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Ondo farmers regain freedom after abduction

1 August 2025

The farmers were freed at night, according to sources close to the victims. “It is true. The farmers have been set free and released to their families,” a source told the newsmen. He revealed that the seven farmers were set free along a forest in Ikere-Ekiti, Ekiti State, after the abductors had collected a ransom […]

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Court sentences Hafsoh Lawal’s killer, Bello, to death

31 July 2025

The court, however, discharged and acquitted four other suspects, Ahmed Abdulwasiu, years; Suleiman Muyideen, Jamiu Uthman and Abdulrahmon Jamiu. Recall that AbdulRahman Bello, the killer of the final-year student of Kwara State College of Education Ilorin, Hafsoh Lawal, at the commencement of the trial confessed before the court to killing his Facebook lover for money […]

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Court remands man for allegedly impersonating police officers in Kano

31 July 2025

The primary suspect, Usman Isa, is alleged to have falsely presented himself as a police officer in order to deceive and abuse members of the public. His accomplice, Umar Tijjani, was arraigned for offenses bordering on conspiracy, trespass, theft, and destruction of property. Both defendants pleaded not guilty to the charges. Presiding Magistrate, Mustapha Abba […]

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Nine dead, eight rescued in Jigawa boat accident

31 July 2025

The agency announced this on its social media page. According to NEMA’s Kano Operations Office, the tragic incident happened on Sunday, July 27, 2025, around 7 p.m., when a boat carrying 17 passengers, mostly young girls, capsized mid-journey while travelling from Digawa Village in Jahun LGA to Zangon Maje Village in Taura LGA. According to […]

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Woman dies inside moving Tricycle in Aba

30 July 2025

A female passenger has been discovered dead inside a moving Tricycle popularly known as Keke NAPEP in Aba, Abia State. The incident happened on Tuesday evening around Railways Junction Aba, near the Ogbonnaya Onu Polytechnic gate, throwing the residents of area into shock and confusion. It was gathered that the woman whose identity was not […]

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NDLEA seized 1.3 billion tramadol pills in 18 months – Marwa

30 July 2025

The Chairman of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, Brig.-Gen. Buba Marwa, (retd), said the agency  seized 1.3 billion pills of Tramadol and 4.4 million bottles of Codeine between January 2024 and June 2025. Marwa made the disclosure during a plenary session at the two-day interactive Session on Government-citizens’ Engagement on Tuesday in Kaduna. He […]

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Niger boat accident wipes out family of 10

27 July 2025

The tragic incident occurred around 2 p.m. on Saturday when a boat carrying passengers from Guni in the Munya Local Government Area to a weekly market capsized after hitting a submerged tree log on the river. The Sarkin Ruwa of Zumba, Umar Isah, who confirmed the development, said the victims were mostly traders heading to […]

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Gunmen kill scores in Imo communities

25 July 2025

The horrifying assault, which occurred between 10 p.m. and 11 p.m., has plunged the affected communities into fear and mourning. Eyewitnesses revealed that three unidentified gunmen riding on a motorbike opened fire indiscriminately, targeting residents gathered in shops and public spaces. Victims included shop owners, their customers, and others relaxing outside in the night breeze. […]

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Police arrest woman for kidnapping newborn baby

25 July 2025

According to a press release issued by the command’s Police Public Relations Officer, Ahmed Wakil, 19-year-old Esther from Lemoro Village in Toro Local Government Area, Bauchi State, reportedly enticed two seven-year-old girls, Khadija Sama’ila and A’isha Dahiru, from Unguwan Sarkin Yaki Village. He revealed that upon receipt of the report, a team of police officers, […]

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Terrorists release abducted woman in Borno

24 July 2025

The development was revealed in a post by security analyst Zagazola Makama via social media. The victim, Aisha Mohammed, 27, a resident of the 500 Housing Units in Damboa, was released by the terrorists, according to her family members. Her release followed sustained efforts by troops of Operation HADIN KAI and mounting pressure on the […]

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