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Hon. Moses Mkeenem, Chairman of the All Progressives Congress, APC, Electoral Committee for Benue South, has condemned the invasion of the election collation center in Otukpo, Benue State. Thugs believed to be loyal to one of the election candidates stormed the premises, brandishing guns, machetes, and other lethal weapons, according …

A leader of the unknown gunmen terrorising the South East region, Nnahadi Michael, has allegedly been arrested in Amichi, Nnewi South LGA Anambra State. According to a Facebook user, Ikechukwu Onyia, the suspect who claimed to be a commander in the group, was said to have been arrested on Sunday. …

18-year-old Deborah Jerry, has been arrested by the police for allegedly stabbing her ex-boyfriend, Suleiman Lawal to death in Agwan Jaba, Masaka, Karu Local Government of Nasarawa State. The state police spokesperson, ASP Rahman Nansel, who confirmed the arrest in a statement on Sunday, said Lawal was stabbed last Monday, May …

Three persons have been arrested by the police in connection with alleged human trafficking from Nigeria to Mali, Burkina Faso and other African countries. The Oyo State Police Commissioner, Ngozi Onadeko, identified the suspects as Kingsley Okani, Opeyemi Comfort and Alabi Hammed. Onadeko said Kingsley was arrested at Iwo road …

Four persons have been feared killed after rival cults clashed in a supremacy battle that has lasted for three days in the Ebute Metta area of Lagos State. According to PUNCH, the clash was between the Kogbagidi Boys, who are led by one Tunde, aka Omo Aiye, and Willoughby Boys …

No fewer than 20 people have been killed by militants of Ambazonia, a separatist group in South West Cameroon in a community in Boki Local Government Area of Cross River State. According to Daily Trust, a former member of Cross River House of Assembly and an aspirant of House of …

Confusion among residents of Ijoko area of Ogun state after a man was found dead in his toilet. In the early hours of today May 29, the corpse of a man was found in his toilet after residents forcefully gained entrance into his home. According to his landlord and neighbours, they began …

A 36-year-old Nigerian, based in Italy, Nwakanma Uche, has excreted 95 pellets of heroin, after he was arrested by operatives of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency ( NDLEA). Uche was arrested at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport (NAIA), Abuja, after it was discovered that he had ingested the pellets. The …

Gunmen have shot two young men, including a barber, along Laboard Road by Commercial Avenue, Sapele Local Government Area of Delta State. The incident which occurred on Friday left passersby in the neighbourhood running for safety. According to Newsextra24 one of the victims died from bullet wounds sustained from the shooting …

A commercial bus driver, Arowosaye Taofeeq, has demanded justice after claiming that personnel of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps brutalized him in the border town between Rivers and Imo states. According to City Round, Taofeeq was transporting passengers from Port Harcourt to Asaba in Delta State when he …