No fewer than 15 houses, farmlands and other properties worth millions of Naira were razed in a mysterious fire at Rafin Ciyawa village in Ningi Local Government Area of Bauchi State. Residents of the village believe the mysterious fire was…
A 35-year-old woman, Rifkatu Haruna, has been apprehended by the Nasarawa State Police Command for allegedly stealing a three-year-old male child in the state. The suspect was paraded alongside 18 others on Wednesday in Lafia, the state capital. According to…
A High Court sitting in Port Harcourt, the Rivers State capital, on Thursday remanded an alleged fake lawyer identified as Stanley Epini Ejiroghene in police custody. Ejiroghene was found to have practiced for 10 years in the state. The suspect…
No fewer than six people have been killed in the Okitipupa community, headquarters of Okitipupa Local Government Area of Ondo State. The cult clash, which was said to have started last Wednesday, had given the community sleepless nights. Meanwhile, in…
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, has confirmed two cases of COVID-19 Omicron variant in the country. A statement signed by the NCDC Director-General, Dr Ifedayo Adetifa said the two cases were discovered through genomic sequencing. Adetifa said the…
A secondary school student, Segun Dosumu, is to spend three weeks in jail with hard labour for threatening to kill one of his teachers. This is as an Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court found the 20-year-old student guilty of the charge preferred…
A man in Yola, the Adamawa State capital, has been sentenced to 15 years imprisonment for breaking into houses and stealing 16 phones and other items. Abdulazeez Adamu, 22, from Nasarawo, Jimeta, was found guilty by Chief Magistrate Court 1,…
Ten persons reportedly perished in a fatal auto crash at Onipako village on Jebba-Bode-Saadu highway on Sunday. Seventeen others were injured in the auto crash which occurred at about 2.40p.m at Jebba, in Moro Local Government Area of Kwara state.…
Commercial activities were grounded around 12 noon in Owerri, capital of Imo State, on Monday, as many residents hurried home to avert any ugly situation. Many banks, markets, public and private schools have also shut down in Heartland City, even…
The House of Representatives has demanded investigation into the killing of four residents of Igangan, Igbo Ora, Ayete, Tapa in the Ibarapa area of Oyo State by men of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). This followed the adoption of a…
