Some villagers have allegedly sold all their properties, including farms and livestock, to raise the N25 million ransom demanded by bandits for the release of their kidnapped wives and children in Zamfara State. This is as fresh onslaught Thursday night in the state claimed 30 lives. According to Bakastine, the affected villagers, acting through selected…
An Akwa Ibom State High Court sitting in Uyo on Thursday sentenced a 29-year-old resident pastor of Living Faith Church, popularly known as Winners Chapel, to death by hanging for the murder of his landlord, Gabriel Bassey Edward. The trial judge, Justice Gabriel Ette, found Prince Emmanuel Umoh, who served at the Ifa Ikot Ubo–Ifa…
Operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) on Thursday, carried out a raid at the residence of former Kaduna State Governor, Nasir El-Rufai. The development was confirmed in a statement issued by the media adviser to El-Rufai, Muyiwa Adekeye. One of El-Rufai’s lawyers, Ubong Akpan, also condemned the search, describing…
A raid by IS-affiliated jihadists on a military base in Borno State has left eight Nigerian soldiers killed and 23 others injured, three security sources told AFP correspondent yesterday. About 70 fighters from the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) group riding motorcycles attacked a base at Cross Kauwa village, leading to a fierce gun…
The Maiduguri Zonal Directorate of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, have arrested three Maiduguri-based socialites for alleged Naira mutilation. The suspects are Jibrin Bukar, Dauda Adamu and Abdullahi Mohammed. Bukar, Adamu and Mohammed were arrested following a viral video circulated on social media platforms where they were seen spraying and mutilating Naira notes…
The trial of former Kwara State Governor, Abdulfatah Ahmed, and his Commissioner for Finance, Ademola Banu, over the alleged diversion of ₦5.78 billion Universal Basic Education Commission (UBEC) funds resumed on Monday, February 16, 2026, with fresh revelations before Justice Mahmud Abdulgafar of the Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin. Testifying as the sixth…
The Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal, has raised fresh concerns over what he described as the lack of urgency by security agencies in addressing insecurity in the state, alleging that intelligence provided to them is often ignored because it is “not their priority.” Speaking during an interview, the governor said that although technology now makes…
Chief of Defence Staff, Lt. Gen. Shaibu Chief of Defence Staff, Lt Gen. Waidi Shaibu, has clarified the reason behind the presence of United States military personnel in parts of the country. He said the U.S. forces were invited to support Nigeria with training and modern military technology. According to him, the cooperation is focused…
A middle-aged man, Babangida Mohammed, has been rescued by Bauchi State police after reportedly being kept in chains for 10 years by his father, Mohammed Lawal, in Shadawanka village on the outskirts of Bauchi city due to his mental illness. Authorities revealed that the victim had been kept in chains by his 72-year-old father, Mohammed…
A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja, on Monday, ordered the remand of a nursing mother, Hope Onome Ogbholemu, over alleged investment fraud. The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, arraigned her and husband, the Chief Executive Officer of Onome Global Market Resources Limited and Lexicon Multi-concept Media Limited, Osabohein Alex Ologbose, before Justice Ekerete…
