Families of some of the 20 National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) prospective members rescued in Imo State have said they paid millions of naira in ransom before receiving news of their release.... Read more »

A 24-year-old Sri Lankan migrant worker, Anojan Sivarasa, is facing execution in Saudi Arabia after an appellate court reportedly sentenced him to death over a Facebook comment considered blasphemous. According to the... Read more »

The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has said its helicopter that landed on a farmland in Makurdi, Benue State, was returning from an operation against suspected kidnappers near the Enugu-Benue boundary. Gists9ja earlier... Read more »

A 6.3-magnitude earthquake struck the Pacific island nation of Vanuatu on Thursday, according to the United States Geological Survey. The USGS said the shallow earthquake occurred approximately 110 kilometres east of Luganville,... Read more »

Drama reportedly ensued after some people said to be planning to leave the All Progressives Congress (APC) nearly set themselves ablaze while angrily setting the party’s broom symbol on fire. In a... Read more »

A gilded statue of a n@k£d Donald Trump went on display in the European Parliament building in Strasbourg on Tuesday, October 6.  Danish artist Jens Galschiøt is exhibiting the satirical statue, titled... Read more »

Police have arrested a woman for allegedly beating her brother’s child to d3ath in Benue State. The incident occurred in Jato-Aka in Kwande Local Government Area of the state on Sunday, October... Read more »

Arise News anchor, Rufai Oseni, has come heavily on the Nigeria Democratic Congress, NDC, presidential candidate, Peter Obi, over his latest comment on the 2023 general elections. Obi had said there was... Read more »

The United States Department of Homeland Security, DHS, has proposed a $70,000 fee for international students seeking to participate in the country’s Optional Practical Training, OPT, programme. The proposal is part of... Read more »