Unidentified gunmen on Monday night attacked the house of Gyang Dachung of Nakai Danwal Village in Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau, killing six members of the household.
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Police in Zamfara on Tuesday confirmed the killing of 23 persons in Tunga and Kabaje villages, Kaura-Namoda Local Government Area by suspected bandits in the early hours of the day.
The Army said on Tuesday that it killed two terrorists, who attempted to cross into the Sambisa forest from Gwoza-Dure road in Borno.
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Tuesday, ordered that a Kenyan woman, Angela Gathangu, be remanded in custody of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency over alleged importation of 6.560 kg of cocaine.
Independent Corrupt Practices and other related offences Commission has begun investigation into alleged malpractices during the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination conducted across the country.
Ekiti State Government on Tuesday said it had arrested four people who failed to provide toilets in their residences.
According to available information, the bandits, who came in large number, stormed the village at about 1:30am on Tuesday, also taking with them three women
The highly influential newspaper said it gathered that dozens of gunmen arrived on motorbikes around 5:30am shortly after Sahur meal for the Ramadan and started shooting sporadically.
The Ebonyi Police Command says police authorities are working to unravel the cause of death of a popular prophetess in Ebonyi, who was found dead along Ezza Road, Abakaliki, recently.
Justice Mojisola Olatoregum of a Federal High Court in Lagos, on Tuesday, further adjourned until June 3, to sentence a former acting Director General of NIMASA, Calistus Obi, convicted of fraud charges.
The Force spokesman, DCP Frank Mba, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Abuja.
An Igbosere High Court in Lagos on Monday sentenced a 23-year-old Béninoise housekeeper, Christian Yavine, to death by hanging for the murder of a 78-year-old woman, Mariam Abiola.
As children mark the 2019 Children’s Day in the world, President of the Senate Dr. Bukola Saraki has prayed for the release of Leah Sharibu, who has been in Boko Haram captivity since February 19, 2018.
The Nigerian Air Force says its Air Task Force for Operation LAFIYA DOLE has decimated a location at Bula Korege in Sambisa Forest used by Boko Haram Terrorists as hideout.
The Umuahia Archdiocese of the Methodist Church Nigeria has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to reinvigorate the fight against corruption in order to achieve the desired result.
The Plateau Police Command said five persons were killed and 12 houses completely burnt in Sunday’s skirmishes between residents of Dutse Uku and Angwan Damisa, Jos North local government area of the state.
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency says it has apprehended a 33-year-old Kenyan lady with 6.5 kilogrammes of cocaine at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja.
The 33-year-old officer was one of those deployed for the enforcement of the Presidential Order to clear the entire Apapa area in Lagos State of articulated trucks within two weeks
The fresh crisis has since been confirmed by the police
The Intelligence Unit of the Nigerian Prisons Service attached to Kano Central Prison has intercepted a female visitor, Rifkatu Anthony, for attempting to smuggle in 39 wraps of Indian Hemps into the prison.