The Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, on Monday assured residents of Kwara State that security agencies would intensify efforts to drive out criminal groups and restore peace in affected communities. Disu gave the assurance in Ilorin while addressing security stakeholders…
Justice Ismail Ijelu of the Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja, on Monday, March 9, 2026, convicted and sentenced Obiajulu Emeka Emmanuel to one year imprisonment for obtaining the sum of $850,000 under false pretences. The Economic and Financial…
There is growing tension in Nwezenyi Community, Igbeagu, in Izzi Local Government Area of Ebonyi State after at least three persons were reportedly shot dead by 11pm on Sunday night. According to a resident of the area who spoke with…
The High Court of Ebonyi State sitting in Abakaliki has ordered social media influencer, Chika Nwoba, to pay N5 million as general and aggravated damages for defaming a legal practitioner, Ugadu Chinendu Ngele. The judgment was delivered on Thursday, February…
The Sokoto State Police Command has confirmed that a bandit attack on Mallamawar Yari village in Gawakuke Ward of Rabah Local Government Area left one person dead and five others kidnapped. The assault reportedly took place on Saturday night when…
The All Progressives Congress (APC) has expressed shock at its member’s involvement in the kidnap and eventual death of HRH Francis Igwe, father of Ebonyi’s former deputy governor, Dr Kelechi Igwe. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that confirmed…
A former two terms Councilor at Ibeju-Lekki local government council in Lagos state, Sheleru Sadiq Olalekan has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) following credible intelligence linking him to illicit drug sale and trafficking….
The Ebonyi State Police Command has arrested seven suspects in connection with the kidnapping and killing of HRH Eze Francis Igwe, a traditional ruler in Ebonyi State. In a press release dated March 6, 2026, and signed by the Police…
The Ebonyi State Government has ordered the destruction of all shrines and deities in the Amasiri community of Afikpo Local Government Area, over its complicity in a recent violent conflict. Nwifuru gave the order for the demolition of the shrines…
The Lagos State Police Command has dismissed four officers for their alleged role in the shooting that left seven traders dead at the Owode Onirin Market in Kosofe Local Government Area of the state. The state Commissioner of Police, Olohundare…
