Hoodlums have attacked the office of the Red Cross office in Gujba, Maiduguri-Potiskum Road, Damaturu, the Yobe State capital, destroying property and setting a vehicle ablaze. Photos show the vehicle on fire, as well as another Red Cross-branded Landcuiser and…
By Sodiq Adelakun Tragedy struck in the early hours of Wednesday as Aribemchukwu, the daughter of Justice Rita Ofili-Ajumogobia, was found murdered outside the gate of her Parkview Estate residence in Ikoyi, Lagos State. According to a family source, Aribemchukwu,…
The International Police Organization (INTERPOL) has revealed that hundreds of thousands of dollars are being flown out of Nigeria to other African nations and globally on an hourly basis. Garba Baba Umar, INTERPOL Vice President for Africa, made this statement…
A 16-year-old student, Bakare Sherif Abayomi, has abandoned his studies at the Tai Solarin University of Education, Ijagun, Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, due to persistent harassment by cultists. According to sources, Abayomi, who gained admission into the university last year, began…
Tension in Ikenne, Ogun State, escalated into violence on Saturday as youths protested a ban on the Oro festival, leading to the arrest of 20 individuals and the impoundment of two vehicles. The Ogun State Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Alamutu,…
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Ekiti State has paraded a 23-year-old man, Samuel Balogun, accused of rape, cyberstalking, conspiracy, and threat to life, among other crimes. The State Commandant, Mr. Agboola Sunday, paraded Balogun alongside three…
…Nabs tramadol kingpin with 100,000 tablets at Lagos transport hub The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, announced its operatives have arrested a Spain based businessman, 50-year-old Francis Akajiobi, at the departure hall of terminal 2 of the Murtala Muhammed…
The Seme Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) said it has intercepted six suspected to be victims of human trafficking along Kankon-Owode Road, in Badagry, Lagos. Comptroller Abdullahi Adamu, the Controller, Seme Command of NIS, disclosed this during a…
An Iyaganku Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, on Thursday remanded five men in a correctional facility over alleged possession of rifles and live ammunition. The five men are Muhammadu Ibrahim, 23; Abdullahi Aliyu, 30; Usman Abubakar, 28; Abubakar Umoru,…
…Generates over N312bn in six months By Barth Ndubuwah, Port Harcourt The Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Area II, Onne Port in Eleme Local Government Area of Rivers State, has announced the seizure of 40-foot containers containing contraband valued at over…
