Court sentences pastor to life imprisonment for sedating, defiling minor
The High Court of Ekiti State, sitting in Ado Ekiti and presided over by Justice O.I.O Ogunyemi on Thursday convicted and sentenced to Life imprisonment a pastor of Winner Chapel…
Suspects confess to abducting boy with toy gun, killing him after collecting N152k
Two young men arrested by the Adamawa State Police Command for kidnaping and killing a six-year-old boy have confessed to the act. They told the police how they abducted the…
Troops kill notorious terrorists, others along Kaduna-Katsina border
Troops of the Nigerian Army have killed an infamous terrorist Buharin Yadi, one of the alleged deadliest bandit leaders terrorizing Northern Nigeria in the last decade. Overseeing Commissioner, Ministry of…
NSCDC denies kidnapping man over land dispute with kinsman in Ebonyi
The Ebonyi State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, has denied the news making the rounds that its operative abducted a native of Amaedim Ngwogwo community…
Emirship tussle: FHC assumed jurisdiction against Supreme Court precedent – Odinkalu
Ex-Chairman of the National Human Rights Commission, NHRC, Prof Chidi Odinkalu, has said that the declaration of jurisdictional powers by a Federal High Court over the Emirship tussle in Kano…
Wole Soyinka: Muslims waiting for you in 2027 – Omokri to Peter Obi
Social critic, Reno Omokri has warned the former Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi that Muslims are waiting for him, ahead of the 2027 elections. Omokri was reacting to…
Police apprehend electricity transformer cable vandal in Osun
Operatives of the Osun State Police Command have apprehended a transformer vandal identified as Yusuf Adamu. According to information obtained from the Osun Command Police Public Relations Officer, Yemisi Opalola…
Fuel Smuggling: Customs intercepts 23,925 litres of PMS in Ogun
National Coordinator, Special Operation of the Nigeria Customs Service, Comptroller Hussein Ejibunu, said the command has intercepted 23,925 litres of Premium Motor Spirit, PMS, also known as petrol in Ogun…
BREAKING: Kano: Court assumes jurisdiction to hear Bayero’s rights violation suit
A Federal High Court sitting in Kano, has ruled that it has the jurisdiction to preside over the case of human rights violation brought by deposed Kano Emir, Aminu Ado…
Bill on proposed Orlu State provocative – Ohanaeze youths urge NASS to stay action
Apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council Worldwide has described as unacceptable the proposal to create Orlu State out of the present Imo State. It could be recalled that…