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Tragedy as a 30-year-old man identified as Ahmad Sagir popularly known as Khalifah reportedly died on Sunday, September 19 after he fell off from a moving vehicle in the governor’s convoy en route Bajoga/Funakaye local government for an…

Some suspected ritualists have killed a 16-year-old girl identified as Rihanat Yusuf at Amuyo area in Offa Local Government Area in Kwara state. It was gathered that the incident occurred when Rihanat got missing after she left the house…

Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has signed the bill prohibiting open cattle grazing in the state into law. He signed the bill into law on Monday. The governor’s media aide on print media, Wale Ajetunmobi, made this known.…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has declared one Adewale Daniel Jayeoba wanted over an alleged investment scam. The EFCC said Jayeoba, a native of Ori-Ade Local Government in Osun State, used to live at Suit 1004,…

Firdausi Suleiman, 23, on Monday dragged her husband, Haruna Haruna, before a Sharia Court sitting in Magajin Gari, Kaduna State, seeking divorce on grounds that he beats her and says she eats too much. In her petition, Suleiman, who…

A 25-year-old man, Moses Adam, was killed by a stray bullet from a police officer in Benin City, Edo state. It was gathered that the incident occurred at about 4:08 pm on Friday, September 17, when the late Adam, said to be the only son…

A 45-year-old man, Olaoluwa Jimoh, has been arrested by the police for allegedly impregnating his own biological daughter (name withheld) in Ogun state. The State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Abimbola Oyeyem disclosed this in a…

Hoodlums have reportedly attacked Marist Comprehensive Academy (MCA), injured three persons and killed a student in Uturu, Abia state. This was disclosed via a statement released on Sunday by the state's commissioner for information,…

The Ondo State Government has sealed off Shoprite and the neighborhood market in Akure, the Ondo State capital. The popular facilities were sealed on Monday by the Ondo State Waste Management Authority, ODSWMA, over what was described as…

Ogun state police command has cautioned residents to stop observing prayers in the forests and other isolated places. According to the police, some members of the public still engage in such act despite a series of warnings from security…

Eleven suspected bandits have been killed and others arrested including an officer of the Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in Kogi State. It was gathered that operatives of the Kogi State Vigilante Group arrested the…

A Police Sergeant, Timade Emmanuel has been sentenced to death by hanging for the extrajudicial killing of a teenage student of the Niger Delta University, Amassoma, Bayelsa state in 2019. Justice M.A. Ayemieye of the Bayelsa State High…

Four persons were on Sunday evening trapped after a 40ft container fell on a saloon car around Abalti Barracks along Funsho Williams Avenue, Surulere in Lagos. It was gathered that the truck, which was heading towards Stadium, fell…

The Police Command in Enugu State says it has commenced investigation to resolve the mystery behind the fire that gutted the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) council office in the state. It was earlier reported that INEC…

A technician with the Ikeja Electric, Adebowale Ogunbanwo, has been electrocuted while working on a high-tension transformer in the Dopemu area of Agege, Lagos State. It was gathered that the 40-year-old technician died after power was…

Bandits have killed five people including four members of a family and injured five others in Uchukku village, Shanga Local Government Area of Kebbi State. It was gathered that the bandits stormed the village in the early morning of…

Angry villagers seized six suspected bandits from a police station and set them ablaze in Tangaza town, Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Saturday morning, September 18, about 12…

Unknown gunmen reportedly attacked a church, abducted two worshippers and killed one on Sunday in Kabba, Kogi state. Speaking on the sad development, one of the worshippers identified as Kayode Akanbi said the service had just started…

Unknown gunmen have reportedly set ablazed a patrol vehicle and killed three policemen in Onitsha, the capital of Anambra state. WITHIN NIGERIA learnt that two other persons believed to be civilians also sustained bullet wounds in the…

Some unknown gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, Saturday evening reportedly kidnapped a yet-to-be-determined number of students of the Abia State University, Uturu (ABSU) Abia State and robbed many passengers and motorists en-route to…

Gunmen suspected to be Fulani herdsmen, terrorizing parts of Benue State, have attacked the Yelwata community in Guma Local Government Area of the State. It was gathered that the armed men who carried out the attack, on Saturday,…

Operatives of the Kano State Police Command have rescued a three and half-year boy and arrested two suspected kidnappers in the Ja’in quarters area of the state. The Public Relations Officer of the State Police Command, DSP Abdullahi…

A Bauchi-based Cameroonian pastor, Kenneth Azifo, his wife Sandra, and their colleague, Badamasi, all lost their lives in an accident along Darazo-Kari Road. It was gathered that the incident happened on Friday when the victims were…

A police officer killed an occupant of a moving vehicle identified as Moses Adam while attempting to arrest a murder suspect in Benin City, Edo state. The spokesman of the State Police Command, SP Kontongs Bello, who disclosed this in a…

Suspected herdsmen reportedly killed two peoples and abducted one other at Yelwata community in the Guma Local Government Area of Benue State on Saturday. According to PUNCH, a resident, James Igbudu, said that his father-in-law was…