Tag Archives: local news from Nigeria

The war against terrorism has suffered a setback as Boko Haram captured Marte Local Government Area (LGA) of Borno State after an attack on a military base in the area. One of the soldiers who was in the military base, ...

The Court of Appeal in Lagos, on Friday okayed the request of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) for the final forfeiture of N1.4billion which a firm, Melrose General Services Limited, obtained from the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF) through ...

Operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team have arrested two members of a kidnap gang operating in Kaduna State. The suspects, Abdulmimini Adamu and Usman Abdulahi, were said to possess been mixed up in kidnapping of four expatriates ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) will on Friday, May 31, 2019, arraign the controversial official of the Joint Admission and Matriculation Board (JAMB), Philomina Chieshe who claimed that the missing N35 million (Thirty Five Million Naira) JAMB proceeds ...

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo and other Nigerians escaped death on Wednesday at the Murtala Mohammed International Airport when an Ethiopian Airlines plane almost crashed.

Adhering to a rain that destroyed houses and other valuables, residents of Kuta community, in Ayedire Local Government part of Osun State, are now homeless.

Operatives of the Lagos State Police Command says it’s apprehended over 10 suspected traffic robbers and recovery of firearms and ammunition in numerous areas of Lagos, Nigeria’s commercial city. Their state police command made this known in a record issued ...

Suspected Fulani herdsmen, numbering at least nine, have attacked the palace of Onigedegede of Gedegede in Akoko North-West Local Government Area of Ondo State, threatening to kill the monarch, Oba Walidu Sanni. The monarch said the suspected herdsmen stormed his ...

Life imprisonment, fine against rapist Katsina State government on Friday announced stiffer penalty of a death sentence against kidnappers and cattle rustlers in the state. This was also as it penciled life imprisonment against rapist as well as fine and ...

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Lagos Zonal office, has arrested four suspected fraudsters for an alleged involvement in internet crimes. The suspects are: Salako Segun, Bryan Emeka, Jason Odunola and Daniel Ezo. The suspects were arrested on Friday, ...