A deadly attack by Boko Haram insurgents on the Chadian army near the Nigerian border has left around 40 people dead, according to government and local sources. The attack occurred overnight on Sunday in Ngouboua, a town in western Chad. According ...
In a major crackdown on oil theft in the Niger Delta, operatives of the 6 Division, Nigerian Army, have deactivated three artisanal refineries, arrested five suspects, and recovered over 100,000 litres of illegally refined Automotive Gas Oil (AGO), also ...
A body of one of the occupants of the ill-fated Sikorsky SK76 helicopter with registration number 5N BQG, operated by Eastwind Aviation, has been recovered on Sunday evening. In a statement by the director, Public Affairs and Family Assistance, Nigeri ...
Rescue efforts continued across the Philippines on Friday as authorities struggled to reach residents stranded on rooftops after Tropical Storm Trami left at least 40 people dead and several towns submerged. The storm unleashed two months’ worth of ra ...
A Federal High Court in Lagos has granted a businessman, Kenneth Ugwu, bail in the sum of N10 million over allegations of a N7 million fraud. The ruling was delivered on Thursday by Justice Mohammed Kala, who set the bail conditions, including two sur ...
The Kwara State Police Command has arrested five individuals in connection with the murder of a 46-year-old University of Ilorin graduate, Lanre Adebayo. Adebayo, who studied Political Science, was reportedly tortured to death on Monday, October 21, 2 ...
Operatives of the Katsina State Police Command have rescued 26-year-old Mubarak Haruna, who was kidnapped over a month ago in Jibia Local Government Area. Haruna, a resident of Tudun Yanlihidda quarters in Katsina metropolis, was abducted by armed ban ...
At least four people have been confirmed dead following a suspected cultist attack in the Ifite Awka area, behind the main gate of Nnamdi Azikiwe University (Unizik), Awka, Anambra State, on Thursday morning. Eyewitnesses reported that the gunmen stor ...
Troops of the Nigerian Navy’s Forward Operating Base (FOB) BONNY have arrested a suspect in possession of firearms and ammunition following a successful intelligence operation in Rivers State. According to a statement shared on the Nigerian Navy's ver ...
A 41-year-old Canadian national, Adrienne Munju, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison by a Federal High Court in Lagos for smuggling a potent strain of synthetic cannabis known as “Canadian Loud” into Nigeria. Munju was convicted for importing 74 ...