The President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has said the leadership of the National Assembly will no longer tolerate the unnecessary killing of Nigerians by criminals threatening the security of the country.
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The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission and the National Youth Service Corps have resolved to collaborate to ensure that Nigerian youths shun corruption.
The South West Regional Security Operation, code-named Operation Amotekun, has finally been adopted by Governors of all states in the South West and the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu.
The Oyo State Security Network Agency and Amotekun Corps Bill on Thursday scaled through second reading on the floor of the state Assembly.
Chikun Local Government Education Authority in Kaduna State says it has uncovered nine cooks who disappeared after collecting N692,000 to feed pupils in the area in the ongoing National Homegrown School Feeding Programme.
A 28-year-old waitress, Dora Edet, on Thursday appeared before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly adding marijuana into noodles she cooked for her friend.
Kwara State Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq on Thursday said social inclusion, youths empowerment and timely administration of justice are key to fostering peace and development in any society.
A High Court in Ikeja, Lagos on Thursday ordered that a 28-year-old caterer, Imoleayo Robinson, who allegedly punched a baker to death during a fight, be remanded in a correctional centre.
A 34-year-old barman, Lukman Korede, was on Thursday docked before a Tinubu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos over alleged attempt to steal by altering the direction of a closed-circuit television camera.
Lawyers in Nigeria have scaled up the push for the decriminalisation of petty offences in the country to curb unwarranted imprisonment of poor and indigent citizens over minor issues.
Olakunle Oluomo, the Speaker of the House, read the Governor’s letter during plenary in Abeokuta
Afam Osigwe, counsel to Maina, who pleaded with the judge during the proceeding, said securing a senator to stand as surety had become a difficult task for his client
This was as the full names of the two Nigerians and their areas of origin in Imo State emerged
Few hours after President Muhammadu Buhari’s condolence visit to Maiduguri, Borno State on Wednesday over the killing on Sunday of 30 persons at Auno village on the Maiduguri-Damaturu Highway, Boko Haram has again struck in the state.
No fewer than 21 persons have been feared killed by bandits in Bakali village in Fatika District, Giwa Local Government Area of Kaduna State.
A Magistrates’ Court in Gombe on Wednesday ordered that a man, Haruna Musa, who allegedly assisted his friend to defile his two daughters, aged seven and nine, be remanded in a Nigerian Correctional Service centre in Gombe.
A former Governor of Osun State, Prince Olagunsoye Oyinlola, has expressed conviction that it is not too late to pull Nigeria back from the brink and save the country from Boko Haram, banditry and the myriads of other security problems threatening its corporate existence.
The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, on Wednesday met with governors of the South East zone at the Government House, Enugu.
Operatives of the Plateau State Police Command have killed a notorious kidnapper at Shimakarr village of Shandam Local Government Area and arrested three other suspects over criminal conspiracy and armed robbery in the state.
Governors of the South East on Wednesday pledged to support the Federal Government’s community policing initiative meant to involve community dwellers in security network.