The suspected kidnappers of Mrs Olaide Busayo Adegoke John-Paul, the younger sister of former Nigerian Minister of Power, Adebayo Adelabu, and her 12-year-old twin sons have been identified following a police rescue operation. Adegoke and her sons, Peter and Paul,…
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde, on Friday paid a sympathy visit to the immediate past Minister of Power, Chief Adebayo Adelabu, following the abduction of his sister and her twin sons in Ibadan. Makinde offered words of comfort and assured…
The Court of Appeal sitting in Abuja has held that the Federal High Court in Ibadan erred when it recognised a Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) caretaker committee linked to a faction associated with the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory,…
Media adviser to former Vice President Atiku Abubakar, Paul Ibe, has called on the Department of State Services and other security agencies to invite Yoruba Nation activist Sunday Adeyemo to provide details of politicians he alleged are sponsoring kidnappers operating…
Yoruba Nation activist, Sunday Adeyemo, has alleged that certain politicians are behind the recent abduction of schoolchildren in Oyo State and has threatened to publicly reveal their identities if the attacks continue. Speaking during a meeting with newly elected executives…
Troops of the Nigerian Army’s 12 Brigade have rescued a woman and her six-month-old baby following a kidnapping incident in Egbe, Yagba West Local Government Area of Kogi State. The victims were among five members of a family abducted by…
Presidential candidate of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), Peter Obi, and former Minister of Education, Obiageli Ezekwesili, have called on Nigerians to refrain from directing their frustrations over insecurity and economic hardship at the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian…
A chieftain of the African Democratic Congress (ADC), Kenneth Okonkwo has argued that support for Peter Obi in the 2027 presidential election could inadvertently boost the re-election prospects of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu. Speaking during an interview, Okonkwo stressed the…
The Kabiru Tanimu Turaki-led faction of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has welcomed the recent judgment of the Court of Appeal, describing it as a major victory that clears the way for the recognition of the party’s Interim National Working…
A Lagos State High Court sitting in Ikeja has acquitted and discharged a police inspector, Kabiru Odejimi, who was standing trial for the alleged manslaughter of Idris Bakare, a man who died from a gunshot wound sustained during a police…
The Federal High Court in Abuja has sentenced four members of the Al-Shabaab terrorist group to death by hanging over their involvement in the June 5, 2022 attack on St. Francis Catholic Church, Owo, Ondo State, which claimed the lives…
Criminal trials in Nigeria are governed by procedural safeguards designed to ensure fairness, protect the rights of the accused, and prevent wrongful convictions.[1] Central to these safeguards is the fundamental principle that the burden of proving the guilt of the accused…