19-year-old mother strangles daughter to death in Akwa Ibom

The Akwa Ibom State Police Command yesterday paraded a 19-year-old mother, Nsidibe Effiong, who allegedly strangled her three-week-old baby girl to death. 

Onitsha killer policeman dismissed, remanded in prison

The Nigeria Police Force yesterday dismissed the police corporal, Samuel Ojana, who shot and killed a bus driver in the commercial city of Onitsha, for allegedly refusing to give him N20, which resulted in the violent protest in the city.

How Boko Haram escapee Kabiru Sokoto was re-arrested How Boko Haram escapee Kabiru Sokoto was re-arrested

Kabiru Sokoto,the Boko Haram strategist who cost the immediate past Inspector General of Police and six of his lieutenants their jobs and put the nation on edge, was re-arrested yesterday hiding behind a rack of drying clothes.

Four bombers dead as blasts rock Nigerian flashpoint city

Two explosions went off Friday outside a customs building in Nigeria's flashpoint city of Maiduguri, killing four bombers and wounding two soldiers, the military and residents said.