Metro

…Review conference ends without agreement as disarmament push stalls The International Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons has accused nuclear-weapon states, including the US, UK, France, China and Russia, of deliberately suppressing evidence on the humanitarian consequences of nuclear weapons, as global disarmament negotiations have ended in stalemate. The accusation came as the 11th review conference of the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty …

More than 1.5 million international pilgrims have arrived in Saudi Arabia for the 2026 Hajj, officials confirmed, as the annual Islamic pilgrimage proceeds amid rising tensions in the Middle East. Saudi authorities said the influx exceeded last year’s international turnout, despite disruptions linked to ongoing regional hostilities that have affected air travel and increased transportation costs in some parts of …

Operation Hadin Kai troops have arrested a 50-year-old woman suspected of collaborating with Boko Haram/ISWAP terrorists in Borno State, in a new breakthrough against the insurgency’s logistical networks. The suspect, identified as Kellu Abba, a resident of Lawanti area of ​​Baga town, was intercepted at a military checkpoint in Kukawa local government area on Wednesday morning while allegedly attempting to …

Justice Adedapo Adeniji of the Osun State High Court sitting in Ile-Ife on Friday sentenced a 30-year-old man, Agboola Taiwo, to death by hanging for murder. Taiwo was convicted of killing a 62-year-old woman, Jadesola Olubayo, on October 11, 2023, at a palm oil processing site near the Amula River in Olokemeji Village, Ifetedo, in Ife South Local Government Area …

Suspected armed bandits have reportedly sent threatening letters to communities in Odeda Local Government Area of ​​Ogun State, warning of mass kidnappings planned against schoolchildren, triggering renewed fear in rural settlements. Local hunters in the area say the latest threats have increased tension in already vulnerable communities, coming just two weeks after a petrol station manager was kidnapped and later …

The Nigerian Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) has arrested seven suspects over illegal explosive activities in Ondo State. This was disclosed by the NSCDC Public Relations Officer in the state, Daniel Aidamenbor, in a statement on Thursday in Akure. Aidamenbor said the suspects were arrested by officers attached to the mining and steel unit of the command in collaboration …

…Says a fake viral report, designed to destabilize the country ahead of 2027 polls The Presidency on Thursday dismissed a viral report that President Bola Tinubu plans to make sweeping constitutional changes to rename Nigeria the “United States of Nigeria” and abolish Sharia law in the North, describing the claims as false, misleading and politically motivated. In a statement, presidential …

The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday heard fresh allegations of a plot to infiltrate the presidential villa and cut off electricity supplies as part of an attempt to topple the administration of President Bola Tinubu. The revelations emerged during the ongoing trial of six defendants accused of conspiring to stage a coup, as the prosecution provided a video …

Three people suffered injuries when part of the under-construction Zaria Central Mosque collapsed on Wednesday. Eyewitnesses told reporters that the injured people, believed to be construction workers, were immediately evacuated to a hospital in Zaria for treatment. There were no casualties in this incident. The construction site was then closed, while workers were seen clearing debris from the collapsed section. …

The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency has uncovered and dismantled a massive transnational methamphetamine production network operating from a clandestine forest laboratory in Ogun State, in what officials describe as one of the most significant anti-drug operations in recent times.. The agency said the operation led to the seizure of illicit drugs and precursor chemicals worth more than ₦480 billion, …