Crime

    Social media personality Ayomiposi Oluwadahunsi, known online as “Mandy Kiss,” has been unveiled as a brand ambassador for Lagos State Kick Against Drug and Substance Abuse.   In a viral video posted by a X user, #dammiedammie35, on Tuesday, Lagos Commissioner for Youth and Social Development, Mr Mobolaji ...

  The Anambra State Police Command has appealed to members of the public for information that could help rescue a 3-year-old boy, who was allegedly stolen by an unidentified woman in Obosi, Idemili North Local Government Area.   In a statement on Monday by the command’s spokesperson, SP Tochukwu Ikenga, ...

    The Borno Police Command have confirmed the arrest of two Internally Displaced Persons for allegedly beating a 72-year-old man to death in Ngala Local Government Area of the state.   The Police Public Relations Officer, Nahun Daso, told the News Agency of Nigeria in Maiduguri on Monday, that ...

    Nepal has imposed travel bans on ousted prime minister KP Sharma Oli and four former senior officials as part of an investigation into deadly unrest earlier this month, the interior minister said Monday.   Youth-led protests that began on September 8 over a brief social media ban, economic ...

  The Kogi State Police Command has confirmed that a commuter bus belonging to Big Joe Ventures Ltd was attacked on Friday, and all twelve occupants were abducted.   However, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP William Aya, revealed that the police, in collaboration with the military, managed to rescue ...

    The Kwara State Police Command, in collaboration with other security agencies, has intercepted a vehicle transporting 127 bags of suspected cannabis concealed under tubers of yam.   The interception took place on Friday, around 4pm along the Babanla–Oreke–Oke-Ode axis during a joint operation involving the police, operatives of ...

    The Edo State Special Security Squad has dismantled five suspected kidnappers’ camps in Edo North Senatorial District following a major bush-combing operation in the Ekeke Erah Forest, Owan East Local Government Area.   In a statement by Governor Monday Okpebholo’s Chief Press Secretary, Monday Itua, the operation, carried ...

  The Delta State Government has dismissed several health workers found guilty of extorting money from pregnant women and children under five, despite the state’s free healthcare policy for these groups. Others were demoted for related offences.   The State Commissioner for Health, Dr Joseph Onojaeme, disclosed this on Saturday ...

    In spite of vehicular and human restrictions on Mapo Hall, venue of the installation of Senator Rasidi Ladoja as the 44th Olubadan of Ibadan, hundreds of vendors beat security to display their wares around the vicinity of the event.   The News Agency of Nigeria reports that petty ...

  A sighting of a suspected drone briefly shuttered a Danish airport on Friday for the second time in a few hours, after the country’s prime minister said the flights were part of “hybrid attacks” that may be linked to Russia.   Drones have been seen flying over several Danish ...