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It was, however, not clear how the adults drowned, especially at a near dry season period, when the river was ...

The police confirmed the killing of the Okada union officer and said they had started an investigation into it.

Mr Aribisogan was elected the new Speaker of the Ekiti House of Assembly on Tuesday.

Police say the suspect was a former security official in the church

Police said the suspect confessed to the act and claimed it was "the handwork of the devil."

An 18-seater commercial bus with passengers suddenly plunged into a ditch on the outskirts of the town and went into ...

The pastor allegedly asked each church member for N310,000 before they will be allowed to follow him to Araromi-Ugbesi where ...

Thugs, armed with dangerous weapons, had attacked Segun Oni's campaign and wounded scores of SDP supporters, while also vandalising some ...

The police said the suspects were found with some incriminating items and were promptly arrested.

The PDP and APC primaries are scheduled for January 26 and 27, respectively.

“We have begun serious work on the matter. We are working with other security agencies to track down these evildoers.”

Police say the alleged kidnappers now at large were mentioned as gang members by other arrested suspects currently in police ...

"The men numbering seven came around 9.30 p.m. with guns and surrounded the building. They fired gunshots sporadically.”

Police say the pressure was much on the kidnappers to the extent that they had to let the victims go.

The protesters barricaded the highway, lamenting that kidnapping was becoming too incessant in the state and called for urgent action ...

The incident occurred the same day unidentified gunmen abducted and killed a man, his wife and daughter in the state.

Witnesses said there were five occupants in the vehicle and they were attacked by suspected herdsmen while returning from a ...

The incident came barely a week after a traditional ruler was kidnapped, with his captors demanding N20 million ransom.

Mr Oluwasola "was captured by the students and beaten to stupor while other gang members fled the scene of the ...

Police say they are not aware of the ransom and that their "men are combing the surrounding bushes in collaboration ...

"No ransom was paid. We have brought him home and he is currently receiving medical attention."

Police say six people died in the clash.

Sources in Ilemeso told journalists that the gunmen, numbering six scaled the traditional ruler’s fence and fired several shots into ...

"Five out of the 10 goats kept inside the boot of the car died in the process."

The businessman was kidnapped on Thursday.