The Kano State Hisbah Board has arrested five youths for allegedly conducting an illegal marriage ceremony without parental consent. The Deputy Commander General of the board, Dr Mujahideen Aminuddeen, disclosed this in a statement he issued in Kano on Monday….
The Police Command in Ebonyi has detained a middle-aged man, Chukwuma Onwe, for allegedly selling his 5-day-old son for N1.5 million. Onwe, a native of Nwezenyi-Igbeagu Community in Izzi Local Government Area of the state, was apprehended when his would-be…
Troops of the North East Joint Task Force, Operation Hadin Kai, have killed nine Boko Haram terrorists during a fighting patrol around Goni Dunari village in Magumeri Local Government Area of Borno State. Magumeri, located in the Northern Borno Senatorial…
The General Officer Commanding (GOC) 2 Division of the Nigerian Army and Commander, Sector 3, Operation FANSAN YAMA, Maj. Gen. Chinedu Nnebeife, has led troops in a successful rescue operation in Kwara State. The Acting Deputy Director, Army Public Relations,…
A British court has sentenced a transgender woman, Ciara Watkin, to 21 months in prison for deceiving a man into sexual activity by falsely claiming to be a biological female. According to a BBC report on Friday, the victim told…
The Lagos State Special Offences Court in Ikeja has admitted additional evidence in the ongoing trial of the former Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, Godwin Emefiele, over an alleged $4.5bn fraud. In a statement released on Thursday by…
The Department of State Services (DSS) has alerted the public about its dismissed officer who continues operating under the service’s name. In a post on its X account on Wednesday, the service said the officer, Barry Donald has been going…
The Federal Capital Territory Police Command has arrested 12 suspected armed robbers linked to the death of Arise News staff member, Somtochukwu Christella Maduagwu, and a security guard, Barnabas Danlami, during a robbery attack in Abuja. NEWSMAXNG had reported that…
The Third Prosecution Witness, PW3, Abimbola Williams in the ongoing trial of former Kogi State Governor, Yahaya Adoza Bello, on Wednesday, October 8, 2025, narrated before Justice Maryanne Anineh of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, High Court, Maitama, Abuja how…
The Federal High Court in Abuja on Wednesday adjourned the trial of the leader of the Indigenous People of Biafra, Nnamdi Kanu, to October 16, for the presentation of his medical examination report by the Nigerian Medical Association. The trial…
