Politicians buy human parts from me, says suspect

By Demola Akinyemi

ILORIN —The Commissioner of Police, Kwara State, Mr Ambrose Aisabor, yesterday, paraded two suspects, among others, for dealing in human parts.

The third person paraded was said to be an accomplice.

Police arrest freight forwarder, wife over N20m fake Customs auction

By IFEYINWA OBI

The Lagos State Police Command has arrested a couple, Mr. Danladi Wushishi, and Mrs.Ojuolape Wushishi, for allegedly duping unsuspecting victims to the tune of N20 million in fake Customs auction sales in Lagos.

One killed, eight injured in Kano blast

KANO—An unidentified woman was killed, while eight other persons sustained severe injuries, when a high calibre improvised explosive device, concealed in a refrigerator went off at the New Road motor park in Sabon Gari area of Kano metropolis.

A security officer examines abandoned items at the scene of a blast in the northern Nigerian city

60 students escape death as Enugu Shuttle bus goes up in flames -

By Tony Edike
ENUGU – No fewer than 60 students of the Enugu State University of Science and Technology (ESUT), yesterday, narrowly.  escaped death following a mysterious fire that engulfed the Coal City Shuttle bus conveying them from the

Police in Enugu Nab Four Kidnap Suspects

50 students escape as bus catches fire
Christopher Isiguzo
The Anti-kidnap Unit of the Enugu State Police Command yesterday arrested four armed robbery and kidnap suspects.

Gunmen Kidnap Ebonyi Assembly Majority Leader

Benjamin Nworie
Gunmen Thursday kidnapped the Majority Leader of Ebonyi State House of Assembly, Hon. Sam Nwali, representing Ikwo North constituency.
Available report  said Nwali was kidnapped at his residence at Watchman street in Abakaliki at

Lagos Discovers First Case of Ebola Virus

FG deploys medical personnel
Gboyega Akinsanmi
The Lagos State Government yesterday alerted the public that a Liberian national, suspected to have the Ebola Virus Disease (EVD) was detected in a private hospital in the state last Tuesday.

Damboa Attack: 11 Pregnant Women Deliver in IDPs Camps

Michael Olugbode  
Eleven women have been delivered of babies at the two camps established by the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) for people displaced from Damboa following the capture of the town last weekend by the Boko Haram insurgents.

Bomb Scare: Air Force Raids Lagos Airport on Security Tip-off

By Chinedu Eze

Working on  a tip off of a possible security compromise fuelling insinuations of a bomb scare, some heavily armed  men of the Nigerian Air Force  yesterday invaded the Murtala Muhammed International Airport,  raiding concessionaires operating at the airport terminal and shutting down

Terrorists can target anybody -PDP

The Peoples Democratic Party on Thursday said it was now apparent that terrorists were capable of attacking anybody in the country.
It said this while reacting and condemning the Wednesday bombings in Kaduna which claimed the lives of many innocent Nigerians, describing the attacks as dastardly and unfortunate.

Nine Nigerian Students Kidnapped in Ukraine

Efforts underway for their release, says official

By Zacheaus Somorin with agency reports

Nine Nigerian students have been reportedly kidnapped in the Ukrainian city of Lugansk, according to a statement by the representative of the National Security and Defence Council Information Centre, Andrey Lysenko.

At last, Jonathan and Sanusi Meet

Emirs Condemn Kaduna Bomb Blasts

By Jaiyeola Andrews
Defying all odds confronting their frosty relationship, President Goodluck Jonathan Wednesday met with former Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN),who is also the Emir of Kano, Sanusi 

Norway boosts security after Syria-linked terror alert

Norway is boosting security because of an imminent threat from people linked to Islamist militants in Syria, the Norwegian intelligence chief says.
The head of the PST security service, Benedicte Bjoernland, said it had “reliable information” about plans for some kind of attack “within days”.

Nyako: EFCC grills Adawama ex-SSG, finance director

Operatives of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, on Wednesday, quizzed the former Secretary to the Adamawa State Government, Mr. Kobeis Aris, and a Director in charge of Finance in the state Government House (names withheld).

Buhari in narrow escape as Kaduna blasts kill 70

Two explosions ripped through parts of Kaduna in Kaduna State on Wednesday, killing at least 70 people. The first explosion targeted a popular Islamic cleric, Dahiru Bauchi, while the second targeted a former Head of State, Maj. Gen. Muhammadu Buhari (retd.).

Emir of Kano, Sanusi, visits Jonathan

President Goodluck Jonathan and a former Central Bank Governor, Lamido Sanusi, on Wednesday met for the first time since he (Sanusi) became the Emir of Kano.

The former CBN boss was one of the northern traditional rulers who joined Jonathan in the

India doctors remove 232 teeth from boy’s mouth

Doctors in India have extracted 232 teeth from the mouth of a 17-year-old boy in a seven-hour operation. Ashik Gavai was brought in with a swelling in his right jaw, Dr Sunanda Dhiware, head of Mumbai’s JJ Hospital’s dental department, told the BBC.

SSS Parades 4 Kidnappers, Killers of School Proprietress

By Yemi Akinsuyi 
The aphorism that says that every day is for the thief and one day is for the owner played out yesterday at the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) as the Department of State Security (DSS) nabbed four members of a gang that abducted and murdered the proprietress of Chelson Group of

Buhari, Cleric in Narrow Escape as Twin Kaduna Bombs Kill over 100

24-hour curfew imposed
I was the target, says former Head of State
Jonathan, Tinubu condemn attack
SSS: We are not overwhelmed

Kaduna: Buhari, Sheikh Bauchi, Escape Death as Over 100 Are Killed in Twin Explosions

Over 100 people were killed in a twin bomb explosion that rocked Kaduna city Wednesday.
Former Military  Head of state and one of the leaders of the opposition All Progressive Congress (APC), Maj. Gen.  Muhammadu Buhari (rtd) and a prominent Islamic scholar, Sheikh Dahiru