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A Bauchi resident of Kumbi village in Kirfi Local Government, Yakubu Adamu has been arrested by police for allegedly stabbing his younger brother to death, in order to inherit his motorcycle. The state Police command disclosed this in a statement by its spokesperson, Ahmed Wakil, on Friday. According to Wakil, the suspect confessed to committing the offence and further revealed that he started stealing motorcycles in 2020. Meanwhile, the perpetrator […]

Two young girls and eighteen others who were being used as prostitutes have been saved by men from the state police command and officials of the Anambra State Government. This occurred during a raid of a hotel in Oba community, Idemili South Local Government Area of the state. The raid was done following a tip-off from a whistleblower after continuous suspicious activities were observed around the hotel vicinity. The state […]

An 18-year-old nursing mother, Toyin Oluwagbemiga and her infant have been detained at the Trinity Hospital in the Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State for the past five months. According to reports, Toyin was put in the family way by one Joshua Cole, immediately after her Senior School Certificate Examination she, however, developed some complications during delivery, which took her to the Ekuigbo Community Health Centre in Ughelli. […]

A student of Ahmadu Bello University Zaria, Kaduna State, has been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps in Bauchi State for allegedly killing a 17-year-old. The NSCDC Commandant, Bauchi State, Ilelaboye Oyejide, disclosed this to newsmen on Sunday while parading the suspect at the Command’s Headquarters. The suspect, Abdullahi Ibrahim, was said to have lured the teenage, a secondary student with his naked picture and enticed him […]

Terrorists has on Sunday night, struck Danmusa Local Government Area of Katsina State and killed five people and about twelve people injured. Residents were also abducted during the attack which occurred around 10 pm. Some of the residents revealed that the terrorists stormed the town in numbers and began to shoot sporadically. The residents added that the terrorists initially attacked from the outskirts due to the presence of security operatives […]

Akwa Ibom state police have arrested  a man, Akaninyene Sunday Isaac for allegedly Killing his mother. The Police Spokesperson, Akwa Ibom State Command, Odiko Macdon, confirmed the incident in Uyo, yesterday, he said, the Command arrested Akaninyene Sunday Isaac, for murdering his biological mother, Christiana Sunday Isaac, who was 55 years old. However, a source in the family said, that problem started when Akaninyene demanded money from the mother, which […]

The Lagos State Government has announced the immediate closure of Mile 12 International and Owode Onirin markets for various environmental infractions. This was contained in a statement released and signed by the Director of Public Affairs, Ministry of Environment and Water Resources, Kunle Adeshina, on Friday. Adesina stated that the markets were closed in a joint operation carried out by enforcement officers from the Lagos Waste Management Authority and Lagos […]

More deaths have been recorded, days after the fire incident at a illegal oil refining site in Ibaa Community, Emohua Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that about eight more people who were badly injured died between Monday and Tuesday. This was as a result of families and outsiders whose relatives have not returned home have continued search for the people. Recall that over 50 people were […]