ASUU URGES TINUBU, SOUTHWEST GOVERNORS TO TACKLE KIDNAPPING, INSECURITY
HOTJIST NEWS The Academic Staff Union of Universities, Ibadan Zone, on Thursday called on President Bola Tinubu and the South-West Governors to take action and...
EFCC ARRAIGNS THREE FOR ALLEGED N42m CONTRACT FRAUD IN MAIDUGURI
The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday, May 21, 2026 arraigned Aisha Alkali Wakil, Sa'idu Tahiru Daura and...
LAGOS GOVT ARRAIGNS NURTW CHIEFTAIN ‘SHAMELON’ OVER ALLEGED KILLING OF DISPATCH RIDER
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Lagos State Government on Wednesday arraigned a National Union of Road Transport Workers chieftain, Shamsudeen Oladiti, popularly known as “Shamelon,”...
OGUN POLICE ARREST COUPLE OVER ALLEGED CHILD STEALING, RESCUE THREE CHILDREN
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a couple, Mathew Ugochukwu and Oluwarankami Kehinde, over alleged child stealing in the Mowe...
OYO POLICE ARREST TWO SUSPECTS OVER ABDUCTION OF CRIN STAFF, DISMISS FRESH KIDNAP CLAIMS
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Oyo State Police Command has arrested two suspects in connection with the abduction of two staff members of the Cocoa...
POLICE UNVEIL VIOLENT CRIME RESPONSE UNIT IN ABIA
By; Sunmola Ganiyat The Abia State Police Command has launched a Violent Crime Response Unit, supported by an independent civilian oversight board, as part of...
175 ISIS FIGHTERS KILLED IN NIGERIA-US COUNTERTERRORISM OPERATIONS- DHQ
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) reported that 175 ISIS fighters were killed in northeastern Nigeria during recent counterterrorism missions carried out together by Nigerian and U.S....
NIGERIAN EXTRADITED TO US OVER ‘ROMANCE SCAM’ FACES 40 YEARS IN PRISON
HOTJIST NEWS Samuel Ugberaese, a man from Nigeria, was sent to the United States because he is accused of being part of "cross-border romance scams."...
NPF ARRESTS SON, ACCOMPLICE OVER KIDNAP OF FATHER, RECOVERS AK-47 RIFLE
The Nigeria Police Force has recorded another operational breakthrough with the arrest of two suspects involved in a case of criminal conspiracy, kidnapping, armed robbery,...
WITNESS: NSA CONFIRMED WIRETAPED CONVERSATION REFERENCED BY EL-RUFAI WAS AUTHENTIC
HOTJIST NEWS A witness testifying against Nasir el-Rufai in his trial said the national security adviser confirmed that the conversation mentioned by the former Kaduna...