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Lagos State courts handled 35,461 criminal cases over the last three years, driven heavily by affluent coastal neighbourhoods. The Lagos Criminal Information System reveals that Lagos Island and the Lekki-Ajah corridor generated more than 27 per cent of these offences. Lekki-Ajah alone accounted for over 16 per cent of the total courtroom entries. Property crime…
The African Democratic Congress has declared that a Federal High Court judgment nullifying key sections of the Independent National Electoral Commission’s regulations for the 2027 general elections will unleash a wave of defections from the ruling All Progressives Congress, as the opposition party welcomed the verdict as a direct vindication of its earlier legal…
Nearly one week after terrorists stormed three schools in the Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State, abducting pupils, students, and teachers, the victims remain in captivity, with security agencies still engaged in rescue operations as misinformation about their release continues to circulate online. The Oyo State Police Command confirmed on Friday that no victim…
Armed bandits abducted a local health practitioner and his wife during an early morning raid in Kogi State. The gunmen attacked the Okebukun area of Iluke town in Kabba-Bunu Local Government Area around 1:00 am on Thursday. Known locally as “Dr Ebi,” the victim runs a clinic that serves the agrarian settlement. The attackers forced…
Former Deputy National Publicity Secretary of the All Progressives Congress, Timi Frank, has called on Nigerian authorities to uphold the rule of law and guarantee fair treatment for former Kaduna State Governor Nasir El-Rufai, currently held in the custody of the Department of State Services. Frank, in a statement issued on Friday, urged security…
The Fédération Internationale de Football Association has announced that the FIFA World Cup 2026, scheduled across 16 host cities in the United States, Canada and Mexico from June 11 to July 19, will become the first edition of the global tournament to feature live sign language interpretation broadcasts for every single match, a landmark…
Senegal’s Prime Minister Ousmane Sonko has launched a forceful public defence of his country’s newly toughened anti-gay legislation, condemning what he described as Western attempts to impose homosexuality on the rest of the world and vowing that no external pressure would halt the application of the law. Sonko made the remarks in a formal address…
Former Kano State governor and 2023 New Nigeria Peoples Party presidential candidate, Senator Rabiu Musa Kwankwaso, has rejected claims that he is secretly working for President Bola Tinubu’s re-election ahead of the 2027 polls, describing the allegation as “false and misleading.” Kwankwaso made the denial on Wednesday night during an interview with Global TV,…
The Labour Party has formally petitioned the Inspector-General of Police and the Department of State Services over the alleged unauthorised circulation of nomination forms linked to former national chairman Julius Abure, describing the development as misleading to aspirants and damaging to the party’s structure. National chairman Senator Nenadi Usman disclosed this on Wednesday in…
United Nations agencies have mounted an urgent emergency response to a fast-spreading Ebola outbreak in the eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo, mobilising medical supplies, logistics support, and personnel across multiple affected provinces as the death toll climbs and the virus threatens to breach more urban centres. UN Spokesperson Stephane Dujarric disclosed the scale…
