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Chinese man arrested for attempting to assassinate his Nigerian business associate. Sun Hun was arrested in Lagos Island yesterday, after police operatives nabbed one Chika Eze, whom he paid N1.4m to hire killers. Chika got two men whom he paid ...

Around 6:45am today, 2 suicide bombers were shot dead by the Civilian JTF in Maiduguri, Borno state. The male suicide bombers who strapped IEDs on the bodies stormed Kusari, near CBN Staff Quarters and heading to a mosque in the ...

4 months after, leader of the gang that abducted the 3 Lagos school girls, arrested while making love.   The Lagos Commissioner of Police, Fatai Owoseni, yesterday, paraded Felix Sylva aka Tradition, the leader of the gang of kidnappers that ...

The Nimbo community, in Enugu State, has urged the FG for compensation of N17bn following herdsmen invasion of the community. Traditional ruler of the community, Chief John Akor, made the demand when he testified at the panel of inquiry into ...

Margaret Onya was allegedly set ablaze by Onya, at their home at No 35, JB street, Ekosodin quarters, off Ugbowo-Lagos Road, Benin, Edo State, on Saturday, after a disagreement over her father’s burial. Onya was alleged to have poured petrol ...

Woman allegedly stabs husband multiple times on their wedding anniversary, out of mere detestation

Emmanuel Nwachukwu, a 52-year-old father-of-four, stated this while being paraded by the police in Minna, Niger State, along with the second suspect, Chinedu Andrew, 22. The duo were accused of raping their 12-year-old Primary Six, neighbour. According to Nwachukwu, “I ...

Days after the passing of Stephen Keshi, another former Super Eagles coach dies.

The Catholic Bishop of Sokoto Archdiocese, Mathew Kukah, has called on Nigerians to avoid making the health of Nigeria’s public figures a subject of political discourse or speculations. Speaking with journalists in Abuja, Kukah said:   “I do not think ...

A member of a kidnap gang has accused the former governor of Lagos State and current minister of Power, Tunde Fashola, of forcing him into crime. The suspects Paul Ibara, Ifeanyi Obi and Tunde Edu, were recently arrested by the ...