Monday, December 23, 2024

Metro

NDLEA arrests engineer, seizes 1,323kg of cannabis in multiple operations

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency have arrested a suspected drug trafficker, Egwu Phillip Inya, a building engineer, while attempting to receive...

Most missing girls, ritual killings in Nigeria connected with hookups — Police

The Nigerian Police Force has identified most cases of missing young ladies and girls being used for ritual purposes in Nigeria connected to the...

Fire razes shops at spare parts market in Lagos

A fire at a spare parts market in the Idumota area of Lagos State destroyed properties worth millions of naira. In a statement on Saturday,...

Yahaya Bello pleads not guilty to 16-count charge

Former Governor of Kogi State, Yahaya Bello has pleaded not guilty to the 16-count charge levelled against him by the Economic and Financial Crimes...

One dead, 14 rescued as police foil kidnapping attempt in Katsina

A victim of kidnapping for ransom has reportedly succumbed to his injuries while receiving medical treatment following gunshot wounds by armed bandits in Jibia...

NDLEA arrests businessman for smuggling cocaine through ingestion

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has announced the arrest of a businessman caught with a large quantity of cocaine. Femi Babafemi, the Director of...

FG assures no mass layoffs of workers with degrees from Benin and Togo, easing growing concerns.

Some federal civil servants at the weekend were gripped with fear over the security of their jobs following claims that the government has started...

FG monitoring Ekpa’s trial in Finland

The Federal Government on Friday attributed the arrest of Simon Ekpa, the self-acclaimed Prime Minister of the Biafra Republic Government in-Exile, to sustained diplomatic...