Wednesday, November 11, 2026

Rights

January 10, 2022

NIA storms Peoples Gazette’s head office; demands source of confidential memo exposing DG Rufai Abubakar

Four officers arrived in a white Toyota Hilux truck shortly after 1:00 p.m., intimidated security personnel at the gate and forced their way into our offices on the second floor.

NIA DG Rufai Abubakar and Peoples Gazette
January 10, 2022

Court sentences Ibadan man to death by hanging for armed robbery

The convict while armed with a gun, had robbed the victims of their belongings, including laptops, mobile phones, jewellery and cash.

Death By Hanging
January 10, 2022

Court remands butcher for abducting, defiling minor

The Ikeja Chief Magistrates’ Court on Monday remanded a 25-year-old butcher, Ibrahim Aliyu, for abducting and defiling a 14-year-old girl.

Gavel used to illustrate the story
January 10, 2022

Buhari regime should improve soldiers’ salary, welfare: Gov. Zulum

“By the grace of God, we shall soon resettle people back to Malumfatori, headquarters of Abadam local government area.”

Buhari and Nigerian Soldiers
January 8, 2022

Army officers brutally assault police traffic wardens in Ibadan

The army has an antecedent of violent assaults on members of the public and sister agencies like the police.

January 8, 2022

Dowen College: Police warn against protest for young Sylvester

The police chief in Lagos, Hakeem Odumosu, asked Nigerians not satisfied with the investigation to go to court.

Lagos police commissioner Hakeem Odumosu and Dowen College
January 8, 2022

Amnesty asks Biden to close U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay

The prison stands for arbitrariness, injustice, and torture, according to Amnesty’s U.S. expert, Sumit Bhattacharyya.

U.S President Joe Biden and Guantanamo Bay
January 8, 2022

Police arrest man for beating wife to death in Nasarawa

The man was said to have started beating his wife when the deceased insisted on engaging the service of a carpenter to fix their window net.

Nigerian police officers used to illustrate the story
January 7, 2022

Police nab mechanic for stealing laptops, iPhone

On Friday, a 32-year-old mechanic, Amos David, was docked in the Kaduna Chief Magistrates’ Court for allegedly stealing two laptops and iPhone.

Police and handcuff
January 7, 2022

Divorce: My husband wants to kill me, wife tells court

The petitioner further stated that her husband set all her cloths ablaze, violently took away her three-year-old child, and publicly embarrassed her mother.

Gavel and wedding rings