Saturday, June 6, 2026

Army neutralises two female bombers

The Nigerian Army says it neutralised two female suicide bombers, who attempted to infiltrate troops in Kawuri, in Konduga Local Government Area on Friday. Col....

ECOWAS court orders FG to pay abuse victim N50m

The Court of Justice of the Economic Community of West African States presided over by Justice Wilkins Wright, has ordered the Federal Government to...

IG’s trending video: Journalist goes into hiding

A Liberty Television journalist, Aminu Nurudeen, suspected to have posted the viral video showing the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, struggling to read...

Supreme court acquits man convicted of 1996 Okotoko ritual killing

The Supreme Court yesterday discharged and acquitted Alban Ajaegbu, one of the accused in the celebrated case of the ritual killing of an 11-year-old...

N9.2M Fraud: Former Deputy Chief Registrar Bags 7years Jail Term

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Ibadan Zonal office, on Friday, May 18, 2018, secured the conviction and sentencing of a former Deputy...

AMCON takes over Sen. Oduah’s assets over N20 billion debt

The Asset Management Corporation of Nigeria (AMCON) has taken over Sea Petroleum Oil & Gas Ltd. and other assets belonging to Sen. Stella Oduah-Ogiemwonyi...

Governor plunges into river while taking selfie on newly-built bridge

Government officials, journalists and elated residents of Ogembo (a small farming town in Kenya), were shocked as the Governor of Machakos County, Alfred Mutua;...

Court remands 21-yr-old for allegedly stabbing friend while asleep

An Osun Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ile-Ife on Friday remanded one Olaleye Suyi, 21, for allegedly stabbing his friend, Oladele Kayode, in the face...

Man who spent 18 years in prison for rape he did not commit cries...

a man who has spent 18 years behind bars for a rape and murder he did not commit is acquitted of his crimes. Tomasz Komenda...

At least 8 killed after gunman opens fire at his own high school

At least eight people are reported to have been killed after a shotgun-wielding shooter opened fire at an art class at his own high...

Mum stabbed daughter 70 times because she ‘didn’t like the way she was reading

A smirking mother has appeared in court charged with attacking her eldest daughter by stabbing her between 50 and 70 times. It is alleged that...

Killing of soldier: Cops stay away from police station

Several hours after soldiers sacked a police station in the Obio/Akpor Local Government Area of Rivers State over the killing of an unidentified soldier,...

Police arraign Lagos politician, phone repairer on affray

The Ogun State Police Command has arraigned a Lagos politician, Odukunle Kuti, and a phone repairer, Rasheed Ameed, before a Magistrate’s Court sitting at...

Marriages conducted by Ikoyi registry not legally binding -Court rules

The Lagos high court has ruled that marriages conducted by Federal Registry, Ikoyi is not legally binding. Chuka Austine Obiozor, a justice, issued a restraining...

Army Arrests 19 Suspected Vandals, 12 Impostors, 11 Cultists in Lagos

The 174 battalion of the 81 Division of the Nigeran Army, Thursday arrested 19 suspected pipeline vandals, 12 impostors and 11 cultists in different...

2 Nigerians jailed for £1m phishing scam

Two members of a Nigerian organised crime group who committed more than £1m worth of fraud and money laundering after staging a mass phishing...

Trump blasts some deported immigrants: ‘These are animals

President Trump portrayed some immigrants crossing into the country illegally as “animals” while speaking Wednesday at a White House event targeting California’s sanctuary city policies. “We...

Soldiers invade Police station, arrest DPO over murder of colleague

There was commotion along Ada George Road in Port Harcourt on Thursday morning as soldiers sacked the Rumukpakani Police Station, allegedly over the killing...

Bola Shagaya loses bid to reclaim seized N1.9bn

The Federal High Court in Lagos has dismissed an application seeking to unfreeze a Unity Bank account with a balance of N1,902,673,399.93 belonging to...

Teacher arraigned for defiling minor with pencils

A 36-year-old teacher, Lilian Ahaneku, was on Thursday brought before an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly inserting three pencils in the private parts...