Gunmen suspected to be bandits have killed an imam and three other persons and abducted 12 residents during an attack on Illela Dawagware village in Goronyo Local Government Area of Sokoto State.

By Wole Mosadomi Minna — A Minna Senior Magistrate Court No. 4 has sentenced four men to a total of 95 years imprisonment after finding them guilty of gang-raping and impregnating a 13-year-old girl. The convicts are Salisu Shehu Baura, Lawali Shaibu, Haruna Musa Saidu and Bello, all of Kontagora town in Niger State. One […]

By Gift Chapi Odekina ABUJA — Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rep. Benjamin Kalu, has called on the United Kingdom’s Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) to sustain its technical support for democratic governance, electoral integrity and institutional reforms in Nigeria. Kalu made the appeal during a meeting with senior FCDO officials led […]

By Chioma Obinna ABUJA — The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria (HURIWA) has expressed concern over the recent Federal High Court judgment nullifying the registration of the Nigeria Democratic Congress (NDC), warning that the ruling could undermine political pluralism and raise fears of opposition exclusion ahead of the 2027 general elections. In a statement […]

By Kingsley Omonobi ABUJA — Troops of Sector 2, Joint Task Force North West, Operation Fansan Yamma, have neutralised two suspected Lakurawa terrorists and recovered a cache of arms and ammunition during a successful operation in Kebbi State. The operation, carried out on June 27, 2026, took place in the Sabarumawa axis of the state […]