Crime

The Kano State Government, on Monday night, ordered the immediate closure of Bagauda Technical College over what it said were some disturbing security reports. The state’s Commissioner of Education, Muhammad Sanusi Sa’id Kiru said the closure was due to disturbing security reports, stating the need to protect the lives of...

Eleven members of the same family have been reportedly killed by terrorists of the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP), who besieged and seized Geidam town in Yobe State on Sunday. The insurgents who were said to have hoisted their flag in the town after chasing out troops in...

The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has charged President Muhammadu Buhari to use the same force being deployed against the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) on herdsmen wreaking havoc all over the country. The group in a statement issued on Sunday by its national coordinator, Comrade Emmanuel...

The sister of Dorathy Yohanna, one of the students of Greenfield University, Kaduna State, who was killed by bandits who abducted them on April 20, says her family is devastated over the death of the young girl. The older sister of Dorathy, Sim, took to her Twitter account with the...

Just 48 hours after Boko Haram attacked Geidam, Yobe State, the terrorists on Sunday invaded another town in Nigeria’s North-East. The latest town to be attacked by the jihadists is Mainok, the headquarters of the Kaga local government area of Borno State. PRNigeria gathered that with the ferocious activities of terrorists...

A 42-year-old Ghanaian, Papa Gyabi, has been arrested for allegedly killing his girlfriend with a hammer because she denied him sex. According to the Kumasi Police Division spokesperson, DSP Olivia Ewurabena Adiku, the incident happened in the early hours of Saturday, in Shama-Kumasi in the Western region of the West...

Operatives of the Nigeria Police Force  and their counterparts from the Nigerian Army and Department of State Security Service (DSS) in a joint operation, in the early hours of today 24th April, 2021 stormed the operational headquarters of Insurgents (IPOB Militias) in Awomama Village Oru East LGA of Imo...

Suspected ISWAP/Boko Haram terrorists stowing away inside the local area on Friday night set burning houses and annihilated public offices and properties in Geidam after airstrikes by the Nigerian Airforce. According to PRNigeria, Nigerian troops assisted by fighter helicopters from the Nigerian Airforce (NAF) yesterday foiled a terrorists attack in...

A female police inspector, Bosede Ajayi has been reportedly stripped naked by four suspected hoodlums in Akure, the Ondo state capital. Vanguard gathered that the victim was part of the Police team from the State Criminal Investigation and Intelligence Department sent to invite a suspect in respect of a case...

Bandits have killed three of the 20 students abducted from Greenfield University last Tuesday, the Kaduna State Government has said. Quick News Africa had previously reported that bandits kidnapped 20 students at the institution located at Kasarami village off Kaduna-Abuja Road in Chikun LGA on Tuesday night. Samuel Aruwan, Kaduna State...

The Nigeria Correctional Service (NCoS) says normalcy has been restored to the Kurmawa Custodial facility in Kano metropolis following a violent protest staged by the inmates on Thursday. The Public Relations Officer, NCoS Kano State Command, DSC Musbahu Kofar-Nasarawa, confirmed the development to newsmen on Friday in Kano. It was gathered...

The House of Representatives has resolved to investigate alleged illicit trade on human organs between Nigeria and China. The resolution was sequel to a unanimous adoption of a motion by Rep. Rimamnde Kwewum (PDP-Taraba) and co-sponsored by Rep. Olajide Olatubosun (APC-Oyo), at plenary on Thursday. Moving the motion earlier, Kwewum said...

Gunmen suspected to be bandits armed with deadly weapons have stormed Kangon Farun Mana and Yardoka villages in Magami district of Gusau Local Government Area of Zamfara State, killing over 40 people, mostly members of the outlawed Yansakai groups. According to one Aminu Magami, an eyewitness, who spoke to DAILY...

No less than nine persons who participated in the attack against Prof. Chukwuma Soludo, the former governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, have been arrested. Prof. Soludo was last month attacked by unknown gunmen in his community, Isuofia, Aguata Local Government Area, during an interactive session with youths of...

A man, Mr Olokose Ojo, has been murdered six days to his wedding by his neighbour who promised to assist him to get cows for the ceremony in Kwara State. Ojo said to be in his early 30 and a staff member at the National Health Insurance Scheme unit of...

A private university in Kaduna state has been attacked by unknown gunmen on Tuesday being 20th April 2021. The university known as Greenfield university is located along the Kaduna-Abuja highway, in Chikun LGA of the state. The institution is said to be the first private university newly established in 2018. According to...

The man who nearly plunged South Africa into a full-blown race war ahead of the country’s first democratic elections has lost his bid for leave to appeal the refusal of his release on parole in the Supreme Court of Appeal (SCA). Gauteng High Court Justice Elizabeth Kubushi, who rejected the...