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Taraba Anti-Illegal Mining Task Force raids gold site, arrests two suspects

The Taraba State Anti-Illegal Mining Task Force on Monday raided a suspected illegal gold mining site located in Mayo Kam and Gantu villages in Bali State Local Government Council, arresting two suspects and recovering mining equipment. The operation, led by...

Lagos: Police capture five suspected cult members, recover weapons and hard drugs

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested five suspected cultists during an intelligence-led operation targeting criminal elements allegedly terrorizing Apapa, Ijora and Badia areas of the state. The arrests were carried out by officers from the Command's Violent Crime Response...

Police arrest 14 suspected drug dealers and recover illicit substances in Yobe

The Yobe State Police Command has said its operatives arrested 14 suspected drug traffickers and recovered a large quantity of illicit drugs during a coordinated raid on criminal hideouts in Jakusko local government area. According to a statement signed by...

Blogger admits to having made up stories about Soludo’s family

A blogger who claims to be the editor of Igbo Times Magazine and INews, Mr. Ejike Ofoegbu Experience, has apologized for publishing a series of news stories disparaging Anambra State Governor, Professor Chukwuma Soludo, and his son, Ozonna. The blogger...

Police arrest 150 suspects, recover 100 motorcycles in anti-crime raid in Lagos

The Lagos State Police Command said its officers arrested 150 suspects and recovered 100 unregistered motorcycles, firearms, suspected stolen property and illicit drugs during a coordinated raid on criminal hideouts in Igando and Idimu areas of the state. In a...

Bandits free four of 14 kidnapped Sokoto villagers after N10 million ransom

Fourteen residents of Dinawa village in Wurno Local Government Area of ​​Sokoto State were kidnapped by bandits but only four have regained their freedom despite payment of ransom. This was revealed in a post shared on X on Wednesday by...

20 shops destroyed in Jos market fire early morning

The National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, says a fire at Faringada Market in Jos North Local Government Area of ​​Plateau State destroyed 20 shops. The agency revealed this in a statement published on its official page X. According to the statement,...

Passengers escape death when BRT bus catches fire in Lagos

Passengers on board a Bus Rapid Transit, BRT, vehicle escaped death on Tuesday after the bus was engulfed by fire while in motion on the Mile 12 bridge along Ikorodu Road in Lagos. Eyewitness accounts indicated that the incident occurred...

So-Safe Corps Arrests Three Suspected Serial Cable Thieves in Ogun

Three suspected cable thieves have been arrested by officers of the Ogun State Community, Social and Security Guidance Corps, also known as So-Safe Corps, in the Ijagun area of ​​Ijebu-Ode. The suspects, Adeleje Okunuga, 30, Wale Mosadoluwa, 31, and Anifowose...

Abia: 109 arrested for environmental crimes in Umuahia

One hundred and nine people were arrested on Saturday in Umuahia, Abia State, for loitering, playing football in the street and trading during the environmental sanitation hours of 7 a.m. to 10 a.m. According to the record of the Abia...

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Banks await CBN clearance as audit delays leave investors without key earnings data

Investors in some of Nigeria's largest listed banks are facing a growing information gap as delays in the completion...