An Ebonyi State High Court sitting in Abakaliki has sentenced two men, Kelechi Iloke and Kingsley Ikpere, to death by hanging for kidnapping and selling a two-year-old boy for N500,000. The convicts committed the offence in August 2020. According to the charge before the court, Iloke kidnapped Benjamin, the two-year-old son of his father’s tenant…
The Oyo State Police Command has confirmed the arrest of two suspects in connection with the abduction of two staff members of the Cocoa Research Institute of Nigeria (CRIN), while also dismissing reports of another mass kidnapping in parts of Ibadan as false and misleading. According to a statement signed by the Police Public Relations…
Several Nigerians were among those injured after Iran launched a wave of missiles and drones toward the United Arab Emirates in the latest escalation of tensions in the Middle East. UAE authorities confirmed that over 140 people sustained injuries following the attacks. Many of the casualties were residents and foreign workers caught in areas where…
Right now, the world is watching the Middle East with a mixture of disbelief and dread. Airspace across the Gulf has closed intermittently. Missiles have crossed borders. Military bases have been struck. And in a development few imagined possible, Iran’s Supreme Leader, Ali Khamenei, has been killed in coordinated strikes attributed to the United States…
