Police deny arresting Good Samaritan, warn against falsehood
Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Command, Fatai Owoseni Allegations that a Good Samaritan, Happiness, was arrested by policemen at Ifako Division, Lagos command after picking up a missing...
View ArticleMonarchs, Epe people vow support to Cleaner Lagos Initiative
Oba Tajudeen Elemoro Monarchs and residents in Local Governments (LGs) and Local Council Development Areas (LCDAs) under the Epe division of Lagos State have pledged support to Cleaner Lagos...
View ArticleTwo policemen killed by reckless driver
Osun State of Commissioner of Police, Mr. Fimihan Adeoye • Escape of ritual murder suspect embarrassing, says Rivers deputy governor • Former Minister abducted in Nasarawa Two police officers attached...
View ArticleStray bullet kills man scrambling for loot left behind by robbers
The bullet-ridden car One person was feared dead yesterday following a daylight robbery by suspected armed robbers along Wellington Bassey Way in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State capital. Eyewitness told The...
View ArticleKwara confirmed second case of Lassa fever
Kwara state government yesterday confirmed another case of Lassa fever in the Ifelodun Local Government Area (LGA), of the state. The new confirmed case is that of the father of a 10-year-old boy said...
View ArticleDelta partners World Bank, EU on Job Creation
WORRIED by the high unemployment rate in Delta state, the Secretary to the State Government, Mr. Festus Ovie Agas has reiterated the determination of the government to scale up its job creation agenda...
View ArticlePolice shot teenager dead at checkpoint in Yobe
THE Yobe State Commissioner of Police, Abdulmalik Sunumani, has confirmed the killing of a 14-year-old boy at a police checkpoint in Damaturu, the state capital. Sunumani, who described the incident as...
View Article2017 WASC Exams: Bayelsa ranks among best six again
Bayelsa State again maintained it's sixth position in the annual West African Examinations Council (WAEC) remaining consistent in the last four years at the leading best six states in country. Making...
View ArticleMob sets church ablaze over pastor’s alleged killing 11-year-old for ritual
An eyewitness said one among the three persons who kidnapped the girl on Thursday evening and killed her was caught and he confessed to the crime, prompting the Police to take the pastor into custody....
View ArticleTunde Ayeni receives distinguished Yoruba Entrepreneur Award
Dr Tunde Ayeni (CON), Chairman, Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company and Vice Chairman of ntel, has won the distinguished Yoruba Entrepreneur Award. The Award which was presented to him last Friday...
View ArticleRotary Club takes free medical outreach to Lekki community
In carrying out its service to humanity mandate, the Rotary Club of Lekki Phase 1, District 9110 Nigeria, has embarked on a free healthcare outreach to residents of Ogombo community in the Lekki area...
View ArticleThree nabbed for allegedly stealing expired cartons of spaghetti at NAFDAC...
The suspects: Kabiru Amar from Kano State, Yusuf Ahmed from Gombe State and Mohammed Ibrahim from Yobe State, were at the weekend apprehended by the police stationed at the dumpsite to monitor the...
View ArticleAmbode kicks off reconstruction of Igbo-Bola Tinubu-Igbe road
Akinwunmi Ambode, has kicked off the reconstruction of Igbo-Bola Tinubu-Igbe road in Igbogbo-Bayeku Local Council Development Area (LCDA) of the state. Lagos State governor, Mr. Akinwunmi Ambode, has...
View ArticleRRS arrests four alleged fraudsters
Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Lagos State Police Command have arrested four members of two fraud syndicates operating in Ikeja, Maryland, Ojodu-Berger, Agege and Oshodi parts of the metropolis....
View ArticleVGN vows to curb crime in Nigeria, seeks cooperation
Deputy Commandant General, South West, Vigilante Group of Nigeria (VGN), Chief Jimoh Aliu (middle) flanked by a monarch from the Republic of Benin, Gidimajegbe Omilase Avrankou and state commanders In...
View ArticleDownpour submerges houses, markets in Makurdi
One of the houses flooded with water yesterday. Thousands of residents in Makurdi the Benue State capital, have been displaced following a heavy downpour that lasted four hours yesterday, which left...
View ArticleTraditional cannon kills pregnant woman in Delta
Mrs. Ese Edewor, was taking her bath in a makeshift bathroom outside her apartment when the incident occurred on Saturday evening. The celebration was suspended following the death of the woman. •...
View ArticleLagos Court remands three men in prison over alleged kidnap of two Filipinos
High Court Three men were on Monday remanded in prison on the orders of an Ebute-Meta Chief Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly kidnapping two Filipinos. The accused — Yinka Adebanjo, 29; Seun...
View ArticleAnother suspected “Badoo” cult member arraigned for attempted murder in church
A 28-year-old suspected Badoo cult member, Ahmed Adeleke, who allegedly attempted to kill a teenage girl with a grindstone like object in an Ikorodu church, was on Monday brought before an Ebute Meta...
View ArticleCassava thief allegedly hacks farmer to death in Ogun
Ahmed Iliyasu • Police arrest two suspected brothers for armed robbery Ogun State police command yesterday paraded a 33-year-old man, Azeez Kilani, who allegedly stole cassava tubers and subsequently...
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