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Iran launched fresh strikes against Kurdish opposition groups based in Iraqi Kurdistan late Sunday, the groups and local officials said, the second such attack in a week. Tehran accuses the groups of stoking unrest in Iran, which has been rocked by two months of protests sparked by the death of …

Nasarawa State empowers 50 women with 2 goats each Nasarawa State has empowered 50 female goatherds with 100 goats to enhance their economic independence and to contribute to the growth and development of the state.Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Development, Hajiya Aisha Rufa’i-Ibrahim, presented the goats to the beneficiaries …

A 45-year-old man identified as Segun Omotosho Ebenezer, was on Sunday November 20, arrested by men of Ogun state Police Command for allegedly beating his 42-year-old wife, Omotosho Olubukola to death.  The arrest of the suspect followed a complaint lodged at Kemta divisional headquarters on the 14th of November 2022, by …

The Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps, NSCDC, has arrested a 75-year-old man, Musa Gambo, who allegedly raped his six-year-old great-grandniece in Jigawa State. The spokesman of the Jigawa State NSCDC Command, Chief Superintendent of Corps (CSC) Adamu Shehu confirmed the arrest in a statement. He said the suspect was …

The British High Commissioner to Nigeria, Mrs Catriona Laing, has said that the number of Nigerians applying for visas to the UK has increased in recent times. Laing made the disclosure on Sunday in Abuja when she featured at the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) Forum. She noted, however, that …

The Aare Ona Kakanfo of Yorubaland, Gani Adams, has launched the Kwara State chapter of the Oodua Dependable Security Team. Adams, who inaugurated the security team on Friday in Offa, said it was done to beef up security in the South West adding that the initiative was Oodua People’s Congress’ …

The Plateau State Police Command has rescued a 17-year-old malnourished girl, allegedly locked up in a goat pen by her aunt, for over one week in Rikkos, Jos North Local Government Area of the state.  A neighbour alerted the National Human Rights Commission in Jos after which the police were invited, …

A woman who made a child eat her own vomit during a year-long campaign of cruelty has had her jail term increased by judges at the UK Court of Appeal. Lorna Dennington, 47, admitted repeatedly hitting three children in her care, by slapping them, punching one child on the nose and …

The Director of Finance of the Nigerian Armed Forces Resettlement Centre (NAFRC) and one of the finest officers in the Nigerian Army, Brigadier General O.A. James, is dead.The top army officer died Tuesday night from injuries he suffered after a corporal, Abayomi Ebun, believed to be drunk, hit him with …

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) on Thursday, Nov. 17, charged Ijeboi Dennis and Obade Monday to court for wire fraud. The men were arraigned before Justice Abubakar Baba Shani of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) High Court in Apo, Abuja.The police said Dennis (a.k.a. Andrew Tran Huynh) had claimed to …