Category: News

FIVE EX-SENIOR POLICE OFFICERS TO BE ARRAIGNED FOR ALLEGED AGE FRAUD. 

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The Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun, has filed charges against five retired senior Police officers for allegedly falsifying their ages to unlawfully extend their service years. The case, brought before the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) high court, has been assigned to Yusuf Halilu, a judge, who has fixed Thursday, September 25, for the arraignment of the defendants.  The retired Police Chiefs are to face 14-count charge lists: Idowu Owohunwa, a retired Assistant Inspector-General of Police; Benneth Igwe and Ukachi Opara, both retired Commissioners of Police; Obo Ukam Obo, a…

WHO AND MEDICAL BODIES CONFIRM PARACETAMOL SAFE FOR USE IN PREGNANCY.*

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The World Health Organisation (WHO) says at the moment there is  no conclusive scientific evidence confirming a possible link between autism and the use of tylenol during pregnancy. Tylenol, is a popular brand of pain relief medication sold in the US, Canada, and other countries. Its active ingredient is acetaminophen, better known as paracetamol. The WHO’s statement comes after United States President Donald Trump linked autism to childhood vaccine use and the use of Tylenol by women when pregnant. He said Tylenol “is no good” and that pregnant women should…

FBI investigating after 1 killed, 2 wounded in shooting at Dallas ICE facility

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Sooth News has learned that at least one person has died and two others have sustained injuries after being shot by a suspect sniper at an immigration facility in Texas, according to officials. According to the BBC, on Wednesday, ’’the shooter is also dead from a self-inflicted gunshot wound after the incident in Dallas, said Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem. The attack unfolded on Wednesday morning at a detention centre for US Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE). The incident follows a string of attacks on ICE facilities across the US…

BAUCHI STEPMOTHER BRUTALLY BURNS 5-YEAR-OLD GIRL IN HORRIFIC CHILD ABUSE CASE.

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By: Bashir Hassan Abubakar Barely few weeks after a viral story of a housewife in Magama Gumau of Toro LGA of Bauchi State burning the private of a 12-year-old girl for accusing her of alleged involvement in witchcraft, another housewife, Rabi Nuhu, in the same Magama Gumau has allegedly brutalised the body of a five-year-old girl for bed wetting. It was gathered that the girl, a minor, (name withheld) has lost her mother about a year ago and lives with her father, Mohammed Umar and his wife but has been…

NIGERIAN ARMY COURT-MARTIALS 3 SOLDIERS TO DEATH FOR ARMING TERRORISTS

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Nigerian Army special court-martial has convicted four soldiers for illegal arms trade and aiding terrorists in the north-east. The trial, convened by Ugochukwu Unachukwu, a brigadier general and acting general officer commanding 7 division and commander of sector 1, Operation Hadin Kai (OPHK), was held at the officers’ mess, Theatre Command Headquarters in Maiduguri, Borno State. Delivering judgment, Mohammed Abdullahi, a brigadier general and president of the court-martial, sentenced Raphael Ameh, a sergeant; Ejiga Musa, a sergeant and Patrick Ocheje, a lance corporal, to life imprisonment. Omitoye Rufus, a corporal,…

FULATARI REFUGEE CAMP: UN AID CUT SPARKS SUFFERING, LEADS TO CHILD DEATHS

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The heartless activities of Boko Harm Insurgents in North North-Eastern part of Northern Nigeria have forced some families from their ancestral homes to different refugee camps across the region and some parts of the Country. Fulatari is one of such camps. After reviewing a CNN report on the Fulatari Refugee Camp in Dikwa, Borno State, Sooth News is highlighting the case of Fatima Usman. Usman, a refugee and mother of 13, lost six of her children while living at the camp. She told CNN that one of her twins died…

UNIVERSITY BLOWS WHISTLE ON RARA Ph.D AWARD RUMORS

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The European-American University has denied awarding Rara honorary doctorate, stating that it is fake ” convocation.” Recently, there were reports widely disseminated that the University has awarded an honorary Ph.D to an influential contemporary Hausa musician best known for his political songs. Dauda Kahutu Rara, a report that the University consider as untrue. Sooth News came across series of reports of the award, and, the BBC News Pidgin, on 21 September at 11:11 WAT confirmed that the European-American University has denied that it awarded an honorary doctorate degree to the…

POUND TO NAIRA OFFICIAL AND PARALLEL MARKET RATES TODAY

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The British Pound Sterling to the Nigerian Naira (NGN) black market exchange rate today, the naira has remained under sustained pressure against the British pound in the parallel market, where rates are consistently much higher than at the official window. However, in recent updates from forex trackers such as NairaToday and NgnRates, the pound has traded at over ₦2,000/£1. However, at the official window, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) maintained the exchange rate at about ₦1,890/£1, a figure that remains far behind what is obtainable on the streets. The…

WORKS MINISTER TO REFER INCOMPETENT ABUJA-LOKOJA ROAD CONTRACTORS TO ANTI-GRAFT AGENCIES

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The Minister of Works, Engr. David Umahi, has threatened to drag three contractors handling sections of the Abuja-Lokoja Road before the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) and the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC). The Minister made this known during an inspection visit from Abuja to the Obajana Junction section of the road, on Saturday. Umahi was umbraced that one of the contractors delivered only three kilometres out of 400, two years after the contract was awarded. “The three jobs we gave out in 2023, they…

NIGERIA MEETS 96% OF OPEC QUOTA AS OIL OUTPUT HITS 1.63m bpd IN AUGUST

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The Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC) says the nation’s crude oil output increased to 1.63 million barrels per day (bpd) in August. According to the Commission, the drilling record, which includes condensates, upticked by 5.47 percent from the 1.58 million bpd in the same period last year. Commenting on its official X account on Saturday, 20th September, the NUPRC said the data was based on its crude oil and condensate production report for August 2025. The commission however attributed the growth to improved operational efficiency and “a steady recovery…