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The Chief Justice of Nigeria (CJN) Justice Mahmud Mohammed, yesterday said the  decision of the National Judicial Council (NJC) to suspend seven judges accused of corruption, showed the desire of the judiciary to preserve its independence.  He explained this on ...

Abdulahi Anaruwa and Mohammed Suleiman were arrested by the Ogun State Police Command for allegedly killing another herdsman, whose cattle they were trying to steal, at Itadodo area of Ofada in Obafemi-Owode LGA Area of the state. The state Police ...

Troops have foiled two suicide bomb attempts targeted at a military location in Yamtakei in Gwoza Local Government Area in Borno on Thursday and killed five terrorists involved in the attempts. One soldier also died in the failed attempts. According ...

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Today, a Kano Magistrates’ Court odischarged all the five suspects, who allegedly killed a trader, Mrs. Bridget Agbahime, in Kano on June 2 over allegations of blasphemy. The suspects, Dauda Ahmed, Abdulmumeen Mustafa, Zubairu Abubakar, Abdullahi Abubakar and Musa Abdullahi ...

Troops of 8 Task Force Division Nigerian Army on a fighting patrol along Monguno-Brimari road, Borno State, today intercepted a group of Boko Haram terorists suspected to be on a mission to loot logistics supplies in surrounding villages.   On ...

A woman in Ilorin told a court to dissolve her two year marriage because she refused to stay in purdah, the News Agency of Nigeria reports. The purdah practice requires married Muslim women to stay in separate rooms, behind a ...

Police operatives attached to the Special Anti-Robbery Squad, Obehie in Abia State have arrested a police officer identified as Sergeant Matthew Elah for allegedly snatching a motorcycle from its owner at gunpoint, Punchng reports.   It was gathered that Elah, ...

Police in Borno said nine persons were killed on Tuesday in Maiduguri in a vehicle explosion. Spokesman of the command, Mr Victor Isuku, said in a statement that the dead were all in the vehicle when it exploded. Isuku said ...

Kerosene explosion has killed two children and injured three others in Akwa Ibom State. According to an eyewitness, the incident occurred in Ikono Ibom Clan in Uyo LGA. One Mr. Nsikak Michael, a tricycle operator and father-of-3, suffered severe burns ...