The Police Command in Borno, on Friday said it had arrested an Internally Displaced Person for allegedly stabbing a 43-year-old man to death.
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Residents of Aga community in Ikorodu, near Lagos, were on Friday greeted with shock when the corpses of a father, wife and their child were found in their apartment.
The Federal High Court in Cross River has ordered the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons to seal two brothels in Calabar.
The Police Command in Zamfara says it has beefed up security to forestall a breakdown of law and order following Friday’s Supreme Court Judgement nullifying the election of All Progressives Congress candidates in the state in the general elections.
An Ebonyi Magistrates’ Court sitting in Abakaliki on Friday sentenced one Simeon Nwodo, a retired Permanent Secretary in Ebonyi, to seven days’ imprisonment without an option of fine.
The Edo Police Command has arrested three members of a syndicate which allegedly specialises in child theft and sale, and operating an illegal orphanage in Benin.
A Senior Magistrates’ Court in Port Harcourt again adjourned until May 31, for judgment in a case of alleged theft of a day-old baby girl.
A renowned film maker and media practitioner Salisu Muazu, has been abducted by some armed men on Thursday evening on Kaduna-Jos road.
The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has uncovered an illegal factory at Akwa Ibom State that produces and circulates fake alcoholic beverages.
Residents of Umuchiakuma in Arochukwu Local Government Area of Abia State were treated to an unusual tragic spectacle on January 4, 2018 when an Abuja-based society lady, Monica Ota Uche, allegedly stormed the village with policemen and ordered them to open fire on youths who blocked her way.
Prof. Femi Odekunle, a member of the Presidential Advisory Committee Against Corruption, says the Federal Government must ruthlessly tackle corruption to ensure the country’s survival and prosperity.
The Edo Taskforce Against Human Trafficking and Irregular Migration said it had received 4,764 trafficked human returnees since its inception more than two years ago.
The Chairman Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, Abike Dabiri-Erewa, has denied a report accusing some foreign airlines of running drug cartels in the country.
An Enugu East Magistrates Court presided by Magistrate A. N. Chioke has remanded 140 members of the proscribed Indigenous Peoples of Biafra over an alleged treason.
The Katsina State Government has urged the Federal Government to hasten action on security measures to enable farmers to access their farmlands.
Tony Ojukwu, the Secretary, National Human Rights Commission said on Thursday that troops deployed for counter insurgency operations had the right to defend themselves against attacks by terrorists.
The Police Command in Enugu state has confirmed the arrest of 140 members of the Indigenous People of Biafra within Nsukka area of the state.
Sgt. Alufailu Peter, on Thursday told an FCT High Court that he saw the body of the deceased 17-year-old boy who was allegedly stabbed to death by Rukayat Abdulkareem, in a pool of blood on his bed.
Adamawa Commissioner of Police, Adamu Madaki, says the state command has been recording some successes in the fight against kidnappers in the state.
Hon Abike Dabiri-Erewa, the Chairman/CEO, Nigerians in Diaspora Commission, has denied a story credited to her that Egypt Air and Ethiopian Airlines run drug cartels in Nigeria.