Terrorists believed to be of Fulani extraction on Wednesday launched a deadly attack on two communities in Logo Local Government Area of Benue State leaving at least six farmers dead and 12 others severely injured. The attack, which occured at about 9 pm when most farmers had closed from their farms and were about to […]
The United States Government has extradited three Nigerians from the United Kingdom over their alleged involvement in a multimillion-dollar cyber-enabled business email compromise (BEC) fraud schemes in the Western District of North Carolina, Southern District of Texas and Eastern District of Virginia. Oludayo Kolawole John Adeagbo aka John Edwards and John Dayo, 43, a […]
The outgoing General Officer Commanding (GOC), 81 Division of the Nigerian Army (NA), Maj. Gen. Umar Musa, has said that the Army was doing its best to ensure the country remains peaceful with the current insecurity challenges facing it. Musa gave the assurance during the handing/taking over ceremony between him and the incoming GOC Maj. […]
The Jigawa State Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service has lost one of its officers after bandits attacked a patrol base of the agency along the Galadi-Birniwa axis. The deceased was identified as Abdullahi Mohammed. Two other officers identified as Abba Musa Kiyawa and Zubairu Garba also sustained gunshot wounds during the attack. The […]
The traditional ruler of Samora in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Oba Matthew Idowu Ajiboye, was arraigned at an Ilorin Magistrate’s Court on Wednesday for allegedly leading some hoodlums to attack the Oloba of Eju Land, Alhaji Maroof Afolayan Adebayo in his palace also located in the same local government. The police First […]
A suspected lesbian has been arrested with her married partner in Onitsha, Anambra State for allegedly, stabbing her partner’s husband to death. The incident occurred on Wednesday in Inland Town in the Commercial City. It was said that the suspect was cut in the act with her partner by the young man before the incident. […]
There was a robbery incident on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in the wee hours of Wednesday. The robbery occurred between 5.00 am and 6:15am on the long bridge, near Warewa bus stop. A passenger of one of the buses plying the road at the time, named Abayomi, told our correspondent that many motorists abandoned their […]
No fewer than 38 suspected criminals were arrested by the Adamawa State Police Command for allegedly committing various offenses across the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Sikiru Akande disclosed this yesterday while parading the suspects at the Command Headquarters in Yola Mr Sikiru Akande stressed that the suspects were apprehended in connection […]
For killing a 7-year-old boy in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, Justice Oluwatoyin Taiwo of an Ikeja Special Offences Court yesterday sentenced a pastor, Erinmole Adetokunbo, alongside his accomplice, Adedoyin Oyekanmi to death by hanging. Justice Taiwo arrived at the verdict after the convicts changed their plea from not guilty to guilty. It […]
Four unidentified persons have been confirmed dead in a road accident involving a Toyota Picnic and a stationary truck loaded with cement in Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State. The accident, it was gathered, happened after Ekiugbo-Ughelli junction by Hausa market and involved a Toyota Picnic vehicle loaded with adulterated diesel with two […]