Man beaten to death for urinating near church
A man in Southern Germany was beaten to death by four men after he publicly urinated near a church, police said on Thursday. Police are searching for the four men who hurled insults and attacked the...
View ArticlePolice avert kidnap attempt on Lagos businessman
The suspectThe Lagos State Police Command has averted an attempt to kidnap a Lagos businessman, Oseni Agbamu Omolewa by a member of kidnapping syndicate in the metropolis. Detectives attached to Lion...
View ArticleOndo 2016: AD insists Olusola Oke’s candidature unknown
Oke The National Legal Adviser, Alliance for Democracy (AD), Mr. Kehinde Aworele, said the party’s National Executive Committee (NEC) did not recognise Chief Olusola Oke as its governorship candidate...
View ArticleGroup urges more awareness on domestic violence in Ikorodu
In a bid to reduce the high rate of domestic violence in Ikorodu, a non-profit organisation, Community Rights and Health Support Centre, has called on individuals, organizations and government to...
View ArticleNew Oba of Benin, true symbol of Benin heritage, says Tinubu
Bola Tinubu National Leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu, has described the new Oba of Benin, Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolor, Oba Ewuare 11, as a worthy son...
View ArticlePDP is crying wolf, says Obende
Obende Few days after the Edo State Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) and its governorship candidate, Mr. Osagie Ize-Iyamu, submitted their petitions at the election tribunal, urging it to declare him...
View ArticleIsiaka condemns attack on Ogun protesting workers
Isiaka The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship candidate of the in the last election in Ogun State, Prince Gboyega Nasir Isiaka, has condemned the alleged attack of labour leaders and...
View ArticleHow pregnant woman was killed by assailants in Lagos
PHOTO:AFP A pregnant woman was yesterday stabbed to death, while her husband, two children and a neighbour are in critical condition and receiving treatment at the Emergency Unit of the Ikorodu General...
View ArticleOkowa congratulates new Oba of Benin
Ifeanyi Okowa Delta State governor, Dr. Ifeanyi Okowa has congratulated HRM Omo N’Oba N’Edo Uku Akpolokpolor, Oba Ewuare II, the 40th Oba of Benin Kingdom, as he ascends the ancient throne of his...
View ArticleMimiko tasks police over security aide’s killing, condoles with family
Mimiko Ondo State Governor, Dr. Olusegun Mimiko has described DSP Idowu Oyewole, the Mobile Police officer in charge of his convoy who was killed by armed robbers on Wednesday, as a dutiful and...
View ArticleKidnapping: Lagos to impose death by hanging
Ambode Urges Collaboration To Win War Against Terrorism The Lagos State Assembly has recommended death by hanging as penalty for kidnapping in Lagos State. This was revealed yesterday when the...
View ArticleStudents narrowly escape death in Bauchi
Accidental leak of a chemical substance suspected to be chlorine from a cylinder in Bauchi on Friday, endangered the health of some students of a private school, Rainex Hallmark International College,...
View ArticleNight markets resurface in Maiduguri
PHOTO: yahoo Night markets have resurfaced in Maiduguri, the Borno capital, nearly three years after they disappeared due to Boko Haram insurgents’ attacks, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports....
View ArticleSpeed limiter: FRSC inspects over 2,000 commercial vehicles
FRSC personnel at work PHOTO: thenationonlineng.net The Benue Sector Command of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) has this month inspected over 2000 commercial vehicles for compliance with...
View ArticleLagos Government to arraign kidnappers of Iba monarch on Monday
Lagos Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice Mr. Adeniji Kazeem The Lagos State Government on Sunday said it would arraign the key suspects arrested for the kidnap of the traditional ruler of...
View ArticleEnugu ex-commissioner attacked over land
Anike Former Commissioner of Transport in Enugu State, Pastor Beloved Dan Anike yesterday narrowly escaped death allegedly masterminded by his kinsmen in Umuchigbo Iji-Nike community in Enugu East...
View ArticleAlleged fake policeman arrested
The suspect, OgbajiLagos State Police Command has arrested a 54-year-old man for allegedly impersonating a police sergeant.Operatives of the Dopemu Police Station apprehended the suspect, one James...
View ArticleEncomiums as Imo Police Commissioner, Lakanu buries in-law
Taiwo Frederick Lakanu,The hierarchy of the Nigeria Police and other dignitaries from across the country and beyond converged on the city of Sagamu, Ogun State, on Friday, as one of Nigeria’s most...
View Article‘He turned me to a sex slave’
The suspect, Azeez, with his victim Tricycle rider allegedly abducts 15-year-old girl in Lagos The operatives of Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of Lagos State Police Command have apprehended a tricycle...
View ArticlePolice confirm one dead in fracas at Minna motorpark
The Niger State Police Command has confirmed that one person was killed and another seriously injured following a misunderstanding between two transport unions at the Abdulsalam Abubakar Motorpark,...
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