The Oyo State Police Command has arrested a 49-year-old man, Peter Adubi, in connection with the alleged defilement of a 13-year-old girl in Ibadan. The arrest was confirmed on Friday in a statement issued by the command’s Public Relations Officer, SP Olayinka Ayanlade. He said the matter was reported on January 8, 2026, at about 8:50 pm by the girl’s guardian. According to the police, the guardian became concerned after…

Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence chatbot, Grok, has disabled its image creation and editing feature for non-paying users following intense backlash over the tool’s use to generate sexualised deepfake images of women and children. The decision comes amid growing international scrutiny of Musk’s social media platform X, where Grok is integrated, after reports emerged that users were exploiting the AI tool to create explicit and unlawful imagery. Some users allegedly generated…

The Chairman of Dangote Industries Limited, Aliko Dangote, has formally petitioned the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) over allegations of corruption and abuse of office against the former Managing Director of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Farouk Ahmed. The development was confirmed in a statement released on Friday by the Dangote Group media team. According to the statement, the petition was submitted through Dangote’s legal…

A man serving a life sentence for throwing a six-year-old boy from the Tate Modern has received an additional sentence for assaulting two nurses at Broadmoor Hospital. The man Jonty Bravery, aged 24, kicked one of the nurses on the thigh and scratched the face of another, causing a facial injury that resulted in bleeding. In 2019, Bravery threw down a French boy from the London art gallery’s 10th storey…

The Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) has raised the alarm over what it described as planned campaigns of calumny by politicians and groups with vested interests in suspects currently under investigation or facing prosecution by the commission. In a statement issued on Thursday in Abuja, the EFCC’s spokesperson, Dele Oyewale, said intelligence available to the commission indicated that “a motley crowd of paid jobbers” had been recruited by disgruntled…

The Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) has raised serious concerns over what it described as the disturbing resurgence of “one chance” criminal operations in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), following the killing of a nurse and a lawyer in separate incidents in Abuja. The victims were identified as Ms Chinemerem Pascalina Chuwumeziem, a healthcare worker, and Princess Chigbo Mediatrix, a lawyer and former Treasurer of the NBA Abuja Branch. Both women…

Togo, Niger and Benin owe Nigeria a combined $17.8m (more than N25bn) for electricity supplied under bilateral power agreements, according to the Nigerian Electricity Regulatory Commission (NERC). In its Third Quarter 2025 report, NERC disclosed that the three neighbouring countries were invoiced a total of $18.69m for electricity supplied during the period. However, they remitted only $7.125m, leaving an unpaid balance of $11.56m for the quarter under review. The regulator…

The Federal Government (FG) has inaugurated a Joint Implementation Committee to spearhead the National Conference on Digital Literacy and Emerging Skills. The initiative, launched in Abuja, is a strategic partnership between the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (OSGF) and the Clergywealth Multi-purpose Cooperative Society Limited (CWMSCL). It aims to empower 1 million Nigerians with globally recognised certifications and cutting-edge tech skills. READ ALSO: FG denies AI…

Amnesty International has condemned the arrest and detention of Abuja-based activist, Abubakar Salim Musa, describing the action as arbitrary and a clear abuse of power by the Nigerian police. In a statement on Wednesday, the human rights organisation said Musa was arrested for exercising his right to freedom of expression on social media, noting that he was neither formally invited nor informed of any complaint or allegation against him before…

The Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC) has confirmed that Aliko Dangote, President of the Dangote Group, has withdrawn his petition against the immediate past  hief Executive Officer of the Nigerian Midstream and Downstream Petroleum Regulatory Authority (NMDPRA), Ahmed Farouk. Dangote had, in December 2024, petitioned the anti-graft agency through his lawyer, Ogwu Onoja, SAN, accusing Farouk of alleged corruption and financial misconduct. He urged the commission…

Governor Seyi Makinde has called for immediate calm across Oyo State following a deadly “cross-border” attack by bandits that claimed the lives of five personnel of the National Park Service (NPS). The attack occurred late Tuesday night, at the National Park Office located in Oloka Village, within the Oriire Local Government Area. In a statement issued on Wednesday, the governor described the incident as a “devastating loss” of officers who…

The Senior Pastor of Mountain of Liberation and Miracles Ministries, Chris Okafor, has turned himself in to the police following allegations of multiple rape and other offences capable of causing a breach of public peace, the Lagos State Police Command has confirmed. The case has now been transferred to the Assistant Inspector-General of Police (AIG) in charge of Zone 2, Sylvester Alabi, for further investigation. The development followed Okafor’s failure…