Super Typhoon Ragasa has wreaked havoc in eastern Taiwan, causing widespread destruction and loss of life.  A lake burst in Hualien County triggered massive flooding in Guangfu township on Tuesday, resulting in at least 14 deaths and 124 people still missing, according to Taiwan’s fire department. The barrier lake, formed by landslides triggered by heavy […]

No fewer than two Nigerians have been dragged before Indian courts after being arrested in separate anti-narcotics operations for alleged drug trafficking.  One of the suspects, 40-year-old Chima Ibe, was picked up by officers of the Tulinj Police in Nalasopara East on Monday during what local media described as a major anti-drug crackdown. According to

The case stemmed from July 17, 2012, when NCB’s Chennai Zonal Unit intercepted three parcels at a courier office in Chennai following specific intelligence.   Nigerian national, James alias Emmanuel Chukwunonso Samson, has been sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment by the Special Court for Essential Commodities (EC) Act cases in Coimbatore, India, for his

Nasarawa State has lost one of its elder statesmen, Senator Solomon Ewuga, who was also a former Minister of State for the Federal Capital Territory, Abuja.  Sources close to the family in Akwanga and Nasarawa-Eggon confirmed his passing on Wednesday to Daily Trust. He studied Political Science at the University of Ibadan between 1974 and

The Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, has dragged five senior police officers before an Abuja High Court over what authorities described as deliberate falsification of age records to unlawfully extend their years of service. Court filings on Wednesday revealed that Justice Yusuf Halilu of the FCT High Court has fixed Thursday, September 25, 2025, for

In a remote village situated within Katsina State, desperate community leaders convened a meeting with notorious bandit kingpins to negotiate for a lasting peace. The bandits arrived for the talks openly brandishing their automatic rifles—a vivid and powerful symbol of a fundamental flaw inherent in the prevailing approach to ending a security crisis that has

The Lagos State Police Command has confirmed that it will on Friday arraign a leader of the National Union of Road Transport Workers (NURTW) Shamsideen Adio, known as Shameleon, on Friday over the alleged killing of a dispatch rider in Lagos Island. SaharaReporters had reported that Adio, 55, was arrested after he allegedly descended on

Festus Osifo, the President of the Trade Union Congress (TUC), has said Nigeria’s refineries were shut because they were operating at a loss. He explained that the facilities consumed crude oil worth more than the value of the refined products they produced.  “When you feed crude that costs 10 million dollars into the refinery and

Over 200 pupils of Kamfanin Daudawa Primary School in Faskari Local Government Area, Katsina State, have reportedly stopped attending classes due to the dilapidated condition of the school. The community said the classrooms have no windows, doors, or blackboards, while walls are peeling and the ceilings are dangerously unstable. Parents warned that children risk serious

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has secured the conviction of a former legislative aide and banker, Mr. Goni Yilkan, over an employment scam amounting to N120.5 million. Yilkan, a native of Nguru, Yobe State, was sentenced to eight years in prison by Justice F.E. Messiri of the Federal Capital Territory High Court, sitting