Super TV CEO’s family petitions IGP, seeks new probe into murder

Mike Ozekhome, counsel for the family of the late Super TV Chief Executive Officer, Usifo Ataga, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali, to re-investigate the circumstances surrounding Ataga’s…

Three gunmen killed during shootout with police in Osun

Three gunmen were reportedly killed on Wednesday by the operatives of Osun State Police Command during an exchange of gunfire in Osunjela community, along Osogbo-Ilesha Road. The circumstances surrounding the…

Kano seals four illegal private clinics

The Kano State Government has shut an illegal private health facility, Kabir Global Clinic, at Rimi village, in the Sumaila Local Government Area of the state. A statement by the…

Incessant killings: Plateau, Benue gunmen kill 44, youths deposit corpses at Government House

Protests on Wednesday rocked Jos, the Plateau State capital, following the killing of 36 persons in an attack on the Yelwa Zangam community in the Jos North Local Government Area…

Suspected herders kill eight on market day in Benue community

Eight persons were allegedly killed by suspected herders in the Yelwata community, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, on Tuesday. Several people were said to have been injured and…

Niger abducted pupils: Parents raise extra N23.2m

The children of Tanko Salihu Islamic School, Tegina, Rafi Local Government Area of Niger State, have spent 88 days in captivity. A parent of one of the 134 children still…

Kidnapping, cultism Ogun biggest security issues – Abiodun

The Ogun State Governor, Dapo Abiodun, has lamented the menace of kidnapping and cultism, describing them as the biggest security challenges confronting the state. Abiodun said this during the visit…

Attack on NDA: Buhari govt failed Nigerians, says Atiku group

A support group of former Vice President Atiku Abubakar has called on the regime of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.) to accept that it has “embarrassingly failed Nigerians”.…

Matawalle advises Buhari to declare state of emergency in North

Governor Bello Matawalle of Zamfara State has called for a state of emergency to be declared on security in the northern part of the country. Matawalle who addressed police personnel…

NNPC rejects Customs proposal on petrol smuggling stoppage

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, on Wednesday, confirmed the claim by the Nigeria Customs Service that Nigeria’s subsidised petrol was being smuggled out of Nigeria in large quantities. It, however,…