An Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Thursday remanded a 27-year-old teacher, Wisdom Anokwuru, in Kirikiri Correctional Centre over alleged sexual assault on two pupils. The Chief Magistrate, Mrs O.O Kushanu, who did not take Anokwuru’s plea, ordered that the file should be sent to the Director of Public Prosecutions forContinue Reading
The High Court in Lafia, Nasarawa State, has sentenced Oluwatimileyin Ajayi, the suspected killer of a National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member, Salome Adaidu, to death by hanging. Justice Simon Aboki, who handed down the judgment, found Ajayi guilty of killing and dismembering Adaidu. He had been charged with oneContinue Reading
A devastating bomb explosion rocked Ubeheze market in Awo Idemili, Orlu Local Government Area of Imo State, on Tuesday, leaving at least five people dead and several others wounded. The explosion occurred around 11 am when traders were opening their stores. Eyewitnesses described the scene as horrific with dead bodiesContinue Reading
Former Benue State governor and chieftain of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Gabriel Suswam, has said that the planned opposition coalition would be the party to beat in the 2027 elections, adding that the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) should be worried. Suswam, who was a guest on Channels Television’sContinue Reading
No fewer than 17 Nigerian soldiers have been killed in a fierce gun duel with suspected bandits in the Bangi community, Mariga Local Government Area of Niger State. The violent confrontation was said to have occurred on Tuesday night at about 11 pm, following intelligence reports that armed bandits wereContinue Reading
President Bola Tinubu will sign into law four groundbreaking tax reform bills on Thursday, transforming Nigeria’s fiscal and revenue framework The four bills —the Nigeria Tax Bill, the Nigeria Tax Administration Bill, the Nigeria Revenue Service (Establishment) Bill, and the Joint Revenue Board (Establishment) Bill —were passed by the NationalContinue Reading
Around 1.3 million people die from second-hand smoke every year, according to a World Health Organisation report on the Global Tobacco Epidemic 2025. The report released at the World Conference on Tobacco Control in Dublin warned that action is needed to maintain and accelerate progress in tobacco control as risingContinue Reading
The National Youth Service Corps has denied extending the service year of a Lagos corper, Rita Uguamaye, also known as Raye, for criticising the administration of President Bola Tinubu. Frontline reports that Raye became an Internet sensation following her public criticism of the present administration, which she described as worseningContinue Reading
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian announced the “end of the 12-day war” imposed by Israel, in a message to the nation carried by the official IRNA news agency on Tuesday. “Today, after the heroic resistance of our great nation, whose determination makes history, we are witnessing the establishment of a truceContinue Reading
The Special Offences Court sitting in Ikeja, Lagos, has fixed September 15, 2025, to rule on an application by a former Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Governor, Godwin Emefiele, seeking a forensic examination of some WhatsApp messages admitted in evidence in his ongoing trial for an alleged $4.5 billion andContinue Reading