Security

Less than three days after members of Boko Haram terrorist group attacked the convoy of Governor Babagana Umara Zulum along Cross Kauwa-Baga road in Borno State leaving over 30 persons dead including 10 policemen and 4 soldiers, the…

A 26-year-old man, Chisom Ogum has alleged killed his father, Christopher Ogum in Umuomaku in the Orumba South Local Government Area of Anambra state. The suspect reportedly ran amok in a yet to be ascertained circumstance before…

Jihadist fighters linked to the Islamic State group on Friday killed 15 security personnel in an ambush on the convoy of the regional governor in restive northeast Nigeria, three security said. Sources told AFP that eight policemen,…

A member of the House of Representatives, Rep Bamidele Salam, has called on the Inspector-General of Police, Muhammed Adamu, to immediately probe the alleged killing of a youth, Idris Ajibola, by Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS), in Osun.…

A former Chief of Defence Staff, Lt. Gen. Alani Akinrinade (rtd), has urged the President Muhammadu Buhari to find a permanent solution to the recurring clashes between herdsmen and farmers, and killings in the country. He said this…

An operative of the Department of State Services (DSS), Abubakar Abdullahi Bindawa, has been assassinated by his suspected kidnappers after they took N8 million ransom from his family. A family member who dropped off the ransom said he…

Two lecturers of the Kwara State College of Health Technology, Offa have been arrested, along with 28 Yahoo Yahoo suspects, by operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). All the 28 suspects and the lecturers…

Ogbonna Nwankwo arrested over knife attack on woman Police in Anambra state have arrested a 41-year-old Nigerian, Ogbonna Nwankwo for attempting to kill a woman during a knife attack. The suspect, Nwankwo stabbed the victim in the…

Three months after the gruesome murder in the church of a 100 Level Microbiology student of the University of Benin, Mary Uwaila Omozuwa, an incident that generated national and international outcry, the police in Edo state on Wednesday…

Akinyele town, in Akinyele Local Government Area of Oyo State, is a suburb of sorts. It’s a village about 28.9 kilometres from the heart of the ancient city of Ibadan, the state capital. But even with its sleepy nature, it has…