Gunmen kidnap Benue Commissioner
Africa-Press - Nigeria. Gunmen yet-to-be identified have abducted Benue State Commissioner for Information, Culture and Tourism, Matthew Abo The incident occurred on Sunday night at...
Gender based violence: Stakeholders worry over rising cases, demand stiff measures
Africa-Press - Nigeria. Cases of Sexual and Gender-Based Violence, SGBV, are not abetting in Nigeria, stakeholders say. This is despite efforts of rights activists and...
Flood hits Adamawa community
Africa-Press - Nigeria. Anguwan Tana, a community in Yola North LGA, was submerged on Thursday by overflow from River Kilange and River Faro. The farming...
Anambra: Three arraigned for allegedly giving IGP false information
Africa-Press - Nigeria. Three persons were at the weekend arraigned before a Magistrate Court in Nanka, Orumba North Local Government Area of Anambra State,...
NDLEA nabs Oman-bound passenger with drugs at MMIA, intercepts 5 pregnant girls
Africa-Press - Nigeria. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, says its operatives have thwarted fresh attempts by members of some transnational drug trafficking...
Traders stranded as police take over phone market in Abeokuta
Africa-Press - Nigeria. Phone sellers and technicians in Abeokuta, the Ogun State capital, became helpless on Friday after armed policemen took over the space...
FRSC confirms 20 dead, 36 injured in auto crashes in Kogi
Africa-Press - Nigeria. Twenty persons died and 36 were injured in separate auto crashes involving Toyota Hiace buses in two weeks in Kogi, a...
24 die, others missing as boat capsizes in Niger
Africa-Press - Nigeria. At least 24 persons have allegedly died, and an unconfirmed number of others are missing in a boat mishap that occurred...
Six die, one injured in Ondo road accident
Africa-Press - Nigeria. A fatal auto crash on Tuesday evening claimed the lives of six travellers along the Akure/Owo highway near the Akure Airport...
Father of six accidentally shoots self, dies in Bayelsa
Africa-Press - Nigeria. The community of Oloibiri in the Ogbia Local Government Area of Bayelsa State was thrown into mourning at the weekend after...