MZOUGH U TIV CALLS FOR URGENT ACTION AMID RISING VIOLENCE IN TARABA STATE
By: Fasasi Hammad Mzough U Tiv in Taraba State has raised alarm over what it described as sustained and intensifying attacks on Tiv communities across...
TINUBU, UK PM STARMER HOLD HIGH-LEVEL TALKS, SIGN £746M PORT INFRASTRUCTURE DEAL
Bola Tinubu is currently in talks with Keir Starmer in a high-level bilateral meeting aimed at strengthening diplomatic and economic ties between Nigeria and the...
SOKOTO CLERIC DEFIES SULTAN, LEADS EARLY EID PRAYERS OVER MOON SIGHTING DISPUTE
Agency Report A Sokoto-based Islamic scholar, Sheikh Musa Lukuwa, on Thursday led his followers in observing Eid al-Fitr prayers in defiance of the official directive...
US SEEKS TO REVOKE CITIZENSHIP OF NIGERIAN OVER $91M TAX FRAUD SCHEME
Agency Report The United States Department of Justice has filed a civil complaint to revoke the citizenship of a Nigerian national, Emmanuel Oluwatosin Kazeem, over...
MAN FREED AFTER NEARLY 20 YEARS IN PRISON OVER $550 ROBBERY HE DID NOT COMMIT
Agency Report A 61-year-old man, Kenneth Windley, has been exonerated and released after spending nearly two decades in prison for a robbery he did not...
AKWA IBOM CJ FREES 37 INMATES OVER HEALTH, COMPASSIONATE GROUNDS
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Chief Judge of Akwa Ibom State, Justice Ekaete Fabian-Obot, has ordered the release of 37 inmates from custodial centres across...
JIGAWA GOVERNOR GRANTS PARDON TO 12 INMATES AHEAD OF EID AL-FITR
By Aishat Momoh. O. Governor Umar Namadi of Jigawa State has granted a state pardon to 12 convicted inmates in a gesture of compassion ahead...
POLICE ARREST SUSPECT OVER ALLEGED MURDER IN RIVERS, HUNT MONARCH, OTHERS
By Aishat Momoh. O. The Rivers State Police Command has arrested a 29-year-old man, Robinson Uche, over his alleged involvement in the murder of a...
TWO STUDENTS, TEACHER ESCAPE DEATH IN LAGOS ROAD CRASH
By Aishat Momoh. O. Two students of Lagos State Model Junior College, Igbonla, Epe, and their teacher narrowly escaped death following a road accident along...
NIGERIAN ARRESTED IN SOUTH AFRICA WITH COCAINE WORTH $35,000
Agency Report A 27-year-old Nigerian has been arrested in Umbilo, South Africa, for allegedly possessing cocaine valued at over R600,000 estimated at approximately $35,000 (approximately...