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The Ondo State Police Command has arrested four officers after a viral video showing them making allegedly ethnically charged statements during a stop and search operation sparked widespread public criticism on social media. The incident, which reportedly occurred along the Lagos – Benin Expressway, involved a confrontation between officers and a motorist believed to be a Nigerian returning from the …

A Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced three persons to life imprisonment in connection with the kidnapping of students and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of ​​Oyo State. Judge Salim Ibrahim delivered the verdict, ordering life sentences starting from the date of arrest of the three convicts. The sentences follow those handed down to the defendants in connection …

Zainab Abioye Survivors of the fatal canoeing accident in Ringim local government area of ​​Jigawa State have recounted the terrifying moments they struggled to survive after an overloaded boat carrying about 40 passengers, mostly women and children, capsized while returning from rice farms. The victims, who narrowly escaped death, told how local fishermen and farmers risked their lives to save …

Leaders of Fulani communities, security agencies, farmers, traditional institutions and government representatives in Oyo State have called for greater collaboration to address kidnappings, farmer-herder clashes and other security threats, warning against ethnic profiling of the Fulani over crimes committed by individuals. The resolution was reached at a stakeholders meeting on peace and security convened by the leadership of the Miyetti …

…The NDLEA accuses three Mexicans and seven Nigerians of running an illicit drug factory …The Agency warns that international cartels are moving operations into the forests of the Southwest Daud Olatunji A Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Wednesday conducted an inspection of an alleged clandestine methamphetamine laboratory in Ogun State as the trial continued of three Mexican nationals …

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has arrested the driver of a tanker allegedly involved in a fatal hit-and-run accident that claimed the life of a commercial delivery driver in the Lagos, Maryland area. The incident occurred along Jalan Kodesho, opposite Mrs Petrol Station, in the direction of Awolowo Way/Oba Akran, where the victim was reportedly hit by a …

The Federal High Court in Abuja has adjourned to October 5 the trial of five men accused of concealing the whereabouts of former Bayelsa State governor, Timipre Sylva. The case, whose trial was due to begin on Wednesday before Judge Peter Lifu, could not proceed because the court did not sit. Following the development, the matter was postponed until after …

A former deputy director of the Department of State Services, Dennis Amachree, has said Nigeria’s late head of state, General Sani Abacha, died of cardiac arrest during an intimate gathering at the presidential villa in Abuja, dismissing years of conspiracy theories about the military ruler’s death. Amachree made the revelation in her newly released memoir, DSS @40: My Journey Behind …

The Anambra State Police Command has arrested four suspected kidnappers in separate operations across the state, foiling a fresh kidnapping attempt and recovering a locally made pistol, live ammunition and other items allegedly linked to the kidnapping and armed robbery. The command said the operations also uncovered a suspected kidnapping syndicate believed to be involved in previous kidnappings of outlet …

PR Primus Limited, a public relations consultancy and promoter of Your Image PR program on Ogun State Television, has appointed three eminent academics and practitioners to its administrative team as part of efforts to strengthen public relations scholarship and professional practice in Nigeria. The newly appointed trustees are Prof. Dele Odunlami, Dean, Faculty of Social Sciences, Olabisi Onabanjo University, Ago-Iwoye; …