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The Jigawa State Police Command has arrested two suspected armed robbers who were on the Command’s most wanted list. The Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for the Command, Abubakar Isah, confirmed the arrest of the notorious criminals in a statement in Dutse on Saturday, According to the statement, the suspects were trailed and subsequently arrested on December 12, in their …

A Transmission Company of Nigeria power substation in Maryland, Lagos State, was completely destroyed by fire on Saturday night. The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service said in a late-night announcement that the fire had been extinguished. No lives were lost in the fire event, according to a statement made by Margaret Adeseye, Director of the Lagos State Fire and …

Two separate buildings collapsed beside each other in the Kosofe area of Lagos State on Sunday. However, one person was injured in the incident. The Permanent Secretary of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Dr. Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the incident in a statement, said the buildings were located at No. 47-49 Oduntan Street, Kosofe, Lagos. He said: “Upon …

Al-Azhar Academy in Zaria has been shut by the Kaduna State Schools Quality Assurance Authority (KSSQAA) due to allegations that a student was fatally beaten there. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that a JSS 3 student Marwan Sambo, 19, was reported to have died from severe beating and corporal punishment by some teachers over absenteeism. Dr. Usman Abubakar, …

Men of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Gombe State Command, have foiled a plan by some individuals to host a same-sex wedding. They have therefore arrested 76 suspects in connection with the development. The state Public Relations Officer, Buhari Sa’ad, disclosed this while parading the suspects before journalists at the command’s headquarters in Gombe on behalf of the …

Son of late founder of Fountain of Life Church, Jimmy Odukoya, has been named the Senior Pastor of the church following the demise of his father, Pastor Taiwo Odukoya. Jimmy who is a popular Nollywood actor, was named his father’s successor during the church service on Sunday. The resident pastor of the church, Rotimi Okpaise, who made the announcement while …

A truck on Sunday crushed two people, including a military officer, to death in Jebba, Moro local government area of Kwara State. The sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in the state, Frederick Ogidan, confirmed the accident to journalists in Ilorin. He said a DAF truck and four people were involved in the accident. READ ALSO: Nine …

The Benue State government on Thursday warned the people of the state about the consumption of dead animals. The advice followed reports on the growing cases of anthrax disease in the country. The Director of Livestock Services, Ministry of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Dr. Edward Amali, who made the call in Makurdi, said the government had discovered that some butchers …

A 31-year-old motorcyclist, Yakubu Lucky, was swept away by flood at Dogongada in Lokogoma District of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) on Friday. The Head of Public Affairs for the Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Agency (FEMA), Nkechi Isa, who confirmed the incident in a statement on Saturday, said the victim was swept away by flood after a heavy downpour …

Police operatives in Kaduna have arrested the principal and vice principal of a secondary school over the death of one of the students in the state. The deceased, Marwanu Nuhu Sambo, a Junior Secondary School (JSS) 3 student of Al-Azhar School in Zaria, was reportedly beaten by the two officials and the prefects for missing classes on Friday. He died …