The police in Adamawa state have arrested a 94-year-old man identified as Mohammed Abubakar, for allegedly d£filing a 13-year-old minor in Tappare ward, Ganye local government area. The suspect who has been identified as a herbalist, is said to have been in the habit of deceiving young females by giving them sweet items. The…
The Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has come under criticism for banning all forms of street trading in the federal capital. Wike had announced the ban during a meeting with the management staff of the Federal Capital Territory Administration and Federal Capital Development Authority on Tuesday in Abuja. The minister was…
A Federal Capital Territory High court has struck out two separate fundamental rights enforcement suits by two siblings of the suspended Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, against the Attorney General of the Federation and the Department of State Services. The two brothers, George Emefiele and Okanta Emefiele, had separately approached…
Eight graduates travelling to Sokoto for their National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) orientation program have reportedly been abducted by gunmen. Eddy Megwa, the Director of Press at the NYSC headquarters said the abducted graduates were travelling at night to their designated orientation camp when the gunmen waylaid their vehicle on the outskirts of Zamfara….
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has launched a manhunt for a Lekki Lagos-based alleged notorious drug dealer, Sowunmi Ayodeji Kayode, who is now on the run after “driving his luxury car to crush an NDLEA officer in his bid to escape arrest” when operatives were on a search of his house last weekend. …
A 14-year-old girl identified as Desola Adeoye on Tuesday, August 22, committed suicide in Shogunle community, Lagos. Vanguard reported that Desola who had allegedly suffered untold violence in the hands of her father, Sunday Adeoye, and his wife, drank insecticide to escape torture. It was gathered that she decided to commit suicide after her…
The Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA) has impounded no fewer than 20 vehicles for not being roadworthy. This was as the administration also disclosed that it would crush the 15 motorcycles impounded alongside the vehicles. Head of Operations at the FCT Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS), Deborah Osho, disclosed this on Tuesday during…
Nigerian constitutional lawyer, Tope Temokun, has condemned the threats made by the new Minister of Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyeson Wike to demolish illegal structures in the capital city. Temokun described the demolition threats as “anti-people and wicked,” questioning if the Nigerian citizens are enjoying their original master plan under this government. “Citizens’ original…
The African Union (AU) has suspended Niger from all its activities following a military coup and has also told its members to avoid any action that might legitimize the junta. The decision announced on Tuesday, August 22, after a meeting of the AU’s Peace and Security Council in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa,…
Mary Nkeki who is one of the abducted Chibok school girls recently rescued by troops of Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK) in the Northeast, has asked to be reunited with Mallam Adamu a repentant Boko Haram member who defiled her and forcefully got married to her while in captivity. It was reported that the Theatre…