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Imo State Police Command has in a renewed offensive against criminals and crime in the state, arrested one Augustine Ogbonna, a 300-level law student of Anambra State University, Igbariam Campus, native of Nkwelle in Awka South Local Government Area of Anambra state, for armed robbery.

By Tony Nyong UYO - The tension that gripped Uyo, the Akwa Ibom state capital, penultimate Tuesday following the killing of two brothers at the Ewet sand beach has resurrected as the police are yet to make any official statement following rumours that the assassins, who committed the dastardly act were apprehended inA Calabar, capital of Cross ...

Irked by the spate of destruction and vandalism of newly erected infrastructure in parts of Makurdi and its environs, the Benue State Police Command has arrested a team of eleven vandals who specialize in destroying government property while 29 others have been declared wanted.

While Americans sweat the fate of independent film at places like Sundance or South by Southwest, movie-mad Nigerians flock to the outdoor electronic markets of Lagos to buy the latest offerings from Nollywood.

The Director of Pharmaceutical Services in Awka, Sir Gozie Anyachebelu has been kidnapped by unidentified men in front of his house, last Friday night.

By Yetunde Arebi Hi, Sometime ago, we discussed the issue of safe sex practices.

RESIDENTS of Oyingbo and environs in Ebute-metta, Lagos Mainland Local Government woke up yesterday to the sight of a two-storey building, reportedly built about 45 years ago, reduced to rubble after a downpour on Saturday night.

By AKOMA CHINWEOKE DIRERCTOR general of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency, NIMASA, Dr.

By Tony Edike The Police in Enugu made a breakthrough over the week when they arrested a five-man kidnap gang that specializes in kidnapping prominent businessmen and personalities within the South Eastern States for which ransoms worth several millions of naira had been paid to them.

Nana Yaa Adadewa Addo, foreground, practises her catwalk during a rehearsal in Accra.

Thrissur : Nigerian footballers Adibe George and Kinston Chukku, arrested by Kerala police in 2007 for not possessing valid travel documents, on Wednesday left here for Lagos after the Kerala High Court quashed the cases against them.

By Samuel Oyadongha, Yenagoa The relative peace of Nembe creek was in the early hours of today shattered as heavily armed militants engaged men of the Joint Task Force stationed at Obioku community in bloody shoot out forcing the natives to flee their homes.

RESIDENTS of some areas of Port Harcourt were jolted by heavy gun shots that lasted several hours in the early hours of today.

THE Director General of the National Youth Service Corps , Brigadier-General Maharazu Tsiga, has blamed the evacuation of corps members from states in the Niger Delta region on the activities of militants.

If the divisional PoliceA officer in-chargeA A of Awka Metropolis in Anambra state, Francis Effiong Bassey had known that coming down closer home after serving the Police Force diligently at the Force Headquarters in Abuja will spell doom for him, he would have rather, chosen to remain where he was.

An aircraft from Ukraine carrying arms and heading for Equatorial Guinea was intercepted and its crew detained after landing at a northern Nigerian airport on Wednesday, officials said.

Nigerian Police said on Monday that it had launched investigation into the death of Bayelsa United FC skipper Abel Tabor.

The latest addition to the Alapomeji Crew is an American based import named Zara. Born Margaret-Mary Joseph on July 30, 1985, Zara brings a refreshing mix to the already established entertainment company who houses artists such as 9ice, Ajayi Brothers, Streetwise, Snow and Keyifi.

The Minority leader of the Lagos State House of Assembly, Hodewu Avoseh was Monday at plenary session reunited with his fellow lawmakers.

The Brooklyn Museum will present the first major survey of the work of the British-based, Nigerian artist Yinka Shonibare MBE, whose art explores the relationship of contemporary African identity to European colonialism.