What data shows INVESTIGATIONS by DevReporting have revealed grim statistics of sexually abused children in Lagos, a city nicknamed Nigeria’s commercial capital and one of the largest and fastest-growing economies in Africa. In 2020 alone, the state recorded 4,302 cases of domestic and sexual violence, according to the Domestic and Sexual Violence Response Team (DSVRT), […]
IN 2024, Nigeria’s Rivers State Governor, Siminalayi Fubara, admitted that ‘children as young as 14 and 15’ are involved in illegal oil theft and refining in the country’s Rivers and Bayelsa States. Poverty, a lack of viable alternatives and normalised criminal enterprises in some communities have drawn children into these extremely hazardous illegal oil refining environments. A […]
A police operative has been confirmed dead in Ebonyi State when a police team clashed with officers of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC) in the state. The incident happened on Wednesday at a mining site in Amaeze, a community in Ivo Local Government Area of the state. The Chairperson of Ivo Local Government Area, Emmanuel […]
THE Nigerian Medical Association (NMA), Warri Zone, has uncovered an illegal baby factory operating under the guise of a medical hospital along Orhuwhorun Road in Udu Local Government Area of Delta State. According to Vanguard Newspaper,, the Chairman of the NMA Warri Zone, Dr. Djebah Bright, said the shocking discovery was made during the association’s routine […]
A Magistrates’ Court sitting in Asaba has adjourned to November 7, 2025, the criminal trial of Pastor Sunday Ogbogho of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), who is facing prosecution for allegedly assaulting a journalist with tools including a spanner. Pastor Ogbogho was arraigned before Magistrate Court 4, Asaba, on August 11, 2025, over […]
By PAMELA EBOH, Awka Top officials sacked as EFCC wades in TOP officials of the Diocese of Awka Anglican Church have been fired following alleged forgery of the signature of the Chancellor, Hon. Justice Sir O.J. Okeke, in a controversial land sale. To this end, the Primate of the Church of Nigeria, Most Revd. Henry […]
TENSION has gripped residents of the oil-rich city of Warri over a violent clash between Itsekiri and Agbarha-Warri (Urhobo) youths on Saturday afternoon, sparked by renewed territorial claims and a disputed celebratory procession. The conflict erupted around noon in Warri South Local Government Area where Agbarha-Warri youths reportedly attempted to block a procession by Itsekiri […]
By FREDERICK ODU SENATOR Ned Nwoko, representing Delta North Senatorial District, has exposed a staged kidnapping incident in Aniocha North, Delta State, describing it as a “reckless and criminal act” that undermines public trust and security efforts. The shocking incident, which involved a young man faking his own abduction and circulating a viral video showing […]
By FRANKMOORE IKE THE Edo State Government has intensified its sweeping campaign against cultism, criminal gangs, and ritual practices. It has sealed multiple properties linked to suspected cult leaders following the discovery of a shrine in Egbaen community and a violent confrontation in Evboyare that claimed a life. The coordinated operation, codenamed “Operation Flush Out […]
THE Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, has denied claims by local contractors that his administration owes them ₦5.2 billion, insisting that the debts arose from contracts irregularly awarded by civil servants without ministerial approval. On Monday, contractors staged a protest at the minister’s gate, alleging that the FCT Administration owed them about […]