The police in Lagos on Friday arrested five men and a woman for allegedly operating an illegal depot at Ejigbo area of the state. Also, the police recovered five 33, 000-litre-tankers belonging to the suspects, who were caught siphoning fuel … read more
Eighteen men face charges of sodomy in a Nigerian Islamic court after they were arrested while allegedly preparing to take part in a gay wedding, state media reported. Gay sex is illegal across Nigeria, and defendants convicted under the Muslim … read more
Gang fighting entered its sixth day in the anarchic oil city of Port Harcourt in southern Nigeria on Saturday with authorities acknowledging 11 deaths and residents and media putting the toll much higher. Residents and security sources gave conflicting reasons … read more
BANDITS operating on the Benue-Taraba border yesterday morning killed a mobile policeman and an unidentified European travelling on the Takum route. The incident occurred on a day that Governor Gabriel Suswam of Benue State and his Taraba State counterpart, Danbaba … read more
SECURITY agencies in Bayelsa State have deployed military checkpoints on Yenagoa roads with a view to stopping the upsurge in the abduction of relations of government officials/legislators by ransom-demanding gunmen. The exchange of fire by rival gangs in neigbhouring Rivers … read more
As rampaging cultists continued their siege on Port Harcourt, Rivers State capital, the Directorate of Defence Information has said that the military is capable of protecting the people of Niger Delta but has chosen not to use excessive force. The … read more
In its bid to reduce criminal activities in the Lagos metropolis, the Lagos State Police Command has impounded 553 motorcycles and arrested 1,134 suspects during routine raids. The motorcycles were impounded and their riders charged to court for failure to … read more
AFTER some top level talks between the Nigerian government and its United Kingdom counterpart, the Virgin Atlantic aircraft which was impounded on Wednesday after one of its crew members was arrested with cocaine, was released yesterday. The plane left with … read more
Gunmen kidnapped a British oil-industry worker as he traveled to work Friday in Nigeria’s southern oil region, where gunfire rang out across the main city for a fifth day. Britain, which has advised all its nationals to leave three southern … read more
Kidnappers in Nigeria’s oil heartland released a Bulgarian and a Briton after a month in captivity on Wednesday, but elsewhere in the anarchic region a deadly gang fight entered its third day. The two employees of British oil company Exprogroup … read more