Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Rights

March 14, 2022

Court remands Lagosian for alleged murder of trader with bottles, knife

On January 31, about 9:00 p.m., at Plot 1616, Festac Town, Udoka Umeofia, 38, allegedly stabbed Chijioke Onwuajuegwu to death.

Knife
March 14, 2022

Court orders Arik to pay sacked pilot $126,500 in 30 days

The pilot claimed that Arik terminated his employment without any prior notice as contained in the letter of appointment.

Arik Airline
March 14, 2022

Man drags younger brother to court over father’s property

The man is accusing his younger brother of collecting rent from their father’s houses and shops without his knowledge.

Court
March 14, 2022

Australia, Netherlands sue Russia for bombing MH17 aircraft, killing 298 civilians

MH17 was flying from Amsterdam to Kuala Lumpur on July 17, 2014, when it was hit over rebel-held eastern Ukraine

Malaysia Airlines' aircraft (MH17)
March 14, 2022

Alleged drug trafficker Abba Kyari’s suit adjourned until March 28

The Abuja Division of the Federal High Court has fixed March 28 for ruling in a bail application filed by disgraced police chief Abba Kyari and others.

Abba Kyari
March 14, 2022

Ethiopia: Sixty-four people killed in ambush, reprisals

The violence in the Benishangul-Gumuz, home to several ethnic groups, was separate from the war in Tigray.

Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed
March 14, 2022

UNICEF decries jailing Kaduna children for crimes

“We do not want children to be taken to prison.”

Almajiri children used to tell the story. [PHOTO CREDIT: The Guardian Nigeria]
March 13, 2022

Satguru Maharaj Ji advocates 60-year jail term for purveyors of fake news

The founder of One Family, then called on the National Assembly to urgently pass a Bill criminalising fake news in Nigeria.

March 13, 2022

Graduating inmates plead for clemency

The inmates recently graduated from the National Open University of Nigeria (NOUN).

Nigerian Correctional Service
March 12, 2022

Enugu police boss orders probe into beating of female officer by colleague

An Assistant Commissioner of Police, Oluseyi Okenla, was said to have physically assaulted a colleague, Sgt. Helen Onoja.

Enugu CP, Lawal Abubakar