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At least 21 people died in a car crash along the Kaduna-Abuja highway on Thursday. An official of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kaduna State told reporters on Friday that a truck and a commercial passenger bus heading to Kano State were involved in the accident. READ ALSO: Police arrest 11 suspected kidnappers in Kaduna He said: “The …

The Lagos State Government has announced that the Eko Bridge will be closed for eight weeks to allow for emergency repairs by the Federal Ministry of Works. Repairs will begin on Monday, September 16, and will be carried out in four phases, according to Oluwaseun Osiyemi, Lagos State Commissioner for Transport. During this period, the bridge will be closed periodically, …

The Rivers State Police Command on Thursday unveiled a fake police inspector, Fred Monday, who masterminded a notorious armed robbery syndicate operating in four states: Rivers, Delta, Edo and Akwa Ibom. Rivers State Commissioner of Police, Olatunji Disu, said Monday’s arrests were the result of a chance encounter while arresting five suspected cult members. To their surprise, on Monday, wearing …

The Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation Limited (NNPC) has reported the destruction of 134 illegal refineries over the past week and the discovery of 63 illegal pipelines. In a visual report, NNPC revealed that on Sunday at about 2am, a joint team of security agencies intercepted a large wooden vessel illegally loading stolen crude oil from Barge AGS01 in the OML …

Armed bandits have disrupted traffic on the busy Gusau-Funtua highway, kidnapping an unknown number of travellers. According to Channels Television, Yusuf Tsafe, a stranded passenger, reported that the bandits set up a roadblock on the Tazame axis on Thursday morning. Equipped with about 50 motorcycles, each carrying three people, the bandits seized several passengers and remained on the road for …

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) has arrested five persons for alleged illegal mining in Oyo State. The NSCDC Commander in the state, Augustine Padonu, disclosed this when he paraded the suspects on Wednesday in Ibadan. He said officers arrested the suspect with two trucks loaded with solid minerals suspected to be lithium powder weighing around 60 tons. …

Justice Mojisola Dada of the Special Offenders Court serving in Ikeja, Lagos, on Tuesday, convicted an American businessman, Marco Antonio Ramirez, of a $1.2 million EB-5 visa fraud. The judge also convicted him of a separate fraud of $368,698.24. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) charged Ramirez along with his companies, USA NOW LLC, Eagle Ford Instalodge Group LP, …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Eradication Commission (ECRC) on Monday arraigned Ibrahim Shuaibu at the Kaduna State High Court for alleged fraud amounting to N100 million. The defendant was charged with seven counts of breach of trust, impersonation and obtaining information by false pretenses. In a statement posted on his X account, the commission accused Shuaibu of falsely representing himself …

The death toll from a petrol tanker explosion after colliding with another vehicle has risen to 59. The incident occurred on Sunday along the Lapai-Agaie road, about 2 kilometers from Dendo Community in Agaie LGA, Niger State. The petrol tanker collided head-on with another truck carrying over 60 people and 50 cows from Kano to Lagos. Abdullahi Baba-Arab, director-general of …

A tragic petrol tanker explosion in Agaie Local Government Area of ​​Niger State has claimed the lives of over 30 people and resulted in the death of over 50 cows. The explosion occurred early Sunday when a tanker truck carrying petrol collided with a trailer truck carrying passengers and livestock from Wudil, Kano State, to Lagos. The incident occurred at …