Ogun Police arrest man for raping 20-year-old in church

Islamic morality police in the northern Nigerian city of Kano are to resume their crackdown on betting shops after a Supreme Court ruling on gambling. The Nigerian Supreme Court quashed a 2005 law Friday that established a national lottery commission and legalised sports betting and gambling. The court ruled gambling regulation is a matter for…

Gunmen on Thursday evening abducted three relatives of former Daily Trust Editor, Malam Ahmed Tahir Ajobe. The victims, including Ajobe's younger sister, Halimtu-Sadiya Tahir, were kidnapped on their way back from a local market in Awo, Ankpa Local Government Area of Kogi State, along the deteriorated Ankpa-Adoka-Makurdi road. The family had reportedly gone to the…

A House of Representatives member, Hon. Jesse Okey-Joe Onuakalusi, has called on police authorities to come to his rescue over the activities of his former aide, Ajayi Samuel Crowther, for allegedly impersonating him. The member representing Oshodi/Isolo II Federal Constituency, Lagos, in a petition through his solicitors, Okpoko SAN, and Associates, addressed to the Divisional…

An Ogun Special Anti-Cultism Court sitting in Abeokuta, on Friday, sentenced 27- year-old Afeeze Ishola to seven years in the correctional centre for belonging to a secret cult. The convict, who resides at Otitoloju St. Mile 2, Along Ayetoro Road in Abeokuta, was convicted on a one-count of membership of an unlawful society. The Magistrate,…

At the time Odu’a Investment took off in 1976 as an offshoot of the Western State Industrial Investment and Credit Corporation, its investments were over 60 in number. Then, the company had investment in a wide spectrum of economic activities

Edo State Governor, Senator Monday Okpebholo, has approved the suspension of recruitment into the state’s civil service until further notice. Okpebholo disclosed this in a statement signed by his Chief Press Secretary , Fred Itua, disclosed on Friday. According to the statement, Okpebholo has also ordered a comprehensive review of all recruitment exercises carried out…

NEEM Foundation, a nonprofit organisation dedicated to empowering young girls, has distributed sanitary products to over 300 students in Abuja, marking a significant step towards combating period poverty and promoting menstrual hygiene among schoolgirls. The empowerment initiative was executed in partnership with Regent Schools Abuja, with the event taking place at Junior Secondary School, Jabi,…

For close to two decades now, the Northern part of the country has been restive because of the activities of groups parading as Boko Haram, bandits, kidnappers or killer herdsmen.

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has stated that his administration’s renewed focus in driving international and local investments in the livestock sector of the agricultural value-chain will end the recurring farmer-herder clashes

President Bola Tinubu has sent a letter to the Senate, requesting it to confirm Lieutenant General Olufemi Olatubosun Oluyede's appointment as the substantive Chief of Army Staff.