Morakinyo Akinosun ABEOKUTA, Nigeria – Two suspected ritualists have been nabbed in Nigeria’s Ogun, police in the southwestern state said on Tuesday. Oladeyo Idowu and Monday Ogunniyi were arrested at…
Morakinyo Akinosun IBADAN – An unspecified number of children died on Wednesday morning at the Islamic High School in Basorun, Ibadan, Oyo State, South-West Nigeria after a stampede during a…
Matthew Onocheta OSOGBO – Nigeria’s Osun State Governor Ademola Adeleke has intervened in the case of a 17-year-old reportedly sentenced to death by hanging for stealing a fowl, ordering swift…
Morakinyo Akinosun Nigerians paid a total of ₦2.23 trillion as ransom over the 12 months between May 2023 and April 2024, a report from the statistics agency has revealed. This…
Morakinyo Akinosun Nigeria’s Police Service Commission (PSC) on Tuesday – approved the promotion of Akinwale Kunle Adeniran, the Commissioner of Police in Ekiti State, among 10 others, to the Assistant…
Olayomi Koiki A Nigerian trafficker holding several million euros was reportedly arrested by Benin authorities on Saturday, December 14, 2024 at the Sèmè-Kraké border. Coming from Nigeria’s Lagos, the suspect…
Olayomi Koiki AWKA – Gunmen said to be car snatchers have shot dead a lecturer at the Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Anambra State, South-East Nigeria, police in the state said…
ABUJA – Nigeria’s inflation rate rose for the third straight month in November, advancing to 34.60% in annual terms from 33.88% in October, data from the statistics agency showed on…
Nigeria’s Ademola Lookman has been crowned the 2024 African Footballer of the Year at the Confederation of African Football (Caf) Awards in Marrakesh. The Atalanta forward saw off competition from…
Four white rhinos have died in Zimbabwe after drinking from a sewage-polluted lake that is also the main supplier of water to the nearby capital, the wildlife authority said Saturday.…
