The police in Anambra State have launched an investigation to unravel the circumstances surrounding the killing…
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NUJ FCT calls for immediate release of kidnapped Punch reporter
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), FCT Council, has called for the immediate release of Okechukwu…
Wife of abducted PUNCH correspondent recounts ordeal
By Moses Okorie Mrs. Oluchi, wife of the abducted journalist working with PUNCH newspaper, at its…
Gov. Ganduje cautions against inciting preaching
Gov. Abdullahi Ganduje of Kano State has cautioned Islamic scholars to desist from making inciting statements,…
Buhari extends IGP’s tenure by 3-months
By Idris Salisu President Muhammadu Buhari has extended the tenure of the Inspector General of Police,…
Buhari nominates ex-service chiefs for non-career ambassadors
President Muhammadu Buhari has forwarded the names of the immediate past Service Chiefs to the Senate…
Alleged fraud: Maina’s son, Faisal, flees to U.S.
By Deborah Hassan Faisal Maina, the son of former Chairman, defunct Pension Reformed…
Court sentences 2 students to 13 months imprisonment for internet fraud
By Saidu Idris A Federal High Court in Ibadan has sentenced two students to…
Two siblings arraigned for murder of make-up artist in Enugu
By Ife Osemedua Two siblings identified as Chiamaka Ifezue and Emeka Ifezue, were on…
Sheikh Gumi visits bandits’ enclaves at Shinkafi Forest
…Meets with over 700 highly armed bandits/kidnappers The second day of Sheikh Dr. Ahmad…
Edo police arrest five kidnap suspects
The Police Command in Edo on Wednesday, February 3, 2021, said that it had arrested five…
Protests against herdsmen attacks spread as women take to streets in Edo, Bayelsa
By Peter Obiechina Just as the #EndSARS protests surreptitiously crept unto the country, a fresh wave…
DSS warns of plots by persons, groups to incite ethnic violence
By Ife Osemedua The Department of State Services (DSS) has again warned of alleged…
Court acquits 60-year-old of double murder charge
A High Court in Ado Ekiti on Wednesday, February 3, 2021, acquitted and discharged a 60-year-old…
Buhari asks IGP Adamu to quit office
There were strong indications Tuesday night that President Muhammadu Buhari has asked the Inspector-General of Police…
Oyo seeks end to gang wars, hoodlums’ activities in Ibadan
The Oyo State government has organised a stakeholders security meeting on the security breaches in some…
Retirement: IGP hands over to Lemu
The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has reportedly handed over to Deputy Inspector General of…
EFCC Seeks Transfer of Orji Uzor Kalu’s Trial to Lagos
The planned re-arraignment of a former governor of Abia State and senator representing Abia North at…
EFCC docks corps member, one other over alleged love scam
The Ilorin Zonal Office of Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Monday, February 1, 2021…
Man docked for alleged threat on wife’s life
A 60-year-old man, Okechukwu Akunna, on Monday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court, for allegedly…
Kwara kicks off Community Policing with 800 volunteers
Community policing has taken off in Ilorin, Kwara State with over 800 volunteers. The volunteers for…
Boko Haram launches multiple attacks as Service Chiefs visit Borno
By Moses Okorie Security agents on Sunday suffered casualty in the hands of suspected members of…
Ganduje advocates ban on movement of cattle from north to south
Abdullahi Ganduje, governor of Kano state, says there should be a law banning the movement of…
Nigeria’s boxing family mourns Dodo
The death of Akeem Sadiku, popularly called Dodo, an International Super Middleweight Champion, has thrown the…
Buhari replaces ADC
President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the nomination of Lt. Col. Yusuf Dodo as his Aide-De-Camp (ADC).…
Be firm with kidnappers, rapists, Gov. Lalong charges Judges
By Saidu Idris Governor of Plateau State, Simon Lalong has directed judges in the…
C/River Govt. demolishes suspected kidnapper’s building
Cross River Government has demolished a building belonging to a suspected kidnapper. The government also…
I left Nigerian Army better than I met it — Buratai
The immediate past Chief of Army Staff, retired Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, says he left the Nigerian…
Buratai pulls out of Nigerian Army
By Ife Osemedua Immediate past Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai, officially pulled…