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The Federal Government has awarded N1 billion to Magnus Okpalannadi who allegedly defiled his three-year-old daughter. Minister of Women Affairs, Ms Uju Kennedy-Ohanenye, announced the move in a statement issued on Wednesday by the ministry’s Head of Information and Public Relations, Ms Grace Njoku. He said: “The Ministry received a report that Okpalannadi, a resident of Onitsha, Anambra State, had …

Nollywood actress and film producer, Toyin Abraham, has come under heavy criticism from netizens following her arrest of an online bully who allegedly cursed her, her family and wanted her son dead. The actress, who is currently in the spotlight on social media for writing a petition against an online troll named Ayodele, came under fire when social media users …

The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC), has confirmed that it will soon offer rail services to transport livestock from the northern to southern parts of the country. NRC Managing Director, Fidet Okhiria, disclosed this on Wednesday on Channels Television’s The Morning Brief. Okhira announced that transportation of cattle and goods would resume via the Warri-Itakpe route. The NRC stopped transporting livestock …

National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu, on Wednesday reunited the kidnapped children of Kaduna State Judge, Janet Gimba, with their families. Recall that on June 23, 2024, the judge and his four children were kidnapped when bandits stormed their residence. The bandits released her on Sunday and demanded a ransom of N150 million for the release of her children, giving …

Justice Lekan Olatawura of the Ekiti State High Court, Ado Ekiti, on Tuesday sentenced former Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) official, Olukayode Dayo, to life imprisonment on rape charges. The 39-year-old convict was charged with one count of rape on March 13, 2022. He was charged with desecrating a 13-year-old girl in the state. Prosecutor Julius Ajibare told …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA) has arrested two members of a drug cartel behind the production and distribution of the deadly psychoactive substance, methamphetamine, popularly called “mkpuru mmiri” in Imo State. NDLEA Director of Media and Advocacy, Femi Babafemi, disclosed this in a statement on Tuesday in Abuja. He said a 42-year-old syndicate leader, Joachin Mbonu, and his …

Michael Mowete, a school bus driver, has been sentenced to life in prison for sexually abusing a three-year-old girl (name withheld). The ruling was delivered on Tuesday by Justice Rahman Oshodi at the Ikeja Sexual Offences and Domestic Violence Court. In his ruling, Justice Oshodi stressed the strength of the prosecution case in proving the charges beyond a reasonable doubt. …

Governor Seyi Makinde of Oyo State, on Monday, handed over the baton of office to the newly crowned Elempe Tapa, Oba Titiloye Oyekanmi, during a ceremony held at the Elempale Community Senior High School in the city. Representing the governor, Deputy Governor Bayo Lawal emphasized the important role of Elempe in fostering unity, peace and progress in the society. He …

A man, whose identity is still being withheld, on Monday, climbed a pole on Katampe Hill in Abuja, declaring his readiness to sacrifice his life to solve the problems facing Nigerians. According to a suicide note found at the base of the ship’s mast, he demanded the restoration of fuel subsidies among other measures to alleviate the hardships facing Nigerians. …

Kaduna State Police spokesman Mansir Hassan has confirmed the abduction of two journalists, AbdulGafar Alabelewe, Chairman of the NUJ State Council Correspondents Chapel, and three members of his family by gunmen on Saturday night. According to Hassan, those who were kidnapped were Blueprint Newspaper correspondent Abdulraheem Aodo and his wife. In a statement on Sunday, a police spokesman said the …