LP suspends national youth leader over ‘misconduct’

The Labour Party (LP) has suspended Anslem Eragbe, its national youth leader, over alleged misconduct. Umar Ibrahim, national secretary of LP, in a statement on Friday, shared a letter addressed … Read More

Confusion as lady jumps into Osun river after receiving phone call

A yet-to-be-identified female teenager on Thursday reportedly jumped into the Osun river at Gbodofon area via Aregbe area of Osogbo capital of Osun. This medium gathered the incident, which occurred around … Read More

Interpol arrest 75 cybercrime suspects allegedly linked to Nigeria’s Black Axe cult

The International Criminal Police Organisation (Interpol) says it has arrested 75 persons linked to Black Axe, one of Nigeria’s biggest cult groups. In a report published on Friday, Interpol said it coordinated … Read More

Court remands man for allegedly defrauding 20 policemen N4m

The Bauchi Police Command has on Monday arraigned a man, Shirhabil Abubakar before a Chief Magistrate’s Court in the state for allegedly defrauding 20 serving policemen to the sum of N4.08 million. … Read More

Kwara poly student jailed over $9,891 fraud

Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin on Friday sentenced a 31-year-old student of the Kwara State Polytechnic, Ilorin, Bashiru Azeez, to six months imprisonment over $9,891 fraud. Justice Adebayo … Read More

BREAKING: Court frees IPOB’s Nnamdi Kanu

The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja on Thursday upheld the appeal of the detained leader of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu. The court also discharged and acquitted … Read More

JUST IN: Three brothers arrested for robbery in Ogun

Three brothers and one other person have been arrested by police in Ogun State for allegedly carrying out series of robbery attacks in Ijebu Ode area of the state. The … Read More

NDLEA arrests 72 suspects in Oyo in three months

No fewer than 72 suspects were arrested by the Oyo State Command of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency in three months. The suspects, comprising 52 males and 20 females … Read More

18-yr-old boy strangles mother to death for calling him bastard

An Akure Chief Magistrates’ Court,  weekend, ordered the remand of 18-year-old Tope Momoh, for allegedly strangling his 52-year-old mother, Stella Momoh to death. Police Prosecutor, Nelson Akintimehin, said that the … Read More

Woman flogs granddaughter to death, dumps body in bush

A 37-year old woman, Udeogu Chinelo has been arrested by operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), Anambra State Command for allegedly flogging her three-year-old grand … Read More

BREAKING: 23 kidnapped Kaduna train victims rescued

The remaining 23 kidnapped Kaduna train victims have been rescued, The Nation can confirm. They were rescued around 4pm by a seven-man Presidential Committee assembled by the Chief of Defense Staff (CDS) General L … Read More

Ekiti church guard resigns, steals N620,000 offering

The police in Ekiti State have arrested a 32-year-old man, Olufemi Akindele, for allegedly stealing N620,115 from the offering vault of the Christian Apostolic Church Campground at Ikeji Arakeji, Osun … Read More

Two suspects arrested over alleged kidnap of Kwara monarch, wife

Two suspects have been arrested by the Kwara State Police Command for alleged abduction of a traditional ruler, Abdulrahaman Ifabiyi, Onire of Owa-Onire, in Ifelodun Local Government Area of the … Read More

Kwara doctor kills two women, buries bodies in his office

Decomposed bodies of two women have been found in a shallow grave in the office of a medical doctor, Abass Adio Adebowale Adeyemi, in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara … Read More

‘He was never our student’ – UNICAL disowns kidnap kingpin John Lyon

The University of Calabar (UNICAL) says John Lyon, an alleged kidnapper, is not a graduate of the institution. NAN reports that Gabriel Egbe, the institution’s registrar, disowned Lyon in a … Read More

EFCC arraigns Kwara civil servant for defrauding 23 church members

The Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC has arraigned a 53 -year old civil servant, Oyawoye R. Olajumoke Fafemi, for allegedly defrauding 23 (twenty three) church members seeking employment. Fafemi, a staff … Read More

Gunmen attack Oyo police station, two feared killed

There is palpable tension in Iganna, a town in the Iwajowa Local Government Area of Oyo State, following a deadly attack on the police station in the community. Our correspondent … Read More

BREAKING: Lagos traditional ruler jailed 15 years

An Ikeja High Court has sentenced the deposed Baale of Shangisha in Magodo area of Lagos Mutiu Ogundare, charged with faking his kidnap to 15-year jail term. Justice Hakeem Oshodi … Read More

Police confirm arrest of kidnapper in viral video

Detectives from the Bayelsa Police Command have arrested a suspected kidnap kingpin, John Ewa, who had been on the wanted list of the police in the state. MOUTHPIECE NGR learnt … Read More

Lagos impounds 150 commercial motorcycles, arrests 10 for flouting ban

The Lagos State Environmental Enforcement and Special Offences Unit impounded 150 motorcycles for violating traffic rules in the last one week. The unit’s spokesman, Mr Gbadeyan Abdulraheem, stated on Sunday that 10 … Read More