Airlines Will No Longer Fly French Nationals To Niger – Sources

  French nationals will no longer be allowed to fly into Niger, airline sources said Thursday. “According to the Nigerien authorities, any passenger of French nationality is no longer authorised…

Gunmen kill traditional ruler, abduct wife, 2 others in Kwara

  Daredevil Gunmen Thursday night invaded the palace of Olukoro of Koro in Ekiti local government area of Kwara State and killed the traditional ruler of the community, General Segun…

Court jails actress 6 months for spraying, stepping on new Naira notes

  A Federal High Court sitting in Ikoyi, Lagos, yesterday, convicted and sentenced one Oluwadarasimi Omoseyin, an actress, to six months imprisonment for spraying and stepping on the new Naira…

Deporting 12,000 Nigerians will worsen insecurity, Akpabio begs Germany

  President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, has urged the German government to not deport about 12,000 illegal migrants into Nigeria, saying such a move will aggravate security challenges…

Diaspora group accuses Anambra CP of diverting N20bn cooperative investments

  A group has petitioned Kayode Egbetokun, the inspector general of police (IGP), to intervene in an alleged case of fraud and misappropriation of funds by Aderemi Adeoye, commissioner of…

Mali Bans French Channel From TV Packages

  Mali’s military-led authorities have ordered the removal of television channel France 2 from broadcasting packages for four months over a story on the security situation, according to official documents…

Paying Ransom Is Criminal – Police PRO

  Olumuyiwa Adejobi, Force Public Relations Officer (FPRO), has said that paying ransom is a criminal offence in Nigeria. Adejobi stated this while commenting on the recent abduction in Ekiti…

Imo CP holds stakeholders’ meeting to tackle kidnapping in Imo forests

  The Imo State Commissioner of Police, Aboki Danjuma, has increased police presence in the Owerri West Local Government Area of the State. This is to tackle the rising in…

BREAKING: Gunmen ambush police patrol team, kill officer in Southeast

  A policeman was killed on Thursday in Ebonyi State when gunmen attacked and engaged a police patrol team in a gun duel. The incident happened around the crisis prone…

DAILIES TOP STORIES: Over 120 extortion points double travel time, travellers’ pains in SouthEast

  Friday 02 February 2024 Woes for federal workers as govt fails to pay salary Abductions: 15 states enlist 50,000 vigilantes against kidnappers Naira rebounds as banks offload excess dollars…

Airfares to UK, US, others jump by 55%

L The depreciation of the naira against the United States dollar by 55 per cent at the official foreign exchange market has led to a commensurate depreciation in airfares on…

Gunmen behead police inspector in Akwa Ibom

  Some yet-to-be-identified gunmen have reportedly beheaded a policeman simply identified as Inspector Osang in Akwa Ibom State. Osang was beheaded when his assailants stormed his residence located on a…

1,500 OAUTH Staff Protest Against Their Sack By Hospital’s Management

  One thousand five hundred staff at the Obafemi Awolowo University Teaching Hospital Complex (OAUTHC) stormed the hospital on Thursday in protest against their sack by the management of the…

Court Remands Lawyer In Prison Over Alleged N77m Scam

  Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court Enugu has remanded in the Correctional Centre, an Anambra State-based lawyer, Mr. Mike Ikegbunam for alleged land scam totaling N77…

Killer herdsmen abduct teenager going to church in Imo, demands N5m but the boy escaped

  A teenager, Nzubechi Mbajunwa, was on Wednesday night kidnapped while attending church crossover service by suspected Fulani herdsmen operating at the deeded area of Avu and Ihiagwa forest in…