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In her home in the Makoko neighborhood of Yaba, Lagos State, 13-year-old Taiye Ojo was electrocuted to death on Saturday. The tragedy took place as the teenager was escaping from a barking dog inside the compound. Further information revealed that Taiye had been walking to the on-site restroom when the dog began to bark. She reportedly tried to run away from the dog after becoming alarmed by its behavior. Our correspondent also discovered that the...

Rev. Father Joseph Azubuike, a priest for the Abakaliki Diocese in Ebonyi State, has been abducted by some criminals and gunmen. On Monday, a Catholic priest and three other people were abducted. The victim was abducted on his way to St. Charles Parish, Mgbaleze Isu in Onicha Local Government Area of Ebonyi State, on his way back from responsibilities, according to a statement made by the Chancellor of the Diocese, Rev. Father Mathew Opoke. The...

Major General Christopher Musa, the chief of the military staff, has expressed regret over the delay in the criminal trials of suspects turned over to civil authorities. Approximately 2000 suspected Boko Haram terrorists who had been detained by security forces remained untried. The lengthy duration of criminal proceedings, in Musa’s opinion, was complicating military operations. When the governor of Kaduna state, Uba Sani, paid him a courtesy visit in Abuja, according to a statement by...

Kiss-a-thon is a planned kissing marathon with the goal of breaking the Guinness World Record. It is scheduled to begin in the state of Ekiti on Friday, and the government of Ekiti State warned on Thursday that those who organized or participated in the event could face three years in prison for their actions. Mr. Dayo Apata, the state’s Attorney General and Commissioner for Justice, stated that the proprietors or owners of any facility used...

In a recent development, the Coalition of Civil Society Election Observers (CCSEO) has come forward to commend the Nigeria Security and Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC) for its exemplary professionalism during the 2023 elections, with particular reference to NSCDC’s outstanding performance and the absence of any recorded cases of involvement in election malpractice or human rights violations. In a press release signed and made available to journalists in Abuja over the weekend, Rev. Solomon Semaka who...

Femi Falana (SAN), a human rights attorney, has urged the Federal Government to intervene immediately to ease Nigerians’ suffering as a result of the elimination of fuel subsidies. On Friday night, Falana made the call while appearing on Politics Today on Channels TV. He pointed out that the government’s recklessness and broken promises to reform the oil industry led to the current fuel subsidy regime. Because of the Nigerian ruling class’s negligence, he said, “the...