A Customary Court at Igando, near Lagos on Wednesday dissolved the marriage of one Ganiyat Falana, 37, because of adultery. Ganiyat and Dare Falana were until the dissolution of the union, married for 15 years. Delivering judgment, the President of the court, Mr Adegboyega Omilola, said he was convinced that the couple could no longer live together as the petitioner had insisted on divorce after several interventions.

Two men, who allegedly stole iron rods worth N180,000 belonging to a church, on Wednesday appeared before an Ikorodu Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on charges of conspiracy and stealing. The accused: Bidemi Akinniyi, 32, and Nurudeen Oyetuga, 26, whose occupations and addresses were not stated, however pleaded not guilty.

Despite the recent and constant massacre and attack on innocent people by Herdsmen who go about with sophisticated weapons such as ak47 and machetes, both the security operatives and the judiciary are yet to bring to full justice the perpetrators of these heinous crimes. However, an Ikeja Magistrates’ Court in Lagos State on Wednesday remanded in prison custody a mechanic, Gbenga Adeoyo, for allegedly being in possession of a double-barrel gun with one life-cartridge.

Some youths suspected to be political thugs, on Wednesday set ablaze the residence of Sen. Kabiru Gaya, in Gaya Local Government area of Kano State. The youths also set ablaze the campaign office and poultry farm of the House of Representatives member from the area, Alhaji Abdullahi Mahmoud.

President Muhammadu Buhari has said that he would not be demanding any apology from British Prime Minister, Mr. David Cameron over his diplomatic gaffe, describing Nigeria, along with Afghanistan as ‘fantastically corrupt’.

The myth is cemented by history books. These are replete with stories of scientific innovators from the developed world.

THE political history of Nigerian democracy cannot be complete without outlining auspicious roles being played by the electoral umpire—Independent National Electoral Commission,

A suicide bomber suspected to be member of Boko Haram terrorist strapped with Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) on Wednesday morning killed himself, with many people injured near a mosque in Sulimanti ward of Maiduguri, the Borno state capital.

Ahead of the International Anticorruption Summit in the UK this week, a civil society group Socio-Economic Rights and Accountability Project (SERAP) has called on the UK authorities to “extradite Nigeria’s former petroleum minister Mrs Diezani Alison-Madueke to face charges of corruption and money laundering, as…

Queen Elizabeth II has been caught on camera saying Chinese officials were “very rude” to the British ambassador during a state visit to Britain by President Xi Jinping last year.

THE Federal Government yesterday described the Fulanis who engage in cattle rearing across the country as very peaceful people who move around with the families in search of water and grasses for their cattle.

By Gabriel Olawale A computer science graduate of the University of Lagos, Mr. Edoise Areghan, has called on the Nigeria government and private organisations to invest more in Information and Communication Technology (ICT), which will ensure the country do not just consume technology but are equipped to create and innovate with it. Speaking with journalist […]

Managing Director of a publishing firm in Ikeja and alleged lover of late Mrs. Ronke Shonde, who was allegedly beaten to death by her husband at their Egbeda home in Lagos, last week, has reportedly been absent from work since Monday, following his indictment as the cause of the quarrel that led to the tragedy.

A Gudu Upper Area Court in the Federal Capital Territory yesterday remanded, Uche Uzogora, for allegedly defiling his 11-year-old daughter.

The crisis in the Lagos State chapter of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP deepened yesterday following indications that a powerful Southwest leader of the party, Senator Buruji Kashamu has moved to supplant the structure put in place by erstwhile deputy national chairman, Chief Bode George.