An automobile mechanic, Stephen Nwanke,18, who was traced by a phone he allegedly stole, was on Tuesday in Lagos arraigned. alleged burglary and theft of valuables worth N318, 000. The accused, who resides at 7 Orile Iganmu Road, Orile appear...
A 40-year-old man, Ige Lawal, was on Tuesday charged before a Somolu Magistrates’ Court, Lagos, over the alleged theft of a Mercedes Benz V-boot saloon car and cash amounting to N298, 000. Lawal, who resides at No. 2, Od...
The State Security Service (SSS) in Nasarawa State on Monday paraded four suspected members of an arm-running syndicate. The state’s Director of SSS, Abubakar Bubuche, said the suspects were members of a gun running syndicate operating between Na...
A group, the Anti-Corruption Network, has called on President Goodluck Jonathan to unmask the masterminds of an unregistered firm, Pinnacle Contractors Ltd that was allegedly given N2.7billion subsidy fund without any proof of importing fuel into the c...
The House of Representatives has opened investigation into a revenue shortfall totaling over N8.9 billion as well as the federal government’s management of the multi-billion Naira Ecological Fund. The period under probe covers shortages in accrua...
Unknown gunmen yesterday shot and killed three people in Hotoro, Kano State, the BBC Hausa Service has said. According to BBC Hausa service, the shooting, which left the victims dead, took place yesterday morning. The police in Kano have confirmed the ...
The Plateau State police command has said it had arrested three criminals suspected to be members of a killer-gang terrorising residents of Bokkos Local Government Area The suspects were arrested with arms including three locally made pistols, 32 cartr...
Soldiers allegedly shot dead dozens of young men during raids in Maiduguri, Borno State residents and a morgue worker told Agency France Presse (AFP). The reported military operations targeted four neighbourhoods of Maiduguri, the epicentre of an insur...
Two men, Mohammed Abbas and Danlami Musa have been sentenced to four months imprisonment by a Lokoja Chief Magistrate Court, for stealing fishing nets and aluminium coated roofing sheet worth N94,000. Delivering judgement in Lokoja, Chief Magistrate Le...
Men of the Rivers State Police Command and the Anti-kidnapping Unit (AKU) of 2 Amphibious Brigade, Nigerian Army, Port Harcourt, in early hours of yesterday, killed seven suspected members of a criminal gang that specialises in kidnapping and armed rob...
Nigerian students and state governments have continued to pay through their nose to study in foreign universities. But the universities have adopted various strategies to meek the applicants. The latest victim is a state in the South-West state, which ...
For lack of evidence, the House of Representatives is set to exonerate the embattled Farouk Lawan from the $620,000 bribery allegation leveled against him by billionaire oil magnate, Mr. Femi Otedola, LEADERSHIP reports. Also, the Gambo Dan-Musa led Ho...
The Police Serious Fraud Unit (SFU) yesterday commenced the interrogation of some arrested oil marketers, but feelers from the Force headquarters showed that the suspects were unable to defend specific allegations leveled against them in the docu...
Gunmen suspected to be members of a dreaded cult group in Bayelsa State yesterday shot dead two policemen at Agbura community near Azikoro village in Yenagoa Local Government Area of the state. The two police officers killed by the gunmen are said to b...
The Delta State Police Command has arrested 81 armed robbery and kidnap suspects between September and October. The state Commissioner of Police (CP), Mr Ikechukwu Aduba, disclosed this to newsmen in Asaba on Thursday. The commissioner, who paraded som...