Lagos Court Jails Man for Life Over Child Rape Case
LAGOS, Nigeria – A Lagos Special Offences and Domestic Violence Court has sentenced Emmanuel Lakehinde, a press worker, to life imprisonment for the rape…
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Just In: Tinubu Halts Foreign Trips After Kebbi, Kwara Security Breaches
ABUJA, Nigeria – President Bola Tinubu has suspended his scheduled diplomatic trips to Johannesburg, South Africa, and Luanda, Angola, following fresh security crises in…
Tinubu Sends VP to Kebbi After Kidnapping of Schoolgirls
KANO, Nigeria – President Bola Tinubu has directed Vice President Kashim Shettima to visit Kebbi State on Wednesday to console the government and assure…
Kano Deploys 1,600 Watchmen to Secure Public Secondary Schools
KANO, Nigeria – The Kano State Government has deployed 1,600 newly recruited watchmen to public secondary schools in a major push to strengthen campus…
Christian Killings in Nigeria Exposed as “Genocide Behind Chaos”
ABUJA, Nigeria – The United States Ambassador to the United Nations, Michael Waltz, has accused armed groups in Nigeria’s Middle Belt and northern region…
Gunmen Abduct 25 Kebbi Schoolgirls After Killing Vice Principal
KEBBI, Nigeria – Tension grips Kebbi State after armed bandits abduct 25 female students from the Government Girls Comprehensive Senior Secondary School in Maga,…
Tinubu Sends Peace Envoy as Plateau Dialogue Produces Breakthrough
ABUJA, Nigeria – The Federal Government has intensified efforts to end years of communal violence in Plateau State, deploying a presidential peace envoy whose…
Ondo Court Sentences Motorcyclist to Death for Killing Passenger
AKURE, Nigeria – The Ondo State High Court has sentenced a commercial motorcyclist, Segun Olorunfemi, to death by hanging for the brutal murder of…
Panic as Bandits Abduct Six Defence Ministry Directors in Kogi
LOKOJA, Nigeria – Tension has gripped Nigeria’s civil service following the kidnapping of six Directors from the Federal Ministry of Defence by suspected bandits…
Doctor Freed After Three Weeks in Abuja Kidnap Ordeal
ABUJA, Nigeria – An Abuja-based medical doctor, Dr. Chinonye Nwachukwu, has regained her freedom three weeks after she was abducted while travelling to work.…