By Oluwatomisin Amokeoja The Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers (NUPENG) has threatened to summon its members throughout the nation for total shutdown of all its services in the upstream, mid-stream and downstream sectors of the oil a...

Agency Reporter  The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) in Oyo State has intercepted baked cakes made with cannabis sativa on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway. NDLEA Commander, Mrs Josephine Obi, made this known in an interview with the News Ag...

By Kelvin Osa-Okunbor Max Air’s Abuja bound aircraft yesterday suffered a bird strike 10 minutes after take-off at the Aminu Kano International Airport, (MAKIA) Kano. The aircraft, according to sources, was forced to return to Kano. The Max Air B73...

By Justina Asishana, Minna   Bandits who attacked a community in Niger State have met a resistance by troops but in the shootout, three soldiers were killed while two of the attackers  were gunned down. A Chinese said to be a construction worker in...

By Toba Adedeji, Osogbo, and Adekunle Jimoh, Ilorn      Youths yesterday went on rampage in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, after operatives of Economic Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) arrested an Army deserter, Adebisi Jamiu, 22, and 33...

By Precious Igbonwelundu     To inject new policing ideas and skills in operatives, the Lagos Police Command has engaged 110 personnel in arms and combat training. The training which was introduced by the Commissioner of Police Hakeem Odumo...

Olisa Agbakoba (SAN) has requested a coroner’s inquest into the death of a Lagos chef, Mrs Peju Ugboma, who died at a Lagos hospital following a surgical operation. Ugboma, 41, who is famous for her Lagos Menu “I luv desserts”, was ...

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) command in Borno, has arrested one Abubakar Mohammed for alleged impersonation. Mr Abdullahi Ibrahim, the state NSCDC Commandant, said this when he addressed newsmen on Tuesday in Maiduguri. Ibrahi...

By Robert Egbe     Onishasha of Shasha in Alimosho Local Government Area (LGA), Oba Babatunde Ogunrombi yesterday urged residents and political leaders to shun illegal appointment of leaders and land deals that could jeopardise the peace be...

By Adebisi Onanuga     State Counsels in the Directorate of Public Prosecutions (DPP), Lagos State Ministry of Justice were yesterday mobilised to decongest police cells of suspects. The new directive was informed by the lockdown of the cou...