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The Nigerian Army came under a barrage of criticism when a video showing six candidates in its ongoing 86 Regular Recruits Intake exercise laying false claims of indigenship of Lagos State went viral on social media on Wednesday.

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Imagine a scenario where you wake up one day and realise that your phone or computer has been stolen or, worse, hacked. Suddenly, the thought of your personal information being used against you becomes a reality, and you feel helpless. What is even more terrifying is the realisation that the hacker does not want anything sexual from you. Instead, he wants cash to delete the photos or other sensitive information that he has about you. This kind of situation is not only distressing, but can also b...

The killing of an Australian-Lebanese national Ibrahim Bazzi, his Lebanese wife Shorouq Hammoud, and his brother Ali Bazzi by the Israeli Defence Forces in a missile strike in southern Lebanon, has been an object exercise in selective outrage, selective ...

The killing of an Australian-Lebanese national Ibrahim Bazzi, his Lebanese wife Shorouq Hammoud, and his brother Ali Bazzi by the Israeli Defence Forces in a missile strike in southern Lebanon, has been an object exercise in selective outrage, selective ethical concern, and, generally speaking, selective morality. The strike took place on a home in the

Foreign fighter laws aim to prevent Australians fighting alongside Hamas and Hezbollah, but Australians can and have joined the Israeli Defense Forces in Gaza. Paul Gregoire reports.

Justice Yelim Bogoro of the Federal High Court, Lagos, has convicted and sentenced a native of Guinea, Mamoduo Barete, to two years imprisonment for trafficking and trading Pangolin Scales, a prohibited and endangered wildlife species.

A native of Guinea identified as Mamoduo Barete has been sentenced to two years imprisonment in Nigeria for wildlife trafficking. The Nigeria Customs Service in a statement on Thursday confirmed this after Justice Yelim Bogoro of the Federal High Court, Lagos convicted and sentenced Barete for trafficking and trading Pangolin Scales, a prohibited and Endangered […]

For Australia, our greater liberty – not only Benbrika’s – is at stake.

Let’s look at the law. Section 356(5) of the Nigerian Criminal Code Act states that a person will be said to have committed ‘Serious Assault’ when such a person "assaults, any person on account of any act done by him in the execution of any duty imposed on him by law, is guilty of a felony and liable to imprisonment for three years.”