“Cattle possess the ability to recognise familiar voices, faces and routines even after long periods of separation from their owners”

Panic erupted in Ijebu-Ode, Ogun State, on Friday as another suspected gas leak affected over 100 students and teachers across several schools in the town, less than two months after a similar incident left dozens hospitalised.

“We gave them N20m, five bags of rice, 120 litres petrol, one keg of red oil, one packet of seasoning, N40,000 worth of hard drugs”

“The syndicate reportedly created fake online identities and dating profiles to establish fraudulent emotional relationships with victims before manipulating them into sending large sums of money under false pretences and fabricated emergencies.

Despite N20 million ransom, with a bag of rice and a yellow keg of groundnut oil the terrorists have refused grant the victims freedom

Today, Leah Sharibu turns 23, a painful reminder of the years stolen from a young girl whose only “offence” was refusing to renounce her Christian faith. 

By Evelyn Usman Providence Ayofeoluwa The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, formally took over 4,173.5 kilograms of cannabis indica valued over N10.4 billion, intercepted through a joint operation involving the agency and the Nigeria Customs Service, NCS, at the Tin Can Seaport in Lagos. Speaking during the handover ceremony, Assistant Commander-General of Narcotics, ACGN […]

By Luminous Jannamike ABUJA — The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC, on Tuesday alleged that its operatives were attacked and trapped inside the University of Uyo Teaching Hospital, UUTH, during a visit linked to an ongoing fraud case involving a suspect accused of defrauding multiple microfinance banks in Akwa Ibom State. The anti-graft agency […]

That child was Ahebi Ugbabe, who would later defy not only her circumstances but also the very architecture of gender, authority, and colonial politics to become one of the most extraordinary figures in African history

Sheikh Sani Abdulkadir, an Islamic cleric and a defendant in the ongoing trial of suspected coup plotters, said he warned the co-suspects that the plan would fail and that they would eventually be exposed.

THE Lagos State, yesterday, disclosed that it intends to launch a state-owned drivers’ license in collaboration with the Federal Government as part of efforts at ensuring sanity and safety on roads across the metropolis.

The Association of Lady Pharmacists of Nigeria, ALPs, has raised concerns over the worsening brain drain in the health sector, the proliferation of fake drugs, …

As part of proactive measures to mitigate the effects of flooding in communities in Bayelsa State, the International Federation of the Red Cross has built the capacity of locals to prepare to tackle the disaster whenever it occurs.

…As activist claims innocent officers are being framed, civilian accomplices remain free By Egufe Yafugborhi WARRI—Nearly two weeks since a viral video showed ASP Nuhu Usman executing 28-year-old musician, Oghenemine “Mine” Ogidi at point-blank range in Effurun, Delta State, the Nigeria Police Force, NPF, has admitted three other officers were punished alongside the killer.   But they […]

By Samuel Oyadongha IKENSI—Just weeks after a marine spill hit the Atlantic coastline near Okpoama, Diema and Twon Brass in Brass Local Government Area, a crude pipeline rupture near Ikensi in Nembe Local Government Area has residents fearing for their survival.   Oil is now flowing freely into their drinking water and fishing grounds.   The spill, NDV […]