A Kebbi High Court has set up an administrative panel to investigate allegations of misconduct against two Chief Magistrates in the state.
Umar Salihu-Kokami, a Chief Magistrate, was said to have slapped a lawyer and two other persons, while the other, Mustapha Umar-Maccido, was alleged to have absconded from duty.
16 Nigerians have been deported from Ghana for allegedly committing cybercrimes there.
Dr Chukwu Emeka, the Controller of Seme Command of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) disclosed this on Friday October 14.
Usman Abubakar-Rimi, an undergraduate who became a food vendor during the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) strike, has passed away.
The deceased was a Medicine and Surgery final-year student of Usmanu Danfodiyo University Sokoto (UDUS).
Russian troops are using rape as a weapon of war against Ukrainians, according to damning evidence collected by the UN.
Pramila Patten, a UN special envoy on sexual violence, said she has verified more than 100 cases of rape against Ukrainians during the eight-month war but the true figure is almost certain to be higher.
Snakes, crocodiles and other kinds of dangerous reptiles have invaded communities in parts of Delta State as the ravaging flood continued to devastate the areas.
UK Chancellor and Finance Minister Kwasi Kwarteng has been sacked by British Prime Minister Liz Truss.
He was fired over the controversy of his much-criticized economic package.
The Academic Staff Union of University, ASUU, has suspended its eight-month-old industrial action, a member of the union’s National Executive Committee, NEC, has confirmed.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention (NCDC) has disclosed that deaths resulting from the outbreak of cholera have risen to 233 from 149 deaths that were recorded on September 25, 2022.
The Independent National Electoral Commission has expressed fear of elections in the South-East, North-West and North-East region of the country being hampered by insecurity.
The International Monetary Fund, IMF, has predicted that Nigeria’s economic growth will slow to 3.0 per cent in 2023, while the inflation rate drops to 17 per cent.
US President Joe Biden on Tuesday has said that he could beat his predecessor Donald Trump in a 2024 rematch.
President Muhammadu Buhari has sworn in Justice Ariwoola Olukayode as the substantive Chief Justice of Nigeria.
Premier League Club, Nottingham Forest have sacked two of the staff involved in the summer recruitment of 22 players that joined the club, as they sit in the relegation zone.
The newly-promoted side have confirmed that both the head of recruitment George Syrianos and head scout Andy Scott have both left the City Ground.
The coronation of Britain’s King Charles III will take place on Saturday, May 6, 2023.
The Coronation Ceremony will take place at Westminster Abbey, London, and will be conducted by the Archbishop of Canterbury. The Ceremony will see His Majesty King Charles III crowned alongside The Queen Consort.
Gunmen have reportedly shot four soldiers dead in Iyiachi community in Oji River Local Government Area of Enugu State.
A man was viciously attacked by a gang of turkeys and a rooster, leaving him with two broken hips.
President Muhammadu Buhari has come under fire over the alleged release of about 100 Boko Haram terrorists.
The terrorists, according to a viral report, were released in exchange for the freedom of the kidnapped Abuja-Kaduna train travellers.
Two young men have been struck dead by lightning in Ndegwu/Orogwe community in Owerri West Local Government area of Imo State.
On a surprising note, the Kogi State House of Assembly has been gutted by fire.
The cause of the fire incident was unknown at the time of filing this report on Monday morning.
Police have discovered decomposed bodies of six women at a panel beating shop in central Johannesburg, South Africa.
A former EFCC acting Chairman, Ibrahim Magu, has described his exit from the anti-corruption agency as "corruption fighting back."
The operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have arrested a female drug dealer with seventy-eight bags of cannabis sativa.
Two suspected internet fraudsters, otherwise known as Yahoo boys, have confessed to the police how they kidnapped a 40-year-old man and killed him for a money-making ritual
Police Public Relations Officer in Ogun, Abimbola Oyeyemi, said the suspects told the police that the victim Abdullahi Azeez, was dismembered after they took his life.
Wife of an Anglican cleric was discovered dead with her two children and two sisters at Amutenyi village in Obollo-Afor, Udenu Local Government Area of Enugu State.
The victims were found dead in two separate rooms inside their apartment on Saturday morning, October 8, 2022.
A resident of an apartment alerted police that she had heard gunshots near her neighbour’s house at around 9:30pm on Friday, October 7, 2022.
At least 30 persons are reportedly feared dead after a boat carrying 85 passengers capsized in Umunnankwo community of Ogbaru Local Government Council of Anambra State on Friday, Octoner 7.
