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Lalong relaxes 24-hour curfew in Jos North NANS summons emergency security summit ‘Don’t resort to self-help’ Plateau Assembly sealed. No, it’s not true, says Govt President Muhammadu Buhari has assured Nigerians that his administration is on top of events and is moving ahead with force to crush the perpetrators of …

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) in the last two days arrested six persons, including three Nigerian nationals, in a drugs case and seized banned drugs from them. The NCB made these arrests while it was probing a separate case wherein it arrested actor Armaan Kohli on Sunday. Kohli was arrested based …

The Borno State Commissioner for Health, Mrs Juliana Bitrus has confirmed that 43 people have died as a result of cholera outbreak in the state. Bitrus, who made the confirmation at a briefing yesterday in Maiduguri, the state capital, said the state had so far recorded 559 suspected cases. She …

*LAGOS RRS ARRESTS NOTORIOUS SERIAL PHONE THIEF.* …recover 5 different stolen Android phones. The Lagos State Rapid Response Squad (RRS), have arrested a serial phone thief who journeys in and out of Lagos for the sole purpose of phone theft. The suspect, Olajide Balogun ‘M’ (36), an indigene of Akoko, …

Gunmen suspected to be armed robbers raided Diete Koki Memorial Hospital in Bayelsa and carted away cash and valuables belonging to patients and doctors on duty. It was gathered that the gunmen invaded the hospital located along Opolo Road in Yenagoa, the state capital, in the early hours of Tuesday, …

  A newborn baby boy was on Saturday found at a refuse dump in Okaka area of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital. The baby was wrapped in African fabric and crying helplessly when it was discovered in the morning by some residents who came out to dump their refuse. Residents …

  Two persons were killed and one injured when gunmen suspected to be cultists invaded Ka-Bori community in the Khana Local Government Area of Rivers State. It was gathered that the gunmen stormed the community at 6am on Sunday, August 29, shot indiscriminately and killed a man and a female …

OGUN HOODLUM BEATS, RAPES 27-YEAR-OLD WOMAN OVER GREETING ‘OFFENCE’ Men of the Ogun State Police Command have arrested a 33-year-old man, Imoleayo Adekoya, for allegedly having carnal knowledge of a 27-year-old lady. Adekoya reportedly dragged the victim to an isolated area after accusing her of not greeting him and raped …

Tajudeen Bakare, the leader of Ogboni group, who was arrested in July during the Yoruba Nation rally in Ojota, Lagos, has said that he decided against disappearing when police seized him. According to him, due to the fact that he was arrested alongside some other persons, he deemed it fit …

A 33 years old man, Imoleayo Adekoya has been arrested by men of Ogun state police command for unlawfully having carnal knowledge of a 27 year old lady (name withheld). The suspect was arrested on Saturday 28th of August 2021, following a report lodged at Sakora divisional headquarters in Shagamu, …