The Nigerian Navy’s Forward Operating Base (FOB) in Badagry, Lagos, has handed over six suspected smugglers and 126 bags of foreign parboiled rice to the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS). The suspects were intercepted on December 27 while attempting to smuggle the contraband through Akere Creek in Badagry. According to the FOB Commanding Officer, Linus Osuman, … Read more
Operatives of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Police Command have successfully recovered an abandoned Toyota Prado Land Cruiser Jeep, a Sport Utility Vehicle (SUV), in Abuja. The vehicle was found on December 31, 2024, during a routine patrol along David Ejoor Street, opposite Adisa Estate in the Apo-Gudu area. According to SP Josephine Adeh, the … Read more
On New Year’s Day, gunmen launched a brutal attack on Unguwar Rogo in Ugom community, located in the Maro ward of Kajuru local government area, Kaduna State. The assault left a trail of destruction, as properties were vandalized, and several homes were set ablaze. Ishaya Onussim, Chairman of the Ugom Progressive Union, confirmed in a … Read more
Eniola Isaac, a 28-year-old Nigerian woman trafficked to Iraq under false promises, is set to return to Nigeria following the intervention of officials from the Nigerian mission in Jordan. Isaac had been subjected to severe abuse, physical assaults, and mistreatment by her employer in Iraq for nearly two years. The Nigerian mission in Jordan, which … Read more
Borno State Police have successfully recovered three projectiles hidden inside a sack in the Dala Kafanti Area of Maiduguri, the state capital. The explosives were discovered after a resident, Asabe James, alerted the police about a suspicious sack behind her house. According to the Police Public Relations Officer, Nahum Daso, the explosives were retrieved after … Read more
A Lagos-based electrician, known simply as Sheni, was electrocuted on New Year’s Day while fixing wiring connections at UNILAG Estate in the Magodo area of Lagos State. The incident occurred around 5 pm when residents requested Sheni’s service after experiencing a power outage. He had climbed a pole to work on the wiring when electricity … Read more
A Catholic priest, Rev. Fr. Joseph Enyinnaya, of St. Columbus Catholic Church in Amaimo, Imo State, has been arrested by the police for allegedly shooting and killing a boy who threw a firework inside the church during the New Year’s Eve service. The incident occurred after the priest warned a group of boys not to … Read more
In a powerful declaration, Bishop David Oyedepo, Founder of Living Faith Church, has declared that 2025 will mark the beginning of a new era for believers, one of unprecedented breakthroughs and divine favor. Speaking at the church’s annual crossover night service held at Canaan Land, Ogun State, Oyedepo prophesied that the days of murmuring and … Read more
Five motorists narrowly escaped death in three separate road accidents along the Lagos-Abeokuta and Sagamu-Benin expressways on Monday and Tuesday, according to updates from the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency (TRACE). The first accident occurred on Monday along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway in the Papa area. Three occupants of a Daf truck were unhurt … Read more
An Ado-Ekiti Chief Magistrates’ Court has remanded a 52-year-old man, Ademilua Oni, for allegedly killing his 92-year-old mother, Comfort Oni, in Iropora-Ekiti, Ekiti State. The prosecution, led by Inspector Elijah Adejare, told the court that the tragic incident occurred on December 15, 2024. He alleged that Ademilua Oni pushed his mother during a confrontation after … Read more