Sept. 20, 2025 The Nigerian Copyright Commission (NCC) has raided bookshops in Ibadan, Oyo State, over the sale of pirated books, arresting several suspects and sealing multiple outlets. The operation, carried out…
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Suspected Buruli Ulcer: FG investigates as 7 die in Adamawa
Sept. 20, 2025 The Federal Government has collected specimens for laboratory tests to determine the exact cause of a strange flesh-eating ailment that has claimed seven lives in Malabo, Adamawa. Dr. Adesigbin…
Dicon factory: One killed, several others injured as expired ordnance explodes
September 20, 2025 The Defence Industries Cooperation of Nigeria (DICON) one fatality was recorded on Saturday following an explosion at DICON Ordnance Factory Disposal pit. According to the DICON in a statement…
Insurgents raid Nigerian military barracks in Banki, soldiers retreat, residents and sources say
September 19, 2025 Suspected insurgents attacked a border town in northeastern Nigeria’s Borno state and seized weapons from a military barracks as the soldiers there fled, residents and security sources said on…
Africans deported by US to Ghana at risk if sent home, lawyer argues
September 19, 2025 A lawyer for 11 West Africans deported from the United States to Ghana has filed a lawsuit asking a court in Accra to block any move to send them…
Insecurity: LG chairmen in Kwara South close cattle markets indefinitely
Sept. 19, 2025 The chairmen of the seven local government councils in Kwara South Senatorial District have ordered the immediate closure of all cattle markets within the district due to insecurity. The…
Police recovers abandoned newborn in Gombe
Sept. 19, 2025 The Police in Gombe has recovered a newborn allegedly abandoned in a tricycle by an unidentified woman. The spokesman of the command, DSP Buhari Abdullahi, said this in a…
NSCDC nabs 6 suspects for grave desecration, exhuming corpse for rituals in Gombe
Sept. 19, 2025 The Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Gombe State Command says it has apprehended six suspects who are members of a syndicate involved in grave desecration for ritual…
Lagos Sports Commission upholds dissolution of senior team, warns impostors parading as athletes
Sept. 19, 2025 The Lagos State Sports Commission (LSSC) has reaffirmed its decision to dissolve Senior Team Lagos, a move aimed at injecting fresh energy, renewed discipline, and a stronger competitive spirit…
Oborevwori urges peace, unity in Warri, warns against social media incitement
Delta State Governor, Rt. Hon. Sheriff Oborevwori, has called on leaders and elders of Ijaw, Itsekiri, and Urhobo ethnic nationalities to shun divisive tendencies and embrace peace, stressing that unity remains the…