The Joint Military Task Force code named Operation Pulo Shield has declared missing, corpses of the Commander of the Brass Unit and three others shot dead by suspected oil bunkers along the Brass-Ogbia waterways of Bayelsa State. Speaking with LEADERSH...
A Nigerian militant group based in the oil-producing Niger Delta claimed an attack on a police checkpoint on Thursday that killed four people, its second such claim after it said it blew up an oil pipeline last month in Africa's top crude producer....
Unknown armed gunmen, yesterday, unleashed attacks on military personnel and marine police formations along the creeks and waterways of Brass and Nembe Local Council areas of Bayelsa State killing four policemen and four personnel of the Joint Military...
Operatives of the Joint Military Task Force, (JTF) in Borno State, on Wednesday, killed four suspected Boko Haram gunmen at various locations in Maiduguri, the capital city. Spokesman of the JTF, Lt- Col. Hassan Mohammed, who made the disclosure after ...
Barely one week after about four primary schools within the Maiduguri Metropolis of Borno State were razed down by suspected Islamic fundamentalists known as Boko Haram, another round of arson attack was yesterday night unleashed on two private schools...
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) said on Thursday that it had prevented a Pakistani drug cartel from coming into Nigeria with 13kgs of heroin worth N120 million. The spokesman for the NDLEA, Mr Mitchell Ofoyeju, said this in a statement...
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) is working with the Police to ensure security in the country, Dr Ade Abolurin, has said. Abolurin, the Commandant-General of NSCDC, disclosed this while addressing newsmen on the International ...
Suspected Boko Haram sect members destroyed three more schools on Wednesday night in an ongoing assault on schools in Maiduguri. Some residents told newsmen that the schools were destroyed around 9 p.m. on Wednesday, in spite of the dusk to dawn curfew...
A Gwagwalada Upper Area Court on Thursday ordered the remand of a 26-year-old trader, Samuel Nathaniel in Kuje Prison for raping a five-year-old girl. Alhough Nathaniel pleaded guilty, the judge, Mr Babangida Hassan, deferred sentencing to March ...
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday arraigned the Speaker of Lagos State House of Assembly, Adeyemi Ikuforiji, for alleged corruption. Charged along with the speaker is his Personal Assistant, Oyebode Atoyebi. They are facin...
Barely two weeks after the dismantling of checkpoints across the country, luxury bus operators in Abuja have called for their re-introduction. The Acting Inspector General of Police Mohammed Abubakar had on Feb. 13, ordered the removal all checkpoints ...
A 20-year-old woman, Joy James, on Thursday appeared before an Osogbo Chief Magistrates' Court for allegedly parading herself as a policewoman. The Police Prosecutor, Mr Isiaka Ajadi, alleged that the accused on Feb. 29, in Osogbo, “did parad...
Construction giant, Julius Berger Nigeria Plc has dragged the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC) to an Abuja High Court in a N25 million suit, alleging that the regulator issued it a dud cheque, which caused the company much embarrassmen...
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has given an order for the arrest of more than 3,125 motorists for various traffic offences in the city within two months. A statement issued in Abuja on Monday said the FCT Minister, Sen. Bala ...
The arraignment of six dismissed police officers who allegedly murdered one Gabriel Rabo (an armed robbery suspect) yesterday failed to hold due to the absence of three of the accused persons who were reportedly sick and hospitalized. According to the ...