Trafficking: Police arrests 62 year-old woman, couple, recovers 14 children from gang
Jan.19, 2025 The Police in Ondo State says it has apprehended a three person syndicate, 62 year-old woman, Sabira Izuorah, and couple, Isiaka Lukman and Abosede Lukman, allegedly specialised in…
86 confirmed killed, 55 injured in Niger fuel tanker explosion
Jan. 19, 2025 The death toll in the Dikko tanker explosion has risen to 86, with 80 of the victims buried in a mass grave. Alhaji Abdullahi Baba-Arah, the Director…
TikTok goes dark in America, users look to Trump for restoration
Instead of the high-velocity carousel of viral morsels, around 10:30 p.m. ET − 90 minutes before the shutdown deadline −TikTok users in the U.S. received a pop-up saying: “Sorry, TikTok…
NDLEA nabs 2 Lekki ‘big boys’, others with large consignments of drugs
Two suspects: Olashile Okoya and Mohammed Ibrahim were arrested on Saturday 18th January when NDLEA officers raided their home at 5A Addison Palmer, Cadogan Estate, Castle Rock Avenue, Osapa, Lekki…
Cocaine: 26-year-old India-bound nursing student arrested in Kano hotel
Attempt by 26-year-old Esther Onyinyechi Uzodinma, a 200-level student of nursing at the Noida International University, Uttar Pradesh, India, to swallow 76 wraps of cocaine hours before her return flight…
Nigeria passport has little worth, here’s why, by Ken Ugbechie
In its ranking of world’s most powerful passports for 2025, the Henley Passport Index quarterly report returned a damning, even gloomy verdict on Nigeria international passport. Nigeria was ranked 94th…
Freed corps member recounts 5 days ordeal in kidnappers’ den
Miss Abasifreke Joseph, a Corps Member, kidnapped on Jan. 9, along Enugu-Ezike Road, on her way to Kogi, says she faced torture and hunger in the hands of her captors….
Brazil announces Nigeria’s acceptance as BRICS partner country
Jan. 18, 2025 Brazil’s government announced on Friday Nigeria’s acceptance as a partner country in BRICS. Brazil, which holds the bloc’s presidency in 2025, said in a statement that the…
FG set to review 2003 Child Rights Act– Minister
Jan. 18, 2025 …Reviewing adoption protocols, Orphanages certification Hajiya Imaan Sulaiman-Ibrahim, Minister of Women Affairs, said efforts were in place to review the 2003 Child Rights Act (CRA) to strengthen…
Your allegations against me untrue, Mercy Chinwo’s producer snaps back
The Founder, Eeze Conceptz Limited, Mr Ezekiel Onyedikachukwu, has told the popular gospel singer, Mercy Chinwo, that her allegations against him were untrue and baseless. Onyedikachukwu’s lawyer, Mr Maxwell…