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302 riot police, others to combat Kaduna bandits

The Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, has approved the deployment of 302 officers and men of mobile police, Counter…

4 years ago

Seven teenage girls killed in Zamfara explosion

An explosion from Magamin Diddi village in Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State has killed seven teenage girls. The…

4 years ago

Bandits kill one, abduct students, teachers in Niger college attack

At least one student has been killed and many others abducted by bandits that attacked a government college in Niger…

4 years ago

Northern govs in Ibadan over ethnic tension, IGP deploys special squad

Following rising ethnic tension in Ibadan, Oyo State, after the Shasha market clash, Governor Abubakar Bagudu of Kebbi State, on…

4 years ago

Bandits kill three farmers in Ondo community

Three farmers have been killed in an attack on a community in the Ijugbere area of Owo Local Government Area…

4 years ago

18 bus passengers kidnapped in Niger State

Bandits have kidnapped 18 passengers of a bus belonging to the Niger State Transport Authority (NSTA) at Yakila village in…

4 years ago

Horror as four burnt to death in Ogun auto crash

At least four people were on Sunday burnt to death in an auto crash along Ijebu-Ode-Benin expressway, Ogun State. The…

4 years ago

Court grants 40 #Occupy Lekki tollgate protesters bail

The Lagos Police Command on Saturday said that a popular comedian Debo Adebayo, aka Mr Macaroni, and 39 other #OccupyLekkiTollGate…

4 years ago

Photo: Islahudeen Society (Akewukawe), Iwo, Osun State team pays condolence visit to Jakande family

From right: Mr Deji Jakande; Dr Olanrewaju Adeboye (nee Jakande); widow of Alhaji Lateef Jakande (first civilian governor of Lagos…

4 years ago

Updated: Makinde shuts Ibadan market, imposes curfew over bloody ethnic crisis

Oyo State Government has shut Shasha market in Ibadan indefinitely and imposed a 24-hour curfew as the clash between the…

4 years ago