June 13, 2022
Nigeria: Police Probe Shooting By Burna Boy's Escorts At Lagos Club
The Nigeria Police Force has ordered Lagos State Police Commissioner, Abiodun Alabi, to conduct investigation into the alleged shooting of two fun-seekers by five Police escorts… Read more »
Nigeria: Gunmen Abduct 66 Persons in Sokoto, Abia, Ondo
Six-two persons were, weekend, reportedly abducted by gunmen in Sokoto and Abia states after attending weddings of their loved ones. Read more »
Nigeria: Benin Group Rejects Withdrawal of Criminal Charges, Wants Abolition of Ogiamen Title
A coalition of Benin groups under the aegis of Benin Socio-Cultural Organisations, has frowned at the withdrawal of criminal charges against one Arisco Osemwengie by the state… Read more »
Nigeria: Defying Boko Haram for 13 Years Makes North-East Hero of Democracy - Zulum
Governor Babagana Zulum of Borno State has described the Northeast of Nigeria as the hero of the nation's democracy for resisting and fighting back the Boko Haram terrorist group… Read more »
June 09, 2022
Nigeria: Kidnappers Abduct Ebonyi Govt House Photographer, Demand N50m Ransom
Ebonyi State Government House Cameraman, Mr. Uchenna Nwube has been reportedly abducted by suspected kidnappers along Okigwe-Aba-Enugu Expressway. Read more »
Nigeria: Over 25,000 Illegal Pharmacy Premises Sealed in Last 8 Years - PCN
THE Pharmacists Council of Nigeria, PCN, has said that about 25,000 illegal pharmacy premises have been sealed across the country in the past eight years. Read more »
Nigeria: Petrol Tanker Fire Kills One, Razes Property in Jos
A fire outbreak from a petrol-laden tanker that fell at the Polo roundabout in Jos, Plateau State has left one person dead while property worth millions of naira were destroyed. Read more »
Nigeria: Bandits Kidnap Over 80 Villagers in Katsina
Locals who fled from Kwari village in Jibiya Local Government Area of Katsina have said that over 80 people were kidnapped by bandits who invaded the community and set their food… Read more »
Nigeria: NAPTIP Alerts Nigerians On Use of Orphanages for Human Trafficking
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has alerted Nigerians to new trends in human trafficking by owners of orphanages and football agents. Read more »
June 08, 2022
Nigeria: Owo Killings - Ondo Govt, Catholic Church Differ Over Casualty Figures
Governor Rotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State and the Catholic Church, yesterday, differed over the causality figures recorded during the attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owa-Iuwa… Read more »
Nigeria: 8 Staff Arrested As AEDC Threatens Legal Action Against EFCC Over Invasion
Abuja Electricity Distribution Plc has said it would seek legal redress against the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, over the "illegal" invasion of its headquarters… Read more »
June 07, 2022
Nigeria: Maiduguri - Terrorists Abduct Scores of Passengers, Set Trucks of Food Items Ablaze
Suspected Boko Haram terrorists yesterday abducted scores of passengers and drivers along Maiduguri- Damaturu road, setting ablaze some trucks loaded with food items as well as a… Read more »
Nigeria: CJN Decries Spate of Terrorism, Banditry
The Chief Justice of Nigeria, CJN, Justice Ibrahim Muhammad, yesterday, warned that the rising spate of terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and other violent crimes posed existential… Read more »
June 06, 2022
Nigeria: Insecurity - National Reconciliation, Panacea for Nigeria's Peace, UN Tells Govt
AS part of its contribution to addressing insecurity in Nigeria, the United Nations, UN, weekend, advised the Federal Government to promote and ensure reconciliation in all… Read more »
June 05, 2022
Nigeria: Jonathan Condemns Owo Church Attack
Former President Dr Goodluck Jonathan has condemned the deadly Sunday attack on a Church in Ondo State by unknown assailants which claimed the lives of scores of worshippers and… Read more »
June 06, 2022
Nigeria: Owo Church Attack - Nigeria Fast Becoming Failed State, Peter Obi Laments
The presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has lamented that Nigeria is swiftly reducing to a failed country following the terrorists' attack on innocent worshippers… Read more »
Nigeria: Owo Church Attack - Over 50 Killed - I'll Make Them Pay - Akeredolu
Bombs exploded and bullets rained at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, yesterday afternoon by gunmen and at the end, 50 worshippers laid dead, signalling the arrival of… Read more »
Nigeria: Owo Church Bloodbath - How Gunmen Used Dynamite, Killed Over 50
Bombs exploded and bullets rained at St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, yesterday afternoon by gunmen and at the end, 50 worshippers laid dead, signalling the arrival of… Read more »
Nigeria: Gunmen Embark On Political Vendetta in Enugu Communities
Palpable fear has gripped the residents of Igbo-Eze North Local Government Area of Enugu State as hooded gunmen on Saturday, embarked on political vendetta in the communities. Read more »
Nigeria: Owo Church Attack - Sanwo-Olu Sympathises With Akeredolu, People of Ondo
Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu of Lagos State has sympathised with his Ondo State counterpart, Rotimi Akeredolu and the people of the state over the Sunday's killing of worshippers at a… Read more »
June 03, 2022
Nigeria: Culpable Homicide - Osinachi's Husband Docked, Remanded in Prison Custody
Mr. Peter Nwachukwu, the husband of late popular gospel singer, Osinachi, was arraigned before a High Court of the Federal Capital Territory on a 23-count charge that bordered on… Read more »
Nigeria: Intensify Efforts to Free Mama Africa From DSS - IPOB Leader, Nnamdi Kanu Tells Legal Team
The detained leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Nnamdi Kanu, on Friday urged his legal team to intensify efforts to see to the immediate release of Ukamaka Ejezie… Read more »
Nigeria: Hushpuppi - My Arrest, Detention've Political Undertone - Abba Kyari
Detained Deputy Commissioner of Police, Abba Kyari, has asked the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja not to okay his extradition to the United States of America, USA, to face… Read more »
Nigeria: Kidnap of Methodist Prelate - Govt's Complacency Fuelling Insecurity, Insurgency - Ortom
GOVERNOR Samuel Ortom has said the deliberate failure of the Federal Government to check the activities of armed Fulani herdsmen in parts of the country is fuelling insecurity and… Read more »
Nigeria: Terrorism - Kaduna Governor, Communities Differ Over Relocation Plan
There seems to be no agreement between the Kaduna State Governor and some communities located along the dreaded Kaduna-Abuja Highway where thousands of innocent persons have been… Read more »