“It is also a demonstration of rare unity, as believers across denominations stand together at a critical moment in our history”

An eyewitness said he kicked the girl on the ribs. She started to convulse and bleed from the nose. Neighbours rushed her to a nearby church

Neighbours reportedly rushed the child to a nearby church in an attempt to save her, but she was pronounced dead shortly after.

There is widespread anger in Taraba State following reports that a housewife, Ramatu Abbas, mutilated the face of a 17-year-old teenager, Iwasen Terhemba, with a razor.

Who leads when history and politics intersect? Governor Makinde, Alaafin of Oyo, Oba Owoade I; Olubadan of Ibadanland, Oba Ladoja, Olugbon of Orile-Igbon, Oba Alao

“We will work harder to upscale employer on-boarding and compliance enforcement across the three tiers of government and the informal sector”

A calm but resolute protest by the Warri Indigenous Women Forum, yesterday, drew attention to the headquarters of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC, in Abuja, as the women accused the commission of carrying out a re-delineation exercise they say threatens the political survival of the Itsekiri people in Delta State.

By Davies Iheamnachor PORT HARCOURT— A 45-year-old man simply identified as Pascal has allegedly defiled male and female minors in Rivers State. It was learned that the vicitms (names withheld), were a 10-year-old boy and an 11-yr-old girl. It was gathered that the suspect had committed the act severally at Christ Apostolic Street, Mile 3 […]

By Samuel Oyadongha Yenagoa —Angry residents of Obunagha community in Yenagoa Local Government Area of Bayelsa State, have apprehended a 40-year-old man for allegedly defiling and sodomising his 12-year-old step-daughter. The victim was reportedly rushed to Niger Delta University Hospital, Okolobiri, with severe injuries, including bleeding. It was learned that the suspect, identified as a […]

CITING rising tensions, petitions and security concerns, the Ogun State government, yesterday, ordered the immediate suspension of the ongoing selection process for the new Awujale of Ijebuland.

By Victor Ahiuma-Young – LAGOS The Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, has lamented that thousands of Nigerian workers who suffer injuries, disabilities and occupational diseases are still denied timely support and compensation, despite the existence of the Employees’ Compensation Act (ECA) 2010. This position was articulated by National Treasurer of the NLC, Aliyu Haruna, during a presentation […]

The facts of this case have brought to the fore an urgent and a compelling need for holistic reforms in the administration of the criminal justice sector and proper training for all institutions involved in the investigation of crime and criminal prosecution.

Arrested were 13 suspects, among them an ex-convict who was released from prison last month, and a woman who disguised as a prophetess

Residents of Aro-Umuonyeukwu village in the Aro-Ngwa ancient kingdom, Osisioma Ngwa Local Government Area, have raised alarm over what they describe as continuous government acquisition of their lands for development projects without compensation.

“I have connections and relationships across the entire system. So once anything happens, there is communication”