Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the north-east say they are being suppressed from opening up on the alleged sexual abuse ongoing in their camps. They have also called on President Muhammadu Buhari to send an independent investigative panel to the camps regarding the issue. Amnesty International released a report alleging that soldiers and members of civilian joint task force (JTF) …

A South African court on Thursday sentenced a 23-year-old man to three life sentences for murdering his parents, Martin and Teresa as well as brother, Rudi with an axe in 2015.

A Sharia court sitting at Magajin Gari, Kaduna on Thursday ordered the remand of one Abubakar Mustapha for allegedly enticing and wooing a married woman. Mustapha had pleaded not guilty to the charges, which contravened section 226 of the Kaduna State Sharia Penal Code 2002. His plea was not taken by the court. The judge, Malam Musa Sa’ad however, said …

The United States Ambassador to Nigeria, on Thursday announced an additional $102m in humanitarian assistance to address the shelter, health and food security needs of populations in the Lake Chad region and those still struggling with the effects of the Boko Haram insurgency in the North-East. A statement from the US mission Information Office in Abuja stated that the funds …

Mr Philip Gwada of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has won the rescheduled chairmanship election in Jaba Local Government Area.

The Federal High Court Abuja, has granted the Inspector-General of Police, (IGP), Mr Ibrahim Idris, judicial leave for a review of the order to quash the Senate’s resolution declaring him unfit to hold public office.