48 suspected Internet fraudsters and a herbalist have been arrested by the Ilorin Zonal Command of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, for offences bordering on conspiracy and obtaining Money under false pretence in Lokoja, Kogi State capital. The Ilorin zonal Command office of EFCC covers Kwara, Kogi and Ekiti states with the zonal headquarters in Ilorin, Kwara state capital. A statement by Dele Oyewale, head of Media and Publicity of the EFCC, in Ilorin on Thursday said the suspects were arrested upon credible intelligence on Tuesday, March 5,…

Over 280 pupils and teachers of Government Secondary School and LEA primary school at Kuriga, Kaduna State were abducted by bandits on Thursday, triggering national outrage. The Jama’atu Nasril Islam, Amnesty International, the Parent Teacher Association of Nigeria, the Nigeria Union of Teachers, and the House of Representatives condemned the attack and asked the government to rescue the victims immediately The bandits reportedly invaded the Kuriga area of the Chikun Local Government Area of Kaduna State on Thursday, shooting at their victims before taking away at least 280 of the…

The National Assembly, particularly the Senate, has declared very disturbing, unfortunate, and sad the killing of over 50 people in fresh attacks on some communities in Benue State by suspected terrorists and unabated security challenges across the country. It also urged the service chiefs and heads of other security agencies to, as a matter of urgency, deploy security personnel to address the continuing and ongoing attacks by armed terrorists parading as herdsmen on communities in Kwande, Ukum, Logo, and Katsina-Ala Local Government Areas of Benue State to flush them out…

A mother of three children has allegedly committed suicide in Enugu State over what some sources attributed to the unbearable economic hardship and rising cost of living in the country. It was gathered that the incident happened on Saturday, March 2. The woman, whose identity had yet to be ascertained, had gone to the Ogui Police Station in the Enugu North Local Government Area of the state and reportedly dropped her three kids, without leaving a word with anyone. An eyewitness who refused to be mentioned said that the middle-aged…

Following the looting of food warehouses in the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja, on Sunday, by suspected hoodlums, the police have beefed up security at the warehouses belonging to the National Emergency Management Agency nationwide. This was as soldiers foiled an attempt to raid a factory warehouse at the Idu Industrial District, Jabi, Abuja, on Sunday morning, arresting five of the attackers. Footage of the incident showed the arrested suspects lying on the ground as armed soldiers stood over them. The factory was involved in the production, processing, and packaging of…