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Category: Human Angle

Fire Razes Sections of Calabar Watt Market, Suspect Arrested

October 3, 2025 (updated October 3, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

Traders at the popular Watt Market in Calabar were thrown into mourning on Thursday after a fire outbreak destroyed several shops along Bedwell Street, where motor spare parts, clothing, and rug carpets are sold. The exact cause of the incident has yet to be officially confirmed, but eyewitnesses alleged that a mentally unstable man living behind the affected shops may... Read more

Category: Human Angle, Metro, News

September 20, 2025 (updated September 20, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

Pupils Unknowingly Detonate Explosive Devise in Benue School ....seven injured, hospitalised Seven pupils of LGEA Primary School, Ater in Ukum Local Government Area, LGA, of Benue state have reportedly sustained varying degree of injuries and hospitalised after an explosive devise detonated while they were busy playing with it. It was gathered that the victims, including Abigail Terseer, a Primary Five... Read more

Category: Crime Alert, Human Angle

Police Release Burial Arrangements for Late IGP Solomon Arase Scheduled for Abuja, Benin and Sabongida – Ore

September 17, 2025 (updated September 17, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

The Force headquarters in Abuja, officially released the burial arrangements for former Inspector-General of Police Solomon Ehigiator Arase, who died on August 31, 2025, at the age of 69. IGP Arase, who served as the 18th indigenous Inspector-General of Police, was described by the Force as a dedicated officer remembered for his leadership, philanthropy and commitment to police reforms. The... Read more

Category: Human Angle, Top Stories

Adeyanju Ask NASS To Investigate Alleged Imprisonment of over 125 Nigerians in Benin Republic

September 17, 2025 (updated September 17, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

….says one dies Human rights lawyer and activist, Deji Adeyanju, Wednesday, called on the Federal Government and National Assembly to urgently investigate the alleged improvement of over 125 Nigerians in Benin Republic's prison. Adeyanju made the call as a lawyer to Ekene Bonaventure, Chigozie Chiedozie, Hassan Ebbe and over 125 indigent Nigerians whom he said have been in Prison Civil... Read more

Category: Foreign, Human Angle

Energy Transition Risks Pushing More Nigerians Into Poverty, NEITI Warns

September 17, 2025 (updated September 17, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

By Micheal Jackson The Nigeria Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (NEITI) has cautioned that the ongoing global energy transition could worsen poverty levels in Nigeria if not properly managed. Speaking in Abuja at a roundtable on building a framework for engagement on energy transition costs and impacts for non-state actors, NEITI’s Executive Secretary, Mr. Orji Ogbonnaya Orji, warned that the shift... Read more

Category: Human Angle, Top Stories

Benue govt raises alarm over GBV cases in IDPs camps

September 17, 2025 (updated September 17, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

By Joshua Akor The Benue State government has expressed concern over reported cases of Gender Based Violence, GBV, in Internally Displaced Persons, IDPs, camps in the state. The government promised to intensify sensitization and campaigns against the menace in the camps in state in order to stem it. The Commissioner for Women Affairs and Social Welfare Mrs. Theresa Ikwue made... Read more

Category: Crime Alert, Human Angle

Zambian Court Jails Two Men for Witchcraft Plot Against President Hichilema

September 15, 2025 (updated September 15, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

The pair were arrested in December with charms, including a live chameleon, which prosecutors said were intended for a ritual to cause the president’s death. A Zambian court has sentenced Leonard Phiri and Mozambican national Jasten Mabulesse Candunde to two years in prison for attempting to use witchcraft to kill President Hakainde Hichilema. The pair were arrested in December with... Read more

Category: Foreign, Human Angle

Speaker Abbas Mourns 19 People Killed in Zamfara Bridge Accident

September 15, 2025 (updated September 15, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

The Speaker of the House of Representatives Rep. Abbas Tajudeen, has expressed deep sorrow over the death of 19 people in an accident at a bridge in Gummi Local Government of Zamfara State over the weekend. The victims, comprising family members of a new couple and wedding guests, were reportedly killed when their bus plunged into a river from a... Read more

Category: Human Angle, Metro, Top Stories

One Feared Dead, Several Injured as Government Agents, Suspected Vandals Clash in Minna

September 15, 2025 (updated September 15, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

By Abdulahi Adamu Chaos erupted at Kasuwan Gwari, a major market in Minna, Niger State, on Monday when government enforcement agents clashed with suspected vandals, leaving one person feared dead and several others injured. The confrontation broke out after officials attempted to stop scavengers riding motorcycles loaded with scrap materials believed to be from questionable sources. The suspects reportedly resisted... Read more

Category: Human Angle

Over ₦100bn spent on poverty relief in Katsina- Gov. Radda

September 15, 2025 (updated September 15, 2025) Published by Standard Focus

The Katsina State Government had said it has channelled more than ₦100bn into social protection programmes over the past two years, amid warnings that Nigeria’s flagship anti-poverty scheme risks losing momentum without stronger legislative backing. Governor Dikko Umaru Radda disclosed the figure while hosting a two-day national retreat of the Nigeria Community Action for Resilience and Economic Stimulus (NG-CARES) in... Read more

Category: Human Angle

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