City Update

Lucky Irabor, chief of defence staff, says the gunmen behind the attack on a church in Owo, Ondo state have been arrested. On June 25, gunmen suspected to be members...

Joshua Dariye and Jolly Nyame, former governors, have been released from Kuje Custodial centre. The two former governors were convicted and jailed for corruption, but received presidential pardon in April....

The Nigerian Air force says its airstrikes killed Abdulkareem Lawal, a bandit kingpin responsible for the killing of a police area commander in Katsina. The air force, in a statement,...

A high court in Akwa Ibom has sentenced Uduak Akpan to death for the murder of Iniobong Umoren, a jobseeker. Akpan had lured Umoren, who is a 26-year-old graduate of...

Suspected members of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) have reportedly killed seven persons in Imo state. According to CSP Mike Abattam, Imo police spokesman, the armed men came in...

The Oyo state house of assembly has removed Rauf Olaniyan, deputy governor to Seyi Makinde, from office. Olaniyan’s removal was quickly completed at the assembly’s plenary session on Monday after it adopted the...

The Kaduna police command says its operatives have re-arrested a suspected Kuje prison escapee. On July 5, 2022, terrorists attacked the Kuje prison in the federal capital territory (FCT), freeing...

Several shops have been razed by an inferno in Oko Oba, Ebute Meta axis of Lagos state. According to a statement by Ogabi Olajide, deputy head of Lagos State Fire...

Bayo Lawal, chairman of the Oyo housing corporation, has been sworn in as deputy governor of the state. The swearing-in ceremony took place at the executive chamber of the governor’s...