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A judge of the Ekiti State High Court sitting in Ado-Ekiti on Wednesday, February 17 pardoned a rapist identified as Dennis Kiyede. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the rapist, Kiyede was being prosecuted by the police on a one-count-charge of…

Jigawa State Hisbah Board has destroyed over 3000 bottles of alcohol confiscated in Kazaure local Government. The local Government commandant Malam Bello Musa Kazaure disclosed this after destruction of the alcohol in Kazaure. He said…

The Federal Government has been called by the Arewa Youth Forum (AYF) to take urgent actions to douse the tension across the country caused by activities of armed Fulani herdsmen. The group also noted that another civil war could…

Barely 24 hours after the abduction of students, teachers, and others from Government Science College, Kagara, unknown gunmen suspected to be bandits have attacked some communities in Shiroro Local Government Area of Niger State abducting…

A federal high court in Ikoyi, Lagos, has granted an interim mareva injunction directing commercial banks to block Shell Petroleum Development Company of Nigeria Limited accounts for alleged oil theft. The order which was granted to…

The arrest of a grandmother, Funmilayo Olalere, in Amondo village, near Ile-Ife, has been ordered by the Osun State Government on Wednesday after she reportedly assaulted  her grandchild living with her. The grandma was said to have…

At the resumed hearing of the Offa bank robbery case at an Ilorin high court on Wednesday, suspects in a recorded video clip told the court how they killed no fewer than eleven innocent persons during the robbery tragedy. Recall that the…

Armed men suspected to be Boko Haram insurgents reportedly invaded and killed four mobile police officers in Bursari local government council of Yobe State. This tragic incident has been confirmed by the police public relations…

Armed bandits have reportedly attacked a vehicle and injured two people at the Kurmin Idon axis of the Kaduna-Kachia road in Kajuru local government area of Kaduna state. This tragic incident was confirmed on Wednesday, February 17 by…

Gunmen who attacked Government Science College, Kagara in the Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State on Wednesday morning came in motorcycles, a resident who witnessed the incident has said. 27 students and 15 others including staff…

A fire outbreak at customs IDPs camp along Mafa road, Maiduguri, Borno State has reportedly led to the death of an infant baby and injury of two others. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the fire incident occured twice on Tuesday, February 16.…

The Centre for Anti-Corruption and Open Leadership (CACOL) has hailed the sentencing of the owner of Victoria East Park Hotel and Suite, Igbogbo, in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State, Fredrick Ebiesuwa, and his wife, Tinuola Oyegunle, to 40…

The identity of Kano Hisbah commander who was arrested after he was allegedly caught with a married woman in a hotel has been revealed. His name is Sani Rimo, a senior official with the Kano State Hisbah Board. He is said to be in…

The management of Alvan Ikoku Federal College of Education (AIFCE) has confirmed the death of a senior lecturer, simply identified as Mr Echetama, who slumped and died in a lecture hall on Tuesday. The Acting Public Relations Officer…

Boko Haram insurgents have reportedly attacked a military base and killed seven soldiers in an ambush carried out in Borno state. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the affected soldiers who were attached to the 153 Task Force Battalion in Marte…

Operatives of the Uyo Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission have arrested a 28-year-old medical doctor, Chijioke Precious over alleged internet fraud in Owerri, Imo State. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the medical…

A woman has killed her husband in Ondo State over suspicions of infidelity. The man was killed after he allegedly received a call from another lady. The suspect identified as Queen Beatrice was said to have hit her husband, Emmanuel…

Detectives attached to the Lagos Police Command have arrested a man, David Idibie, for allegedly beating his wife, Juliana, 42, to death in Ajah. The incident occurred on Tuesday night at their Joado Street, Oke Ira Nla residence. It…

Suwaiba Shuaibu, 18, has been remanded in prison by a magistrate court sitting in Kano for allegedly stabbing her husband’s 17-year-old fiancée, Aisha Kabir, to death. The suspect was arrested on January 2, 2021 and during interrogation,…

40 suspects who were arrested for allegedly involving in kidnapping, cattle rustling and culpable homicide have been paraded by the Adamawa State Police Command. The suspects were paraded by the new state commissioner of police at the…