Nigeria’s poverty rate climbs to 63% despite easing inflation — World Bank
Poverty in Nigeria rose to 63 per cent in 2025 despite a slowdown in inflation, underscoring the limited impact of recent macroeconomic improvements on household welfare, the World Bank has said.
Picture with Evans: I am too busy to reply Kate Henshaw, says Abba Kyari
Assistant Commissioner of Police in-charge of the Inspector-General of Police Intelligence Response Team , IRT, which arrested the most-wanted notorious kidnap kingpin, Chukwudumeme Onwuamadike, alias Evans, yesterday, dismissed criticism by Nollywood actress, Kate Henshaw, on him and his team for posing with Evans in a shot that has gone viral, saying he was too busy to respond to such.
Evans, the kidnapper arrested for robbery in 2006: Police
The arrested kidnap kingpin, Chukwudi Dumeme Onuamadike, a.k.a Evans, was arrested in 2006 for robbery, in an incident where seven members of his gang died during sharing of their loot in Lagos.
Breaking: DSS arrests top Boko Haram commander, 20 others in Kano
A sting operation by DSS in Kano Sunday led to the arrest of top Boko Haram commander, and 20 others suspects.
Murder of student: Police threaten star witnesses over new statement—Family
The family members of the late Joy Odama, the 200-level mass communication student allegedly murdered in the house of one Alhaji Usman Adamu, have cried out over what they described as an alleged attempt to pervert justice by threatening the star witnesses in the murder investigation to write a new statement changing their earlier position on the matter.
Outrage as police officer says story of nail-in-the-head boy is fiction
He was given N500 to buy two packets of noodles but the money went missing and all his pleas that the money was indeed missing fell on the deaf ears of his uncle, simply identified as Paul.
