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Shoe cobbler reportedly kills brother after quarrel
A shoe cobbler simply identified as Nuhu has reportedly killed his brother, Umaru. The incident, our correspondent, assembled occurred...
Govt postpones resumption of schools over insecurity
Kaduna State Government on Friday postponed resumption dates of both Primary and Secondary schools in the state, earlier scheduled to resume academic...
JUST IN: APC Zone C chairman abducted in farm
Gunmen suspected to be bandits have abducted the Zone ‘C’ chairman of the All Progressives Congress (APC) in Niger State, Mallam Aminu Bobi in Mariga...
Woman to be charged to court for attempted suicide
The Police Command in Jigawa said that a housewife, Maimuna Wadaji, has been hospitalised after attempting to commit suicide in Dutse Local Government Area...
Govt postpones resumption of schools over insecurity
Kaduna State Government on Friday postponed resumption dates of both Primary and Secondary schools in the state, earlier scheduled to resume...
Again, 6 Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists surrender to Nigerian troops at Konguga, Borno
The gale of surrendering by Boko Haram and ISWAP terrorists, following the heat on their hideouts by sustained Air and ground assults by troops of...
COVID-19: Nigeria records 505 new cases in 13 states
As the more contagious delta variant of the COVID-19) spreads, a total of 505 new cases were recorded on Tuesday in Nigeria. The Nigeria Centre For...
Court sentences man to death for killing wife, child
An Adamawa high court has sentenced a man to death for killing his wife and a child she brought into the family, his stepson. The High Court sitting in the...
Quest for money pushed me into concealing cocaine in underwear – Woman
OPERATIVES of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have recovered 35 wraps of cocaine from the underwear of a lady, Edith Okafor, during the outward...
Boko haram ambushes security operatives escorting APC stakeholders from ward Congresses
Suspected members of the Boko Haram sect on Saturday ambushed security operatives escorting APC stakeholders near Kareto village, who were on their way to...
Man jailed seven years over sale of children
A Kano State High Court presided over by Justice Zuwaira Yusuf on Friday sentenced one Paul Owne to seven years’ imprisonment in addition to N100,000...
S.H.O.C.K.E.R! 7 men allegedly rape 17-yr-old boy
The Police Command in Katsina State has arrested five suspects for allegedly raping a 17-year-old boy in the state. The command’s spokesman, SP Gambo...
Two dead, 1,500 houses damaged as heavy rains pound three
The Katsina State Emergency Management Agency says over 1,500 houses were affected by the downpour experienced on Monday in three local government areas of...
Kidnappers demand N100m ransom for monarch
Those who abducted the paramount ruler of Jaba Chiefdom, Kpop Ham, Dr Danladi Gyet Maude, in Jaba Local Government Area of Kaduna State, have asked for a...
BREAKING: Boko Haram/ISWAP releases pictures of abducted soldiers, Yobe protocol officers
Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists have released pictures of the two soldiers and Yobe Liaison officer they abducted on Damaturu/Maiduguri highway on Saturday....
Sokoto: Gunmen hijack 3 buses, abduct 60 passengers
Over 60 passengers travelling to Kano from Sokoto by Sokoto State Transport Authority buses were reportedly abducted by bandits along the Sokoto-Gusau...
Promoters defraud tourists of N4m in Canadian visa scam
Two promoters of the Victoria Travels Resorts Limited, Mary Aweh and Olaleye Oluwadamilare, have been arraigned before the Kaduna State High Court over a...
Bandit recaptures fleeing student, collects N130,00, phone, SIM card
The Kaduna State chapter of the Christian Association of Nigeria on Monday explained how it secured the release of a Bethel Baptist High School student....
Police arrest house help, three others over alleged killing of banker
The Police Command in Yobe said it had arrested four suspects in connection with the killing of Hassan Abubakar, a staff of Damaturu Branch of United Bank...
5 in police net over alleged possession of illegal firearms
The Police Command in Kaduna State says it has arrested five suspects over alleged unlawful possession of firearms. The command’s Public Relations...
