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Death Toll Rises to Nine

The death toll from the three-storey building that collapsed in the Alakija area along the Lagos-Badagry Expressway has risen to nine following the conclusion of rescue operations. The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency disclosed in…

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11 Die, Seven Injured in Fatal Edo Highway Crash

Eleven passengers have lost their lives while seven others sustained varying degrees of injuries in an accident that occurred on the Benin-Asaba highway in Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of Edo State. The Edo State Command of the Federal Road Safety…

Sokoto Police Debunk Hisbah Commander Escort Claim

The Edo State Police Command has arrested a 42-year-old commercial bus driver, Osabohien Ogieva, in connection with the death of his 32-year-old girlfriend, Joy Jerome. The incident occurred in the Ikpe community of Ikpoba-Okha Local Government Area of the state.…

Odinkalu questions police denial of Kaduna church abductions

A former chairman of the National Human Rights Commission and Human rights lawyer, Prof. Chidi Odinkalu, has criticised the Kaduna State Police Command over its denial of the reported abduction of worshippers from churches in Kajuru Local Government Area of…

DSS Frees Ogun Pastor Kayode Olawoye After Public Outcry

Operatives of the Department of State Services have freed an Ogun State-based pastor, Kayode Olawoye, alongside two of his associates who were detained on Monday following public outcry. Olawoye became an internet sensation following his exposé on the poor state…

Kano cleric, Sheikh Ibrahim arraigned for alleged illegal land sales

The Kano State Police Command on Tuesday arraigned Islamic cleric, Sheikh Ibrahim Isa Makwarari, before Magistrate Court No. 53 in the Normansland area of Kano metropolis. Sheikh Makwarari is accused of involvement in the illegal sale of government and community-owned…

Ogun Court Adjourns Anthony Joshua Driver’s Trial

The trial of Adeniyi Kayode, the 46-year-old driver involved in the fatal accident that killed Nigerian-born boxing star Anthony Joshua’s close friends, Latif Ayodele and Sina Ghami, has been adjourned to February 25, 2026. As reported by TVC on Tuesday,…

77,792 suspects in five years

The Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (retd.) has said the agency arrested no fewer than 77,792 drug offenders and seized about 14,847 kilograms of assorted illicit drugs in the…

Lagos taskforce impounds 134 motorcycles on restricted route

The Lagos State Taskforce has impounded 134 commercial motorcycles, popularly known as okadas, during enforcement operations across major parts of the state. The spokesperson for the agency, Raheem Gbadeyan, in a statement on Tuesday, stated that the exercise was carried…

Niger varsity student found dead inside his apartment

A 300-level student of Ibrahim Badamasi Babangida University, Lapai, Niger State, Kelvin Danlami, has been found hanging from a ceiling fan in his room in what was suspected to be suicide. This is just as the management of the institution…

Fire Razes Shops in Kwara After Suspected Power Surge

The son of the Oniwo of Afin, Oba Simeon Olanipekun, abducted by gunmen in the Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, has regained his freedom after a N20 million ransom was paid to his captors. The victim, identified as…

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