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A 40-year-old woman, Lydia Aji, has been arrested for killing her husband with an axe in Borno State. According to the state Commissioner of Police, Yusufu Lawal, who was represented by the state Police Public Relations Officer, Nahum Kenneth, the suspect had arguments with her deceased husband over the alleged theft of a goat by […]

A bill seeking to repeal the Jigawa State Independent Electoral Commission Law 2024 and re-enact Law 2012 has passed its first and second readings at the Jigawa State House of Assembly. This followed a motion moved by the Majority Leader of Jigawa State House of Assembly, Mr Lawan Muhammad (APC-Roni) and seconded by Mr Muhammad

Department of State Services operatives have killed one and arrested another of the kidnappers of Hajiya Hauwa’u Adamu, mother of popular Kano-based Hausa singer, Dauda Rarara. Gunmen had broken into the residence of Rara’s mother in Kahutu village in Danja Local Government Area of Kano State and abducted her on Friday, June 28, 2024. She,

The Nigeria Police Force has arrested 1,284 suspects in various operations across the country over the past six weeks. The arrests include 307 armed robbery suspects, 296 kidnapping suspects, 176 rape and defilement suspects, 301 homicide suspects, and 204 suspected cultists. This was disclosed by Force Spokesperson, Muyiwa Adejobi, on Friday, during the parade of

House of Representatives, led by the Speaker, Tajudeen Abbas, has visited the $ 20 billion Dangote Petroleum refinery in Lagos State. The lawmakers arrived at the refinery located in the Lekki Free Trade Zone in Lagos around 11 am on Saturday and were received by the President of the Dangote Group, Aliko Dangote, and top

A passenger train derailed Thursday in India’s northern state of Uttar Pradesh and medics were dispatched to the site, a local medical officer said, with footage of the accident showing several overturned carriages. The Chandigarh-Dibrugarh Express derailed in Gonda district, near the Hindu holy city of Ayodhya, at around 2:30 pm (0900 GMT), Indian media

A 2023 presidential aspirant of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dele Momodu, has called for stricter discipline within the administration, particularly regarding the ongoing political situation in Rivers State. Dele Momodu made this known in an open letter to President Bola Tinubu, on Thursday. “You must enforce Discipline as a leader,” Momodu stated in the open

The 2023 Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, Atiku Abubakar, has described the National Assembly, particularly the Senate, as an enabler of executive recklessness.On Wednesday, the Senate removed Senator Ali Ndume, who represents Borno South, from his position as Chief Whip. He was replaced by Senator Tahir Monguno from Borno North. This decision came

A High Court sitting at Asaba, the Delta State capital, has sentenced one Onuwa Ijie to death while his accomplice, Nwanozie Uzor, bagged 14 years imprisonment for murder and conspiracy to murder twin boys, Chidalu and Chigozie Agwunobi. The court presided over by Justice Onome Marshal Umukoro sentenced the two over the murder of the