Man to die for rape, armed robbery in Cross River
A Cross River State High Court sitting in Calabar has sentenced a 33-year-old man, Okon Effiong, to death for armed robbery, rape and aggravated assault. Justice Blessing Egwu delivered the…
India: Central arrest Nigerian with drugs worth N803.07 million
The Anti-Narcotics Wing of the Central Crime Branch in Bengaluru, India has arrested a Nigerian national, Ernest Onyekachi Ugah, 45, in connection with the possession and alleged peddling of MDMA…
Court pend judgment in Numan–Jalingo road rights suit
The Federal High Court sitting in Jalingo, the capital of Taraba State, on Monday reserved judgment in a fundamental rights enforcement suit challenging the prolonged neglect and unsafe condition of…
Ministry earmarks N8.7b for construction of roads
The Nigerian Institute of Transport Technology (NITT), Zaria, Kaduna State, has earmarked N8,771,000,000 for the construction of roads in five northern states. This was contained in the 2026 appropriation bill…
FG to appeal FHC judgment on attacks against journalists
Nearly two years after a Federal High Court in Abuja ordered the Federal Government to investigate, prosecute and punish perpetrators of all attacks against journalists and other media practitioners, and…
Public asset sales: LP threatens legal action, Ogun govt declares LP ignorant of urban renewal
As government, party clash over sales of housing properties The Labour Party has threatened to institute legal action against the Ogun State Government over claims of alleged sales of government-owned…
UK: Diezani appears in court over £100,000 bribery case
Diezani Alison-Madueke, former Nigerian Minister of Petroleum Resources, appeared at Southwark Crown Court in London on Monday for a preliminary hearing in her ongoing bribery trial. The hearing, presided over…
Lagos begins probes into twins’ immunisation deaths, awaits autopsy, examination reports
Safety concerns have arisen following the deaths of twin boys in Lagos after routine immunisation, with the state government awaiting autopsy and toxicology reports to determine the actual cause of…
NANS asks law agencies to probe ITF DG over unpaid SIWES
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS), on Monday, demanded the immediate removal of the Director-General of the Industrial Training Fund (ITF), Dr. Afiz Oluwatoyin Ogun, over the prolonged non-payment…
OGEPA demands environmental law enforcement against aluminium recyclers
The Ogun State Environmental Protection Agency (OGEPA) has urged members of the Aluminium Recyclers Association to comply strictly with environmental laws on waste disposal and emission control. The General Manager…