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Police probe missing corps member's death

Nigeria, July 31 -- The police in Bayelsa State have begun to investigate the death of a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Stanley Okebaram, whose body was recovered in Nembe Local Governmen... Read More


Police arrest ADC candidate's husband over alleged cyberstalking

Nigeria, July 31 -- The police in Akwa Ibom State have arrested and secured the remand of a resident following a cyberstalking petition filed by Prince Akpabio, the lawmaker representing the Essien Ud... Read More


Video of Oborevwori's aide being assaulted raises fears over 2027 polls

Nigeria, July 31 -- A video showing Simon Mudi, a protocol aide to Delta State Governor Sheriff Oborevwori, being chased and repeatedly struck with bottles and chairs at a political meeting has height... Read More


ADC governorship candidate alleges plot to substitute party's candidates

Nigeria, July 31 -- The governorship candidate of the African Democratic Congress (ADC) in Akwa Ibom State, John Akpanudoedehe, has alleged a plot by unnamed government agents, working with some offic... Read More


Local govt workers in Cross River protest 11 months' unpaid salaries

Nigeria, July 30 -- Newly employed local government workers in Cross River State on Wednesday staged a peaceful protest in Calabar, demanding immediate payment of 11 months' salary arrears and inclusi... Read More


Abia demands probe over police killing of Nigerian in South Africa

Nigeria, July 29 -- The Abia State Government has condemned the alleged torture and killing of a Nigerian national, Chika Ibe, by members of the South African Police, demanding a swift investigation a... Read More


Police dismantle illegal firearm-manufacturing network, arrest suspects

Nigeria, July 27 -- The police in Akwa Ibom State have dismantled a suspected illegal firearms fabrication syndicate and recovered a locally fabricated double-barrelled cartridge gun and equipment all... Read More


Akwa Ibom NUJ names hall after former chairman

Nigeria, July 27 -- The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Akwa Ibom State Council, has named its conference hall after a former chairman of the union, Israel Umoh, in recognition of his contribution... Read More


Police investigate as unidentified pusher dies in wheelbarrow during nap

Nigeria, July 25 -- Passersby on Aba-Owerri Road, Abia State, have found an unidentified body of a man, believed to be in his 50s, that was decomposing in a wheelbarrow. He was supposedly napping in t... Read More


Pastor to die by hanging for killing daughter

Nigeria, July 22 -- A state high court in Calabar, Cross River State, on Monday, sentenced a pastor, Ubong Etim, to death by hanging for murdering his 16-year-old daughter, Deborah Bassey, who had Dow... Read More