•Terrorists Military authorities in Nigeria have confirmed the death of 22 troops during one of their operations in the North-East region of the country. The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) said the incident came during a clearance operation at a renowned terrorist stronghold and enclave known as Timbuktu Triangle. “Overall, during the course of th...
A Niger State High Court sitting in Minna has convicted a 32-year-old man, Abubakar Muhammad Buba, to life imprisonment for killing his biological father. He was arraigned on October 9, 2023 on four counts, including charges of criminal misappropriation and culpable homicide punishable under Sections 224 and 397 of the Penal Code Law, reports ...
•Late Salome Adaidu and her killer boyfriend, Timilehin Ajayi Thirty-two-year-old Timileyin Ajayi, has been remanded in the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) of the Nasarawa State Police Command in Lafia, the Nasarawa State Capital Timileyin was apprehended for the murder of his alleged girlfriend, Salome Eleojo Adaidu, a 24-year-old mem...
•Cultists Benue State Police Command has raised the alarm about the killing of elderly over alleged witchcraft by some youths in the state. The Commissioner of Police in the state, Hassan Yabaner, who reeled out the achievements of the command in 2024 in a statement issued in Makurdi today pointed out that cultism and killing […]
•Kashim Shettima Vice President Kashim Shettima has extended his condolences to the government and people of Sokoto State over the killing of about 10 civilians in airstrike targeted at the Lakurawa terrorist group at Gidan Sama and Rumtuwa communities in Silame Local Government Area. The villagers lost their lives on December 25, 2024, when t...
The Commissioner of Police, Delta State Command, CP Olufemi Abaniwonda has said that operatives have arrested four murder suspects including the mastermind who duped the victim of N30 million before further receiving ransom of over N20 million from family. The police said they retrieved the decomposed skull of the victim at a shrine in Otokutu...
•The beer parlour A Rwandan soldier today opened fire in a bar and killed five civilians in a southwestern town of the country, the army said. It was not immediately clear what prompted the early morning shooting, reports AFP. However, the Rwandan Defence Forces identified the gunman as a 39-year-old sergeant. “RDF has arrested the […]...
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has disclosed that it has recorded no fewer than 174 Lassa fever deaths, 1,035 confirmed cases and 8,569 suspected cases as of October 2024 across 28 states in 114 local government areas. The Director General of NCDC, Dr Jide Idris, while disclosing this today said the […]
•The suspect The Ondo State security outfit, Amotekun, has detained a 20-year-old, Akinmade Friday, who allegedly killed a 65-year-old woman over a sum of N3,000. The suspect reportedly attacked the elderly woman with a wooden plank after accusing her of entering his room and stealing the money, reports Vanguard. In a statement to the police, ...
•IGP Kayode Egbetokun The Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, on Sunday, condemned the rising cases of jungle justice across the country. This is as he has ordered the Deputy Inspector-General of Police in charge of the Force Criminal Investigation Department to investigate these incidents and bring all persons found wanting to face...

