The official visit of governor Ibikunle Amosun to local governments in Ogun State turned bloody yesterday when some hoodlums attacked his convoy at Ijebu Igbo, Ogun State. The governor’s convoy, which was on its way back to Abeokuta, the Ogun Sta...
The Jama’atu Ahlis Sunna Lidda’awati Wal-Jihad, popularly called Boko Haram, yesterday named more media houses and their employees as targets of their attack. In an 18-minute-long Youtube video, the group threatened to attack more med...
Congestion, and other unhealthy acts currently threatening the various prisons in Delta State with thirty inmates, allegedly said to have died from strange illnesses. Dependable prison sources said nowadays, inmates’ room could take as many...
Armed robbers besieged the sleepy town of Ikare-Akoko in Ondo State on Monday night and used dynamites to blow open the security gates of three banks. According to the Police Public Relations officer in the state, Mr. Adeniran Aremu, who confirmed the ...
Police in Lagos on Tuesday said they have arrested a Lebanese and his Nigerian counterpart who allegedly robbed one Aliyu Sanni of 10,000 dollars and stabbed him to death. The state police command's spokesman, SP Joseph Jaiyeoba, told the News Agen...
The Katsina State Police Command has arrested one of the suspected gunmen who attacked and killed three policemen in Sabuwa Local Government Area of the state. Spokesman of the Police Command, ASP Shehu Koko told newsmen yesterday that the police arres...
National leader of Action Congress of Nigeria (ACN), Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu yesterday called on the Federal Government to seek consultations on the insecurity problem in the country, even as he denied having had any meeting at the weekend with Presi...
At least one person has been confirmed dead and four houses burnt when gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen invaded Gwam Rim Village of Riyom Local Government Area of Plateau State. LEADERSHIP gathered that the gunmen stormed the village ...
A bomb blast struck a police commissioner's convoy in Jalingo, Taraba State on Monday, killing seven people and wounding 20, a witness and officials said. This I coming a day after two deadly attacks occurred in other parts of the country. No group...
The Elumelu family, has over the weekend, announced the safe return and rescue of its matriarch, Chief (Mrs.) Suzanne Elumelu after four days in the captivity of yet-to-be identified abductors. A statement from the family noted, “The Elumel...
In order to strengthen the ongoing probe into petroleum subsidy by the House of Representatives, the Secretary General of the Supreme Council for Islamic Affairs (NSCIA), Dr. Lateef Adegbite has called for a judicial panel to adjudicate on the report. ...
The sleepy community of Ibusa near Asaba, the capital of Delta State, has been thrown into confusion and palpable tension with the news that a 26-year-old man, simply called Ugochukwu, has allegedly impregnated his mother and step-sister. Ugochukwu, al...
Inspector General (IG) of Police Mohammed Abubakar has ordered Police commands in country to allow women to bail suspects arrested by them as there was no law in the country’s statute book that stops such. He added that it was untrue, claims eman...
Barely two days after the bomb explosion at Newspapers offices in Kaduna which killed over nine people, unknown gunmen on Friday night stormed Rigasa community in Kaduna metropolis killing Police inspector, Balarabe Sambo in his home. The gunmen, who a...
The special task force STF on Jos crisis code named Operation Safe Haven in Plateau state have vowed to smoke out criminal elements that are causing havoc in Jos flash points, neighbourhoods and rural villages ...