The Defence Headquarters, Abuja, has said the deadly attack on Woro and neighbouring communities in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State was carried out by terrorists angered by the villagers’ refusal to submit to ideological indoctrination. The military described the incident as a cowardly terrorist attack that resulted in the loss of innocent lives….
The trial of Abdulrasheed Maina, former chairman of the defunct Pension Reform Task Team, continued on Thursday, February 5, 2026 before Justice Abubakar Kutigi of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, Asokoro, with the judge threatening to revoke the defendant’s bail for employing multiple antics to stall his trial. Maina’s lawyer presented a hospital referral…
Roberts U. Orya, former Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Export-Import Bank (NEXIM), has been sentenced to a combined 490 years in prison following his conviction over a multi-billion-naira fraud case The judgment was delivered on Thursday by Justice F.E. Messiri of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court, who handed Orya…
Fresh details have emerged on how terrorists killed 75 residents of two communities in Kwara State. The attacks on Tuesday took place in Worro and Nuku communities in Kaiama Local Government Area of Kwara State. A younger brother to the traditional ruler of Woro, Ali Umar, told journalists on Wednesday that the attackers invaded his…
Bill Gates Bill Gates has voiced regret over “every minute” he spent with Jeffrey Epstein. Epstein died in a New York prison cell on 10 August 2019 as he awaited, without the chance of bail, his trial on sex trafficking charges. It came more than a decade after his conviction for soliciting prostitution from a…
Operatives of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) have detained a former Director-General of the Nigerian Maritime Administration and Safety Agency (NIMASA), Bashir Jamoh. Credible sources told Daily Trust that Jamoh, who headed the agency between 2020 and 2023, was still in the custody of the anti-graft agency as of the…
Apostle Sunday Abang has been arrested after he was reportedly caught attempting to steal church equipment at the Apostolic Church in Afaha Akai, Akwa Ibom. Abang hails from Uko Ukim, Udung Uko Local Government Area of the state. According to eyewitnesses, the cleric was intercepted within the church premises while allegedly trying to make away…
The Airport Police Command has arrested a 24-year-old suspect, Precious Onudhona, over an alleged romance scam involving N48.5 million. The suspect, a native of Delta State, was arrested on February 2, 2026, while attempting to board a flight from Lagos to Asaba, Delta State, following what the police described as “actionable intelligence.” Confirming the arrest…
The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, Uyo Zonal has arraigned Victor Ekpong Thompson before Justice Maureen Adaobi of the Federal High Court sitting in Uyo for allegedly defrauding some Americans the sum of $525. 276 (Five Hundred And Twenty Five Thousand, Two Hundred And Seventy Six United States Dollars). Thompson was arraigned on eight-count…
The Minister of Defence, Gen. Christopher Musa (retd.), confirmed that he was targeted in the recently foiled alleged coup plot, explaining that he was supposed to be arrested and eventually eliminated if he resisted the plan by the coup plotters to apprehend him. The erstwhile Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) described the alleged plotters as…
