Teachers lament ordeal in hands of thugs in Delta school
Lamentations of displaced Onitsha Main Market traders
Poor sanitation: Why Lagos must be rescued
Cross River mystery killer: I waited 27 years to revenge
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SubscribeMy child was wrapped on my back but she was swept away, her body hasn’t been seen — mother
The people of Daudu community in Mbalagh Council Ward of Makurdi Local Government Area had set out last Saturday on a solemn mission, to bid farewell to one of their own.
Military pensioners under siege as fraudsters hunt for BVNs, ATM details
Military pensioners across the country are facing a growing threat from fraudsters seeking to steal their personal and banking information
Terrorism: Bandit kingpin’s mum, sister bag 40-year jail terms
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.
Beyond bullets, negotiations and ransom: Yorubaland in the grip of terrorists
The palace gates of Ife trembled with more than words. When the Ooni of Ife, Oba Adeyeye Ogunwusi, opened his mouth, he didn’t just speak, he summoned.
Ugborodo : Oil rich Itsekiri community deep in crisis
By Jimitota Onoyume , Assistant News Editor Fear hangs in the salty air of Ugborodo, in the oil-rich Itsekiri community, also known as Excravos, in Warri South-West Local Government Area of Delta State, like a stubborn cloud that refuses to clear. Anxiety has gradually replaced the once familiar rhythm of communal life. For more than […]
Police smash phone robbery syndicate, recover 34 stolen phones in A’Ibom
The Akwa Ibom State Police Command has dismantled a phone robbery syndicate and recovered 34 assorted phones in Uyo, while also securing the prosecution of a social media influencer for spreading false security information capable of causing panic.
UK-based Nigerian who tried to rape drunk woman jailed five years, to be deported
A Nigerian national who was studying in the United Kingdom has been sentenced to five-and-a-half years in prison after being convicted of attempted rape and sexual assault following an attack on a woman in Hull.
At 90, Abia widow fights for life amid repeated assault by brother’s wife, kids
FOR most people, old age is a season of rest, dignity, and the comforting embrace of family. But for 90-year-old Mrs. Comfort Nwanchioma Okwuonu, popularly known as Danchama, the twilight of life has allegedly become a horrifying tale of abuse, loneliness, and unending violence.
Troops rescue 398 kidnap victims, arrest 31 terrorists, neutralise 10 —DHQ
Troops fighting to rid the nation of terrorists and other criminal elements have rescued 388 kidnapped victims, arrested 31 terrorists and neutralized 10 terrorists in various encounters in the theatres of Operation in the last one week.
Gunmen attack NIPSS, kill three security operatives in Plateau
A staff member of the institute, who spoke on condition of anonymity, confirmed the incident and said the attackers launched the assault unexpectedly.
Anti-Tinubu post: Court orders Sowore’s arrest over failure to attend trial
The Federal High Court in Abuja has ordered the arrest of activist and presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, following his failure to attend his trial.
FG auctions Lagos hotel, 3 properties forfeited by drug lords at N6.1bn
kingpins by the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, and forfeited to the agency, through court processes, for the sum of N6.148 billion.
I was drugged, forced to sleep with 30 men a day — Teenager dv/sav/Svagsdbzdz
By Matthew Johnson LAGOS—Emotions ran high at the Lagos State Police Command yesterday, when a 16-year-old girl, Chidinma, narrated how she was allegedly trafficked from Imo State to Lagos and forced into prostitution for four months, during which she was made to sleep with 30 men daily, beaten repeatedly, and denied payment. The teenager, who said […]
When drains become dumps: Bayelsa park battles filth, apathy
By Samuel Oyadongha YENAGOA—The drains around Ekeki Motor Park in the heart of Yenagoa, the Bayelsa State capital, were built to carry water. Today, they carry shame. Plastic bottles, sachet water wrappers, rotting food, dead rats, all festers in dark, sluggish channels that food stalls, POS kiosks, and the feet of thousands who pass through […]
Next downpour could kill more, flood-hit Cross River community cries out
By Ike Uchechukwu CALABAR — For residents of the riverside settlement of Efut Efio Ene, the sky is no longer a sight of hope, but a countdown to possible death. Every dark cloud brings fresh dread and every heavy downpour, they say, could sweep away more lives. Years of unchecked flooding have turned homes into ruins, […]
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