Okonjo-Iweala Calls for Urgent Action on Niger Delta Development at NDDC’s 25th Anniversary
The Director General of the World Trade Organization, WTO, Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, haz tasked the Niger Delta Development Company, NDDC, to find lasting solutions to the economic challenges currently plaguing…
Court sentences two to death, one to life imprisonment for ritual killing of 16-year-old in Ogun(photos)
An Ogun State High Court on Friday, July 11, convicted and sentenced three young men for the ritual killing of a 16-year-old girl, Sofia Okeowo, in the Kugba area of…
US court sentences Nigerian socialite to 11 years imprisonment for fraudulently obtaining $1.3m in COVID-19 jobless and disability benefits
A Nigerian man was sentenced to 135 months in federal prison for defrauding California and Nevada out of $1.3 million in COVID-19 pandemic unemployment and disability insurance benefits by submitting…
Bandits Strike Again: Fatal Ambush Claims Seven Lives Including Children in Zamfara
Suspected gunmen attacked and killed about seven passengers, while several others were injured along the Tsafe-Funtua road in Zamfara State when travelling on a commercial vehicle. A source told…
Breaking: Violent Clash Over Illegal Mining Operations Leads to 22 Arrests in Niger State
At least 22 people have been arrested following a violent clash involving illegal miners in the M.I. Wushishi Estate area of Minna, Niger State that left several injured. Confirming…
Mom arrested after she tried to sell her infant daughter for $400 to a sexual predator on SnapChat
An Indianapolis mother is charged with felony sex trafficking after police say she tried to sell off her infant daughter to a man for sex in exchange for $400. …
Boy, 17, suffocates to death on beach after being buried alive under sand he was digging
A 17-year-old boy has died on a beach after being buried alive in a hole in the sand. The teenager, knowns as Riccardo B., suffocated to death after the…
Pakistani father kills daughter over TikTok account
Police in Pakistan have confirmed that a man fatally shot his 16-year-old daughter after she refused to delete her TikTok account, in what authorities described as an “honour killing.” The…
Bayelsa court sentences four men to death for murder of taxi driver
A Bayelsa State High Court sitting in Yenagoa has sentenced four men to death for the murder of a taxi driver, Mr. Olarenwaju Ajayi during a trip to Onne, Rivers…
FCTA Arrests 210 Beggars, Scavengers, and Criminals in Operation Sweep Abuja
With the commencement of Operation Sweep Abuja, no fewer than 210 miscreants, street beggars, traders, scavengers, and other criminal elements have been apprehended by the Federal Capital Territory Administration,…















