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Adamu Mohammed, the inspector-general of police, has announced the immediate disbandment of the special anti-robbery squad (SARS) following nationwide protests over its brutality. He made the…

Terkula Akwaza, elder brother of Terwase Akwaza, popularly known as Gana, has been arrested by operatives of the Inspector-General of Police Special Intelligence…

Police outfit destroys trader’s leg, causes her to walk on crutches She hit her leg against patrol van – PPRO While the dust raised by the evil deeds of some men of the Special…

The number of confirmed coronavirus infections recorded in Nigeria has now surpassed 60,000. The country recorded its index case of the virus on February 27, 2020. The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) recorded 111…

The federal government has cautioned the Zamfara state government over making impressions of owning gold deposits in the state. Olamilekan Adegbite, minister of mines and steel…

Some of the intense politicking that truncated the third term agenda of ex-President Olusegun Obasanjo in 2006 has been narrated by Orji Uzor Kalu, former governor of Abia state, who was one of the key actors. In his newly…

Police in Cambodia have arrested a 39 year-old Nigerian, Ogadimma Igwe Linus and 29 year-old Sierra Leonean, identified as Abdul for attempting to ship drugs into Australia. They were…

The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) has stated that the #ENDSARS protesters are being sponsored by yahoo boys. The executives of the student body are asking the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, to arrest…

Obafemi Hamzat, deputy governor of Lagos state, says he suffered harassment from special anti- robbery squad (SARS) officers four years ago. Speaking while addressing #EndSARS protesters at Alausa, Ikeja, on Friday,…

President Muhammadu Buhari has intervened in the ongoing protests against brutality and extortion by operatives of the Special Anti-Robbery Squad. He also directed the Inspector-General of Police, Adamu Mohammed, to reform the…

Although Nigeria is tethering very close to 60,000 confirmed cases of the coronavirus, the country’s current curve on fatalities for the month of October has remained close to flat. For the sixth day in a row, no new death as a…

Alpha Beta Consulting LLP  has accused its former Managing Director, Dapo Apara of allegedly diverting N6 billion belong to the company for personal use. It also exonerated the…

The €EndSARS campaign has caught fire beyond Nigeria, spreading to the UK and USA and netting celebrities such as Davido and DJ Cuppy to identify with it. In the UK, a…

Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu has granted State pardon to Nollywood actress, Funke Akindele-Bello and her husband, Abdulrasheed Bello, who are both non-custodial convicts for offences…

Embattled ex-DMW rapper, Sanni Goriola Wasiu, aka, Lil Frosh has been arrested and detained by the men of the Nigeria Police Force following allegations of domestic violence melted…

The All Progressives Congress (APC) controlled states intend to implement six months of maternity leave for women, owing to the importance of exclusive breastfeeding in promoting…

The #EndSARS protest in Ughelli Delta State on Thursday ended in tragedy, with the killing of a policeman by protesters and the injuring of another. The Inspector-General of Police,…

The Nigeria Customs Service, Area ll Command, Onne Port, Rivers State, has announced that it raked in a total of N13,106,025,050.24 as revenue for last month. The amount, which is the highest…

Comedian Mr Macaroni joined all night protest at the Lagos State Government House in Alausa, against the Special Anti-Robbery Squad (SARS). Addressing Lagos Assembly speaker, Mudashiru Obasa, Macaroni said that the government works for…

Senator Elisha Abbo has begged the Abuja High Court who asked him to pay N50m as damages to a lady he assaulted physically at a sextoy shop in 2019. It can be recalled that the court gave the order on September 28, following a…

A federal high court in Abuja has ruled that magistrate courts do not have the power to issue orders freezing bank accounts. Delivering judgment in a suit marked FHC/ABJ/CS/1635/2019 on…

The Minister of Works and Housing, Mr Babatunde Fashola, on Thursday, thanked the Lagos State Government and residents for their patience during the ongoing repairs of the Third Mainland…

Port Harcourt based lawyer, Bisola Paulette Ajayi, said her abductors raised the ransom for her release from N50 million to N300million, after news about her…

COVID-19 cases plummeted in Nigeria on Thursday, with the Nigerian Centre for Disease Control, NCDC, announcing fewer cases. Figures released by the centre showed that the nation recorded 103…