Saturday, June 6, 2026

Court grants bail to ex-Plateau gov, Jonah Jang

Justice Daniel Longji of Plateau High Court, Jos, on Thursday, granted bail to the immediate past governor of Plateau and Senator representing Plateau North,...

Amnesty accuses Nigerian troops of raping women rescued from Boko Haram

  Women and girls who have fled terrorist group Boko Haram are being raped by Nigerian soldiers, starved and forced to exchange food for sex,...

Police Parades Dreaded Aiye Cultist ‘Spartacus’ In Ogun State

The state Ogun state Police Commissioner, Ahmed Iliyasu, paraded the deadliest and most dreaded cultist in the history of cultism in Ogun State, 23-year...

At 60, Falana asks Buhari for Birthday Gift

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria and human rights activist, Mr Femi Falana, on Thursday thanked President Muhammadu Buhari for his birthday wishes and prayers...

Bauchi Governor accepts deputy’s resignation

Governor Mohammed Abubakar of Bauchi has accepted the resignation of his deputy, Alhaji Nuhu Gidado. In a statement issued on his behalf by Mr Ali...

Racial bias against Nigerian causes protest in U.S

Racial bias against Ms Lolade Siyonbola, a Nigerian graduate student at the Yale University, has prompted Nigerian community in the U.S. to stage a...

Photos :40 ISIS brides sentenced to death in Iraq

More than 40 foreign women accused of being Islamic State (ISIS) brides have been sentenced to death by a court in Iraq after being...

Presidency, Army battle Amnesty Int’l

The Presidency and the Nigerian military have described the report of Amnesty International which alleged rights abuses against troops fighting Boko Haram in North...

Bandits abduct 21 passengers, kidnap 10 others in Kaduna

Some bandits in separate operations reportedly abducted at least 31 persons at Kwanan-Dutse and Labi villages in the Birnin-Gwari Local Government Area of Kaduna...

Ambode adopts LASU best graduating student, gives him scholarship, N5 million cash

Lagos State Governor, Mr Akinwunmi Ambode has adopted a son, Fuad Adetoro Ogunsanya, who survived two eyes surgeries to emerge as the best graduating...

Pilot kills wife for refusing to lower price of their home

An airline pilot who beat his estranged wife to death with a saucepan when she refused to lower the asking price of their home...

Oro community disowns arrested Offa bank robbery suspect

The National President of Oro Community in Irepodun Local Government Area of Kwara State, Chief Bode Alayoku has said it is false and misleading...

Trump can’t block his critics on Twitter, judge rules

President Donald Trump violated the US constitution by blocking Twitter users who disagree with him, a federal judge ruled Wednesday in a case closely...

Ebola patients slip out of Congo hospital to church

Three patients infected with the Ebola virus slipped out of an isolation ward at a hospital in the Congolese city of Mbandaka, health officials...

Teenager recounts serial sexual abuse by dad

An 18-year-old teenager on Wednesday narrated to an Ikeja Domestic Violence and Sexual Offences Court how her father used blackmail to have unlawful sexual...

Reps propose N2m fine, two-year jail term for Codeine abuse

The House of representatives has proposed a  bill seeking a N2m fine and a jail term of two years for persons who contravene the...

Abuja lady murdered after sacking guard, driver

A woman, Onise Ismail, has been murdered by an unknown assailant at her residence in Citec Estate, Mbora, Jabi bypass, Abuja. The deceased, popularly known...

Ambode’s wife disowns fake aide

Wife of the governor of Lagos State Mrs. Bolanle Ambode on Tuesday disowned a certain individual posing as her representative to extort money from...

Man mistakenly kills himself after shooting his ex’s new lover

  A jealous lover mistakenly killed himself while jumping over a fence after shooting his ex’s new lover. Having shot his ex-girlfriend’s new lover, Daniel Campos,...

Diezani’s election cash: Wike’s aide Kobani docked for N750m

Secretary to the Rivers State Government, Mr. Kenneth Kobani and a  politician, Mr. Samuel Okposo  were docked today in Port Harcourt for a six-count...