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There was pandemonium Friday night as residents of Ayetoro, Yewa North Local Government area of Ogun state engaged in a violent clash with officers of the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). WITHIN NIGERIA gathered that the clash led to the…

Former president of the Nigerian senate, Abubakar Bukola Saraki was reportedly arrested by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission over allegations of theft and money laundering. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that Saraki, a former Kwara…

A pharmacist identified as Yahaya Zakari has been arrested by the Kano Hisbah board for allegedly taking a young woman to his house. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that the arrested pharmacist reportedly took the young woman to his house located…

No fewer than two suspected kidnappers have been killed in Iwajowa Local Government Area of Oyo State. WITHIN NIGERIA gathered on Saturday that the two suspects were killed during a failed kidnap attempt by the kidnappers who stormed…

Two bandits were killed in a crossfire with police operatives in Njaba Local Government Area of Imo state on Saturday. Spokesman of the State Police Command, CSP Mike Abattam, who disclosed this in a statement in Owerri, the state…

Abductors of students of Bethel Baptist High School, Damishi, Kaduna, have asked for a fresh N50 million ransom for the remaining 83 students in their custody. About N100 million ransom is alleged to have been demanded by the bandits to…

The Maiduguri Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Friday, July 30, 2021 secured the conviction of the duo of Tijjani Haruna and Abdullahi Ahmed to six months imprisonment before Justice Aisha Kumaliya of the…

Armed men suspected to be bandits terrorizing some parts of Zamfara State have attacked a General Hospital in Dansadau community in the Maru local government area of the State. WITHIN NIGERIA gathered that the incident occurred on Friday…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) has been ordered a federal capital territory (FCT) high court not to go ahead with its planned congress in Imo state. This order was given on Friday by the presiding judge, Valentine Oriji while ruling…

Thirty-year-old Saheed Olabomi had passed on two days after he was allegedly shot by a riot policeman in Osogbo, Osun State. It was gathered that Olabomi passed on at the Osun State University Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, where he had…

Police have arrested two suspects with a nylon bag containing three hundred and ninety wraps of weeds suspected to be cannabis Sativa at Erovie Quarters in Ozoro Community in Delta State. The suspects, Hope Azion ‘f’ 25yrs old and Joy…

A suspected gunrunner identified as Aisha Nura has been arrested by the Katsina State Police Command in Batsari Local Govt Area of the state and the sum of N2.4m found in her possession was recovered. This was contained in a statement…

The police have arrested five men for allegedly sodomising a 17-year old boy in Katsina State. The police spokesperson in the state, Gambo Isa, while parading the suspects at the command headquarters on Friday afternoon, said they…

A bandits’ leader, Dogo Nabajallah and three others were killed during a clash between two rival gangs in Katsina state. It was gathered that Nabajallah was killed inside Dungun Muazu forest located in the Sabuwa Local Government Area of…

45 years old woman, Kafayat Lawal, has been arrested by the police for beating her 17-year-old daughter, Ayomide Adekoya to death in Ogun state. Spokesperson of the state police command, DSP Abimbola Oyeyemi, who disclosed this in a…

As a mark of last honour and respect, the students of Akwa Ibom State Polytechnic, Ikot Osurua in Ikot Ekpene local government area organised and staged a candle light procession for two of their colleagues who died as a result of the car…

The wife of Benue Commissioner for Lands and Survey, Mrs. Ann Unenge has been abducted in Makurdi, Benue state capital. The abduction took place less than one week after two women were abducted in a similar fashion. She was kidnapped…

The Mastermind of the Kano Missing Nine Children, Paul Owne, has been sentenced to 104 years imprisonment, for stealing and selling the Children in Anambra State. Passing the Judgement the Kano High Court Judge, Justice Zuwaira Yusuf,…

The Nigerian Union of Journalists, DAAR HQ Chapel have condemned the alleged assault on Damisa Yusuf, a reporter with the Africa Independent Television, (AIT) in Bauchi Station, by some policemen. WITHIN NIGERIA gathered that the…

The man identified as Felix Okechukwu was a retired mechanic who was about 70-year-old before he was killed by unknown gunmen in Orlu, Imo State. Felix Okechukwu was popularly called Akaonyewetere in Okporo community, Orlu. Furthermore,…

Two commercial motorcyclists have lost their lives in an accident that occurred along Ikare-Arigidi road in Akoko North East Local Government Area of Ondo State. It was gathered that the accident was caused by the reckless overtaking and…

The Kaduna Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC today, July 29, 2021 secured the conviction and sentencing of one Nwaturuocha Linjunior Kelechi to one-year prison term before Justice Darius Khobo of the Kaduna…

No fewer than four persons have lost their lives in what seems to be a black Thursday for residents of Lokoja, the Kogi State capital who were involved in a ghastly motor accident involving a truck and a tricycle, popularly known as keke…

The Benin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Thursday July 29, 2021 arraigned one Paschal Okirika before Justice Anthony Olotu Akpovi of the Delta State High Court sitting in Warri. Okirika was…

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command Special Squad, Ikeja, have arrested three suspected armed robbers who snatched a Lexus car at gunpoint in Ikorodu area of Lagos on July 11. The suspected armed robbers who went for the said…