CHAIRMAN, Senate Committee on local and Foreign debt, Senator Shehu Sani, APC, Kaduna Central Monday asked President Muhammadu Buhari to as a matter of urgency,…
View More Probe Yar’Adua’s death, Senator Sani ask BuhariCategory: Metro/Crime
Operation Python Dance withdraws from Abia
Gov. Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia has expressed gratitude to God for averting bloodbath in the state, following the withdrawal of troops deployed to Abia for…
View More Operation Python Dance withdraws from AbiaSenate meets security chiefs over S/East tension
The President of the Senate Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki has has met with security chiefs in the country over tension in the South/-East and urged…
View More Senate meets security chiefs over S/East tensionArmy insists Operation Python Dance II starts today
starts today The Nigerian Army has denied rumours in some quarters that it has withdrawn its troops from Operation Python Dance II (Exercise Egwu Eke…
View More Army insists Operation Python Dance II starts todayIPOB: Tension as Plateau govt. declares curfew
The Plateau State Government on Friday imposed a dusk-to-dawn curfew on Jos Metropolis following “rumoured skirmishes, tension and confusion” over the situation in South-East. The…
View More IPOB: Tension as Plateau govt. declares curfew53 traders drown in Kebbi boat mishap
The Chairman of the Bagudo Local Government Council in Kebbi, Alhaji Muhammad Zagga, confirmed on Thursday that no fewer than 53 traders were feared dead…
View More 53 traders drown in Kebbi boat mishapSoldiers invasion of Abia NUJ secretariat condemned, as Operation Python Dance continue
The Nigeria Army led operation “python dance” in the South East part of the Country keep worsening the situation of the people especially those in…
View More Soldiers invasion of Abia NUJ secretariat condemned, as Operation Python Dance continueSoldiers allegedly kill 3 in Umuahia, IPOB members attack police commissioners’ house
Soldiers in Abia have allegedly killed three IPOB members in Umuahia, Abia state. The IPOB members allegedly shot along Government road Umuahia, popularly known as…
View More Soldiers allegedly kill 3 in Umuahia, IPOB members attack police commissioners’ house10,000 families displaced by Flood in Kogi
No fewer than 10,000 families had been displaced by flooding in seven local government areas of the state. The Governor of Kogi State Yahaya Bello, …
View More 10,000 families displaced by Flood in KogiBoy kills mother for puppy in U.S.
Andrew David Willson, a teenager from Michigan, United States (U.S.) has killed his mother for not letting him have a puppy. Willson, 19, shot his…
View More Boy kills mother for puppy in U.S.Customs intercepts 1,100 pump-Action rifles
1,100 pump-action rifles have been intercepted by the officials of the Nigeria Customs Service in a container at the Tin-Can Island Port in Lagos. The…
View More Customs intercepts 1,100 pump-Action riflesGunmen kill 19, wound 5 in Plateau community
Tragedy struck in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State, as unknown gunmen attacked a community, killing 19 people and wounding another 5. The attack…
View More Gunmen kill 19, wound 5 in Plateau communityUNICEF warns of cholera outbreak
The United Nations Children’s Fund, UNICEF has warned that there is growing concern for the health and wellbeing of 1.4 million displaced people, including 350,000…
View More UNICEF warns of cholera outbreakKILLERS OF REV. FR. ONUNKWO IN IMO ARRESTED
Imo state police command has arrested six persons suspected to have abducted and murdered one Cyriacus Onunkwo, a Rev. Father of Umuotuasi village, Osina in…
View More KILLERS OF REV. FR. ONUNKWO IN IMO ARRESTEDTwo soldiers injured as troops raid oil bunkering site in Rivers
Troops of the Nigerian Army have successfully cleared a notorious oil bunkering site in Rivers State, with two soldiers sustaining gunshot wounds in the process.…
View More Two soldiers injured as troops raid oil bunkering site in RiversBullion Van Robbery: Delta Police arrest 4 UBA staff
Four staffers of the United Bank for Africa, UBA, are currently with the Delta State Police Command for their role in an armed robbery operation…
View More Bullion Van Robbery: Delta Police arrest 4 UBA staffBoko Haram kills four farmers in drive-by attack in Borno
Boko Haram members killed four farmers in a drive-by shooting in Borno state in Nigeria’s volatile northeast, local vigilantes told AFP Tuesday. The insurgents, riding…
View More Boko Haram kills four farmers in drive-by attack in Borno
15 die in Cross River flooding
Fifteen people have lost their lives in severe flooding in 21 communities in Cross River in July and August this year. The Director-General of the…
View More 15 die in Cross River floodingBrazilian police break international drug ring
Brazilian police fanned out across five states and the capital early Monday to smash an international drugs trafficking ring that allegedly shipped six tons of…
View More Brazilian police break international drug ringHow Catholic priest was kidnapped, murdered
Uneasy calm has enveloped Imo indigenes, following the increasing level of criminality in the state. The latest victim is a Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Cyriacus…
View More How Catholic priest was kidnapped, murdered
Gunmen attack Bayelsa community, abduct boat owner
Barely a week after unknown gunmen killed four soldiers, Amatu 11 community in Ekeremor Local Government in Bayelsa State was again attacked at the weekend.…
View More Gunmen attack Bayelsa community, abduct boat ownerMilitary neutralises top Boko Haram commanders in Borno
Top Boko Haram commanders have been neutralised through a combined effort of the Nigerian Army and the Air Force. The Army announced this on Thursday,…
View More Military neutralises top Boko Haram commanders in BornoTension in Bayelsa as military invade community over killing of 4 soldiers
Gunmen ambushed and killed four soldiers and a civilian in Bayelsa State, local sources said Wednesday, breaking months of uneasy calm after unrest over the…
View More Tension in Bayelsa as military invade community over killing of 4 soldiers17-Yr-old housewife poisons rival’s 2-week old baby
A 17-year-old housewife has confessed to attempting to kill her rival’s two-week old baby because of the level of hatred she has for her husband…
View More 17-Yr-old housewife poisons rival’s 2-week old baby