*YAGBA EAST; STATE VIGILANTE SERVICES APPREHENDS THE REMAINING TWO FLEEING MEMBERS OF SUSPECTED CULTISTS GANG WHO MURDERED A MOTORCYCLIST AND MADE AWAY WITH HIS BIKE.* 19th April 2020 The State…
Late Mrs Funke Olakunrin Breaking: Finally, Police arrest suspected killers of Funke Olakunrin By Nwafor Sunday Suspected killers of Mrs. Funke Olakunrin, daughter of the leader of the PAN-Yoruba socio-cultural…
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde N2.5m ransom paid for release of kidnap victims in Oyo Ola Ajayi, Ibadan A sum of N2.5m has reportedly been paid for the release of…
Police nab female kidnapper, recover five AK47 rifles, others By Kanayo Umeh, Abuja The Nigeria Police Force yesterday said it nabbed a 28-year-old female member of a kidnap gang infamous…
Army denies occupation of Nigerian territory by Chadian security personnel By Njadvara Musa, Maiduguri Col. Sagir Musa Coronavirus major challenge to insurgency war in N’East, says gov The Nigerian Army…
The Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) has relased 247 truckloads of food items worth billions of naira for distribution to Nigerians in order to soothe pains caused by the lockdown. 12986…
Fears, as man attacks medical workers, stab nurse over son’s death Politics Nigeria An aggrieved father, was evidently noted to has attacked medical workers at the Sapele Central Hospital, in…
Kenya-Somali row: Has a phone call brought peace? BBC Africa Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Somali’s national army battled Jubbaland forces at the border with Kenya Hundreds of residents…
Teenager, one other arrested for robbery in Ogun Daily Post The Ogun State Police Command said it has arrested a teenager, Ayomide Joseph, and one 20-year-old Olajide Ajisomo for allegedly…
Lockdown still in effect, says Lagos government By Dennis Erezi The Lagos Government on Friday said it has not relaxed the lockdown in the state for the Easter celebrations. “Mr.…
Zulum meet Buhari over Chad military operation in Borno Tobi Aworinde, Abuja The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), has promised to take more decisive measures towards ensuring that the…
Kogi, Ebonyi, Imo, Abia relax lockdown Gbenga Odogun, Edward Nnachi, Gibson Achonu and Sunday Nwakanma The Kogi State Government has lifted the ban on religious congregations put in place in…
Health, education, Niger-Delta to suffer N321bn budget cut Ifeanyi Onuba, Abuja The slash in the Federal Government’s budget by about N321bn would mostly affect projects to be implemented in…
Gunmen abducts inspector, eight others in Kaduna Godwin Isenyo, Kaduna Some gunmen have abducted a police inspector, Gloria Sebastine, and eight others at the Ungwan Ma’aji, New Millennium City, in…
Buhari, task force meet today over nationwide lockdown Eniola Akinkuotu, Olaleye Aluko, Dayo Ojerinde, Tunde Oyekola, Daud Olatunji, Armstrong Bakam and Adeniyi Olugbemi The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.),…
5 dead, 4 injured in Kano accident By NAN Five persons were confirmed dead while four others sustained injuries on Wednesday night in an accident along Rano road in Dan…
NSCDC cautions gas dealers against operating in residential areas By NAN gas cylinders PHOTO:Pixabay The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has cautioned gas dealers against situating their plants…
Taliban protest as Kabul releases another 100 insurgents By AFP A newly freed Taliban prisoner hugs his relatives outside Bagram prison, north of Kabul, Afghanistan April 8, 2020. REUTERS/Stringer NO…
Soldiers chase errant Abuja residents with rod Kamarudeen Ogundele, Abuja There was tension in Abuja on Wednesday as soldiers deployed to enforce the President’s lockdown order unleashed terror on residents.…
Benue men burn Ekiti chief alive inside bush Abiodun Nejo, Ado Ekiti A Tiv man, identified simply as Sunday, and three others have allegedly burnt to death in a bush…
