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At least 3,400 Nigerian Christians killed, 3,000 abducted so far in 2021, says Society for Civil Liberties

  A civil society organization estimates that over 3,400 Christians have been killed by terrorists/bandits since January. The Anambra-based International Society for Civil...

Nnamdi Kanu: Accreditation of media houses to cover trial is an affront to freedom

  Media Rights Agenda (MRA), has condemned the reported accreditation of media houses of by the Department of State Services (DSS), to cover...

UPDATED: Sowore beaten and arrested in Abuja

Omoyele Sowore has been arrested in Abuja on Monday at the Federal High Court in Abuja. The human rights activist and publisher of...

Built For The Mission: What you need to know about Nigeria’s new A-29 Super Tucano Aircraft

The Nigerian Air Force took delivery of the first batch of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft from the United States on Thursday. The...

Igboho: Reject extradition request, he will come to grief if released to Nigeria, Okei-Odumakin tells Benin Republic

  …news of lgboho’s arrest hits like a thunderbolt Dr. Joe Okei-Odumakin, the President, Women Arise and Centre for Change, has described the...

Withdraw media gag order on terrorist attacks reportage, SERAP tells Buhari

President Muhammadu Buhari has received an urgent appeal to direct relevant agencies of government to immediately withdraw a gag order banning journalists and...

July 3 Police killing of teenage girl at Lagos Yoruba Nation rally: Comedian Macaroni donates N500,000 to family

“The family despite their state of mourning have been told to bear all responsibilities. This is heartbreaking” More than two weeks after the...

Emir of Kano to Buhari: Nigerians are hungry, suffering

“We hope the presidential aides would continue to advise the President on the condition and wellbeing of the poor masses, especially in those...

Choir mistress, female church member held me as ‘pastor’ raped me, 21-year-old hairdresser alleges

“Few minutes after she got inside the room, Daniel locked the door and increased the volume of the Television set, while Ms Favour...

Journalist Bunmi Afuye’s killing: Security operatives must act fast —Ondo NUJ

The Nigeria Union of Journalists (NUJ), Ondo State Council, says it has received the gruesome killing of a member, Olubunmi Afuye, in a...

Couple bags three years in jail for starving, incarcerating 12-year-old niece in fridge for eight months

Emmanuel Bassey and his wife, Esther, have been sentenced to three years imprisonment by the Sokoto Magistrates’ Court for starving and confining their...

Dangote gets FG’s nod to construct N309.9bn road contracts in Ogun, Lagos, Borno others

A major policy shift in road Infrastructure has been achieved by the Federal Government with the approval given to Dangote Industries to construct...

“Man of God” eats “forbidden apple”, bags life imprisonment

“He is a danger to our children, I have no choice, the defendant is hereby sentenced to life imprisonment” A horny 29- year-old...

In Ekiti State, in spite of stiff penalties for rape, an incestuous father has deflowered his 11-year-old daughter

In spite of the stiff penalties for rape and other forms of sexual violence in Ekiti State, an incestuous father has chosen to...

Just in: Alleged genocide: International Criminal Court receives Prof. Akintoye, lawyers, Igboho, others’ petition, promises action

A 27-page petition written by Yoruba Nation agitators including lawyers and leaders within and outside the country against President Muhammadu Buhari and the...

Rape, sexual violence: Ekiti Govt. goes tough, to confiscate hotels, houses, facilities used for the crime

In Ekiti State, the government is to henceforth confiscate any private residential apartment, facility and hotel used for the rape of a minor....