At least 100 people were abducted and several others killed on Tuesday evening when armed bandits attacked Dan Muntari village in Danko-Wasagu Local Government Area of Kebbi State. Among those killed was a woman who had given birth just two weeks earlier, along with her newborn baby. The incident was disclosed on Thursday in a
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Kwara State Commissioner for Education and Human Capital Development, Dr. Lawal Olohungbebe, has expressed concern over the delays experienced by students sitting for the ongoing West African Senior School Certificate Examination (WASSCE) across the state. He blamed the delays on late arrival of examination materials. This was disclosed in a statement released by the press
Three persons were killed, while two others sustained injuries when suspected hoodlums attacked a Fulani settlement in Gaa Fulani near Bankole, Oke-Ode in Ifelodun Local Government Area of Kwara State. Zagazola Makama, a counter insurgency expert and security analyst in the Lake Chad region, made this known in a post on his X account on
The Uyo Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, has secured the conviction and sentence of eleven internet fraudsters. The convicts were presented before Justices Maurine Adaobi Onyetenu of the Federal High Court Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Justices Ijeoma Ojukwu and Rosemary Dugbo-Oghoghorie of the Federal High Court sitting in Calabar, Cross
Kano State Police Command says its operatives have arrested 41 suspects, including key individuals, in connection with the gruesome killing of the Divisional Police Officer, DPO, of Rano Division, CSP Baba Ali. This was contained in a statement by the Command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Abdullahi Kiyawa, on Thursday in Kano. The police described the
Police operatives in Osun State have arrested two brothers, Ajala Idowu and Ajala Maruf, for the theft of two motorcycles in Ikirun, Ifelodun Local Government Area. This was made known by the Osun State Commissioner of Police, Mohammed Umar Abba, in a statement issued by Abiodun Ojelabi, the Osun State Police Command Public Relations Officer
An over-speeding vehicle on Friday evening knocked down and killed a popular lawyer, Mr. Paul O. Onota, Esq. The incident occurred close to the Udu Local Government Council Secretariat at about 3:58 p.m on Friday. The lawyer, who was a member of the Udu branch of the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA), was crossing the road
The Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court in Ikeja, Lagos, has sentenced Damilare Adewale to 14 years’ imprisonment after he pleaded guilty to charges related to the attempted sexual assault of a 14-year-old girl. Justice Rahman Oshodi delivered the ruling after the prosecution successfully discharged the burden of proof, in line with Section 135(1) of
The Niger State Government has disclosed that so far a total of 151 bodies have been recovered from the Tiffin Maza and Unguwan Hausawa communities in Mokwa local Government Area of the state. In a statement issued by the Emergency Management Agency, NSEMA, through the Public Relations Officer, Ibrahim Hussaini on behalf of the Director
At least two people have been killed and several others abducted following coordinated attacks by bandits on Damari in Sabuwa Local Government Area and Faras in Matazu LGA of Katsina State. The incident, which occurred on Friday night, was revealed in a post by security analyst Bakatsine on X on Saturday. According to the post