More than 35,000 Britons have signed an online petition to ban U.S. Republican presidential front-runner Donald Trump from the country following his proposal to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. “The UK has banned entry to many individuals for hate speech,” the text of the British petition said.

The United Nations’ top human rights official praised Mongolia Wednesday for abolishing the death penalty, after the sparsely populated Asian country approved a new criminal code eliminating executions. The measure was passed by the State Great Hural, Mongolia’s parliament, last week, after extended debate.

A Wuse Zone 2 Magistrates’ Court in Abuja on Wednesday sentenced a 27-year old unemployed graduate, Mukaila Akanni, to one month imprisonment for stealing a laptop at the American Embassy in Abuja. Magistrate Fatima Bukar convicted Akanni of Peace Village, Lugbe, Airport Road, after he pleaded guilty to the charges leveled against him.

Some Information Technology experts on Wednesday urged the Senate to stop the Social Media Bill, saying the Cyber Security Law had addressed the issues in question. The experts, in separate interviews with newsmen in Lagos, said that there was no need for such a bill.

Mr Femi Falana (SAN) and a human rights activist, has said that all persons alleged to have diverted funds meant to procure arms to fight insurgency must be prosecuted. Falana made the call on Wednesday in an interview with newsmen on the sideline of the official opening of Amnesty International Office in Abuja.

An Ota Magistrates’ Court in Ogun on Wednesday sentenced an 18-year-old man, Abbede Faruq, to two months community service for attempting to steal in a church. Faruq, who resides along Iyana Iyesi Road, Ota, had pleaded guilty to a two-count charge of burglary and attempted to steal. The Magistrate, Miss Temitope Adebutu, ordered the convict to perform two months community service in the court premises by cutting the grasses and sweeping or an option of N5,000 fine.

Abakaliki-The popular saying that the teachers’ reward is in heaven to justify their suffering on earth is no longer the case in Ebonyi State as the state Governor, Dave Umahi has vowed that the state government would henceforth pay teachers’ salaries on the 15th of every month.“Over the years, various state and Federal Governments had always enjoined teachers to bear their non- payment of salaries and other entitlements as they would be rewarded when they made heaven after their sojourn on earth.

Governor Adams Oshiomhole of Edo State has revealed how the state government uncovered fraud in pension administration in the state, saying while some pensioners were unable to get their gratuities, others had two vouchers in their names.

By Kingsley Fanwo The governorship election in Kogi may have come and gone, the bells of ripples have kept reverberating to the discomfort of the party that has won the governorship election, the All Progressives Congress. The political dogfight between the contending camps has continued to build around the need for power and the need […]

British heavyweight boxing champion Tyson Fury has been stripped of one his world titles less than two weeks after winning it, the BBC reported on Wednesday.

Some members of the All Progressive Congress APC supporters in Bayelsa protested in Yenagoa on Wednesday. They called on the Independent National Elctorial Commission INEC to announce Southern Ijaw council election result.

Louis van Gaal says he is unable to defend himself following Manchester United’s Champions League exit, but he insists the Red Devils are improving under his tenure.

World Player of the Year Cristiano Ronaldo claimed Real Madrid fans should get off coach Rafael Benitez’s back after a record equalling 8-0 mauling of Malmo in the Champions League.

Liverpool’s injury-plagued striker Daniel Sturridge has sustained a hamstring problem likely to sideline him for a few weeks, according to widespread British media reports on Wednesday.

Most African footballers who go to Europe fail and become prey for child traffickers, the president of a solidarity association said on Tuesday.