The man who was living with nursing student Tamilore Odunsi, who was brutally stabbed to death days before her graduation, allegedly killed her following a dispute over their pets. Odunsi’s roommate, Chester Lamar Grant, is suspected to be responsible for the fatal stabbing and allegedly attempted to kill himself after the altercation, Houston police told…
Operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, during a routine patrol along the Kaduna-Zaria expressway, on Saturday, intercepted a commercial vehicle conveying 942 explosives hidden in a sack from Nasarawa heading to Zamfara State. A statement by the agency’s spokesman, Femi Babafemi, on Sunday also disclosed the arrest of a 30-year-old suspect over the…
A tragic incident has claimed the lives of five children in the Agyaragu community in the Obi Local Government Area of Nasarawa State on Sunday. The children, aged between six and ten years, died of suffocation inside an old car parked in a residential compound in the area. A resident of the community and Publicity…
US President Donald Trump said Sunday he was ordering new tariffs on all films made outside the United States, claiming Hollywood was being “devastated” by a trend of US filmmakers and studios working abroad. The announcement comes as the White House is coming under mounting criticism over its aggressive trade policies that have seen Trump…
The Indigenous People of Biafra has rejected the Federal Government’s proscription of the organisation, calling it a “blatant perversion of the rule of law” and an attempt to subvert justice through secrecy, following their failure to achieve the same result in an open, contested hearing. In a statement issued on Sunday, IPOB’s spokesperson, Emma Powerful,…
Human rights lawyer, Dele Farotimi, has vowed to seek legal redress against those responsible for his arrest and detention in connection with a now-withdrawn defamation case filed by senior lawyer, Afe Babalola. Farotimi was arrested by police in Lagos in December 2024 and taken to Ekiti State, where he was charged with defamation over comments…
Nigerian passport holders seeking long-term access to foreign countries for business, tourism, or family visits can now benefit from more liberal visa policies offered by several nations. Some countries grant Nigerians a five-year multiple entry visa, allowing holders to enter and exit the destination several times without applying for a new visa for each trip….
Abdulfatai Buhari, senator representing Oyo north, has declared his intention to contest the state’s governorship election. In an interview with Parrot FM, an Oyo-based media platform, the All Progressives Congress (APC) chieftain said he is ready to shift gears from legislative duties to the demands of executive leadership. “This is the third time I would…
Justice Yellin Bogoro of the Federal High Court, Ikoyi, Lagos, on Friday, sentenced two women; Folake Adeoti and Modupe Adewuyi, to one year imprisonment each for hawking Naira notes in violation of the Central Bank of Nigeria Act. According to a Sunday statement posted on X by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, the defendants…
The National Orientation Agency, NOA, has promised to support Operation Safe Corridor, OSC, a Federal Government initiative focused on deradicalising, rehabilitating and reintegrating repentant insurgents. The agency made the pledge when the coordinator of OSC, Yusuf Ali, and his team paid a courtesy visit to the NOA’s headquarters in Abuja. NOA Director-General, Lanre Issa-Onilu, while…