CRIME
COAS Partners Taraba Govt To Launch Offensive Against Terrorism
The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, has vowed an unbreakable alliance between the Nigerian Army and the Taraba State Government...
Falana Condemns Military For Failing To Apologise Over Coup Plot
Human rights lawyer Femi Falana, SAN, has criticised the Nigerian military for failing to apologise to Nigerians after previously denying reports of a coup...
16 Military Officers To Face Court Martial Over Alleged Coup Plot, Says Defence Headquarters
ABUJA — The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has announced that 16 military officers accused of indiscipline and alleged involvement in a coup plot will be...
Gunmen Abduct School Proprietress, Shoot Three In Ondo Community — Residents Block Highway In Protest
AKURE — Panic gripped Ilu-Abo, an agrarian community in Akure North Local Government Area of Ondo State, as gunmen abducted a school proprietress, Mrs....
Decomposing Body Found In Obalende Canal Days After Disappearance, As Lagos Moves To Clear Bridge Squatters
LAGOS — The decomposing body of a young man was recovered from the Obalende Underbridge Canal on Lagos Island over the weekend, three days...
Police Arrest Man Over Bomb Threat To Lagos Schools, Dismantle 21-Member ‘One-Chance’ Gang
LAGOS — The Lagos State Police Command has arrested Kosiso Chukwem-Nenyem, accused of sending bomb threat messages to two schools in the Ikeja Government...
Family Petitions Sanwo-Olu, Police Over Alleged Illegal Sale Of Ancestral Land In Ibeju-Lekki
The Ogunnusi Oloko Family of Arapagi-Oloko Village in Ibeju-Lekki Local Government Area of Lagos State has petitioned Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu and the Nigeria Police...
Rivers Monarch Survives Assassination Attempt As Gunmen Open Fire On Convoy In Khana
PORT HARCOURT — The Rivers State Police Command has launched an investigation into the attempted assassination of His Royal Majesty, King Suanu Baridam, the...
Fear And Faith Tested: 156 Cherubim & Seraphim Members Still In Captivity As Bandits Strike Again In Zamfara
Nigeria’s worsening insecurity deepened over the weekend as 156 members of the Cherubim and Seraphim Unification Church of Nigeria (C&S) remain in captivity, nearly...
US Increases Military Action, Intelligence Sharing With Nigeria
The US military is increasing materiel deliveries and intelligence sharing with Nigeria, Africom’s deputy commander told AFP, as part of a broader American push...
