Five rescued, 88 arrested as Lagos, Ogun police raid forest hideouts
A joint Lagos-Ogun police operation has rescued five kidnap victims and arrested 88 suspects while dismantling criminal camps along forest […]
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Seven Boko Haram, ISWAP commanders nabbed at Katsina airport on return from hajj — Tunji-Ojo
Seven suspected Boko Haram/ISWAP commanders were arrested at Katsina airport on their return from hajj, after a new NIMC-Interpol data
Widow: My son, falsely accused of robbery at 17, still on death row at 45
A 75-year-old Imo widow is renewing her plea for justice, insisting her son was wrongly convicted of robbery as a
TikTok star Brooke George charged with murder, to face firing squad in Dubai
British influencer Brooke George faces a firing squad in Dubai after being charged with murdering her boyfriend, with advocates alleging
Suspect: We killed ex-OGTV broadcaster to ‘teach her a lesson’
Ogun State Police have arrested three suspects, including a former security guard who confessed the killing of ex-OGTV broadcaster Kitan
Nigerian caregiver jailed in US for stealing $17,000 disabled child’s benefits
A US court has sentenced Nigerian social worker Akeatha Diane Akintola to five months in prison for stealing more than $17,000 in Social Security benefits meant for an autistic child under her care.
Building collapses in Lagos, many feared trapped
A three-storey building has collapsed in Lagos’s Alakija area, with several people feared trapped as residents await emergency responders. Panic
Anambra politician nabbed in US, jailed five years for romance scam
Ogbaru LG chairman Franklin Nwadialu has been sentenced to five years in US prison for running a romance scam that
Sokoto court sentences three men, including Nigerien national, to death for terrorism, arms trafficking
A Sokoto High Court has sentenced three men, including a Niger Republic national, to death by hanging over terrorism-related offences
US jails Nigerian man five years over $3.5m romance fraud
A US court has sentenced Nigerian national Franklin Ikechukwu Nwadialo to five years in prison for running a 15-year romance