The police in Bauchi State on Thursday arrested a suspected serial rapist recently granted pardon by the government as a result of the coronavirus outbreak in the country. The suspected
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The police in Bauchi State on Thursday arrested a suspected serial rapist recently granted pardon by the government as a result of the coronavirus outbreak in the country. The suspected
The Upper Sharia Court in Kano State that sentenced a musician, Yahaya Sharif-Aminu, will on Thursday handover copies of its judgment to the musician’s lawyers and Attorney-General and Commissioner for
Operatives of the National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons, NAPTIP, has arrested a 35-year-old teacher identified as Ibrahim Mohammed for alleged sodomy. The NAPTIP Zonal Commander in
The Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has instituted a legal action against President Muhammadu Buhari. SERAP filed the lawsuit against Buhari over the failure to publish details of N800
The Commissioner of Police, Ebonyi State Command, CP Philip Sule Maku, on Friday, ahead of the local government election holding in the thirteen LGAs of state, vowed to clampdown on
The National Agency for the Prohibition of Trafficking in Persons (NAPTIP) has arrested a 35-year-old teacher, Ibrahim Mohammed, of Unguwar Kadawa Quarters in Kano State for allegedly sodomising two underaged
Nigerian Instagram celebrity, Ramon Abbas widely known as “Hushpuppi“, has been arraigned in a court in California, United States, ahead of his trial on October 13. Hushpuppi pleaded not guilty
The Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), has alleged that some policemen shot dead three of its members in Kaduna In a statement, the President, Media Forum of the IMN, Ibrahim
By Anayo Okoli THE leadership of the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, has directed members to stop holding any meeting in Enugu for the meantime following the attack on them
A clergyman based in Ogun State, David Bamgbose has faulted the Companies and Allied Matters Act, 2020 signed by President Muhammadu Buhari. Bamgbose warned that the amended Act was capable
DSS Operatives By Soni Daniel The Department of State Services has confirmed the killing of two of its personnel by members of the outlawed Indigenous People of Biafra in Emene,
The Sharia law enforcement agency in Jigawa, Hisbah has destroyed 588 bottles of beer. They were confiscated in Tudun Babaye village after a raid in Gujungu, Kijawal, Wadugur villages in
Nasir el-Rufai By Ibrahim HassanWuyo A member of the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, for over 40 years, Nafi’u Baba-Ahmad, has chided the body for rescinding its decision to invite Governor
The Supreme Council for Shari’ah in Nigeria, SCSN, has attacked the the Nigerian Bar Association, NBA, for dis-inviting Governor Nasir El-Rufai to its Annual General Conference. The council accused the
The Muslim Rights Concern (MURIC) said it has uncovered a subterranean attempt by the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) to replace Governor Nasir El-Rufai of Kaduna State with the Governor of
The Human Rights Writers Association of Nigeria, HURIWA, on Saturday described the amended Company and Allied Matters Act 2020, CAMA, signed by President Muhammadu Buhari as satanic. HURIWA said the
By Chinedu Adonu Enugu zonal office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), has arrested seven internet fraudsters. This was made known to pressmen in Enugu in a statement
Asalin hoton: Kano Police Command Bayanan hoto, Kwamishina Habu Sanine ya tabbatar wa da BBC labarin Rundunar ƴan sandan jihar Kano a arewacin Najeriya ta tabbatar da mutuwar wani matashi
Good morning! Here is today’s summary from Nigerian Newspapers 1. President of Mali, Ibrahim Boubacar Keïta has resigned his position. Keïta’s resignation during in a televised address on Wednesday, stated
Sam Eyoboka THE Kano State branch of the Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has reacted to the death sentence passed on a Kano singer, Yahaya Aminu Sharif. Recall that Sharif