Mile 2-Apapa highway gridlock: Police, LASTMA, FRSC, others helpless
RESIDENTS, motorists and business owners along the Berger/Kirikiri corridor, yesterday, blamed the worsening traffic congestion on the Mile 2-Apapa expressway on the proliferation of container terminals in the area, saying the facilities have become the major source of the persistent gridlock.
Pirates abduct 20 passengers including UTME candidates in Calabar
No fewer than 20 passengers, including candidates of the Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination, UTME, organised by the Joint Admissions and Matriculation Board (JAMB), were reportedly abducted by sea pirates along the Calabar waterways on Friday.
Terrorists abduct another Kwara monarch, demand N400m ransom
The traditional ruler of Olayinka community in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Oba Salman Olátúnjí Aweda, was abducted by terrorists in the early hours of Saturday.
We apprehended seven militia herdsmen over kidnapped JAMB candidates – Police
The Benue State Police Command has arrested seven suspected militia herdsmen in connection with last Wednesday’s abduction of passengers aboard an 18-seater Benue Links bus along the Makurdi-Otukpo highway.
Electoral Act (Amendment) 2026: Digital transmission and the 2027 elections
Nigeria’s electoral framework now stands at a pivotal moment as it transitions into a new digital phase.
ALLEGED INFIDELITY: Lagos murder suspect flees, returns to C/River, ‘kills’ lover
On Sunday, March 29, a 30-year-old man, Sunday Ejor, of Nwang community, Ekajuk Ward 2 in Ogoja Local Government Area of Northern Cross River State…
We thought it was Malaysia—Survivors expose ruthless trafficking ring
On February 17, 2026, Bella Boluwatife packed her bags with hope. Like many young Nigerian women searching for a better life, she believed she was on her way to Malaysia…
Abducted JAMB candidates, others: Captors demand N9m for each captive, father cries
The father of two victims abducted Wednesday from a Benue Links bus en route Otukpo has cried out over ransom demands by their captors, who he said are insisting on N9 million for each of his kidnapped children.
‘Coastal road changed lives; children return to school’, indigenes recount
“It has affected me 100% because before now I’ve been at home Now at least we are going home happily. Everything is going very well, My children, my wife,they are eating,” he said.
18 pregnant women rescued from Lagos ‘baby factory’; children sold for N1m
The operatives rescued 18 pregnant women and 10 children. They also arrested the operators of the facility, Okeke and Agwu.
Jilli market airstrike: I lost six brothers in the operation—Resident
•Over 100 recovered bodies already buried •Those killed not innocent civilians —Minister of Defence •Why market still operates in spite govt closure By Ndahi Marama, Maiduguri Mallam Abatcha Gubio, a resident of the Jilli community in Borno-Yobe border, has claimed that he lost six brothers at last Saturday’s airstrikes targeted at terrorists, disclosing that over 100 bodies […]
