Metro

The Federal High Court in Lagos yesterday convicted and sentenced two Chinese nationals and directors of Genting International Co. Limited, Huang Haoyu, also known as Ken, and An Hongxu, to 46 years’ imprisonment each for their roles in a multi-billion-naira cybercrime and money laundering scheme. Justice Daniel Osiagor, who delivered the judgment, gave the convicts […]

Ondo State Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, Kayode Ajulo, has said that the state has begun investigations into the ownership of the truck involved in a tragic accident that claimed many lives in the state. He made this known in a statement in Lagos today. The attorney general, who expressed outrage over the fatal […]

The Federal Government has warned that nine states and 15 communities across the northern region may experience heavy rainfall that could trigger flooding between August 25 and August 29, 2025.‎‎The alert was issued on Monday by the Federal Ministry of Environment, National Flood Early Warning Centre, and signed by the Director of the Erosion, Flood […]

The Nigeria Police Force said it has rescued five kidnapped victims, killed five suspected kidnappers, and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition during recent operations in Kebbi and Abia states.‎‎In a statement today, Force Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, disclosed that the breakthroughs were achieved through coordinated security operations involving police operatives, other security […]

Three salesgirls have landed in the police net over the theft of N29m worth of goods in an electronics phone in Obasanjo Complex, Minna, Niger State.‎‎The suspects, Sarah Ogbonna, Ruth Emmanuel, and Mercy Ogbonna, were allegedly involved in the theft of the goods, including phones, and giving them to Nurudeen Musa, who sold them at […]

Hundreds of residents of Kirawa in Borno State displaced by Boko Haram insurgents and now taking refuge in Cameroonian villages have lamented harsh living conditions, saying they spend the day in Nigeria and return to Cameroon at night to sleep in fear of renewed attacks.‎‎Speaking with news men on Tuesday, the residents explained that since […]

The Ondo State Police Command yesterday launched a manhunt for the abductors of two persons in Supare Akoko, Akoko South-West Local Government Area of Ondo State, In which one of the victims of the crime is a member of staff of Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba-Akoko, Ondo State, Omoniyi Eleyinmi, while the identity of the other […]

The Ogun State Government has announced the burial rites for the late Awujale of Ijebu land, Oba Sikiru Kayode Adetona. Which  will take place today at Ogbagba Court, Igbeba, Ijebu-ode, Ogun State, at exactly 4 pm. The revered monarch joined his ancestors on Sunday, July 13, 2025, at the age of 91. However, Mr. Tokunbo […]

At least 70 members of a vigilante group were on Monday, killed after bandits ambushed them at the Kukawa and Bunyun communities of Kanam Local Government Area of Plateau State.‎‎Chairman of the vigilante group in Kukawa, Aliyu Baffa, who confirmed the incident to News men, said the surprise attack on his team happened when a […]

The Enugu State Police Command has arrested a 22-year-old undergraduate of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, Emmanuel Gambo, in connection with the murder of a young woman, Deborah Sam-Praise Ememem, whose decomposing body was discovered under a hotel bed in Obukpa, Nsukka.‎‎In a statement released on Tuesday via X, the Police Public Relations Officer, SP […]