Operatives of the Akwa Ibom State Police Command have intercepted a bus conveying three missing children and arrested two suspected child traffickers in Mkpat Enin Local Government Area of the state. The incident occurred on Wednesday in Ikot Ekpaw Village,…

A Magistrate Court sitting in Ilesa, Osun State has sentenced two men, Damilare Oladunjoye and Azeez Ibironke to one year in prison for stealing iron rods from a federal road construction site along the Ilesa-Ibadan Expressway. The duo were found…

The Anambra State Government on Friday arraigned eight pastors before a High Court sitting in Awka over alleged violations of the state’s Homeland Security Law, 2025. The defendants are Peter Chukwu, Chinedu Egwuonwu, Emeka Nwankpa, Ebele Nnachukwu, Ekeleme Chris Ugochukwu,…

Ten suspected robbers and thugs have been arrested by the Niger State Police Command in a crackdown on criminal gangs operating in parts of Minna, with dangerous weapons and suspected cannabis recovered from the suspects. The arrests followed separate intelligence-led…

The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has impounded more than 30 vehicles for operating with tinted glasses, obscured number plates, and improper registration as it commenced the enforcement of the ban on tinted vehicles across Abuja. Addressing journalists at the…

Police arrest five suspected kidnappers, rescue victims in Bauchi By Umar Sani The Bauchi State Police Command has recorded a breakthrough in its fight against kidnapping with the rescue of two abducted victims and the arrest of five suspected kidnappers…

Suspected bandits have abducted a nine-year-old boy and vandalised two residential buildings during an attack on Igbosi area of Idogun in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State. The incident reportedly occurred in the early hours of Friday when the armed men…

A 200-level student of the Department of History and International Studies, Faculty of Arts, Lagos State University, Joseph Otabor, has died from injuries he reportedly sustained during an armed robbery attack in the Iba area of Lagos. The incident reportedly…

Some bandits invaded the Igbosi area of Idogun in Ose Local Government Area of Ondo State, destroying two buildings and kidnapping a nine-year-old boy in the early hours of Friday. It was gathered that the bandits entered the community at…

Operatives of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested seven suspects during an intelligence-driven and multiple operations across Sango-Ota, Owode-Egba and Agbado area of the state. The suspects were arrested for armed robbery, house breaking, stealing, conspiracy, and conduct likely…

The Rivers State Police Command has arrested three suspects allegedly involved in the gruesome murder of a 55-year-old commercial driver, Christopher Akpabio, whose decomposing body was later exhumed from a shallow grave in Asarama Community, Andoni Local Government Area of…

All 69 students admitted to a hospital after a suspected gas leak at a school in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, on Wednesday, have been discharged, while investigations into the cause of the incident continue. The state Commissioner for Health, Tomi Coker,…

Kebbi State Governor, Nasir Idris, on Thursday, inspected roads damaged by heavy rainfall in Dandi Local Government Area, with affected communities calling for urgent intervention to restore access and prevent further deterioration. The affected roads include the Kingakwai–Fana–Dakingari Road and the Fana…

Seven people have been killed, and about 50 huts have been razed following a violent clash between farmers and suspected herdsmen in Lanzai and Dosho communities of Darazo Local Government Area, Bauchi State. The state police command, in a statement…

A 28-year-old Congolese man, Benjamin Katabana, has been found guilty of murdering a UK-based Nigerian student, Uchenna Okirie, following a fatal stabbing at a shared accommodation in Norwich, England. This was contained in a statement obtained from the website of…