Gunmen on Wednesday raided the female hostel of Paul University, Awka and dispossessed the students of their cash and various items, including mobile phones. An eyewitness told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Awka that the armed gang carried out th...
Ebonyi State police command, yesterday, announced the existence of a training camp for insurgents and criminal elements who unleash mayhem in the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Sule Mamman, who raised the alarm while briefing journalists in h...
The Inspector-General of Police, Alhaji Mohammed Abubakar, has vowed that any officer indicted in the November 26 attack on the Special Anti-Robbery Squad’s (SARS’) headquarters in Abuja would be severely punished. Abubakar made the vow, ye...
The Ambassador of Switzerland to Nigeria, Dr. Hans-Rudolf Hodel has disclosed that a total of $700 million deposited in Swiss banks by the late former military President, General Sani Abacha have so far been returned to the Nigerian government even as ...
Executive Secretary National Human Rights Commission, Professor Bem Angwe, has observed that 70 percent of inmates in Nigerian prisons have no business there because they are awaiting trial. He made this observation in Sokoto, yesterday, at a sensitisa...
The Lagos State Police Command said on Monday that it had arrested six suspects, including a traditional ruler, in connection with Wednesday's Ilaje/Ajah community clash in which sources said five persons were killed. The command's spokesperson...
The police in Ekiti on Monday arraigned four men for their alleged role in the attack on the supporters of a former governor of the state, Ayodele Fayose, at Efon-Alaye on Nov. 20. The accused, Eniolorund...
Unknown gunmen yesterday killed two persons in a fierce gun battle with security men in Azare town of Bauchi, BBC Hausa Service has reported. According to the report, this is happening barely two days after a traditional leader was shot dead in front o...
Families of the six Ijaw youths allegedly killed by soldiers last year along the waterways of Agge Community in Ekeremor Local Government area of Bayelsa State yesterday appeared before the Military Panel, declaring that the youths were murdered in a j...
A building allegedly housing a bomb factory in Zaria, Kaduna State was yesterday demolished by the joint military and police task force that stormed the area on a tip off. This comes barely a week after the twin explosions at St. Andrew Military Protes...
Authorities of the Bayelsa Police Command have commenced a mop up of vehicles, especially those allegedly abandoned by suspected armed bandits along the major streets of the state capital, saying the action was to check the use of such vehicles for bom...
An unemployed man, Stephen Francis, 19, was on Friday charged arraigned before a Surulere Magistrates' Court, Lagos, for allegedly impersonating a military personnel. Francis was arraigned on a two-count charge of unlawful possession of military ca...
The Nigeria Police has debunked claims by an unknown Islamist sect that it carried out the early Monday attack on the office of the Special Anti Robbery Squad SARS in Abuja in which it said it freed over 300 detainees. The Jama’atu Ansarul Musili...
Three persons have been killed in attacks in Barkin Ladi and Riyom Local Government Areas of Plateau State by unknown gunmen. According to Mark Lipdo, the coordinator of Stefanus Foundation, a non-governmental organisation...
The number of persons killed by unknown gunmen who stormed a bar at Heipang area of Barkin Ladi Local Government Area (LGA) of Plateau State late Monday night has risen to 10. Eight deaths were previously reported but two more victims were said to have...