An Ondo State High Court sitting in Akure has sentenced a carpenter, Lasisi Nureni, and a driver, Akintan Adebayo, to death by hanging for armed robbery. Justice William Olamide convicted the two men on a two-count charge of conspiracy to ...
Alvin Hellerstein, the United States federal judge overseeing the drug trafficking case against deposed Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro, has died at the age of 92, an official confirmed on Wednesday. Hellerstein was among the oldest serving federal judges in the ...
The Nigeria Premier Football League, NPFL, has banned a Warri Wolves fan, Keno Iyaruwe, from all league matches, DAILY POST reports. Iyaruwe was alleged to have assaulted a match official after Warri Wolves’ matchday 10 encounter against four-time champions Kano ...
The resolution was presented by the Deputy Speaker, Jamilu Umaru Dahiru, during plenary on Wednesday. Dahiru, who is the interim chairman of the House Committee on Constitutional Amendment, said the proposal was aimed at strengthening the country’s security system and ...
The Minister of Health and Social Welfare, Professor Ali Pate, disclosed this on Wednesday after the Federal Executive Council, FEC, meeting presided over by President Tinubu. He listed the five airports as Lagos, Abuja, Kano, Port Harcourt, and Enugu airports. ...
The United States has imposed sanctions on Rwanda’s Ministry of Defence and a financial institution over alleged involvement in supporting armed rebels in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, DRC. The measures were announced on Wednesday, October 28, 2026, as ...
The Jigawa State House of Assembly has passed a bill seeking to establish state police following weeks of legislative review. The Speaker, Haruna Aliyu Dangyatin, expressed hope that the proposed security system would help Nigeria tackle its growing security challenges. ...
Several supporters of the All Progressives Congress, APC, were reportedly injured, while their vehicles were damaged in attacks ahead of Governor Dikko Umaru Radda’s 2027 re-election campaign flag-off in Katsina State on Wednesday. The incident occurred as supporters travelled to ...
The wife of Adamawa State Governor, Hajiya Lami Fintiri, has canvassed a collective approach to the challenge of illegal use of hard drugs, to protect youths who are most affected. Mrs Fintiri who is currently leading a state-wide campaign by ...
Troops of Operation Enduring Peace, OPEP, have arrested a suspected Mwaghavul militia member identified as Karfe over the killing of a Fulani herder in Mangu Local Government Area of Plateau State. The arrest was disclosed by counter-terrorism expert Zagazola Makama, ...
Doris Ogala, Nollywood actress and African Action Congress, AAC, governorship candidate for Abia State in the 2027 election, was caught in a clash in a Lagos Federal High Court courtroom shortly before she was remanded at Ikoyi Prison. In a ...
A Magistrate Court sitting in Kafin Maiyaki, Kano State, has sentenced a young man simply identified as Ashiru, from Kofa village in Bebeji Local Government Area, to one year in prison without an option of fine for stealing soybeans. Ashiru ...
The Bauchi State Police Command has arrested a 32-year-old man, Samuel Ogochukwu, from Imo State, for allegedly using a nine-year-old boy to transport illicit drugs in an attempt to evade security operatives. The command disclosed this in a statement issued ...
The Transmission Company of Nigeria, TCN, says it has arrested more than 30 people suspected of vandalising electricity transmission infrastructure as it steps up efforts to protect power facilities across the country. The company is also increasing public awareness campaigns ...
The Rivers State chapter of the African Democratic Congress, ADC, has accused the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, of deceiving members of the Labour Party, LP, and other opposition parties into joining the Rainbow Coalition he ...