Gunmen shot dead three Christians in Nigeria near the flashpoint city of Jos, hours after 10 people were killed in a suicide bombing and related violence at a church, an official said Monday. In a separate incident in the northern city of Kano, gunmen ...
The Borno Police Command, on Sunday announced the arrest of 11suspects involved in an attack on Mobile Police Base, Bama on Saturday. Mr Samuel Tizhe, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) told newsmen in Maiduguri that one of the attackers was ki...
The National Association of Women Journalists (NAWOJ) has called on the Federal Government to impose stiffer penalties for rapists to serve as a deterrent to others. This was contained in a communiqué issued at the end of its 2012 National Executive C...
The Police in Gombe have commenced investigations into Friday’s killing of a ward head in Gombe metropolis by gunmen. Mr Ahmad Muhammad, the Police Public Relations Officer of the command, revealed this to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Gomb...
A car laden with explosives detonated outside of the St. Finbar's Catholic church, Rayfield, Jos on Sunday, killing at least three people and injuring others. The Associated Press reports that the suicide bomber was apparently stopped bef...
The Joint Military Task Force, (JTF) in Borno state said yesterday that its personnel have recorded another ‘landmark’ victory in the fight against Boko Haram insurgency, as three members of the sect were apprehended while several arms, amm...
7 suspected kidnappers including two serving policemen were yesterday arraigned in Uyo High court kidnapping. The suspects, CPL. Saturday Okori and CPL. Friday Udoh, were brought before Justice Eno Isangedighi of Uyo High Court. The other suspect...
The United States government has once again put Nigeria on top of its money laundering, financial crimes and corruption list based on the weak enforcement, poor Judiciary and political interference of the country. According to the 2012 International Na...
The combined team of security agencies led by the Nigeria Customs Service at the Murtala Muhammed International Airport (MMIA), Lagos command, yesterday impounded 11 cartons of explosives weighing 95 kilogrammes that were smuggled into the country. The...
A new twist was added in the ongoing probe of the management of the pension fund in Nigeria as the Senate Panel investigating the process yesterday ordered the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar to arrest and produce the Chairman, Pension R...
The police in Lagos on Thursday arraigned 10 persons, who allegedly fought in a public place, over missing snails. They were charged before an Ikorodu Magistrates' Court but they pleaded not guilty to the one-count charge. According to the prosecut...
The Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Dahiru Abubakar, yesterday reiterated that his directive on the removal of road-blocks on the nation's highways remained irrevocable. The IGP who decorated some recently promoted officers with t...
Suspected Boko Haram members reportedly attacked a prison, police station and local government office in Konduga, near maiduguri, wounding at least three police officers, officials and residents said Wednesday. State police spokesman Mr. Sam Vel Tizhe ...
The state congress of the Progressive Peoples Alliance (PPA) in Abia ended in fiasco on Wednesday as thugs invaded the party secretariat beating members of the party.. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) learnt that PPA in Abia has two factions - one loya...
The Police on Wednesday arraigned a commercial bus driver, Hamidu Abubakar, 25, before the Somolu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, for allegedly stealing N42, 000 cash and a Blackberry and Nokia handset. The accused, who claimed to be residing at Onipa...