ECOWAS Court orders Nigeria to pay dismissed soldier N10m compensation

By Eric Ikhilae, Abuja   The Community Court of the Economic Community of West African State (ECOWAS) has ordered the Nigerian government to pay a soldier – Private Barnabas Eli – N10million as compensation for the violation of his right to work following

BREAKING: Customs orders complete border import, export ban

By John Ofikhenua and Agim Joshua’ Abuja   The Comptroller-General, Nigerian Customs Service, retried Col. Hameed Ali has insisted that all import and export of goods from the nation’s land borders remain banned until there is an agreement with neighbouring countries on the

Police hunt for killers of Imo bus driver

The Commissioner of Police in Imo, Mr Rabiu Ladodo, has given assurance that the force would arrest and prosecute the killers of a bus driver in the state, Chinedu Ogoke. The commissioner gave the assurance in a statement made available in Owerri on

NAF jets destroy Boko Haram assembly point, several insurgents killed

Kingsley Omonobi – Abuja The Nigerian Air force said on Monday that its Air Task Force (ATF) of Operation Lafiya Dole has destroyed a location at Boboshe on the fringes of the Sambisa Forest in Borno State used by Boko Haram terrorists as

Maina has started speaking up on how he spent the N24bn ―Source

Soni Daniel The embattled former chairman of the Pension Reforms Task Team, Faisal Abdulrasheed Maina “has started speaking up on how he spent the N24 billion”. A top EFCC official conversant with the matter told Vanguard that Maina had started speaking up on

Bloody Saturday: Armed robbers behead police sergeant in an operation in Ilorin

By Demola Akinyemi – Ilorin   Dare-devil armed robbers on Saturday night attacked Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) mega station along Asa dam road in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital and among other officers beheaded a police sergeant who was on duty. The

Kidnappers release eight Abuja abductees, collect N5 million ransom

Gbenga Omokhunu, Abuja  Eight out of the 10 persons abducted last Monday by gunmen at Pegi, a community in Kuje Area Council of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) have been released. After series of plead, THE NATION learnt that the victims were freed

JUST IN: Robbers behead police sergeant, security personnel in Ilorin

From Adekunle Jimoh, Ilorin Armed robbers on Saturday attacked Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) mega station in Ilorin, the Kwara state capital. The men of the underworld were said to have struck when staffers of the station had left for their respective homes.

I rape minors to cool off tension – Suspect

By Justina Asishana – Minna An 18-year-old , Mizanbilu Yusuf, has been arrested by the Niger State Police Command for allegedly raping a nine-year-old girl. The suspect confessed to have raped a number of minors in his area in Kafin Koro community in

12 year old Orphan raped by Pastor, native doctor, neighbour gives birth

By Osagie Otabor, Bénin A 12-year -old girl (names withheld), who was repeatedly raped by a popular Pastor, a native doctor and a neighbor, has given birth to a baby girl at the Irrua Specialist Teaching Hospital (ISTH). The three suspects have been