At least six people were killed and 35 injured in a stampede near one of India's busiest and richest temples, after thousands of devout Hindus assembled there to secure free visit passes, authorities said on Thursday. The period from Friday to January ...
Police operatives in Bauchi and Anambra States have rescued three children - Sabo Salisu 3 year-old; Isah Abdulkadir 4 year-old, and Nana Khadija Zakariya’u, 6 year-old - who were abducted from Gwallameji, a community in the outskirts of Bauchi metropoli ...
Lebanon’s parliament has elected Joseph Aoun, the United States-backed army chief, as the country’s new president, breaking a two-year political stalemate that left the nation without a head of state. The landmark decision followed two rounds of votin ...
Scores of Boko Haram insurgents have been killed by Chadian Forces at the entrance of the presidential residence in Ndjamena, Chad when the terrorists on Wednesday night attempted to attack country's presidential palace. Credible sources said that sev ...
In a bold and meticulously coordinated operation, combined security forces neutralised notorious bandit kingpin Baƙo Baƙo and several members of his gang in the forests of Batsari Local Government Area in Katsina State. The operation, conducted in the ...
A 52-year-old man, Samuel Dada, has been brought before an Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrate's Court for allegedly defrauding 12 persons of N14.6 million. The defendant was said to have swindled his unsuspecting victims of the humongous amount under the pret ...
The Imo State Police Command said it was yet to receive any report on the reported case of five family members who died after consuming sliced oil bean (ugba), in Umuebi Amazu, Aboh Mbaise local government area of the state. The police, however, appea ...
Aircraft engineers and technicians of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) have reactivated a Dornier DO-228 aircraft, which was grounded for 23 years. A statement by the NAF spokesman, Air Vice Marshal Olusola Akinboyewa, announcing the feat, underscored ...
The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has confirmed that 34 terrorists and six soldiers died during the attack on a military base at Sabon Gari in Damboa local government area of Borno State. The Director, Defence Media Operations, Major General Edward B ...
Personnel of the Nigerian Navy rescued eight police officers and a civilian in a boat mishap that occurred in Bayelsa State. Navy Spokesman, Commodore A. Adams-Aliu in a statement said the officers were en route Yenagoa, when their speed boat hit a su ...