A 53-year-old man, Wilfred Omoike, was on Monday arraigned before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for alleged impersonation and being in possession of a suspected stolen item. Omoike, whose address was not given, is facing a two-count charge of impersonation and being in possession of a stolen item. The Police prosecutor, DSP Kehinde Ajayi, told the […]

A 30-year-old man, Hassan Baba, was on Monday docked in an Ojo Magistrates’ court in Lagos for allegedly stealing a deep freezer from a shop in Abule Ado area of Ojo, Lagos. The police charged Baba with four counts of conspiracy, burglary, assault and theft. He, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecution […]

Afghanistan’s new Taliban rulers are committed in principle to education and jobs for girls and women, a marked departure from their previous time in power, and seek the world’s “mercy and compassion” to help millions of Afghans in desperate need, a top Taliban leader told The Associated Press in a rare interview.

Gunmen have attacked the Abia State Police Command headquarters in Umuahia, the state capital. They killed a policeman.

Yusuf Abdullahi, Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Bauchi State, says no fewer than 16 people died in a road crash that occurred in the state on Sunday. Abdullahi confirmed the incident in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Monday in Bauchi. According to him, the accident which involved […]