A former Director of Defence Information, Major General Rabe Abubakar, and his wife have been kidnapped by suspected armed bandits in Katsina State, north-west Nigeria. The incident reportedly happened on Saturday along the Matazu axis of Katsina while the retired…

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Akwa Ibom Command, says it booked 51 traffic offenders during the Eid-el-Kabir special patrol operation conducted during the celebrations. The Sector Commander in Akwa Ibom, Mrs Felicia Kalu, who led the team, said in…

Unidentified men riding on motorcycles and wielding AK-47 assault rifles on Saturday invaded Ebenebe community in Awka North Local Government Area, forcing indigenes to close their shops in observance of the Biafra Day celebration. The secessionist group, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB),…

A Nigerian-born Roman Catholic priest, Anthony Odiong, has been convicted by a jury in Texas, United States, for sexually assaulting women who were under his spiritual care and guidance. Odiong, 57, was found guilty of one count of first-degree sexual…

The Abia State Police Command says two suspects have been arrested over conspiracy, attempted child theft and possession of drugs in Umuahia. In a statement issued on Saturday by the state Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Maureen Chinaka, for the…

Yobe State Police Command said its operatives have arrested nine suspects in separate operations targeting drug trafficking, substance abuse, and youth hooliganism across the state. The command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Dungus Abdulkarim, disclosed this in a statement issued on Saturday and…

The Oyo State Fire Service has recovered the bodies of two passengers after a vehicle plunged into a river at Ariyo River along Amuloko in Ona Ara Local Government Area of the state on Friday night. The incident involved a…

Abia State Police Command says it has  arrested two suspects for conspiracy, attempted child theft and possession of hard drugs. The Command which made this known on Saturday, named the suspects as Nzubechi Chinagorom and Chinonso Chibundu, indigenes of Olokoro,  Umuahia South LGA…

The Jigawa State Police Command says it has recorded major successes in its fight against crime, recovering a stolen vehicle, four motorcycles, seven cows, three sheep and more than 5,800 illicit drugs during a series of operations across the state.…

The Traditional Ruler of Anunu Ukwu Ancient Kingdom in Obingwa Local Government Area, in Abia State, Eze Paulson Nwankwo, has called on youths in the area to abandon any plans of revenge following the death of Miss Wendy Achumba at…

Oyo State Fire Service has recovered the two bodies of two passengers from a river in Ibadan, after the vehicle they were traveling in ran into the water. The two bodies were recovered from Ariyo river along Amuloko, in Ona…

A lone car accident has claimed the life of a driver along the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway in Lagos, prompting a swift rescue and recovery operation by officials of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, and the Nigeria Police Force. A…

A driver lost his life in the early hours of Saturday after a Honda Pilot Sports Utility Vehicle somersaulted multiple times along the Oshodi-Apapa Expressway in Lagos State. A statement issued by the Director of Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department…

The Lagos State Government on Saturday commended residents of Alimosho Local Government Area for their level of compliance with the monthly environmental sanitation exercise, describing the area as one of the councils taking the initiative seriously. Commissioner for the Environment…

A councillor representing Jangebe Ward, Habibu Jangebe, and the Director of Planning of Talata-Mafara Local Government, Alhaji Jamilu Sani, in Zamfara State, have been killed by bandits over alleged alignment with Lakurawa terrorists. The two officials were accused of allegedly…