Crime
Bandits commanders agree to suspend attacks in Zamfara
Bandits commanders in Birnin-Magaji Local Government Area of Zamfara, on Friday agreed to suspend attacks on the people at a dialogue meeting with the state government and security officials.
Read moreHow Nigeria can find peace – Oritsejafor
A cleric, Pastor Helen Oritsejafor, has called for national dialogue to resolve challenges threatening the peace and unity of Nigeria, saying like a marriage the country would find peace through...
Read moreCorruption cuts across sectors – ICPC Chairman
Prof. Bolaji Owasanoye, Chairman, Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission on Friday said prevalence of corruption in the country was widespread, not limited to any sector or agency.
Read moreUN decries reported attacks on aid workers in Borno
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Nigeria, Edward Kallon, has expressed concern over reported attacks on aid workers in northern Borno, and called on people to eschew spreading such unverified information.
Read moreSecurity: Tambuwal warns against harassing, killing innocent Fulanis
Governor Aminu Tambuwal of Sokoto State on Friday cautioned local vigilantes against harassment and killing of innocent Fulani over bandits attacks in the state.
Read moreNEMA embarks on sensitisation, awareness campaign against banditry
Alhaji Sanusi Ado, the Coordinator, NEMA Kano Territorial Office, made this disclosure at a three-day Staff Management Retreat in Dutse on Friday.
Read morePolice begin investigation on suspected armed robbery attack on Catholic priest in Enugu
The police command in Enugu state says it has commenced investigation into the alleged armed robbery attack on a Catholic priest, Rev.-Fr. Paulinus Ilo, and his parishioner.
Read moreCourt remands two teenagers for allegedly defiling 13-year-old girl
Chief Magistrate Olufunke Sule-Amzat, who did not take the plea of the defendants, ordered that they should be remanded in Kirikiri Prisons.
Read moreFather accused of sexual assault on three daughters remanded in prison
The Magistrate, Olufunke Sule-Amzat, who did not take the plea of Fashola, remanded him in Kirikiri Prison and ordered that the case file be sent to the state’s Director of...
Read moreNavy parades nine illegal petrol suspects with 92 drums of adulterated PMS in Ondo
The Nigerian Navy on Friday paraded nine suspected illegal petroleum dealers arrested during their operation on the Igbokoda coastal-line in the Ilaje Local Government Area of Ondo state.
Read moreInsurgency: Army confirms killing of Colonel, Captain, three soldiers by Boko Haram
The Deputy Director, Public Relations, Operation LAFIYA DOLE, Colonel Isa Ado, gave the confirmation in a statement in Abuja
Read moreMan docked for allegedly raping teenager
Olaitan, whose address was not provided in court, faces a two-count charge of rape and sexual assault, to which he pleaded not guilty.
Read moreInsurgency: Army confirms death of Colonel, Captain, three soldiers
The Deputy Director, Public Relations, Operation LAFIYA DOLE, Col. Isa Ado, gave the confirmation in a statement in Abuja.
Read moreDad sentenced to life imprisonment for killing three daughters, wife, grandmother
The people were found dead inside their home in suburban Perth in September 2018 after Harvey walked into a police station in the Pilbara region and reported himself.
Read moreInsecurity: Northern leaders’ comment diversionary, uncomplimentary — YSF
Members of the NEF and the Coalition of the Northern Groups have asked Fulani herdsmen to leave the Southern part of Nigeria and return to the North, where they said...
Read morePolice nab suspected killer of NYSC members in Bayelsa
The command said the suspect and 28 others were nabbed across the state for various offences, including kidnapping, armed robbery and cultism.
Read moreOlakunrin: We’ll no longer allow our people to be killed like chickens — Gani Adams
Adams, who said though the Yoruba nation will not go to war over the spate of kidnapping, armed robbery, herdsmen invasion and banditry in the South West, spoke in Akure,...
Read moreJonathan to Nigerian leaders on insecurity: We have to keep talking
Jonathan said this in Abuja during the public presentation of a book: “Not By Might Nor By Power: Selected messages to the world,” an autobiography written by the Primate of...
Read moreDSS raises alarm over cloning of government official websites
The Department of State Services says its attention has been drawn to activities of some unscrupulous elements cloning official websites of some government agencies and using same to defraud unsuspecting...
Read moreCompany denies involvement in ambulance usage for conveying illegal tramadol
Medbury Medical Services, owner of the ambulance illegally used to convey 10 cartons of stolen tramadol in Lagos State, has denied involvement.
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