Akwa Ibom community demands justice over killing of 13-year-old boy
The season of joy turned to mourning in Ikot Abasi, Akwa Ibom State, after a 13-year-old boy, Timothy Daniel, was allegedly shot dead by a soldier in the early hours…
How policemen forced me to pay N70,000 at gunpoint – Lagos plumber
A Lagos-based plumber, Nifemi Oyerinde, has accused some police officers of extorting N70,000 from him at gunpoint during a stop-and-search operation near the Otedola Bridge area of Lagos State. Oyerinde,…
25 feared dead, others missing after boat capsizes in Yobe–Jigawa border area
About 25 passengers are feared dead, with 27 others initially reported missing, after a boat sailing on the Kumadugu/Yobe River capsized on Saturday in border areas of Yobe and Jigawa…
Plateau: Gunmen kill seven, troops neutralise five terrorists
• Road crash claims five, injures 13 No fewer than seven persons were killed on Friday night when gunmen attacked Bong Village in Doemak District of Qua’an Pan Local Council…
NA arrests 13-member gang, recovers rifles in Delta raid
Troops of the Nigerian Army, under 63 Brigade/Sector 1 of the Joint Task Force, South-South, Operation Delta Safe, have arrested a 13-member criminal gang and recovered 13 pump-action rifles during…
NAF arrests six drug suspects in Lagos, hands them over to NDLEA
The Nigerian Air Force, under the Joint Task Force South West, Operation AWATSE, has arrested drug suspects and recovered assorted narcotics during an intelligence-led operation in Lagos, before handing the…
Police caught three over ₦18m cement diversion in Ibadan
The Oyo State Police Command has uncovered and foiled an alleged large-scale cement diversion scheme, arresting three suspects over the unlawful diversion of 900 bags of cement valued at about…
Ondo attack: Bandits intended to abduct our monarch, says eyewitness
Residents of Ipele-Owo community in Owo Local Government Area of Ondo State have recounted their experience in the attack by some suspected bandits on New Year’s eve. It was reported…
Kano hoodlums stab NSCDC volunteer to death
The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Kano State Command, has condemned the killing of a volunteer of the Corps, Abdurrauf Sheriff, by suspected hoodlums in Kano. This was…
ID Police Station attacked by the gunmen in Ondo
Gunmen suspected to be bandits on Wednesday night laid siege to Ipele community in the Owo Local Council Area of Ondo State, following an attack on the Divisional Police Station…