An Iyaganku Chief Magistrates’ Court in Ibadan on Monday ordered the remand of 35-year-old woman, Doris Kanung, in prison custody for allegedly stabbing her husband to death.

Two men were arraigned in Lagos on Monday for sending threat messages to a mother alleging that they would kidnap her four children.

The founder of Ohaneze Ndigbo in South Africa, Chief Jonas Udeji, has called on the Buhari-led Federal Government to approve more international flights for the Akanu Ibiam International Airport, Enugu.

The Kaduna State Government led by Governor el-Rufai has proposed life sentence for rapists in the new Child Right Bill forwarded to the State House of Assembly for passage into law.

Federal Government’s reform of the criminal justice system barring the police from prosecuting criminal cases in the country, Lawyers in Lagos have given a groundswell of support and delight with the development.

According to him, the effort would enhance access to health care services at the grassroots thereby reducing the high rate of maternal and child mortality in the state. “The state would partner with the Plan International, Nigeria, the organizers of the workshop in terms of accountability and transparency of healthcare delivery.”

A South African school was Monday accused of racism for allegedly telling black girls to straighten their hair and not wear ‘afro’ hairstyles.

No fewer than 30 Civil Societies Group, CSOs led by the Conscience Nigeria, CN and Centre for Public Accountability, CPA, Monday, called on the Economic and Financial Crimes, EFCC, to as a matter of urgency, commence immediate investigation into the allegations of padding of the 2016 Budget by the leadership of the House of Representatives.

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State on Monday nominated Mr Ayodele Subair for confirmation by the state House of Assembly as the new Chairman of the Lagos State Internal Revenue Service (LIRS).

A Federal High Court, Abuja, has declined the application of Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, seeking his immediate release from detention by the Department of State Service (DSS).

The University of Ilorin in collaboration with six other Nigerian universities have developed home-grown anti-plagiarism software, designed to check academic fraud.

Residents of Shetiku and others close to Kuje Prisons were Monday thrown into pandemonium following an attempted jailbreak in the facility.

IJAW leaders have intervened in the misunderstanding between some Ijaw monarchs and former Federal Commissioner for Information, Chief Edwin Clark.

The Gombe State Command of the National Drugs Law Enforcement Agency (NDLEA), has expressed concern over the use of illicit drugs among children under 15 years. Mr Aliyu Adole, the state commander of the agency, told newsmen in Gombe on Monday that the trend was “worsening every day.”

The Madrid city government said Monday it will pursue Real Madrid for 18.4 million euros ($20.6 million) in illegal state aid that the European Commission ordered the club to repay.