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NDLEA arrests 103 suspects at Lagos airport
NDLEAThe Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA) Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in 2016 arrested 103 suspected drug traffickers and seized 779.919kgs of narcotic...
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Femi Kuti urges stars to focus on Boko Haram victims
Femi Kuti in the midst of the kids during the visit Renowned Afrobeat musician, Femi Kuti, has urged celebrities and their fans to work with the government to help millions of people struggling to...
View ArticleEx-banker arrested over N1.5b fraud
An ex-banker, who allegedly swindled 26 different people to the tune of N1.5 billion appeared before an Igbosere Magistrates’ Court in Lagos on Wednesday. The accused, Adebayo Ogunusi, is standing...
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Drama as court commits three to death by hanging over kidnap, murder in Ebonyi
It was a dramatic scene yesterday at the Abakaliki High Court 5 premises, when Justice D.O. Okoh sentenced three accused persons standing trial for murder since 2012 to death by hanging. Delivering...
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Three arrested in Ekiti for operating fake JAMB registration centre
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps has arrested three persons for allegedly operating fake Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board registration centres in Ado Ekiti. The suspects are Fagade...
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Oba of Benin ostracises suspended chief priest
New Oba and others The Benin Traditional Council (BTC) yesterday announced that the suspended chief priest, Nosakhare Isekhure, has been ostracised. The disclosure was made by the Obasogie of Benin,...
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Delta worried about relocation of 26 oil firms
PHOTO:WIKIPEDIA Okowa signs 13 out of 17 bills passed by Assembly The Delta State government has raised serious concern over the exit of 26 major oil companies following unabated hostilities and attack...
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The Guardian reporter assaulted by Lagos task force officials
Lagos State Task Force It was a brazen display of highhandedness and brutality when some policemen and officials of the Lagos State Task Force on Environmental and Special Offences Unit raided some...
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Police pick high-profile suspects in Turkish school kidnappings
Policemen stationed at the school... The police yesterday disclosed that ‘high-profile suspects’ had been arrested in connection with the kidnap of pupils and employees of the Nigerian Turkish...
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Petrol station fire kills two, injures seven in Ogun
The house which was gutted in Ogba... yesterday. Two persons, including a seven-year-old boy, were confirmed dead and seven others injured as a petrol station located in Adigbe area of Abeokuta, Ogun...
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Police arrest four suspects in Turkish school kidnap
Force Public Relations Officer, Don Awunah •Recover N1.2m ransom • NHRC, CSO condemn Turkish school kidnap Four suspects are already with the police for allegedly kidnapping pupils and teachers of the...
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NSCDC seals 4 private guards companies
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Borno has sealed four private guards companies for alleged illegal operation in the state. The NSCDC Commandant in the state, Abdullahi Ibrahim,...
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Security guard, 32, cuts off man’s thumb, faces two-count charge
A security guard, Abe Awobifawo, who allegedly attacked two brothers with machete cutting off the right thumb of one of them, was on Friday brought before an Ogudu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos....
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Army commend vigilance group for arresting suspected Boko Haram members
The Nigerian Army on Thursday commended members of a vigilance group in Zurmi Local Government Area of Zamfara for apprehending some Boko Haram suspects in the area. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)...
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APC gives Bello 4-week ultimatum to pay Kogi workers
Yahaya Bello The Kogi State Chapter of the All Progressives Congress (APC) has given the Governor of the state, Alhaji Yahaya Bello four weeks ultimatum to reconcile the on-going staff audit in the...
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Adamawa NUT rejects contributions - NUT Boss
NUT Another industrial crisis is brewing in Adamawa state, as the members of the National Union of Teachers (NUT) Adamawa state branch has said that it will not participate in the planed compulsory...
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Low turnout as Edo holds House of Representatives election
INEC The by-election into the Etsako Federal Constituency of Edo State was held across the three local government areas of Etsako East, Etsako West and Etsako Central. The turnout was not as impressive...
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Non-indigenes hijack job slots in Delta, says police boss
Police Commissioner, Mr. Zanna Ibrahim The Commissioner of Police, Delta State Command, Ibrahim Zanna, yesterday, said many youths in the state are unemployed because non-indigenes have hijacked the...
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PCNI donates N20m to Borno hospital, to foot 68 patients’ bills
Patients in a hospital ward The Presidential Committee on the North-East Initiative (PCNI) has donated N20 million to foot the bill of 68 patients receiving treatment at Borno State Specialists...
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Okorocha, others accuse NPS officials of culpability in court Invasion
Imo State Governor Rochas OkorochaGovernor Rochas Okorocha of Imo State has accused officials of the Nigeria Prison Service (NPS) of complicity in Friday’s invasion of the Owerri High Court premises,...
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