The Children, Sexual and Gender-based Violence Offences Court in Awka, has remanded a 41-year-old man, Chinonso Ibeh, who allegedly defiled a six-year-old girl. The defendant is facing a one-count charge of defilement. According to the Police Prosecutor, Insp. Chinyere Okechukwu, the accused committed the offence on Jan.18 at Agulu in Anaocha Local Government Area of…

Operatives of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS) have intercepted an unregistered Toyota Carina E carrying 201 rounds of expanded ammunition concealed inside iron scraps along the Kangiwa-Makera Road in Kebbi State. The interception, which occurred at about 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, led to the arrest of two suspects, Anas Umar and Abbas Ahmed, both from…

Nigeria's National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, has slammed the Canadian Embassy for denying visas to Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Christopher Musa, and other top military officers. Ribadu's comments came after Musa revealed at the maiden annual lecture of the National Association of the Institute for Security Studies (AANISS), held in Abuja on Thursday,…

  The House of Representatives on Thursday set in motion the move to pass the N54.2 trillion 2025 budget as the Committee on Appropriations presented its report for consideration. The House will, in an hour, consider the report of the 2025 budget, which will be presented by the Chairman of the Committee on Appropriation, Abubakar…

76 years after they were brutally massacred by their British employers for lawfully demanding fair wages in Enugu, families of the 21 deceased coal miners have gone to court to demand justice and adequate compensation for the unfair treatment meted to them. Those sued at the Enugu State High Court are the Foreign, Commonwealth &…