2+ hour, 4+ min ago  (536+ words) The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has arrested a 63-year-old Chinese woman, Ting Hung Kiong, for allegedly attempting to smuggle 31 kilograms of synthetic cannabis into Nigeria through the Murtala Muhammed International Airport. The agency disclosed on Sunday that the suspect…...

1+ hour, 14+ min ago  (373+ words) The Ogun State Police Command has arrested a man identified as Qawiyu Oloyede for allegedly circulating a fabricated video of a bandit attack on social media, in what authorities say was an attempt to cause public panic and gain online…...

8+ hour, 22+ min ago  (439+ words) Gunmen have killed three worshippers and abducted 15 others during a late-night attack on a prayer ground in Ekiti Local Government Area of Kwara State. The incident, which occurred on Saturday at Ori-Oke Ajaiye on the outskirts of Ikiran Village in…...

7+ hour, 50+ min ago  (482+ words) Nigeria recorded about 2. 2 million kidnapping incidents with an estimated "2. 2 trillion paid as ransom within one year, a security expert, Prof. Oyesoji Aremu, has disclosed, warning that the country is sliding into a dangerous "ransom economy." Aremu made the disclosure while…...

11+ hour, 9+ min ago  (982+ words) By Haroon Ishola Balogun In recent days, a deeply inflammatory and misleading post by a foreign commentator, Mike Arnold, has circulated across social media platforms, falsely portraying the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Muhammadu Sa'ad Abubakar, as the mastermind of…...

16+ hour, 38+ min ago  (405+ words) Operatives of the Nigerian Police Force, in collaboration with local hunters, have rescued 12 passengers abducted during a midnight attack along the Isua Akoko axis of Ondo State, following a coordinated bush-combing operation that has now entered an intensified manhunt phase…...

16+ hour, 13+ min ago  (591+ words) Gowon made the revelations in his memoir, My Life of Duty and Allegiance, where he revisited the intense power struggle that rocked the country in the years leading to the collapse of the First Republic. He claimed that discussions among…...

16+ hour, 34+ min ago  (430+ words) The National Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Ajibola Basiru, has warned former Ekiti State governor, Kayode Fayemi, to desist from making remarks capable of undermining the ruling party, threatening disciplinary action if he fails to comply. Basiru issued the…...

16+ hour, 35+ min ago  (360+ words) A fresh legal dispute has emerged between Mrs Aichatou El-Rufai, wife of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai, and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission, following a N2bn pre-action notice issued against the anti-graft agency over alleged defamation....

16+ hour, 36+ min ago  (581+ words) Law enforcement authorities in Thailand and the United States have cracked down on separate fraud schemes involving Nigerian nationals, resulting in the arrest of six suspects in Bangkok and the sentencing of a Nigerian-American in Alaska. In Thailand, police arrested…...