Tuesday, 07 October, 2025

Category: Crime


•ADC seeks Nnaji’s suspension The Nigerian Bar Association, the African Democratic Congress (ADC) and the presidential candidate of the Labour Party (LP) in the 2023 presidential election, Mr Peter Obi, have weighed in on the certificate forgery allegation against the Minister Read more…


Two prominent Civil Society Organisations (CSOs), the Civil Society Legislative Advocacy Centre (CISLAC) and Transparency International Nigeria, have called on Minister Uche Nnaji, who is involved in the certificate scandal, to resign and apologise to the nation. The leader of Read more…


Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has stated that the insecurity situation in Nigeria has festered to the extent that Boko Haram, banditry, and kidnapping are now mixed, making it difficult to tackle. Obasanjo, who spoke on Friday as the Chairman at Read more…


.Her dream wedding was a few months away Her dream wedding was months away. She had every reason to remain in the UK—a budding career, peace of mind, a wedding planned for Easter 2026, and a father who begged her Read more…


Ms Maduagwu, 29, a lawyer and news anchor with the television station, died as a result of injuries she sustained when robbers invaded her residence in the early hours of Monday, 29 September. Katampe, the community where Somtochukwu Maduagwu, the Read more…


Concerned tanker drivers from different parts of the country have raised the alarm over public statements attributed to a faceless group operating under the platform of Petroleum  Tanker Drivers (PTD) Elders Forum. The drivers have called on the security agencies to step Read more…


President Bola Tinubu has expressed grief over the murder of Ms Somtochukwu “Sommie” Maduagwu, a rising television anchor with Arise News during a robbery incident at her Katampe residence in Abuja. He has accordingly ordered security agencies to track down Read more…


ARISE News Channel has mourned the tragic loss of a young journalist, Somtochukwu Maduagwu, who died in the early hours of Monday, September 29, following a violent armed robbery at her residence in the Katampe area of Abuja. In a Read more…


The ADC has criticised President Tinubu’s administration for seeking a permanent seat on the United Nations Security Council, even as bandits continue to ravage the country, killing Nigerians at will while the government appears either unperturbed or incapable of securing Read more…


For 92-year-old Festus Arhagba, life has become an endless nightmare of grief and regret after his 50-year-old son, Kingsley, reportedly died in police custody at the Ajeromi Division, Lagos, under what he described as a chilling mix of “deception, cruelty Read more…


Edo-based activist, Precious Oruche, popularly known as ‘Mama Pee’, has been taken into custody following a heated confrontation with the factional National Chairman of the Labour Party (LP), Julius Abure, at the Abuja Airport. The incident, which has since gone Read more…


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