Ogun State Police Command said its officers on December 2 arrested a driver for running over a two-year-old girl around Warewa, along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway The police also said that a truck driver, one Emmanuel Alfred, was arrested on December ...
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Presidential candidate of the Labour Party, Peter Obi has described the bombing of Tudun Biri Villagers in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State by the Nigerian Army as ”one too many”. Obi said this in a statement ...
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FirstBank UK Adopts Bloomberg TOMS to Optimize Fixed Income Workflow London, 28 November 2023 — Bloomberg announced today that FirstBank UK Limited (FirstBank UK), the UK subsidiary of First Bank Nigeria Limited, the premier West African bank, ...
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The Lagos State Government has announced that traffic will be diverted at Iyana- Isolo overhead bridge between 7:00am and 9:00am on Sunday 10th December, 2023 The closure of the bridge for two hours is to enable the Federal Ministry of ...
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A 13-year old girl, Miracle Adereti Kolawole, has been kidnapped on her way back from school in Lagos. The very disturbing incident happened last Friday, Dec. 1, 2023. Miracle was abducted by an unknown gang while returning home from school in ...
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The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum and Regulatory Commission has said the Federal Government is planning to revoke unused oil exploration leases that companies were granted but have not been able to carry out any exploration activities on them. The Chief Executive ...
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The death toll in Kaduna civilians’ bombing is now 85! Recall on Sunday night the Nigerian Army dropped a bomb at Tudun Biri village in Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State, immediately killing dozens of people with many wounded. The incident ...
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Cash shortage hits banks, customers rush for BVN/NIN revalidation Huge crowd besieged banking halls on Monday, as customers moved to link their Bank Verification Numbers and National Identity Numbers to their bank accounts. This followed the new directive of the ...
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Prophetess, her two daughters beat up church member who says she’s tired of joining them to deceive people A self acclaimed prophetess, Ruramai Nhapata, and her daughters have been accused of assaulting a former church member for daring to say ...
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The Rivers State Police Command has arrested two notorious kidnappers who allegedly abducted and buried alive a former Community Development Committee Chairman in Kereken-Boue, Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, Praise Daakian The police disclosed that the suspects collected ...
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Many villagers are feared de.ad following a bomb allegedly dropped by a jet during a Maulud celebration at Tudun Biri, a community within Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State. Preliminary reports indicate that about 30 people died during the ...
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A court in Nouakchott, the capital city of Mauritania, on Monday sentenced former president Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz to five years in prison for having abused his position to amass an ill-gotten fortune Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz had been on trial ...
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NDLEA uncovers meth, opioid consignments in jeans hems, dolls The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says its operatives have thwarted crooked attempts by drug syndicates at some courier firms in Lagos to export illicit substances including various quantities of ...
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Guinea-Bissau President Umaro Sissoco Embalo has dissolved the country’s parliament, a government spokesperson told reporters on Monday, after what Embalo said was an attempted coup in the tiny West African country last week Clashes between two army factions broke out ...
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The Rivers State Police Command has arrested two notorious kidnappers who allegedly abducted and buried alive a former Community Development Committee Chairman in Kereken-Boue, Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, Praise Daakian The police disclosed that the suspects collected ...
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A tanker explosion rocked the Ojota area of Lagos State on Monday, causing panic among commuters as captured in online videos The explosion, which happened along the Ketu route, has yet to have its cause determined. Confirmation of the incident ...
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South African authorities have intercepted dozens of buses transporting 443 children, all under the age of eight, into the country from neighbouring Zimbabwe. This follows a sting operation conducted by the South African Border Management Authority (BMA) and the police at ...
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Zambian officials have said they have been unable to locate dozens of illegal miners believed to be trapped after a mudslide at an open cast copper mine on Friday. The accident in Zambia’s northern Copperbelt province occurred after heavy rains. ...
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A single mother of two, has allegedly been caught stealing goat at the Gboko area of Benue State It was gathered that the alleged incident happened a few days ago. One Ahar Galu, in a post on Sunday, December 3, ...
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A suspected 19-year-old ”yahoo boy”, Isaac Odunayo, has been remanded in prison in Ilorin, Kwara State, for allegedly ra.ping a 17-year-old girl to death. According to the Police First Information Report (FIR), Odunayo, lured the deceased into the hotel ...
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Nigerian man in custody for allegedly mur.dering wife shortly after they relocated to the UK A Nigerian man has been accused by the UK police of allegedly mur.dering his wife, Nurse Owoeye Taiwo Morenikeji. It’s said that the couple and their ...
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Three key symptoms of mystery ‘Covid-like’ virus in China Health experts across the globe have described a mysterious illness spreading through China as a “Covid-like” scenario which has now hit Europe. Officials in two countries confirmed it has been detected ...
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Gunmen abducted two landlords in the Asokoro extension area of the Federal Capital Territory on Sunday They are demanding a ransom of N20 million for the victims’ release. According to reports, the armed men used one of the landlords to ...
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Construction giant and contractor of the Second Niger Bridge, Julius Berger, has formally handed over the multi-billion naira project to the Federal Government. In a brief ceremony at toll area of the bridge, the Minister of Works, Dave Umahi, expressed ...
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200 lawyers to help Kano Governor win at Supreme Court No fewer than 200 private legal practitioners from the 19 Northern states have volunteered to assist Governor Kabir Yusuf of Kano State in winning his gubernatorial election appeal case at ...
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