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39-year-old man, Segun Oni, has been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl, Amina Ajibade under a mango tree in Kwara state. Spokesman of the NSCDC Kwara command,…

Operatives of the Kaduna State Police Command have arrested two suspects for allegedly killing their friend, Idris Bashir, who they owed N385, 000. The spokesperson of the state police command, ASP Mohammed Jalige, who disclosed this in…

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) confirmed that seven persons died in an explosion after a commercial bus collided with a petrol tanker at Ajilete on the Idiroko expressway on Wednesday. The FRSC Idiroko Unit Commander, Akinwunmi…

Unidentified hoodlums who reportedly disguised themselves as local vigilante groups in the early hours of Wednesday stormed the private residence of the immediate past Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Imo State, Chief Cyprian…

A 39-year-old man, Segun Oni, has been arrested by operatives of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Igbaja community, Kwara State for allegedly defiling a 12-year-old girl. In a statement by the command’s…

Terrorists suspected to be members of the Islamic State of West Africa Province (ISWAP) have razed a military formation in Kwamdi village, Damboa Local Government Area of Borno State. It was gathered that the terrorists overran the…

Embattled Nigerian actor, Baba Ijesa has been denied bail by a magistrate court sitting in Lagos state in the ongoing trial over alleged sexual assault. Recall that the Nollywood actor, Baba Ijesa was arrested and detained by the Lagos…

Operatives of the State Security Services, SSS, Kwara State command have arrested prime suspects behind the murder of the 300-level Agricultural Science department student of the University of Ilorin, Olajide Omowumi Blessing. WITHIN…

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Osun State, on Tuesday, said it apprehended one Omolara Solanke for allegedly obtaining the sum of N2,680,000 from a political office seeker under false pretences. A spokesman for the NSCDC…

Abdulrasheed Bawa, the Chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, has described the real estate sector as one with grand scale corruption in the country. The EFCC boss, who is marking his 100 days in office, added that…

The Chief Executive Officer of MBA Capital and Trading Limited, Maxwell Odum has allegedly absconded with N122,510,000 belonging to victims who invested in the Lagos-based forex training and capital investment company According to…

A militant group, Movement for the Emancipation and Defence of Niger Delta, MEDND, has threatened to retaliate for anyone killed or facility destroyed in Delta State by suspected herdsmen. It would be recalled that herdsmen had…

The Nigerian Army has released one Emmanuel Odaudu, who has been languishing in it's underground cell in Abuja for over eight months because of an old Facebook video. Emmanuel was released on Friday, June 11, 2021, following a series of…

An 18-year-old girl, Nofisat Titilope, has been declared missing after she left her coaching centre to visit her male friend, identified simply as Opeyemi in the Ikorodu area of Lagos State. It was gathered that Opeyemi met the victim on…

A young man who visited his friend in prison, has allegedly been shot dead by an armed security operative at the Okere Prison, Warri, Delta State. According to a source who spoke to SaharaReporters about the incident on Tuesday, the…

A 48-year-old father of two, Ifeanyi Obi, who was attending a funeral was shot dead by police and Nigerian Army operatives in Owerri, Imo State. It was gathered that Obi,  a shoe manufacturer based in Aba, Abia State, rather than being…

A Togolese farmer, Kosi Salisu, on Monday, macheted a 16-year-old Fulani herder, Umaru Abdullahi, following an altercation at Owode, Banni Community in Kwara state. It was gathered that the incident occurred when Abdullahi was grazing…

The police on Tuesday arraigned a 86-year-old man, Buhari Musa, who allegedly stole N10,000 worth of maize. Musa, who resides at Itanla area of Ado-Ekiti, is facing trial for stealing before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court. He,…

The men of the Nigeria Police Force, Kaduna State Command have foiled a robbery attack and recovered ammunition and an operational vehicle. ASP Muhammed Jalige, the spokesperson of the command, who disclosed this in a statement said that…

A truck driver, Wilson Aniete rammed into a Vehicle Inspection Officer, Udunobun Otaigbe, popularly referred to as ‘Santos’ while on official duty on the Kugbo stretch of the Abuja-Keffi Road. It was gathered that while the official was…

A suspected robber, Sunday Oluwasola was reportedly beaten to death by some angry students of the Ekiti State University, Ado-Ekiti (EKSU). It was gathered that the suspect and his robbery gang armed with locally made barrel guns and…

The Chairman of the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC), Cross River State Council, Comrade Ben Ukpepi has regained his freedom after spending 84 days in captivity. Ukpepi was kidnapped in his house at CROSPIL Estate in Akpabuyo Local…

Some Bakassi Boys have reportedly stormed some parts of Awka, the Anambra State capital in two vans singing and warning criminals to stop their activities. A source told the PUNCH that the men killed six persons, mostly those suspected…

Suspected Fulani herdsmen killed a man and seriously injured another in Ikot Atasung community in Ikot Ikpene Local government area of Akwa Ibom State. The deceased identified as Silvanus Usen was butchered on the spot, while his…