Tag Archives: local news from Nigeria

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

An awful accident occurred yesterday at Fiditi area in Oyo state. The fatal accident reportedly claimed nothing significantly less than four persons such as the driver who was on the way to Ibadan for a church program. In accordance with a witness, one ...

EFCC, on Thursday October 27, 2016, secured the conviction of one Mrs. Chika Amsy Charles, who was convicted by Justice D.V Agishir of the Federal High Court Enugu, and sentenced to 3 years imprisonment on each of the 30 count ...

Barely 2 weeks after a woman paid N500k to get her estranged husband killed in Lagos, the Ogun State Police Command has arrested two suspected hired-assassins and a female banker over failed attempt to assassinate her ex-husband identified as Tochukwu ...