Four kidnapped foreigners freed in Bayelsa
Four foreigners kidnapped last month when their vessel was attacked off the West African coast have been freed unharmed in Nigeria's oil-producing region, police said on Monday.
Gov Aliyu kicks against banning of Almajiri system
Niger state governors Dr. Babangida Aliyu has carpeted the senate president David Mark on his call for the banning of the Almajiri system saying, the solution to the system is not the banning because you don’t ban a culture without having a replacement.
S.Africa postpones teen axe murder case
JOHANNESBURG (AFP) – A South African court on Monday postponed the trial of a teenager charged with hacking to death four family members with an axe pending a psychological evaluation, police said. The 14-year-old was undergoing tests in hospital after the murder of his mother, grandmother, brother and baby sister, said police spokesman Lungelo Dlamini. […]
Mixed reactions trail Gov. Amaechi’s suspension from PDP
Abuja – A frontline politician, Chief Abiola Ogundokun, said the decision of PDP to suspend Gov. Chibuike Amechi of Rivers was timely because members of political parties, who go against party rules should be punished. He told reporters on Monday in Abuja that in present day politics, selfish interest and greed could not over ride […]
Student bags 2yrs imprisonment for stealing blackberry phone
An Abeokuta Magistrates’ Court on Monday sentenced a 19-year-old student, Oluwaseyifunmi Jolaosho, to two years imprisonment for stealing a blackberry phone valued at N50,000.
Court adjourns Foursquare, Catholic churches’ suit to Sept. 26
A Federal High Court, Lagos on Monday adjourned a suit filed by the Foursquare Gospel Church against the Catholic Pastoral Council of Nigeria for report of settlement.
