The Ogun State Police Command has arrested seven suspected criminals for offences ranging from armed robbery and “one-chance” robbery to cultism, unlawful possession of firearms and obtaining money by false pretences. The command also recovered a stolen Toyota Venza, three…

Troops of Sector 2, Joint Task Force (North West) Operation FANSAN YAMMA have killed two suspected Lakurawa terrorists and recovered arms and ammunition during an operation in the Sabarumawa axis of Kebbi State. The operation, conducted on June 27, followed…

The Oyo State Government has lifted the curfew earlier imposed on 10 local government areas as part of measures to facilitate the rescue of the abducted pupils and teachers of schools in Oriire Local Government Area of the state. The…

The Abia State Government on Saturday arrested a 109-year-old bean cake (akara) seller, Chidinma Eluwa, for allegedly violating the state’s monthly environmental sanitation exercise. Eluwa was arrested for frying bean cakes during the sanitation period on Owerri Road and was…

Structure crumbled minutes after I left, killed my apprentice — Nwabueze Nwabueze Kenneth Nwabueze, who narrowly escaped death in the three-storey building that collapsed at Alakija, Oriade Local Council Development Area, on Thursday, tells CHIJIOKE IREMEKA how his apprentice died…

The Edo State Police Command has said it rescued 11 kidnapped victims in Ogbido Community, Iyahmo, in Edo North. In a statement on Saturday, the command’s spokesperson, Eno Ikoedem, said the victims were abducted from their farms, but a distress…

The Borno State Police Command has intercepted 55 sacks containing 60ml bottles of an illicit substance popularly known as “Gumm” enroute international borders. The Public Relations Officer of the command, ASP Nahum Daso, who disclosed this in a statement on…

Firefighters on Saturday averted a major disaster in Ilorin, the Kwara State capital, after preventing a petrol tanker carrying 45,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit from exploding following a mechanical fault. The incident occurred around 9:40 a.m. at Madi Junction…

A resident of Osogbo, Taofeeq Mustapha, was shot by gunmen he said were travelling in a minibus around the Oluode Aranyin area of Osogbo, Osun State, on Saturday. Mustapha, in a video obtained by our correspondent, claimed to be a…

Victims of a kidnapping incident around Ogbere in Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun State, who were rescued by the Ogun and Lagos State joint security operation codenamed “Operation Kosaye”, have called on the Federal Government to do more…

The Oyo State Police Command has debunked reports alleging that a pastor was arrested for supplying arms and ammunition to suspects involved in the abduction of pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area. In a statement issued on Saturday…

A woman who sustained gunshot wounds during a kidnapping attack in the Ogbere Forest area of Ogun State has recounted her ordeal after she was rescued by security operatives. Speaking after her rescue, the victim described how armed men blocked…

An accident involving a tricycle and a Howo truck on Sango-Ijoko Road on Friday night left the rider of the tricycle dead, according to the Ogun Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps. The Public Relations Officer of TRACE, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi,…

The Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, and his wife, Ibijoke Sanwo-Olu, on Saturday led the monthly environmental sanitation exercise across communities in Surulere Local Government Area of the state. The exercise came as Sanwo-Olu issued a 72-hour ultimatum to occupants…

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 a statement on Friday that…