Metro

… Five prominent imams are said to be among the victims while the police remain silent Daud Olatunji Suspected bandits have reportedly kidnapped several Islamic clerics shortly after they attended a special prayer session for peace, national unity and success of President Bola Tinubu and the All Progressives Congress in the 2027 elections in Zamfara state. The clerics were said …

Judge CN Nwabulu of the Federal High Court, Abuja has convicted and sentenced a fake spiritualist, Solomon Odigie Moses, to one year in prison. Moses was charged with one count of nearly defrauding and impersonating a spiritualist, thereby defrauding and obtaining the amount of $1,100 (One Thousand, One Hundred United States Dollars) from an Indian woman seeking spiritual healing. Moses, …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) have sought to deepen strategic collaboration, intelligence sharing, and operational synergy in investigating alleged diversion and mismanagement of funds provided by United States Government-supported programs. The decision was taken on Thursday, September 10, 2026, when Macus Maccain, Assistant FBI Law Enforcement Attaché, led a delegation on …

…. The military rescues a woman and a one-year-old child and arrests 12 suspects in the North West Yoyyibat Qasim No fewer than 17 terrorists and their family members have surrendered to troops in Borno State, while the military has recovered 300 rounds of ammunition and disrupted several terrorist logistics networks across the country in a matter of a week. …

• The FG reports 919 locations for possible flooding between September 10 and 23 • 425 places placed under high-risk surveillance Daud Olatunji The Federal Government has issued a fresh flood warning, placing 919 locations in 20 states, including Ogun, Oyo, Lagos, Osun, Ekiti and Ondo, in the critical risk category for possible flooding between September 10 and 23, 2026. …

The Nigerian Police National Cyber ​​Crime Center (NPF-NCCC) has arrested X user, Hafsat Abubakar, over a viral post advising customers to withdraw their funds from OPay, a digital financial services platform. Police spokesperson Ani Iniedu, who announced this on Thursday in a statement, said user X was arrested on September 4. The post, which went viral on social media, claimed …

At least 24 people have died in two communities in Odigbo Local Government Area of ​​Ondo State following the consumption of a suspected herbal or locally produced alcoholic substance. The deaths, which occurred on Saturday, September 5, were recorded in Odigbo town and Araromi-Obu, while several other residents who reportedly consumed the substance are currently undergoing treatment in various hospitals. …

The Cross River State Commissioner for Wonem Affairs, Mrs Edema Irom, has confirmed that the State recorded a total of 586 cases of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) between January and October, 2023. Irom who was addressing a press conference in Calabar on Saturday to kick-start 16 days of activism against GBV, said the figure only represented cases reported officially to the …

Daud Olatunji A 13-year-old student of Ihyau El-Burhan Academy, Gwagwalada Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory, Alhassan Jamil, was swept away by a flood while walking to school with his father. The accident occurred on Wednesday in a flooded canal around a double-cell culvert as the boy’s father, Jamil Maikasuwa, attempted to cross the waterway on a motorcycle. Maikasuwa, …

Justice Muhammed Danjuma of the Court of Appeal, Abuja on Tuesday, September 8, 2026, upheld the conviction and sentence of former Managing Director of the Export Import Bank of Nigeria, NEXIM, Robert Orya by Justice FE Messiri of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Abuja. Orya was found guilty and sentenced to 490 years in prison for bank fraud …