Jihadists aligned with the Islamic State militant group have captured a military base in Borno state after overnight clashes with troops, sources told AFP on Saturday. Machine-gun wielding fighters from Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) attacked the base in the town of Marte in the Lake Chad area overnight Friday into Saturday, two sources […]

A Customary Court in Ile-Tuntun, Oyo State, on Friday dissolved a 10-year-old union between a housewife, Adeyinka Ajibola, and estranged wife, Ayo, over interference by her mother-in-law in the marriage. Delivering judgment, the President of the Court, Chief Henry Agbaje dissolved the union in the interest of peace. The arbitrator awarded custody of the two […]

By Samuel Oyadongha – Yenogoa A total number of 106 Bayelsa indigenes have been recruited and trained at the Police Training School, Nora-Tai in Rivers State by the State Police Command into the pilot scheme of community policing. The state Commissioner of Police, Mr Mike Okoli, made this known yesterday during the community policing sensitization/Awareness […]

…as Delta presents 378 constabularies By Festus Ahon – Asaba Delta state governor, Dr Ifeanyi Okowa, has said the approach to community policing in the country was inevitable due to the overwhelming increase in crime rate. Okowa stated this at the presentation of 378 Special Constabularies to the people at the Community Policing Sensitisation Awareness […]

By Bose Adelaja An accident involving a Mazda bus and a low bed truck has reportedly recorded five fatalities and injured 16 others, in Ogun State. The incident was said to have occurred at about 3 pm, at Danliti, Mowe area, along Lagos/Ibadan Expressway, when the truck was making a U-Turn. The casualties were fifteen […]