Abeokuta: A former Deputy Editor-in-Chief of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), Mr. Dele Akinsola, has emerged as the pioneer chairman of the League of Veteran Journalists, Ogun State Chapter. Akinsola was elected during the league’s election held on F…
Abuja: A youth advocacy group, One-Forest Youth Initiative, has called for deployment of additional security to Esa-Oke in Osun to prevent possible reprisal attacks following the killing of an alleged cult leader. The group’s National Coordinator, Com…
Abuja: An Abuja-based lawyer, Mr. Pelumi Olajengbesi, has petitioned the Inspector-General of Police, Mr. Tunji Disu, seeking urgent intervention to halt the spate of killings in Osun ahead of the upcoming governorship election on August 15.
Accordi…
Ibadan: The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has linked the escalating insecurity in Nigeria to sophisticated criminal networks that are using technology, social media platforms, and transnational routes to expand the illicit drug trade. T…
Abuja: Nigeria has significantly strengthened its legal framework against torture through the Anti-Torture Act, says the Executive Secretary (ES) of the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), Mr. Tony Ojukwu, SAN. Ojukwu made this known in a stateme…
Abuja: The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) has warned that the growing drug trade, driven by synthetic substances, evolving trafficking routes and organised criminal networks, is fuelling insecurity in Nigeria.
According to News Ag…
Jabi: A UK-based Nigerian, Mr. Emmanuel Makinde, testified in the FCT High Court that his travel agent, Waliyu Shitta, fraudulently listed a woman as his wife in a UK visa application processed in 2022. Makinde revealed this during his evidence-in-chi…
Ibl al-saqi: Israeli enemy forces on Thursday released Syrian shepherd Mohammad Hilal, who was detained two days ago during an Israeli military incursion into the outskirts of Ibl al-Saqi toward the town of Al-Mari.
According to National news agency…