THERE was tension in Dagbala, Akoko-Edo local government area of Edo State as one person identified as Peter Adelabu sustained head injuries when they were attacked by suspected illegal gold miners operating in the sites in contravention of the closure of the place to mining activities a few months ago. Dagbala has many deposits of gold and other solid minerals.

Men of Ogun State Command of Nigeria Police have arrested a couple for allegedly selling their one-month-old baby at the rate of fifty thousand naira.

The Police Command in Kogi on Saturday banned the use of fireworks during the Christmas and New Year celebrations in the state. The State Commissioner of Police, Mr Idrisu Dauda-Dabban slammed the ban on the residents warned against any flaunt, which would attract the wrath of the law. Dauda-Dabban, in a press release by the […]

Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service (LSFRS) said no death or injury was recorded in the fire that broke out at the Oke Afa building materials market in Jakande, Egbe, Lagos State on Friday night. The service, in a statement on Saturday by its Director, Mrs Margaret Adeseye, also confirmed that the inferno which started […]

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Gombe State has confirmed the death of four persons in two separate crashes that occurred in the state on Friday. FRSC’s Public Enlightenment Officer in the state, Janet Kassa who confirmed the accidents to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Saturday, said the first accident which occurred […]