Awujale stool: Police invite kingmakers over allegation of bribery, financial inducement
The Ogun State Police Command has invited some kingmakers to appear at the State Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) on Thursday…
Armed herders kill Mobile Police officer, six others in Benue attack
The State Governor, Hyacinth Alia has condemned the attack on the community and urged security agents to fish out the…
Police arrest five suspects over killings of two persons in Osun
Ogunyemi added that the suspects are being interrogated to determine their roles in the incident, assuring that the police would…
Gunmen abduct family of nine, release five in Edo
Suspected kidnappers have abducted nine members of a family, including a nursing mother and several children, along the Benin–Akure Road…
Oyo govt steps up environmental enforcement, arrests 19 illegal scavengers
The Oyo State Government, through the Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources, has intensified its environmental enforcement efforts across the…
Court convicts freight agent for importing 1.5 tonnes of tramadol
The Federal High Court in Ikoyi, Lagos, on Wednesday convicted a freight agent, Ajewole Ayo Joel, for his involvement in…
Ondo: Two drown in swimming pool during party
Two young men have been confirmed dead in Akungba-Akoko, in Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State, following a…
Yahaya Bello’s trial political, not money laundering — Lawyer tells Court
The trial judge, Justice Emeka Nwite, thereafter, adjourned the case to 5th and 6th February, 2026....
Sokoto: Police foil cattle rustling, recover AK-47, livestock
“The combined team responded with superior tactical coordination, forcing the suspects to flee...
Kaiama attacks: Bandits kill 40 in Kwara communities
At least 40 persons, including children, were reportedly killed by bandits on Tuesday evening in two communities of Woro and…
Troops destroy terrorists’ detention facilities in Borno
Troops of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN), in collaboration with other security agencies, have uncovered and destroyed notorious detention…
Former pension boss, Abdulrasheed Maina, slumps in Abuja
Former Chairman of the Pension Reform Task Team, Dr Abdulrasheed Maina, was rushed to a private hospital in Abuja on…
Lagos-Calabar Coastal road: Investors take possession of Winhomes estate, seek compensation
Investors under the auspices of the Association of Landowners in Winhomes Estate, Okun Ajah, have formally taken lawful possession of…
EFCC arrests Kannywood star, Samha Inuwa, over alleged Naira mutilation
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested Kannywood actress, Samha Inuwa, over...
Bandits attack Kwara communities, kill villagers, burn houses
Two communities of Woro and Nuku in the Kaiama local government area of Kwara state on Tuesday evening came under…
NIS arrests trafficking suspect, rescues 59 women, children in Borno
He said the group was travelling with a suspected trafficking agent who allegedly lured them with promises of “good jobs”…
One dead, multiple injured in Lagos–Ibadan Expressway crash
A yet-to-be-identified middle-aged woman has lost her life, while others sustained varying degrees of injuries, in a road accident that…
Insecurity: School closure, a preventive measure — Kogi govt
The Kogi State Government has clarified that the temporary closure of schools across the state was purely a preventive measure,…
Lagos Assembly stops demolition exercise in Makoko, others
The Lagos State House of Assembly has ordered an immediate halt to the demolition of structures in Makoko and adjoining…
Customs intercepts N3.3bn hard drugs, petroleum products, others
The Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘A’ of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) on Tuesday said it had arrested eight suspected…
