Security & Crime

Bandits kill four, abduct six in Zamfara

Gunmen suspected to be terrorists on Wednesday attacked the headquarters of Maru Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing one and abducting three others. According...

Man remanded over alleged armed robbery

A Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a 33-year-old man, Stanley Julius, in a corrections centre for alleged armed robbery. The police charged Julius,...

Police detain officers involved in alleged killing of student in Ogbomoso

The Oyo State Police Command has declared that some officers involved in the alleged killing of a student, Damilola Iyanda, at a club in...

Nasarawa: Students, staff stranded as rainstorm destroys GSSS Takalafia

Government Senior Secondary School, Takalafia in Karu Local Government Area of Nasarawa State was on Wednesday evening destroyed by a heavy rainstorm. The incident also...

Kano, Jigawa top list of tobacco smoking in Nigeria – Report

The Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre, CISLAC, has said Kano and Jigawa states top the list of states smoking tobacco in Nigeria. CISLAC senior programs...

Robbery incident in viral video didn’t occur in Abuja – FCT Police clarifies

The Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Police Command has made a clarification on the video clip circulating online depicting a robbery incident, which purportedly occurred...

Medical equipment worth millions of naira destroyed as fire wreaks havoc in Edo

Fire outbreak has again wreaked havoc in Edo State as property, mostly medical equipment, were destroyed in an inferno that gutted shops opposite the...

Police nab two suspects over killing of trader in Niger

Niger State Police Command has arrested two suspects in connection with the killing of a trader in Minna on April 18. The command’s spokesman, DSP...

Kano: Newborn baby drowns in well

Tragedy has struck in Kano as a newborn baby drowned inside a well at Ruguzau in Takai Local Government Area of the state. This is...

Police arrest wanted criminal in Jigawa

Police in Jigawa State have arrested a wanted criminal, 25-year-old Abubakar Alhassan, over alleged criminal conspiracy, armed robbery, and culpable homicide in Gabasawa Local...

Police parade 21 criminal suspects in Edo

Edo State Police Command has paraded 21 suspects arrested for alleged armed robbery, cultism, attempted murder, unlawful possession of firearms, conspiracy, pipeline vandalism, house...

Correctional service, soldiers, vigilantes arrest two suspected armed robbers in Edo

The Edo State Command of the Nigerian Correctional Service said its personnel, in collaboration with the Nigerian Army and operatives of the local vigilante,...

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