Appeal court in Nigeria rules it’s illegal for Customs Service to seize foreign rice from buyers in open markets or on highways, restricts enforcement authority to borders
Bella Ifasola KADUNA – A Court of Appeal in Nigeria’s Kaduna state has ruled that the Nigeria Customs Service (NCS) has no right to confiscate foreign rice from buyers in…
High court in Nigeria’s capital grants Kogi’s ex-governor Yahaya Bello ₦500 million bail in ‘₦110 billion fraud’ case
Olayomi Koiki ABUJA – A high court in Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT) has granted bail to Yahaya Bello, former Kogi state governor, in the sum of ₦500 million. Bello…
Human Rights Watch says Israel’s deprivation of water in Gaza is act of genocide
THE HAGUE – Human Rights Watch said on Thursday that Israel has killed thousands of Palestinians in Gaza by denying them clean water which it says legally amounts to acts…
Fake police officer, two others arrested in Nigeria’s Anambran
Martins Olasehinde Two persons have arrested for allegedly tormenting residents in Nigeria’s Anambra State, police said on Wednesday. One automatic pump action gun and a Police uniform were recovered from…
Hanoi karaoke bar fire kills 11, arson suspected
A fire ripped through a karaoke bar in the Vietnamese capital, killing 11 people and injuring two others in a case of suspected arson, police said Thursday. Photos from the…
Trump jokes Canada becoming 51st US state ‘a great idea’
US President-elect Donald Trump said Wednesday it would be “a great idea” for Canada to become the 51st US state, teasing on social media that “many Canadians” welcome the idea,…
Russia detains suspect over murder of chemical weapons chief Igor Kirillo
MOSCOW – Russia said on Wednesday it had detained an Uzbek man who had confessed to planting and detonating a bomb which killed a top general, Igor Kirillov, in Moscow…
Fulani herdsmen occupy family land in Nigeria’s Oyo, threaten lives
Olayomi Koiki OYO – A prominent family in Nigeria’s state of Oyo, the Ajele Family, has raised alarm over the threat posed by Fulani herdsmen, who have allegedly taken over…
Nigeria police arrest two suspected ritualists in Ogun
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…
Several children killed in stampede at Christmas event in Ibadan
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…