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…
Troops of the Nigerian Army, with support from the Nigerian Air Force, have rescued Hajiya Amina Abubakar, wife of the late Major General Rabe Abubakar, a former Director of Defence Information, from bandits’ captivity. Major General Abubakar was reportedly abducted alongside his wife a few weeks ago and later died while in the custody of…
Kwara State Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC has arrested a 21-year-old suspect, Soliu Mujeeb, over the alleged kidnapping and murder of a 60-year-old electrical technician, Olarewaju Afolabi, in Ilorin. The State Commandant, Abbas Mohammed, disclosed this on Sunday while briefing newsmen at the Command Headquarters in Ilorin on the outcome…
The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), University of Ilorin Chapel, has unveiled plans to establish a permanent secretariat as part of activities marking its 13th anniversary. The chapel also drew attention to the evolving realities confronting the journalism profession in the age of artificial intelligence, misinformation and citizen journalism. In his remarks, the Vice Chancellor…
An improvised explosive device (IED) detonated on the Anka-Bagega road in Zamfara State on Tuesday, claiming one life and leaving seven others injured. The blast occurred as a commercial Volkswagen Golf-3 wagon was traveling from Bagega village toward Anka town. The explosive device struck the vehicle, resulting in the immediate death of one passenger. Seven…
Teachers in Benin City, the Edo State capital, on Tuesday joined their counterparts across Nigeria in a nationwide protest against the rising incidents of abduction of teachers and students, as well as the continued captivity of some teachers and pupils kidnapped in Orire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The peaceful demonstration, organised by the…
President Bola Tinubu has condemned the killing of innocent people under the guise of religion or financial interest, stressing that no religion supports violence or the taking of innocent lives. Speaking during Eid prayers at the Dodan Barracks prayer ground in Obalende, Lagos, President Tinubu urged Nigerians, particularly Muslims, to embrace the true message of…
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…
Kwara State University (KWASU) has suspended its HND conversion programme after receiving a directive from the National Universities Commission (NUC). The university announced the decision in line with the regulator’s instruction, which affects the continuation of the programme designed for Higher National Diploma holders seeking to earn a bachelor’s degree through a conversion or “top-up”…
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…
