Says recent change in military leadership’ll further address security challenges By Adeola Badru A former governor of Zamfara State, Senator Ahmad Sani Yerima, has appealed to the Yoruba and Hausa communities in Shasha axis of Oyo State, to see the recent conflict that ensued which claimed scores of lives in the market and destruction of […]

A teenager, name withheld, on Friday appeared in an Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly damaging a bus belonging to the Lagos State Government. The teenager whose residential address was not given, is charged with willful damage. The defendant, however, pleaded not guilty to the charge. The Prosecution Counsel, ASP Benson Emuerhi, told the court […]

Dayo Johnson – Akure Detectives in Ondo state police command have arrested a man identified as Naso for reportedly stabbing his neighbour to death in his sleep for abusing his wife. Sources said that the suspect entered the room of the deceased identified as Seyi and stabbed him to death with a knife, while he […]

The Niger Police Command has arrested 15 year-old Samaki Azozo, a student of Government Science School Izom, over alleged attempt to kidnap students of the school in Gurara Local Government Area. Mr Adamu Usman, the state Commissioner of Police, who disclosed this to newsmen in Minna, on Friday, said the suspect, an SS2 student of […]

A civil servant, Oyeniyi Oyedepo, on Friday, told a Mapo Customary Court Ibadan, to dissolve his 14-year-old marriage to wife, Iyabo, on grounds that his wife slaps him whenever he disciplines their four children.

A 20-year-old unemployed, Sunday Vincent, on Friday appeared before an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing a cell phone valued at N7,000. The defendant, who resides in Ikeja, was arraigned before Magistrate O.A. Layinka, on a charge of stealing. Vincent, however, denied committing the offence and was granted bail in the sum of N50,000 with […]

A Sharia Court in Sabon Gari, Kaduna State, on Friday adjourned until March 8, hearing in a fornication suit filed by a man, Rabiu Ibrahim against Salihatu Hussain. The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that Ibrahim, on December 12, 2020, approached the court, seeking intervention against the claims that Hussaini lied against him and […]

Arrangements and consultations are ongoing between the government of Niger and the bandits for the purpose of releasing the abducted 27 students, three staff and family members of Government Science College, Kagara, the state government has confirmed.

Iwo, Oba Abdulrosheed Akanbi has cautioned the some Yoruba groups to stop drumming the beat of war.

FOLLOWING the military attacks in parts of Orlu in Imo State, many residents in the area have started packing out of their homes to safer places, reminiscent of the civil war experiences.