The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) has confirmed that seven adult males sustained varying degrees of burn injuries following a fire outbreak on Christmas Eve at the Great Nigeria Insurance House on Martins Street, Lagos Island. The Permanent Secretary of LASEMA, Dr. Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, said the fire has been successfully contained through the […]
Suspected Boko Haram insurgents have detonated an improvised explosive device (IED) at a Juma’at Mosque in Gamboru Ward, around the Customs area in the heart of Maiduguri, the Borno State capital. The incident occurred at around 6:10 p.m. on Wednesday, as Muslim worshippers were observing the Maghrib prayer. Although information on the incident remains sketchy, […]
Edo state Police Command has declared One Fabuious Evans Missing. In a statement signed by the Police Public Relations Officer Edo State Police Command ASP Eno Ikoedem, One Fabuious Evans of Number 5, Iyamu Street, off Upper Ekenwan Road Benin City, Edo State, left home on the 16th of December, 2025 to an unknown destination […]
No fewer than eight hundred and twenty-one suspects were arrested across Edo State in 2025, while hundreds of kidnapped victims were rescued, as the Edo State Police Command intensified its fight against crime through intelligence-driven operations and targeted clearance exercises. The Commissioner of Police, Edo State Command, CP Monday Agbonika, disclosed this while briefing journalists […]
The Federal Government has secured the release of the remaining 130 schoolchildren kidnapped from a Catholic boarding school in Niger State. The authorities described the development as a moment of triumph and relief following one of the country’s worst mass kidnappings. More than 250 pupils and staff were abducted from St Mary’s Catholic School in […]
The Defence Headquarters has announced that proactive measures are in place to prevent attacks during the Christmas festivities across Nigeria. In a statement on Sunday, the Director of Defence Media Operations, Major General Michael Onoja, said the Armed Forces of Nigeria, in collaboration with other security agencies, have intensified operations in identified vulnerable areas. General […]
At least ten unlicensed traditional medicine practitioners have been arrested and charged to court in Cross River State following a petition by the Nigerian Medical Association, NMA, over alleged illegal activities in Calabar, the state capital. It will be recalled that the Cross River State branch of the NMA had earlier written to the state […]
Nine people were killed when gunmen opened fire at a bar outside Johannesburg early Sunday. Police said this is the second of such shooting in South Africa this month. Ten more were wounded in the early morning attack at the tavern in the impoverished Bekkersdal township in a gold mining area, southwest of the city. […]
Men of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) have arrested a wanted female drug kingpin, Shodunke Yetunde Simbiat, following the recovery of 23.5 kilograms of cocaine concealed in her children’s room at her residence in Lagos. The arrest comes about 20 months after NDLEA dismantled a cocaine trafficking syndicate operating across Lagos and Ogun […]
Former Speaker of the House of Representatives, Aminu Tambuwal, has said terrorists neither respect nor represent any religion, noting that they are merely seeking available targets to attack. He said those perpetrating crimes across the country are common criminals waging war against citizens of all faiths. The former governor of Sokoto State described Nigeria’s security […]
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