The Police Command in Kebbi on Monday said that 16 persons and not 50 were killed by yet to be identified gunmen in the attack on Dankade village on Friday. Some online media had reported that no fewer than 50…
A mob in Warri, Delta State has beaten a man, who appeared to be mad, but was suspected to be a ritualist in disguise. The man, who would have been lynched, was rescued from the mob by policemen from the…
…Seizes cash, arms, ammunition, 137.754kg narcotics across 7 states About one million, five hundred thousand tablets and capsules of pharmaceutical opioids such as Tramadol, Exol-5 and Diazepam loaded in Onitsha, Anambra state and heading to Yauri, Kebbi state have been…
The National Leader of the All Progressive Congress (APC), Bola Tinubu, says Nigeria will win the ongoing war against banditry, kidnapping, killing and other security challenges facing the country. Tinubu gave this assurance on Sunday when he paid a condolence…
President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness about the fresh killings in Bassa Local Government of Plateau State, saying that the recent incident is not in keeping with the principles of the peace agreements reached between the Irigwe and the Fulani…
A Makurdi Magistrates Court on Thursday remanded a 25-year-old businessman, Godwin Ochai, for alleged criminal conspiracy and robbery. The Magistrate, Mr Victor Kor, did not take the plea of the defendant for want of jurisdiction. He ordered that the defendant…
The Police Command in Plateau has arrested one Moses Oko, 20, for allegedly killing Miss Jennifer Anthony, a 300-Level student of the University of Jos. The Commissioner of Police, Mr Bartholomew Onyeka, presented the suspect to journalists on Wednesday in…
By Akintunde Jacobs, Akure An Ondo State High Court, sitting in Akure has ordered the Arijodi/Ologunmolaare family in Akure to set up a standing committee that would be in charge of the family’s property in order to reunite the entire…
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) said on Wednesday that it had reduced smuggling in Kebbi by 35 per cent last year, when compared with similar activities in 2020. Area Controller of the Service in the state, Mr Hafiz Kalla, who…
By Mike Adebayo, Ado-Ekiti A Chief Magistrate Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti, presided over by Chief Magistrate Abdulhameen Lawal has granted an order to remand one Kayode Abayomi (39) in the Nigerian Correctional Centre, Ado-Ekiti for fourteen (14) days to allow…
