1+ hour, 14+ min ago   (304+ words) The Nigerian Army has confirmed that six Islamic scholars were abducted in Zamfara State but denied reports that they were kidnapped at the residence of former governor, Abdul’aziz Yari in Talata Mafara Local Government Area. The Army said the clerics…...

1+ hour, 16+ min ago   (401+ words) The Commissioner of Police, Akwa Ibom State Command, CP Baba Mohammed Azare, has ordered the detention of an officer of the Quick Response Squad, QRS, over the alleged shooting of a seven-year-old boy in Uyo, the state capital. A statement…...

2+ hour, 28+ min ago   (280+ words) Osun State Governor, Ademola Adeleke, has urged residents to remain vigilant and promptly report suspicious movements or individuals to security agencies. The governor’s appeal followed reports of planned terrorist attacks targeting places of worship in parts of Osun State. The…...

2+ hour, 49+ min ago   (750+ words) Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have intercepted two shipments of synthetic cannabis, popularly known as Colorado or Colos, concealed in consolidated cargoes from the United Kingdom. The agency also recovered two other consignments of Colorado hidden…...

2+ hour, 54+ min ago   (249+ words) 12 people have been killed and two others sustained various degrees of injuries in a road traffic crash involving two Volkswagen cars along the Kaduna-Kachia Road in Kaduna State. The Kaduna State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr....

5+ hour, 41+ min ago   (596+ words) The Taraba State Government has commenced moves to decongest the Jalingo Medium Security Custodial Centre, with plans to recommend deserving inmates for amnesty under the state’s prerogative of mercy. The development followed concerns over overcrowding at the facility, which was…...

4+ hour, 29+ min ago   (578+ words) Governor Francis Nwifuru of Ebonyi State has warned the people of Izhi Nnodo clan against the indiscriminate sale of ancestral lands, family compounds and burial grounds, saying such practices could make them strangers in their own homeland. Nwifuru issued the…...

8+ hour, 52+ min ago   (263+ words) A chieftain of the Labour Party, Abayomi Arabambi, has dragged the University of Nigeria Nsukka, UNN, to court over the alleged refusal to release details of the academic record of the presidential candidate of the Nigerian Democratic Congress, NDC, Peter…...

5+ hour, 40+ min ago   (278+ words) The Ogun State Police Command has recovered a stolen 2016 Toyota Camry at a hotel in Ifo, less than eight hours after it was reported stolen. The vehicle, belonging to an Indian national based at the Ilupeju Industrial Estate, Lagos, was…...

8+ hour, 52+ min ago   (245+ words) Prince Adewole Adebayo, the presidential candidate of the Social Democratic Party, SDP, has expressed sadness over the death of former National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Bamanga Tukur. Adebayo, in a condolence message on Saturday, described Tukur…...