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DHQ blames influx of foreign terrorists for resurgence of attacks in N/East, N/West

The Defence Headquarters has attributed the recent resurgence of terrorist attacks in North East and North West to alleged influx of foreign fighters providing...

Salome Adaidu laid to rest as ‘boyfriend’ says no regret killing her

The body of Salome Adaidu has been laid to rest even as her thirty-two-year-old 'boyfriend', Timileyin Ajayi, has been remanded in the Criminal Investigation...

Abuja administration bans scavengers from Federal Capital City

The Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, has banned scavengers from operating in the territory. The Commissioner of Police in FCT, Olatunji Disu announced the ban...

How 40 farmers strayed from “safe corridors” were killed in Borno

The Borno State Government has called on the military to track and neutralise Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists that killed 40 farmers in the state, but...

Where was bomb headed for as Police issue safety tips after bomb explosion in Abuja school

Following the bomb explosion that rocked an Islamic school in Abuja, and amid anxieties over where and what the improvised explosive device  was meant...

After viral video, Police arrest suspected manhole cover thieves, steel company fingered as buyer in Abuja (+Video)

The crime in Abuja is at least three decades old, but barely 24 hours after a viral video showed how manhole covers were removed...

Anambra killings: Police confirm 7 deaths, but IPOB lawyer says perpetrators are indigenes, monsters 

The Police has confirmed the death of seven persons in Ihiala, Anambra State, but a legal practitioner and human rights activist, Ifeanyi Ejiofor has...

Group asks FG to defend self against allegations Tinubu, Rufai, and Ribadu working with France, Boko Haram against Niger Republic

A group, styling itself as the League of Northern Democrats (LND) has asked the federal government to defend allegations that its top functionaries, including...

Nupe King of Lokoja: How my palace was attacked and I ran for my dear life

Some suspected hoodlums on Saturday attacked the palace of Etsu Lokoja, Chief Emmanuel Dauda-Shelika, Nyamkpa IV, burning properties within the premises, including a vehicle. The...

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