Thursday, November 12, 2026

Rights

October 9, 2021

Police arrest 12 for kidnapping, gunrunning, other crimes in Niger

The police plan to arraign the suspects as soon as investigations are concluded.

Policemen (Credit: BBC)
October 8, 2021

Real estate agent jailed for defrauding nine accommodation seekers

The accused was said to have taken rent money from nine people and converted it for personal use.

Gavel used to illustrate the story
October 8, 2021

Chiwetalu Agu regains freedom after being brutalised by Nigerian Army

The actor was arrested for wearing a red, black and green coloured garment with the depiction of a rising sun.

Chinwetalu Agu
October 8, 2021

We’ve arrested IPOB kingpin: Police

The police say they have arrested one of the kingpins of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), Uchenna Chukwu, in Imo.

October 8, 2021

Nigerian soldiers brutalised me while sharing bread to poor people: Chiwetalu Agu

Mr Agu was seen in a viral video being arrested and dragged into custody by gun-wielding soldiers at Upper Iweka Bridge in Onitsha on Thursday.

October 8, 2021

We’ll provide solar-powered electricity to five million Nigerians by 2023: Osinbajo

Buhari’s regime says it has inaugurated several sites in the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria to actualise its promise of electrifying five million homes with solar energy by 2023.

Osinbajo and Lantern
October 8, 2021

Police will not resurrect SARS: IGP Baba

“The force wishes to emphasise that there is no plan whatsoever to bring back the disbanded SARS. SARS is gone for good and will not resurrect under any guise.”

October 8, 2021

One billion people are multidimensionally poor: UNDP

“About half of them, or 644 million, are children under age 18; and nearly 85 per cent live in Sub-Saharan Africa or South Asia.”

Poverty
October 7, 2021

Nollywood actor Chiwetalu Agu battered by soldiers for wearing Biafra regalia

The police in Anambra says it was still monitoring the development.

Chiwetalu Agu
October 7, 2021

Eight guards in court for stealing cables from World Trade Centre

The theft was reported at the central police station in Abuja by a fellow security guard.