The embattled family of a woman who was mistakenly lynched on Thursday after mob thought she was a kidnapper at Ipata Market area of Ilorin, Kwara State have demanded justice. The deceased who was said to have been suspected a…
Tension has gripped Amakohia-Ubi community in Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State as armed Fulani herdsmen launched a deadly attack killing one vigilante leader while others remain missing and many wounded. The incident, which occurred on Wednesday evening…
The Niger army on Thursday said that it had killed a leader of the jihadist group Boko Haram in the Lake Chad basin, where the country borders Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon. Bakura was killed during a “surgical operation” on an…
The Rivers State Police Command has arrested one Kingsley Chinamezu for the brutal murder of his 44-year-old girlfriend, Miss Confidence Sunny, in Etche Local Government Area of the state. In a statement in Port Harcourt on Wednesday, the Command’s Public…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), in collaboration with the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS), has repatriated 51 foreign nationals convicted of cyber-terrorism and internet fraud. According to a statement issued by the EFCC on Thursday, the deportees includes 50…
Senator Ned Nwoko has urged security agencies to ensure that culprits of staged kidnapping face the full weight of the law. Nwoko, representing Delta North Senatorial District, made the call in a statement on Thursday in Abuja, while frowning at…
Two kidnapped students have been rescued unhurt by the police in the Ikwo Local Government area of Ebonyi State. The students were rescued following an intelligent report, which led the operatives of Ikwo police division to storm an uncompleted building…
Three persons died on Wednesday in an accident along Nwanwu Junction, Igbeagu along the Enugu Abakaliki Ogoja highway. The incident, which happened just hours ago, also destroyed shops and properties. According to eyewitness accounts, the crash was caused by a…
The Anambra State Government has sacked all eight operatives of the Agunechemba Security outfit who were involved in the brutal assault and public stripping of a female corps member, Miss Jennifer Elobor. The Special Adviser to Governor Chukwuma Soludo on…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday ordered the temporary freezing of four bank accounts belonging to the immediate past Group Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian National Petroleum Company Limited, Mr. Mele Kyari, over allegations of fraud. The…
