•Gunmen Gunmen believed to be kidnappers attacked a commercial vehicle belonging to Benue Links, the state-owned transport company. About 17 candidates travelling to Otukpo for their examination centres in the ongoing Unified Tertiary Matriculation Examination (UTME) are feared to have been abducted, although the exact number of victims remain...
•Terrorists Nigeria’s security agencies have been placed on heightened alert following intelligence warnings of a coordinated attack by suspected Islamist militants targeting key infrastructure in the Federal Capital Territory and parts of Niger State. According to an internal security memo reportedly circulated within the Nigeria Customs Serv...
The Ondo State Police Command said its operatives foiled a planned bomb attack in Akure, the state capital, arresting six suspects in connection with the crime. The Commissioner of Police in the state, CP Lawal Adebowale, disclosed this at a press briefing held this morning in Akure. Lawal stated that the police command also recovered [&hellip...
•UNILAG main gate A 20-year-old student of the University of Lagos yesterday narrated to a Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja how a 53-year-old lecturer of the school, Samuel Obinna Ojogbo, allegedly assaulted her in his office. The student gave the account before Justice Oyindamola Ogala while testifying as the first prosecution witness ...
•Pretty Mike| A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos, today, discharged popular socialite and nightclub owner, Mike Nwalie, known as Pretty Mike and his club supervisor, Joachim Hillary, after upholding their no-case submission in a drug-related case filed by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency. Delivering the ruling, Justice Ambrose Lewis...
•Abubakar Malami The Department of State Services has re-arraigned a former Attorney General of the Federation, Abubakar Malami (SAN), and his son, Abdulaziz, before Justice Joyce Abdulmalik of the Federal High Court, Abuja, on an amended charge bordering on alleged terrorism and unlawful possession of firearms and ammunition. At the day’s hea...
•Musa The Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, has said the recent surge in terrorist attacks in Nigeria’s North-East may be politically motivated, with some actors seeking to portray the government as weak. Speaking during an appearance on Arise TV, Musa noted that such attacks often intensify during election periods and may involve both lo...
•Third Mainland Bridge The Lagos State Police Command has arrested an 18-year-old suspected vandal for allegedly tampering with road safety infrastructure on the Third Mainland Bridge. The suspect, identified as Dogara John, was apprehended by operatives of the Rapid Response Squad (RRS) on April 6, 2026, at about 5:30 p.m. while reportedly re...
The federal government has kept mum over the conviction of Lafarge, a French cement maker found guilty of paying millions of dollars in protection money to jihadist groups, including the group calling itself Islamic State (IS), to keep its business running in Syria during the civil war. Eight ex-Lafarge employees were also found guilty of [&he...
The Lagos State Government yesterday arraigned one Olusola Shedrach before the State High Court sitting in Ikeja over the alleged forceful takeover and damage of a landed property belonging to Harvesters Church along the Gbagada–Oworonshoki Expressway. The defendant was arraigned before Justice Hakeem Oshodi on a three-count charge bordering o...
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