Justice Mohammed Garba Umar of the Federal High Court in Abuja, on Monday, rejected an application by online publisher and Presidential candidate of the African Action Congress (AAC), Omoyele Sowore, seeking a long adjournment of his trial in the alleged defamation of President Bola Tinubu. The charges were filed...
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A 60-year old headmaster of Nomadic Basic School in Igbojaye, Itesiwaju Local Government Area of Oyo State, Mr. Matthew Owoade, has been kidnapped by armed bandits on Saturday evening while returning from his farm, with his abductors demanding a N30 million ransom for his release. According to his son,...
Nigerian National Committee of the International Press Institute (IPI Nigeria) has announced the release of journalist Zainab Sodiq, who was detained by the Department of State Services (DSS) over her possession of a drone. In a statement issued on Saturday, the Secretary of IPI Nigeria, Ahmed Shekarau, said Ms...
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde has visited the pupils and teachers rescued after their abduction in Oriire Local Government Area, describing their safe return as a moment of gratitude and relief for Oyo State. The governor met the victims at the Headquarters of the 2 Division Nigerian Army Medical...
National Chairman of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), Professor Nentawe Yilwatda, has commended the Federal Government’s efforts that eventually led to the release of the abducted pupils and teachers in Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. Yilwatda, in a statement by his Special Adviser on Media and...
Armed with intelligence and backed by weeks of painstaking planning, Nigerian troops and other security agencies mounted a coordinated operation deep inside the Old Oyo National Park, culminating in the successful rescue of 44 pupils and teachers abducted from Oriire Local Government Area of Oyo State. The photographs capture...
President Bola Tinubu has expressed profound joy at the successful rescue of the children and teachers from Oriire community in Ogbomoso, Oyo State, by the security forces. President Tinubu in a statement by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, praised the heroic efforts of the security agencies, especially the military, the...
The Federal High Court, Abuja has given one suspected commander of Ansaru, an Al-Qaeda-affiliated terrorist group, being prosecuted for alleged terrorism by the Department of the State Service (DSS), Abubakar Abba, up till July 20 to decide on whether or not to plead guilty to the terrorism -related charges...
Department of State Services (DSS) has confirmed the detention of Zainab Sodiq over an alleged violation of Nigeria’s regulations governing the acquisition and operation of drones. In a statement issued on Thursday by the Deputy Director, Public Relations and Strategic Communications, Favour Dozie, the Service said Sodiq was intercepted...
A joint security operation has led to the recovery of 249 rustled cattle from a suspected terrorist hideout in Kabba/Bunu Local Government Area of Kogi State. The operation, carried out in the early hours of July 3, involved troops of the 12 Brigade of the Nigerian Army working alongside...
Plateau State government, on Thursday at the State High Court, Jos, opposed a motion by one of the four persons arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS), for their alleged links to the Angwa Rukuba massacre of late March and early April of 2026, that he be allowed...
Former Minister of Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, is in the custody of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) over allegations of certificate forgery. The anti-corruption agency confirmed on Wednesday that Nnaji was arrested after operatives executed a bench warrant issued by the Federal High...
The Presidency has dismissed claims linking the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila, to the appointment of Prince Adeniyi Adeyemi Matthew, describing the allegations as false and insisting that the suspect operated a fictitious presidential agency using forged documents. In a statement issued on Wednesday by the...
The Plateau State High Court sitting in Jos, on Wednesday, reserved ruling on a preliminary objection on jurisdiction filed by counsel to some suspects arrested by the Department of State Services (DSS), and standing trial for their roles in the Angwa Rukuba massacre of late March and early April...
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS), on Wednesday morning, arrested former Minister of Science and Technology, Uche Nnaji, at the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu, as he made to board a private jet to Abuja. Security sources said Nnaji, who resigned last October under controversial circumstances, was...
Federal High Court in Abuja, on Tuesday, granted bail to online publisher and African Action Congress (AAC) presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore. Aside a N200 million bail with two sureties, one of them must be a traditional ruler in Sowore’s community in Ese-Odo Local Government Area in Ondo State. The...
The Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Adeola Ajayi, has ordered the immediate release of a man wrongfully linked to Boko Haram terrorists. The setting free followed a DSS investigation review panel that cleared Nura Idris of allegations of collaboration with Boko Haram terrorists. Aside from...
Operatives of the Department of State Services (DSS) have allegedly uncovered a cache of relief materials worth millions of naira during a raid on a private warehouse in the Sintali Ward area of Jalingo Local Government Area, Taraba State. The warehouse was said to contain relief items reportedly donated...
An Ekiti State High Court has sentenced two men, Ibrahim Abubakar and Abdullahi Abubakar, to death by hanging after finding them guilty of kidnapping a staff member of the National Youth Service Corps (NYSC). The judgment was delivered by the Chief Judge of Ekiti State, Justice Lekan Ogunmoye, at...
Sokoto State High Court has sentenced three individuals, including a foreign national, to death by hanging after finding them guilty of terrorism-related offences and illegal arms trafficking. The convicts — Jabbi Alhaji Yalle, a citizen of the Republic of Niger, Yusuf Muhammad, popularly known as Sallau, and Kabiru Muhammad...