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We’ve fire extinguisher but don’t know how to operate it, Gumi reacts to fire incident in his residence

    Renowned Muslim scholar; Sheikh Ahmad Gumi whose Kaduna home was gutted by fire, has appealed to the concerned authorities to educate the public on the use...

Thugs Invade Igboho’s Residence In Ibadan, One Person Killed, Several Others Injured

    One person has been reported killed in an attack by thugs on the Soka residence of Yoruba Nation agitator, Sunday ‘Igboho’ Adeyemo, in Ibadan,...

Lady jobseeker was strangled with jeans trousers, says DSS

    An operative of Department of State Services (DSS), Mr. Ama Okeke said yesterday that killer of the late Iniubong Umoren, a jobseeker, strangled her with...

Court sentences 60-year-old EFCC impostor to three years imprisonment

    The Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo, the state capital, on Thursday sentenced one Ita Michael Sampson to three years imprisonment for claiming to...

FCT Police command declares curfew over area council polls on saturday

    In view of the area council elections in the Federal Capital Territory, (FCT) which is slated for Saturday, February 12, the Commissioner of Police, FCT...

Gambian Authorities Detain Nigerian Found With Cannabis Sativa, Others

    The Gambia’s Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested 36-year-old Nigerian national, Elem Onyekachi Chidozie in Kunkujang.   Chidozie was arrested...

Court remands two NSCDC officers for alleged armed robbery

    An Ikeja High Court on Wednesday remanded Amarachukwu Asonta, a 27-year-old female officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), and her...

NSCDC nabs woman, 58, for human trafficking, child labour

    The Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, has arrested a woman, Modupe Bello, over her alleged involvement in human...

Abuja house owner arrested over Yahoo boys’ estate invasion

    Men of the Federal Capital Territory Police Command have visited Mab Global Estate in the Gwarinpa area of Abuja said to have been invaded by suspected...

Monarch, residents shocked as gunmen kidnap nursing mother, baby

    Gunmen have kidnapped a 40-year old woman, Khadija Ardo, of Tsamiya village, Boi, in the Bogoro Local Government Area of Bauchi State. The joint security...

Just In: Timothy Adegoke’s Murder: Nigerian Government Discontinues Suit Filed Against Hilton Hotel Owner, Adedoyin, Nine Others In Abuja Court

    The Nigerian government has approached the Federal Capital Territory High Court in Abuja, asking it to discontinue the suit filed against Dr Ramon...

Widow faces imprisonment for cutting house help’s body with razor

    A house help, Joel Sunday, has been hospitalised after his boss, Opeyemi Omoyemi, tortured him with a razor blade and a knife at their residence on...

Osun NSCDC hands over rescued 14-year-old girl to police

    Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Osun State Command, has handed to the police, a 14-year-old girl, Pamela Ibe, who was allegedly...

Govt commences compensation of police brutality victims

    The Delta State Government today kick-started the payment of compensation to victims of police brutality as well as extra-judicial killings in the state....

BREAKING: 104 ISWAP Militants, Wives And Children Surrendered To Nigerian Troops, Army Says

    The Nigerian Army has said another 104 members of the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) and Boko Haram have surrendered to Nigerian troops. This...

BREAKING: Bandits kidnap Catholic priest, kill cook in Kaduna

    A Catholic parish located in Chawai, in the Kauru Local Government Area of Kaduna State has been attacked by suspected bandits on Sunday night, kidnapping...

It Is Laughable, Ill-timed — Adeyanju Speaks On Shina Peller’s Proposed Bill Seeking To Merge Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC With Police

    Human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju has condemned a bill proposed by lawmaker representing lseyin/ltesiwaju/ Kajola/lwajowa Federal Constituency in Oyo...

FG delists Ikoyi Hotel, 2 others from BPE’s Monitoring

    The National Council on Privatisation (NCP) has approved the delisting of three privatised enterprises from routine monitoring activities of the Bureau...

Sit-at-home: Abaribe reveals what Nnamdi Kanu told him, Ekweremadu, two bishops

    Nnamdi Kanu, leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has dismissed ordering Monday’s sit-at-home order currently being observed across the...

Governors, ex-govs, others meet in Lagos over insecurity, 2023 polls

    Political leaders comprising former and incumbent governors, ex-senators as well as business leaders met in a seminar in Lagos on Saturday to discuss...