Category: LOCAL NEWS
40 suspected internet fraudsters arrested in Port Harcourt
Operatives of the Port Harcourt Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested 40 suspected internet fraudsters in an...
Mob attacks policeman for causing accident in Osogbo
A mob in Osogbo, on Wednesday, attacked a policeman after he allegedly caused an accident where a resident, Hamzat Kazeem, 48, fractured his leg. It was...
Police warn terrorists to stay away from Lagos
The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, CP Hakeem Odumosu, yesterday, warned anyone or group of individuals with a sinister motive to cause...
EndSARS Panel: Ogaga died because he wanted to be President in cell — Police
The Nigerian Police Force, on Wednesday, denied the allegation that it extra-judicially killed one Ogaga Ohore, insisting that he died as a result of a...
2022 Budget: INEC to spend N1.3bn on funerals, Xmas bonus, others; N200m to audit accounts
THE Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, will spend N1.3 billion for funeral grants, Christmas bonus and severance allowances of public officers as...
Just In: EFCC arraigns fake Ize-Iyamu for duping APC of N70m
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Maiduguri Zonal Command on Wednesday arraigned one Tope Jimi Fagun before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the...
Suspected herdsmen kill 8 in Southern Kaduna community
Eight natives were killed by suspected herdsmen who invaded two villages, Kibori and Atagjah, in Atyap Chiefdom in Zangon Kataf Local Government Area of...
Ogun community protests installation of new Oba
ABEOKUTA – Indigenes of Imasayi, a community in Yewa South local government area of Ogun State on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest against the...
NSCDC parades man who allegedly swindled businesswoman of N800,000 while in Ogun prison
The Ogun State command of Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has paraded a suspect, Francis Adekunle, who allegedly swindled a 32-year-...
Gunmen storm market, kill 4 in Imo
Unidentified gunmen on Tuesday night stormed Anara market in Isiala Mbano Local Government Area of Imo State and shot at sight. While three persons...
Npower October Stipend – How To Validate Your Account To Get Paid
Npower October Stipend and how to validate your account to get paid for Npower Batch C can be accessed below. Nationnewslead reports that the management...
Senate approves Buhari’s $16bn, €1bn loan request
The Senate on Wednesday approved the sum of $16,230,077,718, €1,020,000,000 and a grant of $125,000,000 as foreign loans for the regime of the President,...
Couple, one other arrested for defrauding Ondo govt, religious leaders
A three members syndicate including a couple have been arrested for Impersonation, obtaining money by false pretence and conspiracy. The couple, Oluwaseun...
NAFDAC arraigns businessman for alleged importation of 100g fake Tramadol
A 43-year-old businessman, Afamefuna Udensi, on Wednesday, appeared before a Federal High Court in Lagos, on alleged importation of fake Tramadol drug. The...
Why we increased price of sachet water to 200 naira per bag — ATWAP
The Association for Table Water Producers of Nigeria, ATWAP, South-South Zone has disclosed that in its bid to maintain the standard of portable water and...
Man to die by hanging for killing police officer
An Ado-Ekiti High Court on Wednesday sentenced Abdulsalam Adinoyi (35) to death by hanging. In his judgment, Justice Lekan Ogunmoye said ‘’ I...
NSCDC personnel shoots labourer for urinating near office in Calabar
An unidentified personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps NSCDC,has shot a middle aged man for urinating opposite the State Command office...
3 clerics re-arraigned for alleged rape, abuse of corpses in Lagos
Three clerics were on Wednesday re-arraigned in an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court by the Lagos State Government on an eight-count...
17-year-old Girl drowns in well in Ilorin
The Kwara Fire Service on Wednesday recovered the lifeless body of a 17-year-old Girl, Aminat Abdulkadir, who drowned in a well since four days ago. The...
Court sentences auto-mechanic to life imprisonment for defiling 10-year-old neighbour
An Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court on Wednesday sentenced Friday Imoh, a 43-year-old auto-mechanic to life imprisonment for defiling his...
