2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (571+ words) A 35-year-old suspected kidnapper, Victor Ini, has told the Rivers State Police Command that he joined a kidnapping gang after he was promised N40,000 for his role in abducting a woman. Ini, a native of Akwa Ibom State, made the disclosure…...

2+ day, 23+ hour ago   (276+ words) The Kano State Police Command has arrested two suspects in connection with the killing of popular social media political commentator, Ibrahim Khalil Dan Shagamu, in the Gaida area of Kumbotso Local Government Area. Dan Shagamu was reportedly attacked at his…...

4+ day, 23+ hour ago   (557+ words) The National Agency for Food and Drug Administration and Control has linked Chinese counterfeiters now living in Nigeria to the proliferation of fake goods, worsening the production, distribution and sale of adulterated, harmful and unwholesome products. NAFDAC Director of Investigation…...

5+ day, 16+ hour ago   (154+ words) Former Kaduna State Governor, Mallam Nasir El-Rufai, has threatened legal action against the Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (retd.), over alleged defamatory remarks made during a recent television interview. El-Rufai, in a formal letter issued through his legal team,…...

1+ week, 16+ hour ago   (547+ words) The presidential candidate of the African Democratic Congress, Atiku Abubakar, has said the administration of Olusegun Obasanjo did not shield him from corruption allegations. Atiku, who was vice-president to Obasanjo, said he was never convicted despite different state institutions probing…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (229+ words) The Osun State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of four staff of the Ibadan Electricity Distribution Company, IBEDC, and two others for allegedly vandalising and stealing a high-tension power line pole in Ikirun. The command Public Relations Officer, Osun…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (322+ words) Four members of the same family have been confirmed dead following a three-storey building collapse at Popo Giwa, Ilorin, Kwara State, on Tuesday morning. The incident occurred around 5am at No. 41 Popo Giwa Street, beside Gogoro Mosque, with eight members of…...

2+ week, 29+ min ago   (164+ words) In a major breakthrough in the ongoing fight against transnational organised crime, Police personnel attached to the National Central Bureau (NCB-INTERPOL) Lagos Annex have rescued two foreign nationals lured to Nigeria and held captive by a human trafficking syndicate. A…...

2+ week, 19+ hour ago   (319+ words) Governor Ademola Adeleke has signed an Executive Order establishing a Coroner Inquest/Panel of Inquiry to investigate the killings, shootings and violence that occurred at Naira and Kobo Junction, Motor Park/Garage Area in Ikire, Irewole Local Government Area, on…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (429+ words) President Bola Tinubu has ordered a comprehensive forensic audit of the Integrated Personnel and Payroll Information System and Federal Government ministries, departments and agencies following the discovery of “fake agencies”, ghost workers and other control failures in the system. The…...