Former Minister of Power, Saleh Mamman who served between 2019 and 2021 under the administration of former President Muhammadu Buhari has been arrested following his conviction to 75 years. The former minister also supervised Nigeria’s power sector and major hydroelectric projects, including the Mambilla and Zungeru power projects. Mamman was arrested in the Rigasa area of Kaduna State by the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC in the early hours of Tuesday, May 19, 2026...

The Enugu State Police Command has confirmed the gruesome murder of two women and a child in Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area in Enugu State. The two separate gruesome murder incidents occurred at about 3:10 pm and 3:18 pm respectively on Friday, 15th May 2026, in Nkporogwu Ukehe and Agu-Ekwegbe, both communities in Igbo-Etiti Local Government Area; the first incident was a son who beheaded his mother, while the second incident was a brother who beheaded...

A Kwara State High Court sitting in Ilorin has sentenced Ajiboye Olayinka, the General Overseer of the Mission House of Divine Land of Joy and Prayer Ministry, to life imprisonment for the serial rape of three minors. In a judgment delivered on Wednesday, Justice Hammed Gegele found Olayinka guilty of multiple charges, including unlawful sexual intercourse with minors, procurement of illegal abortions, and unlawful possession of firearms. The court heard testimonies of how the cleric...

After surviving the trauma of abduction and expressing hope and victory over terrorism through resilience, 12 female students who survived the 2014 abduction of schoolgirls in Chibok, Borno State by Boko Haram insurgents have graduated from the American University of Nigeria (AUN), Yola. The girls whose tuition fees were paid by the Federal Ministry of Women Affairs after their release through the intervention of the Federal Government were among over 250 students kidnapped from Government...

Fresh attack by suspected gunmen on Ngbra Zongo community in the Kwall District of Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State has claimed the lives of no fewer than 13 persons, including three pregnant women and children. Several people were also reportedly injured in the attack, which occurred in the early hours of Friday, leaving residents in panic across the community. According to some residents, the assailants stormed the area beeen midnight and 2:am shooting...