thursday, December 29, after some s...[Read More]

Lagos government to arraign police officer who allegedly shot and killed pregnant Lawyer, Bolanle Raheem

The government of Lagos state will today, December 30, parade Drambi Vandi, the police officer who allegedly shot and killed pregnant Lawyer, Bolanle ...[Read More]

Airstrikes kill many high ranking Boko Haram insurgents in Borno

Air task wing of Operation Hadin Kai have killed plenty of suspected Boko Haram/ ISWAP terrorists in their hideouts in Bama Local Government Area of B...[Read More]

See photos from the funeral of 4 siblings murdered by kidnappers in Taraba after receiving N60m ransom

The kidnapped siblings who were murdered by their kidnappers after receiving N60 million ransom from their father, have been buried in Garin Dogo in L...[Read More]

Court restrains DSS and other security agencies from arresting Godwin Emefiele

A High Court in Abuja has restrained the State Security Service and other security agencies from neither arresting nor detailing the governor of Centr...[Read More]

Presidency comes down hot on Bishop Kukah over remark on Buhari’s govt, accusing him of suffering from amnesia

The Presidency has clapped back at the Bishop of the Sokoto Catholic Diocese, Bishop Mathew Hassan-Kukah, who in his Christmas preaching slammed the P...[Read More]

Arise, take up arms and defend yourselves against bandits – Governor of Bauchi charges villagers

Governor of Bauchi State, Senator Bala Abdulkadir Mohammed has urged the residents of villages surrounding Duguri District of Alkaleri Local Governmen...[Read More]

Man dies inside his car while waiting to purchase fuel in Oyo

There was tension at a gas station in Oluyole Estate in Oluyole Local Government Area of Oyo State, after an unknown man collapsed and died while stan...[Read More]

Sad as three die after explosion rocks Kogi ahead of President Buhari’s visit

Three people have reportedly lost their lives following an explosion that rocked Okene Local Government Area of Kogi State. The incident occurred at t...[Read More]

Buhari approves the procurement of 400 armoured vehicles for FCT, Nasarawa, and parts of Niger State

President Muhammadu Buhari has given the approval for the procurement of 400 armoured vehicles for Brigade Guards to secure the Federal Capital Territ...[Read More]

NBA places demand of N5b for family of slain Lagos lawyer

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has reacted to the death of their colleague, lawyer Mrs. Omobolanle Raheem, announcing that it would be demanding n...[Read More]

Ogun police nabs suspected Yahoo boys and girls for allegedly kidnapping their colleague over sharing of proceeds

Four suspected internet fraudsters aka Yahoo Boys were on Monday, December 26, apprehended by operatives of Ogun state Police Command, for allegedly k...[Read More]

Osun speaker reacts to order by state government to return all official cars, says “We have severance package law”

Hon. Timothy Owoeye, speaker of the Osun house of assembly, has reacted to the directive of the state government for ex appointees of the state to ret...[Read More]

Bolanle Raheem: Lagos police PRO, Benjamin Hundeyin says claims that the officer responsible for the shooting has been released is totally false

The spokesman of the Lagos state police command, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, has played down claims that ASP Drambi Vandi, who is allegedly responsible for ...[Read More]

Medical doctor assaulted by relatives over patient’s death in Ilorin; deceased corpse seized by hospital

The management of the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH), Ilorin, Kwara State have decided to seize the remains of a patient, Alhaji Saliu,...[Read More]

Failure to punish this person, many will interpret that as an invitation for chaos – Rapper Falz writes as he reacts to the killing of Bolanle Raheem by a police officer

Ace Nigerian rapper, Falz, has stated that if the police officer alleged to have shot and murdered a pregnant Lagos Lawyer, Mrs Bolanle Raheem, is not...[Read More]