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  Some suspected herdsmen have been sent packing from Babanla community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. Spokesman of NSCDC Kwara state command, Babawale Zaid Afolabi, disclosed this in a statement in Ilorin on Monday. Afolabi said “The ...

  The Governor of Oyo State, Seyi Makinde, has said the security challenges the state is facing at the moment is as a result of population increase in the state. The governor said this on Monday at the inauguration of ...

Islamic cleric Sheikh Abubakar Gumi, has said that the only way out of the bandit menace is for the government to negotiate with bandits as it is impossible to effectively guard schools. Gumi, speaking with The Punch on efforts to ...

  The Chairman of Gurara Local Government Council of Niger State, Hon. Yusuf Waili Gawu has been suspended by councillors for three months following allegations of financial impropriety and embezzlement.   The suspension takes effect from Monday, June 21, 2021, ...

  A yet-to-be-identified man was shot dead at the Water bus stop, along the University of Ibadan-Ojoo Road today June 21 shortly after he had made withdrawals from one of the Automated Teller Machines ATM in the area.   According ...

  The Department of State Services (DSS) has released an Islamic singer, Ahmad Abdul, taking into custody after releasing a blasphemous song.   DailyTrust reports that Abdul was picked by the security agents for releasing the uncensored song titled ‘Barhama ...

  The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, was in Jigawa state on Monday June 21, to commission an Integrated Agro-ALlied farm in Birnin Kudu local government area of Jigawa state.   During the visit, the Minister inspected what has ...

The police in Imo State have arrested a man, Kingsley Ehiedu, and his wife for allegedly stealing two siblings from Enugu State. Also arrested was a medical doctor, Innocent Onwudike, of Unity Hospital, Awomama, in the Oru East Local Government ...

The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Hakeem Odumosu, has said efforts are on to arrest the suspected killers of the Chief Executive Officer, Super TV, Usifo Ataga, in the Lekki area of the state. Odumosu also said Ataga’s account had ...

Private jet owners risk having their airplanes impounded by the Nigeria Customs Service if they fail to verify their documents before July 6, 2021 when a month grace period would have expired. The Public Relations Officer of NCS, Joseph Attah, ...

Nollywood actor, Olanrewaju Omiyinka alias Baba Ijesha is to be arraigned at an Ikeja Special Offences Court on Thursday over allegations of sexual assault of a minor. Baba Ijesha who has been in custody since his arrest on April 22, ...

The family of the 18-year-old #EndSARS protester Kemisola Ogunniyi who gave birth in prison in Ondo state have pleaded that the naming ceremony of the newborn baby should not be allowed to take place in the prison. Their lawyer, Tope ...

  The Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management and Social Development, Sadiya Farouq, has said the Federal Government has spent over $5bn since 2016 to fight poverty in the most populous black nation. Sadiya Farouq said President Buhari has since ...

  Tech entrepreneur, Jason Njoku has reacted after a group of Nigerians of mostly Igbo extraction saved his app Iroko TV from bad reviews from aggrieved Northerners. The Northern youths had stormed his app on Playstore with the bid to ...

  Prof Ifeolu Adewumi, a former President of the National Union of Voluntary Paramilitary Organisation, Man O’ War, in higher institutions of Nigeria, has opened up on his tribalistic encounter with President Muhammadu Buhari in 1981. He made the revelation ...

Retired Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, Chairman of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has said that couple intending to get married would have to do drug test. Speaking on Saturday at the yearly Ogidi-Ela Day cultural celebration in Ijumu Local ...

A mentally derailed man identified as Mr Denen has kept many in shock in the city of Makurdi, the Benue State capital as residents continue to troop to him at the JS Tarka Foundation where he offers medical services to ...

  Gunmen whose whereabouts are still unknown have killed an On Air Personality (OAP), Mr. Titus Badejo. Badejo formerly worked with Naija FM, Ibadan, Oyo State. A source said that the Ogbomoso indigene was killed around 11.30 pm at Oluyole ...

A mob reportedly set a truck belonging to Dangote Cement Factory, Ibese, Yewa North Local Government Area of Ogun State, ablaze after it crushed two men to death. The driver of the truck is said to have narrowly escaped being ...

24-year-old, Bakura Modu, has emerged as the new leader of Boko Haram, a salafi terrorist organization based in northeastern Nigeria. Modu’s new role is coming about a month after the death of Abubakar Shekau, the group’s former leader who reportedly ...

Delays in coronavirus vaccine shipments to Malawi have caused health facilities to run out of doses as hundreds are due to receive a second shot, the health minister said on Saturday. The southern African country has so far received 300,000 ...

  The fire that trailed the leakage from a moving cooking gas truck in Lagos on Thursday came from the kitchen of restaurant. The restaurant is located at the Ogun State Property Investment Corporation (OPIC) Plaza where other offices were ...

  The Police in Ekiti State have arrested a 16-year-old girl, Suluka Abimbola, alongside three accomplices for faking her own kidnap. Police spokesman, ASP Sunday Abutu, said on Saturday at Ado-Ekiti that the suspects were arrested on Thursday at their ...

The nose of a British Airways plane has collapsed while waiting at Heathrow. Dozens of ambulances, police cars and fire engines are at the scene of the incident, with the nose of the plane pictured on the tarmac of the ...

  The Ekiti State Police Command, on Thursday, announced the arrest of a 65-year-old man, Durodola Ogundele, for allegedly r*ping his stepmother in her room. Durodola Ogundele was arrested by Ido-Osi Headquarters of the command on Wednesday, at Ido-Osi, after ...