Gunmen raid housing estate in Nigeria’s capital Abuja, kill army general: police
Matthew Onocheta Abuja – Gunmen on Saturday – attacked Sunshine Homes estate in Nigeria’s capital, Abuja, and killed a retired brigadier general, Uwem Udokwere, police said.“In response to the tragic…
Civil servants who relocated abroad and continued receiving salaries must be made to refund, while those responsible for the fraud must be punished: Nigerian President Tinubu
Olayomi Koiki Abuja – Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has directed that all civil servants drawing salaries from the government after relocating abroad should be made to refund the money.Tinubu also…
300-level university student kidnapped in Nigeria’s Ondo State while working inside his father’s cassava farm
Sodiq Rabiu ONDO, Nigeria – One Akindoyo Gideon, a 300-level Computer Engineering student of Al-Hikmah University, Igbaja in Kwara State, south-western Nigeria, has been kidnapped while working inside his father’s…
Nigeria’s anti-graft, EFCC arrests two former bank workers for stealing ₦4 million from deceased bank customer in Benue State
Kareem Abdulrahman BENUE, Nigeria – Two former employees of a Nigerian commercial bank, Union Bank, has been arrested for allegedly stealing the sum of ₦4,199,500 belonging to a deceased customer…
Family laments as Nigerian soldier is detained in solitary confinement for six months in Port Harcourt without trial
Opeyemi Olamilekan One Sergeant Zachariah Ismaila of the Nigerian Army has been in detention for the past six months without charge or trial, his family said.Ismaila, a father-of-two – with…
Terrorists locally dubbed as bandits in Nigeria kidnap Catholic priest in Zamfara State
Ayomidele Oluwasusi ZAMFARA, Nigeria – Terrorists locally dubbed as bandits in Nigeria have kidnapped a Catholic priest, identified as Rev. Fr. Mikah Suleiman in early hours of Saturday in Zamfara…
Motorcycle riders in Nigeria’s Lagos State run over murdered man repeatedly in gory video
Morakinyo Akinosun Lagos – Two Nigerian police officers attached to the Lagos State Taskforce on Wednesday, 19 June, reportedly went on illegal duty, taking some civilians with them to shore…
Niger revokes French company’s operating licence at major uranium mine
Morakinyo Akinosun NIAMEY, Niger – Niger Republic’s military government has revoked the operating licence of French nuclear fuel producer, Orano, at one of the world’s biggest uranium mines, the company…
Nigerian court orders final forfeiture of over ₦12.18 billion properties linked to disgraced former governor of Central Bank, Godwin Emefiele
Morakinyo Akinosun Lagos – A Nigeria’s Federal High Court sitting in Lagos on Friday – ordered the final forfeiture to the Federal Government properties valued at over ₦11.14bn and another…
More than 300 lost to blasphemy killings in Nigeria since 1999 as police fail to prosecute perpetrators
Olayomi Koiki with Sahara Reporters More than 300 Nigerians have been killed in relation to blasphemy allegations between 1999 and 2024, according to an available statistics.Many of the perpetrators have…