FG Vows To Get Justice For Late Osinachi, Promises To Rehabilitate Her Kids

The Federal Government has vowed to get justice for the late popular gospel artiste, Osinachi Nwachukwu. The acclaimed gospel singer was alleged to have been a silent victim of domestic assault by Peter Nwachukwu, her now-embattled husband. Following the nationwide uproar elicited by her death, Dame Pauline Tallen, minister of women’s affairs, in a statement issued on Monday assured Nigerians that the husband of the late gospel artiste, if found to be complicit in her...

Troops Eliminate 80 Terrorists In North West, North Central

ABUJA — The Director, Defence Media Operations, Defence Headquarters Maj. Gen. Bernard Onyeuko says the troops of the armed forces have eliminated no fewer than 80 terrorists in two weeks across theatres of operation in the North West and North Central. Maj. Gen. Bernard Onyeuko, while briefing newsmen on the operations of the military in Kaduna and Niger states between March 25 and April 7 on Thursday in Abuja, said the troops of “Operation Thunder...

NBM, Others Slam N1bn Libel Suit Against Linda Ikeji

ASABA — The Neo Black Movement (NBM) of Africa and three others have slammed an N1 billion lawsuit against Linda Ikeji, a popular Nigerian blogger for defamation and libel. The suit with number EHC/210/2021 at the Delta State High Court holden at Effurun Court 2, Delta State, had the Registered Trustees of NBM of Africa, Olorogun Ese Kakor, Olorogun Felix Kupa, and Mayor Onyebueke as claimants with Linda Ikeji as the sole defendant. The Claimants...

OPINION: Blaise Compaore’s Conviction Is a Momentous Victory for the Rule of Law and Citizen Power in Africa

Compaore’s conviction is good news for the rule of law and democratic consolidation in Africa.    Former Burkinabe President Blaise Compaore’s sentence of life imprisonment by an Ouagadougou military court for complicity in the murder of his predecessor, Thomas Sankara, marks an important victory for the rule of law in the country and the region as a whole. In exile in the Ivory Coast since his ouster from power following a popular uprising in 2014,...

Blasphemy: Nigerian Atheist Bags 24 Years Imprisonment

KANO — Kano State High Court has sentenced a Nigerian atheist and president of the Humanist Association of Nigeria Mubarak Bala, to 24 years imprisonment for blasphemy against Allah and His Prophet (SAW). Bala, who had initially pleaded not guilty to the crime, backtracked on Tuesday and pleaded guilty. He was sentenced to 45 years imprisonment by a Kano State High Court. The convict, whose age and address was not provided by the court, was...

Security: State Governors, Speakers Of The Houses Of Assembly To Hold Meeting

The 36 state governors and Speakers of the Houses of Assembly are to hold an emergency meeting on Friday in Abuja, following concerns about current security threats across the country. Head, Media, and Public Affairs at the Nigeria Governors Forum (NGF), Mr. Abdulrazaque Bello-Barkindo, stated this on Tuesday in Abuja, saying that participants would brainstorm to find urgent solutions to pertinent issues of national importance. The statement added that the NGF chairman, Ekiti State’s Gov....

Brazil-based Man Caught With 73 Sachets of Cocaine Hidden in Bedsheets in Port Harcourt

By Anastasia Mbabie, Staff reporter A 39-year-old Brazilian returnee, Nnanna Anayo Michael, has been arrested by operatives of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), for possession of cocaine during the inward screening of passengers on board Qatar Airline flight QR1433 from Doha to Port Harcourt on Tuesday, 29th March. According to the spokesman of the agency, the suspect who hails from Ekwusigo, Anambra State was arrested with 73 sachets weighing 8.15 kilograms of cocaine,...

Drunk Rapes 75-Year Old Grandmother To Death

A drunkard, Iliya Musa who hailed from Maduguva community in the Mubi North LGA of the Adamawa State has confessed to have raped the old woman. The suspect who is now in Police custody claimed that he committed the heinous act under the influence of alcohol. “I was returning from a wedding ceremony that night when I heard my grandmother sobbing. I went in and in the twinkling of an eye I found myself on...

Inmates In Kuje Correctional Centre Excited By The Presence of Kyari

ABUJA — The embattled former Commander, Intelligence Response Team, Abba Kyari, has rejected food offered him by the Nigerian Correctional Service after being remanded in prison custody on Monday. The suspended Deputy Commissioner of Police, it was learnt, opted for the food prepared by his wife or other family members. Kyari, who is under prosecution for drug trafficking alongside four other policemen, was denied bail by the Federal High Court sitting in Abuja. The National...

Court Dismisses Abba Kyari, Co-defendants’ Bail Request

ABUJA — The Federal High Court in Abuja on Monday declined the bail request by Abba Kyari, suspended deputy commissioner of police and former head of the IGP Intelligence Response Team (IRT). The court similarly rejected the applications by his co-defendants, with whom he faces charges of illegal dealing in cocaine. The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), on March 7, arraigned Kyari and four members of the IRT along with two others on eight...

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