The Niger State Police Command has arrested Umar Mohammed, a 26-year-old male, for allegedly defiling a six-year-old girl in Bangi, Mariga Local Government Area. According to the state police command, in a statement made by Public Relations Officer Wasiu Abiodun, the event occurred on January 27, 2025, at approximately 9 p.m., and was reported to … Read more
A Shari’a court in Magajin Gari, Kaduna, has ordered a 19-year-old man named Dahiru Usman to one month in a correctional facility for attacking a sex worker, Zainab Idris. The judge, Malam Kabir Muhammad, said that Usman could choose to pay a fine of N7,000. The court also told him to pay N70,000 to Idris … Read more
A Max Air flight with registration number 5N-MBD, B733, barely escaped disaster on Tuesday night as it crash-landed at Malam Aminu Kano International Airport (MAKIA) following a burst front tire. The plane was coming from Lagos and had 53 passengers and six staff members on board when the incident happened at about 10:19 p.m. One … Read more
The Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has agreed to stage a statewide demonstration on Tuesday, February 4, over the proposed 50% rise in telecom charges. The countrywide rally was approved during the NLC’s current National Administrative Council (NAC) meeting. The protest intends to convey a clear message to the government that workers will oppose the proposed … Read more
Former Vice President of Nigeria Atiku Abubakar has called President Bola Tinubu a desperate politician. In a statement issued on Wednesday by his media aide, Paul Ibe, Atiku stated that Tinubu is no longer the activist that people know because he has abandoned the ideas that launched his political career. He went on to say … Read more
President Donald Trump has given buyout packages to practically all federal employees who do not want to return to work, in a significant move aimed at shrinking the US government. In an email addressed to millions of employees on Tuesday, his administration told them they had until February 6 to determine whether they wanted to … Read more
The body of one of the five abducted members of the Chikakore hamlet in the Kubwa district of the Federal Capital Territory has been discovered. Mrs Esther Adesiyan’s body was reportedly found in a bush near the Itagbajii community in Niger State on Monday night. The dead, her husband, Mr. Akinropo Adesiyan, their son Ifeoluwa, … Read more
Brigadier General Yushau Ahmed, Director General of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC), has announced that corps members will get a new monthly allowance of N77,000 beginning in February 2025. Ahmed stated on Thursday, while addressing the 2024 Batch ‘C’ Stream II corps members in Katsina, that the increase has been included in the Federal … Read more
Simon Rofles, Bayer Leverkusen’s managing director, has stated that Nigerian striker Victor Boniface’s intended transfer to Al Nassr had fallen through. Earlier this week, the Saudi club reached an agreement with the Bundesliga side to sign the Nigerian international. On Wednesday, however, Al Nassr canceled the contract in favor of signing Aston Villa and Colombia … Read more
On Tuesday night, a passenger plane carrying 169 passengers and seven crew members caught fire at Gimhae International Airport in Busan, South Korea, forcing a quick and dramatic evacuation. The Air Busan flight, an Airbus A321, was prepared to depart for Hong Kong when a fire broke out in the aircraft’s rear portion. After being … Read more