TROOPS NEUTRALISE TWO BANDITS, RECOVER AK-47 IN BENUE AMBUSH
By Aishat Momoh. O. Troops of the Joint Task Force (JTF), Operation Whirl Stroke, have neutralised two suspected armed bandits during a snap ambush along...
EKITI POLICE RECOVER 558 CATTLE FROM ALLEGED CATTLE RUSTLERS
By: Fasasi Hammad Ado-Ekiti – The Rapid Response Squad (RRS) of the Ekiti State Police Command has recovered 558 cattle from 16 suspected rustlers. Earlier,...
KADUNA: ARMY RESCUES 11 PEOPLE FROM ABDUCTORS
By: Balogun Ibrahim The Nigerian Army rescued 11 kidnapped Nigerians in a late-night operation along the Kaduna–Abuja Expressway, thwarting an attempt by terrorists to transport...
UK TRAIN PREDATOR JAILED FOR ATTACKING WOMAN, TEENAGER MINUTES APART
A 27-year-old Daniel Odubanjo has been sentenced to six years in prison for trapping a woman in a train toilet and sexually assaulting her before...
KANO BUSINESSMAN SHOT DEAD BY SUSPECTED GUNMEN
By: Fasasi Hammad Gunmen, suspected to be bandits, have killed a prominent community businessman, Alhaji Habibu Mai Shago, during a night raid in Tiga town,...
EFCC CASE AGAINST EX-LSFA CHAIRMAN FOUAD OKI STALLED OVER ALLEGED EVASION OF ARRAIGNMENT
By Aishat Momoh. O. Proceedings in the criminal case filed by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) against former Lagos State Football Association (LSFA)...
UBA, FOUR OTHERS ABSENT AS COURT STALLS N4.29BN FRAUD, FOREX RACKETEERING CASE
Proceedings in the alleged ₦4.29 billion fraud, forex racketeering, and money laundering case involving United Bank for Africa Plc (UBA) and four other defendants...
CORRUPTION TRIAL OF FORMER OIL MINISTER DIEZANI ALISON-MADUEKE SET TO BEGIN IN LONDON
By Aishat Momoh. O. The long-awaited corruption trial of former Nigerian Petroleum Minister Diezani Alison-Madueke is scheduled to commence in London on Monday. Alison-Madueke, 65,...
GUNMEN SHOOT RIVERS MONARCH, KING SUANU BARIDAM, IN ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT
By Aishat Momoh. O. The King of the ancient Bangha Kingdom in Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State, His Royal Majesty Suanu Baridam, narrowly...
POLICE ARREST 16-YEAR-OLD, THREE OTHERS OVER DRUGS, KIDNAPPING, ARMED ROBBERY IN NIGER
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Niger State Police Command has arrested a 16-year-old suspect and three other persons in connection with alleged drug-related offences, kidnapping...