A Federal High Court sitting in Abuja has sentenced four men to death by hanging for their roles in the deadly 2022 attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, bringing a major phase of the long-running terrorism trial to a decisive close. The judgment, delivered on Wednesday by Justice Emeka Nwite, followed months…
Residents of Ogbomoso, Oyo State, were thrown into panic after armed men suspected to be terrorists launched a daring attack on a Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS) office in the city, overpowering security personnel and escaping with official firearms. The incident, which occurred in the early hours of Tuesday, has raised fresh concerns about the growing…
A traditional priest and self-acclaimed seer, HRM Augustine Bola Adegunloye, popularly known as Egbeji Ologun, stirred public debate after issuing a strong warning to former Lagos State Governor and then-national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, over his reported presidential ambition ahead of the 2023 general elections. In a video that…
The Pentecostal Fellowship of Nigeria (PFN) has urged that Christians be fairly represented in the upcoming 2027 general elections and called on Nigerians not to back efforts to remove the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Professor Joash Amupitan. Addressing journalists at the PFN headquarters in Lagos on Thursday, the group’s President, Bishop…
Security sources have confirmed that more than 30 people were killed and numerous others abducted after suspected armed bandits ambushed a busy market in Niger State, Nigeria on Saturday. According to the Niger State Police Command, the attackers launched their assault at the Kasuwan Daji market in Demo community, located within the Borgu Local Government…
