24 Nigerian girls, women rescued from sexual exploitation in Senegal – Nigerian envoy to Senegal reveals
Opeyemi Olamilekan DAKAR, Senegal – A Senegalese NGO and the Nigerian Embassy in Dakar have rescued no fewer than 24 Nigerian girls from sexual exploitation in the Tamaccounda and Kedougou…
Nigerian police officer slumps, dies during altercation with naval officers in Lagos
Martins Owoseni Lagos – A Police Inspector in Nigeria has died following an altercation with suspected naval officers during a routine patrol in the Igbo-Elerin area of Ojo, Lagos State,…
Nigeria police arrest man, 20, in Lagos for faking own kidnap and demanding over $700,000 ransom from dad
Morakinyo Akinosun Lagos – A 20-year-old man has been arrested in Nigeria’s Lagos State for allegedly faking his kidnap, police said.Benjamin Hundeyin, spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command made…
Dr. Chief Sunday Adeyemo Welcomes Prominent Yoruba Nation Supporters in Benin Republic
Ms. Oluremi Ogabi Kilanko and Chief Fola Sofidiya have long been influential figures within the Yoruba community in the UK, advocating for the cultural and political rights of the Yoruba…
Dozens of flights cancelled after Manchester Airport hit by major power cut
MANCHESTER, UK – Tens of thousands of passengers flying in and out of Britain’s Manchester airport face long delays and cancelled flights after a “major power cut” knocked out key…
Christian Association Of Nigeria sanctions church, orders relocation after pastor allegedly hired soldiers to assault muslim family for slaughtering ram while facing the church
Bella Ifasola OYO, Nigeria – The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has sanction a Christ Apostolic Church in Iseyin, Oyo State over a violent attack on a muslim family by…
Israeli strikes kill at least 42 in Gaza, enclave’s government media office says
Reuters At least 42 people were killed in Israeli attacks on districts of Gaza City in the north of the Palestinian enclave on Saturday, the director of the Hamas-run government…
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…