Police on Friday arraigned a 37-year-old driver, Mohammed Hamza, at a Gwagwalada Magistrates’ Court in Abuja, for allegedly defrauding his client of N420,000. He was arraigned...
Police operatives in Kaduna have arrested three suspects involved in Automated Teller Machine (ATM) swap in the state. The police also recovered 54 ATM cards with...
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has arrested a village head, Chief Okon Asuquo Eteokpo, and other suspects in connection with the murder of vigilantes from...
As of June 2024, the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has registered over 71,000 missing persons across Africa, according to a statement released on...
The Federal High Court on Friday granted an order to the Department of State Services (DSS) to freeze 20 bank accounts linked to Aisha Abdulkarim, a...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested four members of a syndicate for allegedly impersonating its chairman, Ola Olukoyede, in a $1 million fraud....
Akwa Ibom State Police Command has killed one Ubong Effiong Archibong, also known as ‘Condiment,’ a notorious kidnapping kingpin and leader of the Bling Bling Marine...
The Katsina State Police Command has successfully foiled an attempt by bandits to kidnap a girl in Faru village, Jibia Local Government Area of the state....
Nigerians have continued to heap praises on a honest cleaner working at the Kano International Airport after he returned a whopping sum of $10,000 (approximately N16m),...
Former ny Presidential aide, Bashir Ahmad, has called for the regulation of social media platforms especially TikTok as, according to him, the platform is causing more...
The Zamfara State Police Command has denounced the killing of Halliru Liman, a police officer who was shot dead by military personnel. The command has called...
The Federal High Court in Abuja has authorized the Defence Intelligence Agency (DIA) to detain Assistant Superintendent of Police (ASP) A. A. Babangida and 19 other...
Police operatives in Lagos have arrested a nurse over the death of a 36-year-old woman simply identified as Abiola in the Lekki area of the state....
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Wednesday quizzed one Solomon Yohana for allegedly impersonating one of its staff in Gombe State. The EFCC’s Head...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 24 suspected internet fraudsters in Edo State. The EFCC’s Head of Media and Publicity, Mr. Dele Oyewale,...
A Nigerian Navy officer, Abdul Rasheed Muhammad, has been arrested for the murder of Aminu, the son of former Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral I....
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) reported on Wednesday that passengers involved in a crash between two Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) buses have been rescued....
The Lagos Mass Transit Red Line Rail will begin partial operations today, Wednesday, August 28, according to a statement by Kolawole Ojelabi, spokesperson for the Lagos...
The Bauchi State Police Command has announced the arrest of two suspected robbers in the state capital. In a statement released on Tuesday, Police Public Relations...
Gunmen have kidnapped Aribibia Fubara, a director of the Rivers State Internal Revenue Service. The abduction occurred when the assailants, arriving via a speedboat from the...
Residents of Jikwoyi Phase IV in the Federal Capital Territory voiced their anger and frustration on Monday over the Abuja Electricity Distribution Company’s failure to replace...
The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) reported on Sunday that several terrorists were killed during an airstrike targeting the Malum Forest in Kaduna State. The operation, conducted...
The Kaduna State Police Command has announced the arrest of two cattle rustlers, two notorious gun runners and the foiling a Kidnapping attempt and recovered a...
Adejuwon Soyinka, the Regional Editor of The Conversation Africa and an investigative journalist, has been released on bail after being detained by the Department of State...
The Lagos State Task Force on Environment has arrested six persons for urinating on a rail track opposite the Nigeria Army Shopping Complex in the Oshodi...
The Nigeria Police Force, on Saturday, confirmed the arrest of Bristol Tamunobiefiri, aka PIDOMNigeria, an anonymous whistleblower known for exposing alleged government malfeasance on social media....
Police on Friday arraigned five men at the Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan, Oyo State, for alleged attempted murder of a neighbour. The defendants are...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 14 suspected internet fraudsters in Benue State. The commission’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, disclosed...
A 40-year-old woman in Jigawa State has set herself on fire after being divorced by her husband, resulting in her death. The incident occurred in Garin...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has arrested 22 suspected internet fraudsters in Edo State. The commission’s Head of Media and Publicity, Dele Oyewale, disclosed...
The Enugu State Government on Wednesday demolished properties used by kidnappers to detain their victims in the outskirts of Enugu, the state capital. The properties, including...
The Katsina State Police Command has arrested a 21-year-old man, Halilu Yusuf, for allegedly kidnapping a six-year-old boy. The police spokesman in the state, ASP Abubakar...
A 38-year-old nurse, Amarachukwu Nzekwe, has been arrested in Anambra State for allegedly abusing her 13-year-old nephew with a hot laundry iron, leaving him with severe...
The abducted district head of Gatawa, Alhaji Muhammad Bawa, has reportedly died in bandits’ captivity due to non-payment of ransom. A family source disclosed the news...
Four people died on Tuesday evening in a canoe accident at Kauranmata village, Madobi Local Government Area of Kano State. The canoe was carrying 15 rice...
A driver of a gas-laden tanker sustained injuries when his vehicle overturned along the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway in Lagos State on Wednesday. The spokesman for the Lagos...
Police operatives in Kano State on Wednesday said that significant progress had been made in combating crime in the state. This was in compliance with the...
The Bauchi State office of the National Agency for Food and Drugs Administration and Control (NAFDAC) has embarked on a three-day operation to rid markets of...
The Lagos Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Monday, August 19, 2024, arraigned one Ayodele Toyosi for an alleged investment fraud before...
Two siblings on Saturday died in a mine collapse in Kakaki village, Paikoro local government area of Niger State. The victims – Zubairu Ibrahim (20) and...
Police operatives in Akwa Ibom have arrested a man for alleged possession of firearms and substances suspected to be cannabis sativa. The spokesperson for the state...
A 58-year-old man has died while embarking on spiritual fasting in Lagos State. The spokesman for the state police command, Benjamin Hundeyin, confirmed the news to...
The Lagos State Taskforce has undertaken a cleanup exercise along Mile 2 Oke on the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway, removing illegal shanties, roadside vendors, and confiscating 2000 litres...
Two suspected armed robbers have been mobbed and lynched to death by an irate mob for allegedly killing a commercial motorcycle operator and snatching his motorcycle...
The Kaduna State Police Command has announced the arrest of two notorious gunrunners and an informant for kidnappers, as well as the rescue of two kidnap...
Governor Hyacinth Alia of Benue State has warned kidnappers and other criminal elements operating within the state to find relocate, as his administration would not rest...
Police operatives in Lagos have detained two men for alleged theft of a vehicle brainbox in the state. The spokesman for the state police command, Benjamin...
The Lagos State Governor, Mr. Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday, commissioned the Red Line Overpass in the Mushin area of the state. The flyover is the last...
Police operatives in Ogun have arrested one Adekunle Adebajo for the alleged murder of a suspected member of a rival cult group in the Ijebu Ode...
The Nigerian National Petroleum Company Ltd. (NNPC Ltd.) has dismissed claims that it sells employment slots to the public, describing such allegations as “fraudulent antics.” In...
