A 27-year-old fisherman, Fatai Yussuf, has been remanded in a custodial centre in Lagos over alleged killing of his six-week-old daughter whom he threw into a lagoon because she was sick. The Chief Magistrate, P.E. Nwaka, gave the remand order at a Magistrates’ Court in Yaba, Lagos on Wednesday. Yussuf is facing a count charge […]

The Federal High Court, Abuja, on Wednesday, ordered the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) to unfreeze the bank accounts of the 20 #EndSARS promoters. Justice Ahmed Mohammed gave the ruling following the agreement reached by parties in the suit to amicably resolve the matter. Justice Mohammed, who commended counsel to the CBN, Michael Andoaka, SAN, […]

Self-acclaimed freedom fighter, Mr. Sunday Adeyemo, also known as Sunday Igboho, on Tuesday, accused the Federal Government of freezing his bank accounts, following his attack on the killer-herdsmen in Oyo State.

Indications have emerged that Lagos State may be losing as much as N4 trillion annually to traffic congestion that has become the hallmark of the state. This is contained in a report by a Lagos-based research institute, Danne Institute for Research entitled “Connectivity and Productivity Report”.

Police on Tuesday said they had rescued three Chinese workers kidnapped last week from a gold-mining site in Osun state. The Chinese were abducted and their police escort killed on February 1 following a dispute with local labourers at the mining site at the Atakumosa area of the state. “We have rescued the three Chinese […]

A criminal gang leader behind the kidnapping of hundreds of schoolchildren in northwest Katsina state in December has surrendered to authorities in an amnesty deal, officials said on Tuesday. Auwalun Daudawa led dozens of gunmen who snatched students from their school hostels in the town of Kankara in a crime that sparked global outrage and […]

By Emem Idio – Yenogoa Palpable fear has gripped the people of Apoi Community in Southern Ijaw Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, as unknown gunmen have reportedly killed a military officer and carted away and with his AK-47 rifle. Already, the indigenes of the community have fled the community to neighbouring villages and elsewhere […]

The Police on Monday arraigned a labourer, Francis Agianpuye, in a Grade 1 Area Court, Mpape, Abuja, for allegedly stealing building materials.

By Bose Adelaja Following the ongoing cult related clash at Alakuko area of Lagos Sango/Tollgate and Dalemo, Ogun State, Lagos State Police Command, on Monday, said it has arrested 19 suspected cultists in.connection with the matter. The Lagos State Commissioner of Police, CP Hakeem Odumosu, while addressing and deliberating on security issues with the Area […]

By Egufe Yafugborhi FEDERAL lawmaker, Hon Dumnamene Dekor, has charged critical actors to embrace lasting peace following renewed Luu-Sue, Zor-Sogho communal disturbance which reportedly claimed five lives Wednesday in Khana Local Government Area (LGA), Rivers State. Several property were also destroyed and helpless residents, especially the aged and children deserted their homes as the age-long […]