A 30-year-old man, Musbawu Amodu, has been arrested by the Nasarawa State Police Command after allegedly beating his 20-year-old wife to death during a domestic dispute over food in Agyaragu, Obi Local Government Area of the state. Police say the suspect confessed to attacking his wife in anger after she allegedly refused to prepare a…
Oyo State Governor Seyi Makinde has called on the United Nations and international human rights bodies to investigate the abduction of pupils and teachers from three schools in Oriire Local Government Area, describing the incident as sufficiently grave and unusual to warrant independent scrutiny beyond Nigeria’s domestic institutions. The victims, 39 pupils and five teachers,…
The Lagos State Government has launched a formal investigation into an officer of the Lagos State Environmental Sanitation Corps (LAGESC), popularly known as the Kick Against Indiscipline (KAI) Corps, after a viral video allegedly showed him collecting a ₦20,000 cash bribe from a suspected environmental offender inside an enforcement vehicle. Commissioner for the Environment and…
Two high-profile criminal cases took center stage in Abuja on Thursday as former Code of Conduct Tribunal (CCT) Chairman Danladi Umar and Miyetti Allah Kautal Hore National President Bello Bodejo were remanded in custody over separate corruption and financial crime allegations. Justice Peter Kekemeke of the Federal Capital Territory High Court ordered the remand of…
The Federal Government has increased the minimum monthly salary of Nigerian soldiers from ₦49,000 to ₦100,000, a move aimed at improving troop welfare but one that has also triggered widespread debate over whether the raise is sufficient given the country’s economic realities. Minister of Defence Christopher Musa announced the increase during an interview with News…
President Bola Tinubu has held a closed-door meeting with Nigeria’s service chiefs and top security officials as concerns over insecurity continue across the country, while the Northern Governors’ Forum and traditional rulers have thrown their weight behind the establishment of state police. The security meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja focused on the country’s…
Presidential Adviser on Media and Policy Communications, Daniel Bwala, has sparked widespread debate after claiming that some Nigerians earning as little as ₦60,000 a month are better off than compatriots who relocated abroad in search of greener pastures. Speaking on The Morayo Show, Bwala argued that many Nigerians who emigrated to countries like the United…
Former Borno State Governor Ali Modu Sheriff has stirred widespread debate after defending President Bola Tinubu’s performance in office, pointing to the President’s high-profile international engagements as evidence of growing global recognition. Speaking during an interview on Channels Television’s Politics Today, Sheriff argued that Tinubu has strengthened Nigeria’s diplomatic standing by securing official invitations from…
Nigeria’s security agencies have recorded a significant breakthrough in the ongoing efforts to combat banditry and rescue abducted schoolchildren in Oyo State after tracing key members of criminal support networks operating outside forest hideouts. The Department of State Services (DSS) confirmed that intelligence-led operations have identified and apprehended individuals allegedly responsible for providing logistics, supplies…
Human rights activist and former presidential candidate Omoyele Sowore has formally opened his defence in the ongoing cybercrime and criminal defamation case instituted against him over social media posts concerning President Bola Tinubu. The trial resumed before Justice Mohammed Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja, where the prosecution informed the court that Sowore…
