Gunmen struck at Ekiti East Local Government Area on Sunday and abducted a would-be couple planning to get married next week, the police said on Monday.

The Katsina state Police command says it has arrested five persons suspected to be supplying bandits with petroleum products, in addition to a suspected kidnapper in the state.

A pastor and a youth were killed on Sunday in Abakaliki during a fracas between youths, the police said on Monday.

The House of Representatives on Monday ordered the Presidential Implementation Committee (PIC) on Landed Properties to produce reports of all assets seized from former Nigerian leaders.

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, has charged service personnel in Lagos military commands to be fully committed to their constitutional responsibilities of keeping peace and strengthening security.

Nigeria Customs Service intercepted fake and contraband goods worth more than N120 million in July and August in its Federal Operations Unit Zone ‘C’.

Ilorin Zonal Command of the EFCC says it has arrested 30 suspected internet fraudsters at Kwara State University, Ilorin.

The Police have confirmed the arrest of 21 suspects, in connection with the killing of seven persons, allegedly through witchcraft, in a village in Adamawa.

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) says it will on Friday display the details of the newly registered voters in the ongoing nationwide Continuous Voter Registration (CVR).

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) in Imo will boycott court sittings in the state on Tuesday and Wednesday to protest the murder of their colleague, Mr Darlington Udumeh.

An angry mob lynched an alleged leader of the proscribed Eastern Security Network (ESN) on Monday while trying to enforce a sit-at-home order alongside his gang members.

Lagos State Government at the weekend warned market leaders across the State not to jeopardise its efforts in averting flooding, saying any market found to be involved in indiscriminate dumping of waste to block drainages will be shut down.

The State Government gave the warning at a one-day seminar organised by the Committee of Wives of Lagos State Officials (COWLSO), in Agege, in collaboration with the State's Ministry of Local Government and Community Affairs.

Speaking at the event, Commissioner for Local Government and Community Affairs, Dr. Wale Ahmed, and his counterpart, Commissioner for Environment and Water Resources, Tunji Bello, who was represented by the Permanent Secretary of the Ministry, Mr. Belinda Odeneye, tasked market women and men on proper hygiene.

Ahmed in his welcome address, said the need to revisit the issue of market sanitation and security has become imperative, considering the increase in population and waste generation in the State.

"The benefits and advantages of sanitation in our markets cannot be exhausted, considering the fact that we have three hundred and eighty-two registered markets in Lagos State.

"Drawing from the untoward incidents occurring everywhere, it will not be out of place, that vigilance and intelligence gathering should form part of our primary responsibility. This will help us to be proactive, and be steps ahead of anyone or groups, planning to disturb the peace of the State," he said.

Lagos State Governor, Mr Babajide Sanwo-Olu, on Monday assented to the bill prohibiting Open Cattle Grazing and Trespass of Cattle on Land.

.. NDLEA storms Edo forests, destroys hectares of drug farms; intercepts cocaine, heroin going to Canada, Australia

Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, continued their nationwide ‘offensive action’ against drug traffickers in the past week, seizing hundreds of kilograms of illicit substances at the airports, courier firms, hideouts and destroying hectares of cannabis farms in the remote forests.