NBA says over 65% of prison inmates awaiting trial, seek release defendants not prosecuted
Feb. 6, 2025 The President of Nigerian Bar Association ( NBA), Chief Afam Osigwe, says 65 per cent of inmates in the 244 correctional centres in the country are awaiting…
Morocco foils 78,685 migrant attempts to reach Europe in 2024
February 6, 2025 Morocco stopped 78,685 migrants from illegally crossing into European Union territory in 2024, up 4.6% from a year earlier, the Interior Ministry said on Thursday. The figures…
Tinubu overhauls federal Universities’ leadership
Feb. 6, 2025 President Bola Tinubu has announced leadership changes in several federal universities, including the University of Abuja, now known as Yakubu Gowon University. The changes take effective immediately,…
Suspected kidnapper negotiated N20m ransom using sister’s phone – Witness tells court
Feb. 6, 2025 An operative of the Department of State Services (DSS) has told a Federal High Court, Ibadan, that a suspected kidnapper, Abubakar Abdulazeez, negotiated N20 million with his…
Aliyu makes history as 2nd General to make parachute jump from moving plane
Feb. 6, 2025 Brig.-Gen. Abubakar Aliyu on Thursday made history as the second General in the Nigerian Army to Jump from a moving plane at the Nigerian Air Force Base,…
265 bags of cannabis seized, 67 stowaways arrested in 2024 – Oladejo
Feb. 6, 2025 The out gone Commander, Nigerian Navy Ship (NNS) BEECROFT, Commodore Rafiu Oladejo, has said that a total of 265 bags of cannabis sativa was seized and handed…
Court remands man for alleged sexual assault of minor
Feb. 6, 2025 An Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court on Thursday remanded a man, Chinonso Njoku, for an alleged sexual assault of a nine-year-old girl. Justice Abiola Soladoye…
Police arrests native doctor, one other over alleged kidnapping
Feb. 6, 2025 The Police Command in Benue has arrested a native doctor, Terna Sule, and Teryima Yaji, over the kidnapping of one Emmanuel Yaji. The command made the disclosure…
Deployment of telecoms infrastructure must comply with environmental laws – NESREA
Feb. 6, 2025 The Director General of the National Environmental Standards and Regulations Enforcement Agency (NESREA), Dr. Innocent Barikor says the Agency will ensure that the environment is given due…
Africa’s top health official presses U.S. to resume health aid
February 6, 2025 Africa’s leading public health official will write to the U.S. Secretary of State on Thursday to highlight how the U.S. aid freeze is threatening the lives of…