The South-west state assemblies say they will establish laws that will impose stiffer punishment on kidnappers in the region. Lagos and Ogun states already have laws prescribing the death penalty
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The Lagos State Chapter of the African Action Congress has called on Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu to immediately address child cultism and insecurity in Lagos. The party stated that the terror
Boko Haram militants have killed a member of the Action Against Hunger, Grace Taku, as well as a driver while three health workers are missing. The incident happened when a
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal office, has arrested a Nigeria Immigration Service officer, Mr Adebimpe Kehinde, for his alleged involvement in passport racketeering. Mr Tony Orilade,
The Oodua Peoples Congress (OPC), the New Era faction, has issued a 21-day ultimatum to the Nigeria Police Force and other security agencies in the country to fish out the
A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Femi Falana, has described the call by Nigeria’s Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, for a national security summit as “escapist and diversionary.” He expressed his displeasure
The kidnappers who abducted Beauty Ogere, mother of Samson Siasia, a former Coach of the Super Eagles, has called in to demand N70m as a ransom. 76-year-old Ogere was kidnapped
Senator Danjuma Goje, has said he had never faced a N25 billion corruption charge preferred by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). Goje, the senator representing Gombe Central at
The Department of State Services (DSS) says its attention has been drawn to activities of some unscrupulous elements cloning official websites of some government agencies and using same to defraud
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Lagos Zonal office, has arrested a Nigeria Immigration Service officer, Mr Adebimpe Kehinde, for his alleged involvement in passport racketeering. EFCC acting spokesman,
A 37-year-old security guard, Wasiu Orilonise, has confessed to defiling his 15-year-old daughter after being arraigned before Oyo State Magistrates’ Court sitting in Ibadan. The suspect was arraigned on one-count
The Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunlesi has raised the alarm over the security challenges in the country, declaring that the southwest does not want war. Oba Ogunlusi made this
The Nigeria Customs Service has intercepted a Hyundai ambulance conveying cartons of 225 miligrammes of Tramadol. Muhammad Abba-Kura, the Controller of Apapa Area Command of NCS, stated this while showing
A gang of suspected internet fraudsters has told the Nigeria Police Force why they killed Emmanuel Agundu, a Nigerian Bar Association chairman in Enugu. The suspect gave details when they
They attacked my dad between the hours of 5 am and 6 am on Monday, they cut him with a cutlass on the chest but we’re glad he managed to
Two people have lost their lives during a communal clash that broke out between residents of Araromi Obu in Odigbo local council area and the Ikales in Okitipupa local council
Two soldiers were killed by suspected kidnappers at a road construction site in Ukanafun council area of Akwa Ibom. An expatriate, working with Al Madal Construction Company, was also kidnapped
Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, on Thursday cautioned President Muhammadu Buhari against allowing former National Security Adviser, NSA, Sambo Dasuki and the leader of the Islamic Movement of
A Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos, on Thursday, remanded a security guard over stealing of printing machine parts worth N3.8 million. Harrison Lar, who resides at Ketu area of
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP), says it has arrested a senior official of a travel agency in Edo for suspected human trafficking offence. The
