The Central Bank of Nigeria has revoked the banking licence of Heritage Bank Plc, effective immediately. This decision was made due to the bank’s failure to improve its financial performance, posing a threat to financial stability. The apex bank’s Acting Director of Corporate Communication Department, Sidi Ali, disclosed this in a statement on Monday.

  The Nigerian Army has arrested two soldiers for alleged involvement in the stealing of armoured cable at Dangote refinery in Lagos Army spokesperson, Maj.-Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday, April 17. Nwachukwu said the army was “deeply concerned” about the incident, but the criminal act of the two soldiers was

  A man has lost his life while attempting to vandalise a BEDC Electricity transformer along Airport Road, Benin City. The unidentified man had managed to sever some cables before being fatally electrocuted. The incident, which occurred in the early hours of the morning, drew the attention of bystanders who were shocked by what they

  The Inspector General of Police, IGP Kayode Egbetokun, has said that Police operatives have finally arrested four robbery kingpins who raided three new-generation banks in Otukpo, Benue State. The IGP disclosed this during his last press briefing for the year and meeting with senior field commanders at the police headquarters in Abuja. According to

  Troops of Sector 1 of the Joint Task Force South East Operation UDO KA II on Friday, arrested one Mr Chimezie Chukwu AKA Biggi an escapee of Jos Prison Break during a raid in the hideout of unknown gunmen in Ugbakwa Village in Nkanu East Local Government Area of Enugu State. A statement by

  The Nigeria Police Force has revealed that two suspects were killed during a chase of armed robbers who robbed a bank, attacked a police station and killed some police officers in Benue State on Friday. The PUNCH reports that the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Otukpo, Chief Superintendent John Adikwu, three other police

  Daredevil armed robbers on Friday stormed three banks in the Otukpo area of Benue State and carted away money several millions of naira. The suspected robbers were said to have driven into the town around 3:15 p.m. and used dynamites to force the door open. Seven people, including policemen and a former councillor transacting

  The Abia State Police Command has arrested several suspects including an armed robbery suspect, an alleged electricity transformer thief, and eight accused of engaging in illegal drug trade. The Abia State Police Command has arrested several suspects including an armed robbery suspect, an alleged electricity transformer thief, and eight accused of engaging in illegal

  The Anambra State Police Command said it had secured the conviction of the two robbers arrested on the Second Niger Bridge a couple of weeks ago. The robbers who were arrested on the bridge with two daggers and five sim cards removed from the phones of their victims pleaded guilty when arraigned in court.

  One person killed, two others arrested after the police in Imo State on Saturday foiled a robbery attack in the Ikenegbu area of Owerri, the Imo State capital. The armed robbers stormed a gold shop known as Goldwise Wisdom Gold stores located at Inels stores ikenegbu opposite kilimanjaro ikenegbu Owerri, the state capital. Eyewitnesses