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Three members of a kidnap gang that picked on their targets through dating sites have been arrested by men of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team in Rivers State. The suspects – Michael Eneji aka General, 30; Nwachukwu Emeka, ...

The Lagos State judicial panel hearing cases of police brutality on Friday, awarded compensation to some victims of police brutality the panel has heard their cases and found meritorious.   Some petitioners who received compensation of N10 million are Adebayo ...

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, Ondo State Command, have arrested nine dealers of illicit drugs and seized from then 1,292 kilograms of cannabis sativa and its seeds. Announcing the huge seizure in a statement on Friday, ...

A witch doctor, contracted to exhume the body of a woman said to have suffered injustice in the hands of her in-laws, collapsed and died inside the grave. The witch doctor, named Idike Ezikanyi from Uwani-Amaogbo, Amabokwu village in Aku ...

Nigerian entrepreneur, Obinwanne Okeke, who was on Tuesday sentenced by a U.S. court to 10 years in prison for multi-million-dollar wire fraud, has been ordered to undergo treatment for “fraud mentality” and drug abuse. A judge of an Eastern District ...

Nigerian comedian, Ada Jesus has reportedly been diagnosed with kidney problem. This was disclosed by a friend of hers on Facebook and other people have acknowledged it too. Also, the photos of the comedian shared online shows that she is ...

A former Deputy National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Bode George, has called on the Lagos State Government to prove that the son of an All Progressives Congress leader, Seyi Tinubu, does not own or control the Lekki ...

The police in Bayelsa State have arrested two suspects with a truckload of mattresses allegedly meant for flood victims. The mattresses, it was learned, were warehoused in an undisclosed location in Yenagoa the state capital when the suspect’s break-in and ...

Yomi Omomuwasan, the MD of Lekki Concession Conpany said he don’t know how much the company make per month. In an interview with Nigerian Info FM 99.3, Omomuwasan was asked how much the Lekki Toll Gate makes in a month. ...

A former Chairman of the defunct Pension Reformed Task Team, Abdulrasheed Maina, on Friday told the Federal High Court, Abuja, that his leg might be amputated if not granted bail to have adequate Medicare.   Maina, through his counsel, Sani ...

A father-of-two who ran off with his girlfriend’s mother just days after the daughter gave birth to his baby son broke his silence today to say ‘I am in love with her and I want the world to know’. Ryan ...

A Turkish man killed his pregnant wife by throwing her off a cliff after posing for selfies and then tried to cash in on her life insurance, prosecutors allege.   Hakan Aysal was arrested for murdering his 32-year-old wife, Semra ...

A fresh female ex-corp member has taken to social media to sell her market just immediately after leaving service. Rachel Atinuke took to a major road fully dressed in the NYSC uniform to say she needs a job as her ...

Counsel to the teenager who was convicted for blasphemy in Kano, Kola Alapini, has denied rumours that the minor, Omar Farouq, has relocated abroad. Mr. Alapini’s rebuttal comes against several reports in the media on Monday, stating that Omar Farouq ...

Residents of some communities in Ovia North East Local Government Area of Edo State on Thursday evening marched to the Government House, Benin City, with the corpse of one of the slain farmers killed by suspected herdsmen in the state. ...

The Senate, on Thursday, considered a bill seeking to stop employers in the private and public sectors from engaging employable Nigerian graduates as casual workers. The Prohibition of Casualisation Bill 2020 was sponsored by Senator Ayo Akinyelure. Akinyelure said casualisation ...

  Ondo state Governor Rotimi Akeredolu, has said that any cow seen wandering the streets of Akure, will be arrested. This came after the South West government banned open grazing. According to the Governor, his go is putting an end ...

The Ekiti Government has reports alleging that its taskforce locked up children inside their school because the school authority failed to pay up their tax. The viral video making rounds social media, shows a parent complaining about the maltreatment of ...

  Joe Biden’s administration has announced a sweeping immigration bill that would create an eight-year path to citizenship for millions of immigrants already in the country and provide a faster way for undocumented immigrants brought to the US as children ...

877 fresh cases of COVID19 have been recorded in Nigeria. According to the Nigeria Center for Disease Control NCDC, Lagos recorded 273 fresh cases while Kaduna recorded 87 fresh cases. Other states with new cases include Rivers-58, Akwa Ibom-47, Ebonyi-47, Edo-46, ...

  Second republic lawmaker, Junaid Mohammed is dead at the age of 73.   The trained medical doctor died at an isolation centre, but did not test positive for Coronavirus. His son Suleiman who confirmed the death, said Junaid died on Thursday night ...

  Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore Fulani Socio-Cultural Association, the umbrella body for Fulani community in Nigeria, has commended the Bauchi state governor, Bala Mohammed, for defending herdsmen who go about carrying AK47.   On Thursday, February 11, Governor Mohammed at a function ...

The Police Command in Akwa Ibom has vowed to prosecute those who take the laws into their hands in the form of jungle justice against suspected criminals. This is contained in a statement issued by the Police Public Relations Officer ...

The immediate past Comptroller-General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Abdullahi Dikko, is dead. It was learnt that the Katsina State indigene, who led the NCS from 2009 to 2015, died after a protracted illness. The former customs boss had been ...

Operatives of the Abuja Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have uncovered yet another underworld ‘academy’ for the grooming of internet fraudsters. The ‘academy’ located in Arab Contractors Area of Mpape Hills, a suburb of Abuja, ...