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FIDEI Polytechnic, owned by Rev. Fr. Chris Utov of the Catholic Diocese of Makurdi, was, today, shut down indefinitely, following the alleged killing of two students, by the police. Properties belonging to the institution were also destroyed during the crisis. ...

Two students of the Imo State Polytechnic, Umuagwo, die in a fire incident at their residence  

Those were the words of 29-year-old Ibrahim Balogun, aka Small Jpron, who was, yesterday, paraded by the Lagos State Police Command. He had been declared wanted for five murder cases in the Somolu and Bariga areas in 2016. Speaking while ...

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has released another video, showing its latest operation in the northeast where it fatally wounded Abubakar Shekau, leader of Boko Haram. The video, that has been released following the Nigerian military claimed 300 insurgents were killed, ...

A man Mr. Sheriff Oyewole, who allegedly got a family friend’s daughter drunk at a celebration and raped her, was yesterday sentenced to 19 years imprisonment in a Lagos magistrate. In line with the court, the convict was found guilty of offences of ...

Nigeria police Force (NPF) shared this on their facebook wall. What do you think?

The Ota Magistrate Court 2, Ogun State has remanded Joachim Iroko (aka Joe Chinakwe), the man who named his dog “Buhari”. It is reported that Joe was charged to court by the police with “conduct likely to cause breach of ...

The Lagos State Police Command at the weekend rescued 13 youngsters and 15 grown-ups tied and bolted up by one Emmanuel Adeyemi at the Oke-ira territory of Ojodu, Lagos. The Commissioner of Police, Lagos State Police Command, CP Fatai Owoseni, ...

An obscure lady on Monday deserted a day-old baby girl close to the primary door of Government College, Katsina. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the lady dumped the infant around 300 meters far from Katsina Motherless Baby ...

According to The Nation, National Youth Service Corps headquarters Abuja is yet to officially respond to the case of Temitope Adedewe, who was battered and her two teeth removed with a hammer, by a male corps member, Oluwabusiyi Adeola Bolarinde. ...