Global Mirror News has gathered that armed gunmen stormed the palace of a traditional ruler in Kwara State late on New Year’s Eve, abducting the monarch and one of his sons in a brazen attack that has heightened fears over worsening insecurity in the State. The victims are the Aniwo I of Aafin community in…
A deadly road crash on Thursday, January 1, 2026, along Nigeria’s busy Lagos–Ibadan Expressway has left many passengers feared dead, Global Mirror News reports. The accident occurred opposite the NASFAT junction in Ogun State and involved an 18-seater commercial bus travelling from Lagos and a heavy-duty truck heading from Ibadan. Eyewitnesses at the scene said…
The death toll from a devastating fire that engulfed a major commercial plaza on Lagos Island has risen to five, as emergency officials confirmed the recovery of additional bodies from the wreckage, intensifying fears that more victims may still be trapped beneath the rubble. The inferno, which broke out on Christmas Eve, ravaged the Great…
In a decisive move to clamp down on traffic-related crimes, the Lagos Police Command has apprehended 14 suspected traffic robbers at various locations along the busy Lekki–Epe Expressway over the past two weeks. The Lagos Police spokesperson, SP Abimbola Adebisi, confirmed the arrests via her X handle, @AbimbolaShotayo, on Tuesday, December 30, 2025. She revealed…
Seven Nigerian journalists and media workers were killed and four others injured in a fatal road accident on the Gombe–Yola highway, deepening concerns over transport safety on one of Northeastern Nigeria’s busiest routes. The victims were members of the Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Gombe State Council, who were travelling in a bus after attending…
Operatives of Nigeria’s Department of State Services (DSS) have arrested key suspects linked to the 2023 abduction and killing of a prominent Neurology Professor, Ekanem Philip-Ephraim, in Cross River State, marking a major breakthrough in a case that shocked the Country’s medical Community. Global Mirror News gathered that the suspects were apprehended on December 27,…
The Ekiti State Security Network Agency, codenamed the Amotekun Corps, has arrested a 20-year-old man, Dare Omoyajowo, over the alleged sexual assault of a hearing- and speech-impaired teenage girl in Are-Ekiti, Ekiti State. Global Mirror News gathered that the suspect was taken into custody on Friday following a report lodged by the victim’s family. The…
Global Mirror News has learned that excessive speed and wrongful overtaking were responsible for the road crash involving British-Nigerian boxing champion, Anthony Joshua, along the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State. The Federal Road Safety Corps confirmed the cause of the accident in an official statement issued on Monday by its Corps Public Education Officer, Assistant…
Nine bandits were reportedly killed in a fierce gun battle between the Nigerian Military and armed criminals in Bakaji and Unguwar Garma communities within the Goron Dutse area of Shanono Local Government Area, Kano State. The clash, which erupted late on Saturday, also claimed the life of a local vigilante and left another wounded. According…
At least seven people from Lawanti community in Akko Local Government Area of Gombe State lost their lives in a tragic road accident on Saturday while travelling to a wedding ceremony in Maiduguri, Borno State, Global Mirror News reports. According to eyewitnesses, the victims were en route to attend a wedding when their vehicle collided…
