Terrorism: Bandit kingpin’s mum, sister bag 40-year jail terms
By Ikechukwu Nnochiri ABUJA — The Federal High Court sitting in Abuja on Friday convicted and sentenced the mother and sister of late bandit kingpin Kachallah Ibrahim Battujo to forty years in prison each. The convicts, Safiya Salihu and Halima Abdullahi, were found to have passed information through telephone conversations to Battujo in aid of […]
Nigeria must unite against insecurity – Abdulsalami Abubakar
As insecurity continues across the nation, former Head of State, General Abdulsalami Abubakar (retd.), has said every Nigerian has a stake in the fight against insecurity, saying that defeating terrorism and other criminal activities requires citizens to join hands with security agencies and government at all levels.
‘I’ve never stopped anybody from seeing his children’ – Yul Edochie reacts to claims
Actor and filmmaker Yul Edochie has reacted to social media calls urging him to intervene in a dispute involving his wife, Judy Austin’s ex-husband, Emmanuel Obasi, and issues concerning their children.
Ex-Senegal striker Demba Ba named sporting director at French club
Former Senegal striker Demba Ba was named on Friday as the new sporting director of French Ligue 1 club Le Havre.
Russia’s deputy foreign minister receives Nigeria’s new ambassador
Russia’s Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Borisenko Evgenievich, on Thursday received in audience Nigeria’s newly appointed Ambassador to Russia, Joseph Iji, in Moscow.
Anxiety at UI as SUG confirms abduction of 300-level law student
By Adeola Badru The Students’ Union Government (SUG) of the University of Ibadan (UI), has confirmed the abduction of a 300-level female law student, identified simply as Tomisin, and has called for calm as efforts intensified to secure her safe return. In an official statement issued by the union’s President, Comrade Temidayo Adeboye, Tomisin was […]
