May 22
Nigeria: We Wanted Kano Emirates Dissolved After Gov Abba Took Over - Lawmaker
A principal officer of the Kano State House of Assembly says some lawmakers wanted to dissolve Kano emirates 20 days after the inauguration of the Abba Kabir Yusuf administration. Read more »
Nigeria: 270 Unclaimed Infant Corpses for Mass Burial in Edo
The Coordinator, Mortuary Services, University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Dr Ehizogie Egbeobauwaye Adeyemi, has disclosed that the hospital will conduct a mass burial for… Read more »
Nigeria: 127 Arrested for Not Using Pedestrian Bridges in Lagos
Operatives of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (KAI) have arrested about 127 persons for offences relating to the non-usage of pedestrian bridges in the state. Read more »
Nigeria: Police Bust Cybercrime 'Academy', Arrest 17 in Benue
The Police in Benue State have busted a fraud academy and arrested 17 suspects in connection with cybercrime from different parts of the state. Read more »
Nigeria: Troops Reject N2m Bribe, Capture 6 Suspected Kidnappers in Taraba
Troops of 6 Brigade Nigerian Army/Sub Sector 3 Operation Whirl Stroke (OPWS) in Taraba State have rejected N2 million bribe offered to them by some arrested kidnappers. Read more »
May 21
Nigeria: Another Chinese Expatriate 'Kills' Nigerian Who Rejected Love Advances
Ocheze Ogbonna, a female crane operator at Inner Galaxy Steel Company, Umuahala-Obuzor in Ukwa West Local Government Area of Abia State, has been allegedly killed by a Chinese… Read more »
Nigeria: Residents Flee As Bandits Raid Communities in Niger
Dozens of residents in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State were forced to flee their homes on Sunday night following a series of attacks by bandits. Read more »
Nigeria: 9 Arrested As NSCDC Uncovers Fresh Illegal Refining Sites in Rivers
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested nine suspected oil thieves at an illegal refinery in a forest boundary between Rivers and Abia. Read more »
Nigeria: Policies to Boost Industrialisation, Tackle Unemployment Developed - Minister
The Minister of Innovation, Science and Technology, Dr Uche Nnaji, has said policies and programmes that will harness innovation and tackle challenges of insecurity, poverty and… Read more »
Nigeria: How Emefiele Was Slammed With Five Charges After Removal
When the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on May 14 arraigned former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, on a fresh corruption… Read more »
May 20
Nigeria: Kidnapping - Youth Group Holds Security Summit in Abuja
The Coalition of Nigerian Youth in Security and Safety Affairs (CONYSSA) has organised a security summit with a call on stakeholders to collaborate with security agencies to tackle… Read more »
Nigeria: Crisis - Normalcy Returns As Police, Soldiers Take Over Bannex Market in Abuja
Normalcy has returned to Bannex market in Wuse District of Abuja after a clash involving soldiers and traders at the market on Saturday. Read more »
May 19
Nigeria: NDLEA Declares Indian-Based Nigerian Couple Wanted for Drug Trafficking
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has declared wanted, a couple, Kazeem Omogoriola Owoalade (alias Abdul Qassim Adisa Balogun) and Rashidat Ayinke Owoalade (alias… Read more »
May 17
Nigeria: Explore Islamic Law to Resolve Conflicts, Don Urges Us, UN, Others
A law professor at the University of Abuja, Ali Ahmad, has called on international actors to explore Islamic legal provisions for the resolution of the violent conflicts in… Read more »
Nigeria: Bandits Kidnap Ex-Kogi Govt Adviser, Send Video to Family
Bandits abducted a former Special Adviser (SA) on Education to the immediate past government in Kogi State, Comfort Alege, in Lokoja on Wednesday and have demanded a ransom. Read more »
Nigeria: Illegal Money Changers Fueling Terrorism Funding - CISLAC
The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and Transparency International in Nigeria (TI-Nigeria) have said that illegal money changers are responsible for the rising… Read more »
Nigeria: Housewife Sentenced to Community Service for Admitting Adultery
A woman, Adenike Aliyu, has been sentenced to three weeks community service by an area court in Ilorin, Kwara State, for admitting that she committed adultery. Read more »
May 15
Nigeria: Sn, Rid Yourself of Illicit Drug Merchants in Kaduna
Recently, the Kaduna State branch of the Pharmaceutical Society of Nigeria (PSN) alleged harassment and extortion of its members by agents of the Kaduna State Command of the… Read more »
Nigeria: 6 Arrested for Raping 12-Year-Old Girl
Six men have been arrested for raping a 12- year-old girl at Argungu LGA of Kebbi State. Read more »
Nigeria: Insecurity and Banditry - Assessing Paths to Reconciliation, Justice
It is not uncommon to acknowledge that abductions have become alarmingly routine across the country. Nigerians have reluctantly come to accept insecurity as yet another factor they… Read more »
Nigeria: Army Cracks Down On Rivers Residents 'Refining' Crude Oil in Their Homes
The 6 Division of the Nigeria Army on Wednesday discovered 5 reservoirs stocked with 45,000 liters of crude oil each in Odagwa Etche community, Etche local government area of… Read more »
May 14
Nigeria: Late Inmate of FCT Rehab Centre Arrested While Selling Fried Yam At Wuse 2 - Family
The family of the inmate allegedly tortured to death at the Abuja Rehabilitation Centre located at the Kuchiko community in Bwari Area Council in the FCT said the deceased was… Read more »
Nigeria: Bandits Lay Ambush in Edo, Abduct Cement Workers
Some cement workers were abducted at Okpella, Etsako West local government area of Edo state, on Monday. Read more »
Nigeria: Kaduna - Bandits Dump 2 Unidentified Corpses At Iddah Junction
Villagers around Iddah junction in Kagarko LGA of Kaduna State woke up on Sunday morning to see two unidentified corpses, which were dumped at the junction leading to the village. Read more »
Nigeria: Man, 61, Found With 2.3g of Cocaine Jailed 2 Years
Justice Muhammad Nasir Yunusa of the Federal High Court in Kano State has convicted and sentenced one Okey Okosa (61) for being in possession of 2.3 grams of cocaine. Read more »