By Ikechukwu Odu – Nsukka At least N200 million worth of goods were razed in an early morning fire outbreak at Nsukka Timber Market, Nsukka Local Government Area of Enugu State on Monday. The fire which started at about 3:00am, razed at least 20 shops, destroying timbers materials and machines before personnel from Nsukka Fire […]

The Police Command in Plateau has killed two suspected kidnappers in Gindiri, Mangu Local Government Area of the state. ASP Ubah Ogaba, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) in the command, disclosed this in a statement on Monday in Jos. According to him, the criminals were killed after a gun battle with the police on […]

A peaceful protest against epileptic power supply in Kafanchan, Kaduna State, on Monday, turned violent as one person was shot by security operatives. The protesters stormed the Kaduna Electricity Distribution Company (KEDC), Kafanchan business office, in their numbers carrying placards with inscriptions: ‘Stop charging us high’, ‘Stop the blackout’, ‘Give us stable power supply. A […]

The deadline set by the Federal Government for mobile subscribers to link their National Identification Numbers, NIN, with their mobile phone’s Subscriber Identity Module, SIM, cards, is tomorrow.

Lagos State Police Command Monday, confirmed the arrest of 11 suspected cultists in the state.

By Ike Uchechukwu – Calabar Cross River State Governor, Prof Ben Ayade on Monday came hard on criminals, as he began another phase of demolition of properties belonging to suspected kidnappers within the Calabar Metropolis. The exercise was part of the governor’s warning last year during the launch of a crack security outfit code-named Operation […]

A building on Market Street, off Ijesha, in Surulere, Lagos, housing nine apartments and 12 shops, was on Saturday evening, gutted by fire, caused by a faulty cooking gas valve that exploded, according to the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA). In a post-disaster evaluation, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, the agency’s Director General, disclosed on Sunday […]

…Gunmen shot clergyman, driver By Dayo Johnson – Akure Two cemetery security guards in Ondo State have been arrested for allegedly being in possession of heads of the dead bodies buried in a religious body’s cemetery in Ondo town. Vanguard gathered that the incident occurred at the Surulere area of Ondo town on Sunday. The […]

By Emma Una – Calabar A clash between two cult groups has allegedly left four persons dead at Bakassi in Cross River State. Eyewitnesses said the clash started on Thursday with the killing of one person at Ekpri Ikang and has been raging till Saturday night. A resident of the Bakassi who gave her name […]

The Nigerian Navy, Forward Operating Base (FOB), Igbokoda, on Sunday, said no fewer than 24 suspected illegal oil thieves were arrested on the coastal waters in Ilaje Local Government Area (LGA) of Ondo State. Navy Capt. Shuaibu Muhammed-Ahmed, the Commanding Officer, FOB, parading the suspects in Igbokoda, told newsmen that the men were apprehended on […]