…ages of some of those arrested. Senior Investigating Officer Detective Chief Inspector Emma Knight said: "We are aware news of this will be deeply concerning and I want to reassure our local communities that we have a dedicated team of detectives and officers hard at work to ensure justice is secured for the baby girl…

…effort as the promoted side secured their first LaLiga victory of the season. SCOTLAND Emmanuel Fernandez (Rangers) Fernandez played the full 90 minutes as Rangers secured a 1-0 victory over Aberdeen in the Scottish Premiership on Sunday, bouncing back from their disappointing European exit. The defender has now featur…

…guard over s3xual assault of 8-year-old girl in Calabar The Cross River State Police Command has arrested a 37-year-old security guard, Ndifreke Godwin, for allegedly s3xually assaulting an eight-year-old girl in Calabar, the state capital. The spokesperson for the command, ASP Sunday Eitokpah, who disclosed this in a…

…election, the then presidential candidates of the All Progressives Congress, Muhammadu Buhari, and Peoples Democratic Party, Goodluck Jonathan, signed the agreement in Abuja, pledging to accept the outcome of the election and refrain from acts capable of undermining the democratic process. Despite the optimism generate…

…in a post on X on Saturday, August 29, 2026. Among those k!lled was Pastor Hills Emmanuel, a Ghanaian-Nigerian cleric based in Plateau State and founder of The Wonderful Grace of God Evangelical Ministry in Bokkos. Emmanuel, a former pastor with Dunamis Church, was abducted on Friday, August 28, alongside Pastor Gabrie…

…the chaos that followed the 2011 NATO-backed uprising that toppled longtime ruler Muammar Gaddafi. Two governments are currently vying for power: the UN-recognised administration in Tripoli led by Prime Minister Abdulhamid Dbeibah, and a rival in the east backed by military commander Khalifa Haftar. Dbeibah described t…

…The petition attracted significant media coverage in recent days.Mining Marshals Commander explains why the Stone Rockers quarry remains closed. Photo Marshalsthe Quarry Remains SealedVanguard reported that the Commander of the Mining Marshals said the closure was not an administrative penalty but a necessary step beca…

…the Inspector-General of Police, Nigeria Police Force, Commissioner of Police, FCT Command, Police Service Commission, DPO Galadimawa Police Station and three officers attached to the National Cybercrime Centre, NPF-NCCC. Also joined as respondent is Mrs Fibiawari Jonathan, whom Ojuederie accused of allegedly instigati…

…prosecution and cannot reopen until the Federal High Court determines the case. The Commander of the NSCDC Mining Marshals, Assistant Commandant of Corps John Onoja, stated this in a statement issued in Abuja on Sunday. The clarification came days after Stone Rockers Nigeria Limited petitioned President Bola Tinubu and…

…Shettima during his foreign trips since assuming office in May 2023.His predecessor, Muhammadu Buhari, frequently transmitted power to then Vice President Yemi Osinbajo during prolonged absences, although the practice became politically contentious after Osinbajo, while acting president, removed the then Director-Gener…

The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a suspected phone snatcher and five alleged thugs in separate operations within the Bauchi metropolis. The command’s Police Public Relations Officer, SP Nafiu Habib, disclosed this in a statement on Sunday. According to Habib, the phone snatching incident occurred on Monday,…

…that radicalised him began deteriorating in the final period of former President Muhammadu Buhari's tenure.

…naira," the family source said. The development comes after the Kogi State Police Command confirmed the abduction of some passengers, including NYSC members, along the route. The command had said 11 abducted persons, including the drivers of the two vehicles involved, were rescued following a joint operation by securit…

…the IG said President Bola Tinubu had given clear marching orders to all service commanders to restore peace in the country. “The President said, ‘Call all the service commanders,’ and give marching orders: bring back peace to the country, quell insurgency, quell banditry. And everybody is going out to do that. “But I…

…traffickers pose as tenants to abduct three children in Taraba The Taraba Police Command has arrested two women for allegedly abducting three children in Jalingo and attempting to traffic them f to Adamawa.It was gathered that the suspects, who are from one of the states in the South-East, were arrested at a filling st…

…notorious kidnap syndicate using fake lifts to abduct victims The Niger State Police Command has arrested six suspected members of a notorious kidnapping syndicate allegedly operating along the Suleja and Kontagora axes, with links to Sokoto, Zamfara and Kebbi states. The spokesperson for the command, SP Wasiu Abiodun,…

The Commissioner of Police of the Niger State Command, Adamu Elleman, has requested the deployment of more personnel to wipe out insurgency from the state. Elleman made the request on Saturday while welcoming the Inspector-General of Police, IGP Tunji Disu, to the state over the abduction of many residents, including w…

…one of the social investment programmes launched under now-late former President Muhammadu Buhari in June 2016, was designed to tackle youth unemployment in Nigeria. The programme, established by the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) administration, enrolled thousands of beneficiaries across its Batch A, B, and C…

…to touch lives. Within the space of a day, the First Lady commissioned the President Muhammadu Buhari Estate and the Gateway Medical Centre of Excellence, while also witnessing the South-West zonal launch of the National Community Food Bank Programme. She later engaged traditional rulers, community leaders and other st…

By Idris Salisu, Gusau The Zamfara State Police Command has foiled a bandits’ attack along the Gusau-Funtua Federal Highway in Tsafe Local Government Area and rescued nine victims who were intercepted by the armed criminals. The command also recovered 11 locally fabricated AK-47 rifles in a separate operation on the hi…

…Force should do something. They should do something.” Meanwhile, the Kogi State Police Command has confirmed the abduction of several NYSC members travelling from Bayelsa State to Abuja, saying 11 victims had been rescued. The victims were abducted last Wednesday along the Aloma–Egane Expressway in Ofu Local Government…

…of the 2027 general elections. Lawal, son of the late former Kwara State Governor, Muhammad Lawal, stated this on Saturday in Ilorin while formally declaring his support for Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq and the APC’s governorship candidate, Yakubu Salihu-Danladi. The declaration came months after Lawal returned to t…

…proof of a national coalition capable of unseating an incumbent.The APC, meanwhile, commands 31 of Nigeria’s 36 governorship seats, giving the ruling party an extensive political structure across the country.In any case, the Osun governor-elect, Senator Ademola Adeleke, is one of the promoters of Wike’s rainbow coaliti…

…candidate, Abubakar Malami. The candidates, Abubakar Sadiq Sa’adu Fakai, Muhammad Umar and Nafiu Bello Shuwa, are challenging in court their alleged replacement after emerging as candidates from the party’s primaries. In a statement jointly signed on Saturday, the candidates described allegations that they were being s…

…realise that it is payback time for the backing that Tinubu gave to late President Muhammadu Buhari’s two tenures of eight years.” Afolabi recalled the national crisis that brought about the formation of OPC in August 1994, saying that “Some 32 years ago when Dr. Frederick Fasehun took the initiative to establish OPC,…