My husband beats me as if we are in a boxing competition,” woman tells court
A trader, Fatimo Nurudeen, on Friday pleaded with an Agege Customary Court in Lagos State to dissolve her 12-year-old marriage for alleged frequent beating and fetish practice by her husband.
Fatimo, 31, who lives at 32, Akiode St., Ibafo, Ogun, told the court that her husband beats her frequently.
Small drone puts White House on lockdown
The White House was briefly put on lockdown Thursday as the Secret Service detained an individual for flying a small drone in an adjacent park.
Burundi coup leaders surrender
Loyalist troops in Burundi early on Friday detained at least three leaders of a failed coup against President Pierre Nkurunziza, with an AFP reporter hearing the arrest by telephone.
Over 60 killed, scores injured as troops, Boko Haram clash
At least 60 people mostly suspected members of dreaded Boko Haram insurgents were feared dead in a clash between troops of the 7 Division, Nigerian Army around Kayamula village, just some few kilometres drive from 21 Armoured Brigade (Giwa Barracks) on Wednesday in Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.
How we defeated Jonathan – Tinubu
ALL Progressives Congress, APC, leader Asiwaju Bola Tinubu, yesterday, attributed the defeat of President Goodluck Jonathan in the last presidential election to a commonsense revolution anchored on a rebellion against the excesses of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.
Gowon: Why Nigeria has remained together
Elated by the successful outcome of the last general elections, former Head of State, General Yakubu Gowon, yesterday, said that despite the assertions of naysayers and uncertified futurologists, who predicted the break-up of Nigeria in 2015, the effective prayers of the people of faith moved the hands of God to intervene in the affairs of the country.
