Joseph Onwukwe

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Niger police arrest suspected motorcycle thief

Police in Niger have nabbed an alleged motorcycle thief identified as Abdullahi Abubakar.

8 Yaba College of Technology students face charges over alleged involvement in cultism

The students were arraigned in court on Tuesday over allegations that they were members of Eiye cult group.

Rev Fr. Fraser, Nigeria’s longest serving missionary, dies aged 87

Rev Fr. Angus Fraser, the founding principal of Mount Saint Gabriel’s college in Makurdi, Benue State, has died.

NDLEA arrests 30 for drug related offences in Gombe, rehabilitates 10

About 30 persons have been arrested by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) for drug trafficking offences.

INEC warns parties, politicians not to begin campaigns until 90 days before election day

Prof. Mahmood Yakubu, has warned all political parties and their candidates to desist from campaigning for votes until November.

Man Of The People: Here Are Top Ten Sound Sultan Collaborations

If you’ve had a career that has lasted two decades, you most certainly would have…

Court arraigns woman for allegedly selling baby for N650,000 in Abuja

Akwaja Adaeze was arraigned before the court over allegations that she abducted and sold a minor for N650,000.

Family disowns daughter for refusing to sell newborn baby in Anambra

A family in Anambra State have allegedly ordered their daughter to put her newborn baby up for sale after giving birth out of wedlock.

NDLEA arrests 103 suspected drug traffickers, destroys 14 farmlands of weed plantation in Edo

About 103 suspects have been arrested by the NDLEA in Edo for drug trafficking offences within the state.

Ogun police arraigns 7 alleged Aiye cultists in court

Seven suspected cult members were on Monday arraigned in an Ota Chief Magistrates’ Court, Ogun State.

Navy seals illegal maritime academy in Akwa Ibom, arrests proprietor, teachers

An illegal maritime institution in Essien Udim Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom was sealed on Friday by the Nigerian Navy.

Unknown gunmen abduct business tycoon after night prayer in Kebbi

Some unidentified gunmen have reportedly kidnapped a textile business tycoon identified as Alhaji Murtala Zauro in Kebbi state.

Police arrest 5 suspected ritualists with human parts in Kwara

Five suspected ritualists have been arrested by Kwara State Police command after they were allegedly caught with eight human skulls.

JUSTICE: Court sentences policeman to death by hanging for killing teenager in Bayelsa

A Bayelsa state High Court VII sitting in Yenagoa on Friday sentenced Cpl. Vincent Olama to death by hanging for extrajudicial killing.

Tanker explosion kills 1, destroys over 60 houses in Cameroon

An oil tanker truck exploded in Cameroon’s commercial city of Douala in the early hours of Friday.

4 Victor Moses moments Nigerian fans will never forget

  Winning is so easy to say but how can you declare that you are…

Lagos police arrest adulterated alcoholic drink seller

Emmanuel Nwodu was arrested along Mosalashi market with two cartons of alcoholic drinks suspected to be adulterated.

Two soldiers sentenced to 10 years imprisonment for abducting and extorting civilian

Two soldiers, Sergeant Aliyu Hassan and Corporal Nasiru Bello, have been sentenced to serve 10 years in jail.