US woman wrongly convicted of murder freed after 43 years in prison
A 63-year-old Missouri woman, Sandra “Sandy” Hemme, who was imprisoned for more than 40 years for murder, has had her conviction overturned after spending 43...
GTBank drags Demola Shogunle’s Stanbic IBTC, Standard Chartered, Jaiz Bank, NDIC, 56 other bank chiefs to court over N17bn
Guaranty Trust Bank has dragged Demola Shogunle’s Stanbic IBTC, Standard Chartered Bank, Jaiz Bank, NDIC (liquidator for Heritage Bank), and no fewer than 56...
Heatstroke kills 14 Jordanian pilgrims in Mecca
Fourteen Jordanian pilgrims have died while performing rituals related to the hajj and 17 others missing. Jordan’s official news agency disclosed this on Sunday. The...
Police dismiss Shehu Sani’s claim, say no Endsars protester in detention
The Nigerian Police Force has said that no ENDSARS protester arrested following the 2020 mass protests against police brutality is still in detention. It stated...
Businessman Musa Saliu seeks N500m from police for declaring him wanted
A businessman, Musa Saliu, has dragged the Inspector General of Police before a Federal High Court in Abuja, for falsely declaring him as a wanted...
Tinubu govt tackling economic crisis, Presidency replies New York Times
The Presidency has reacted to a report published in the New York Times criticising the Nigerian economy as facing the worst trajectory in a generation....
NDLEA seizes N4.7bn cocaine, meth at Lagos warehouse, arrests siblings in Aba
Officers of the Special Operation Unit of the National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, have taken down a cartel controlled by a drug baron, 49-year-old...
Kaduna spends N4bn annually on school feeding- Gov’s aide
The Special Assistant to the Kaduna State Governor on School Feeding, Dr Fauziya Buhari-Ado, said N4bn is spent annually on school feeding in a bid...
‘He should be banned’: Ex-Super Eagles star blasts Osimhen after social media outburst
Former Super Eagles goalkeeper Idah Peterside has criticized Victor Osimhen’s social media outburst as “irresponsible” and called for his expulsion from the national team. Recall...
‘You’re not son of the Palace’, Oba of Benin corrects LP candidate, Akpata
The Oba of Benin, His Royal Majesty Oba Ewuare II, has corrected the Labour Party candidate, Olumide Akpata over his claims of being a ‘child...
