A 22-year-old woman, Walida Abdullahi from Hadejia Local Government Area of Jigawa State, has narrated a harrowing account of how she was allegedly abducted, abused and exploited, before finally escaping into freedom. In an exclusive interview with Daily Trust, Walida, who said she left home in 2023 while still a Senior Secondary School 2 student…
The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has said the Saturday’s Federal Capital Territory Area Council elections results did not reflect the will of the people The party described the exercise as flawed and vowing to challenge the results in court. In a statement issued on Sunday after the declaration of winners by the Independent National Electoral…
The Independent National Electoral Commission has announced that it will review the Electoral Act 2026 in order to comply with the law as regards schedules for the 2027 elections. INEC had last Friday announced that the presidential and National Assembly elections would take place on February 20, 2027, while governorship and state Houses of Assembly…
By Oto’ Drama IN the complex ecosystem of tertiary healthcare, a hospital is only as strong as the systems that sustain it. For the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), the journey toward becoming a global center of excellence has recently faced the dual headwinds of a volatile national economy and internal systemic vulnerabilities. …
Boko Haram terrorists offered to release heroic Christian schoolgirl Leah Sharibu for a ransom, international human rights lawyer Emmanuel Ogebe has disclosed. Speaking from Mexico on the 8th anniversary of her abduction, the renowned DC-based religious freedom advocate said that after hostage negotiators established contact with the terrorists through a network of global jihadi intermediaries,…
The Police Command in Lagos State has apprehended officers involved in a shooting that killed two passersby in the Alagbado area of the state. Command spokesman, CSP Abimbola Adebisi disclosed this in an X post on Friday evening. It was learnt that some policemen chasing suspected internet fraudsters, better known as yahoo boys, shot at…
Mirabel Nigerians woke up on Monday to the video of a young TikToker, Abigail Nsuka, aka Mirabel, claiming that she had been raped in her apartment in the early hours of Sunday, February 15. Within hours, the video had gone viral across social media platforms as thousands, including popular artiste, Simi, demanded justice for her….
Abuja residents on Saturday disregarded the movement restriction imposed by the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Mr Nyesom Wike, as well as directives from the police, continuing with their normal activities. According to reports, commercial vehicle, tricycle, and motorcycle operators were busy ferrying residents across different areas of the FCT. At Airport Road, Jikwoyi,…
The National Working Committee, NWC, of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has condemned the withdrawal of some of its chairmanship candidates from the forthcoming Abuja area council elections. The PDP described the development as shameful and without the consent of the party. The PDP candidate for Bwari Area Council, Julius Adamu, on Wednesday, stepped down…
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…
