Public offices in Edo were shut on Tuesday as workers observed the two-day public holiday declared by the state government ahead of Wednesday’s governorship election in the state.

It was an evening of glitz and glamour at the prestigious Armani Hotel located in the Burj Khalifa, Dubai, as Mobile technology giant TECNO, took its first official step into the international scene with the launch of its new flagship duo, TECNO Phantom 6 and Phantom 6 plus.

A group of Niger Delta stakeholders, who met, last Saturday, in Abuja at a meeting convened by Minister of Transportation, Chief Rotimi Amaechi, has set up three committees to draw up a framework to address peace and security in the region.

Canadian rapper Drake returned to the top of the Billboard 200 album chart with “Views” on Monday after a seven-week break from the top spot.

A 30-year-old housewife, Balikis Abdullahi, has told an Ilorin Area Court that she married a figure head and irresponsible man as husband.

Defence Secretary Michael Fallon has said that Britain will oppose anything resembling an EU army, amid a push in the EU for more military cooperation following British voters’ shock decision to leave the bloc.

The Chief Justice of Nigeria(CJN), federal judicial officers, and State judicial officers have in the last one year guzzled a total sum of N33.47 billion as emoluments and other allowances, checks by the Economic Confidential has revealed.

A Gudu Upper Area Court, Abuja, on Tuesday sentenced an 18-year-old artisan , Daniel Jatau, to 10 strokes of cane and to clean the court premises for stealing a generator.

Borussia Monchengladbach coach Andre Schubert says his side have nothing to fear against a Barcelona team shorn of the injured Lionel Messi for Wednesday’s Champions League clash.

Allardyce’s problems began when he agreed to meet the undercover Telegraph reporters, who asked if it would be a problem for their fictitious agency to get involved in third-party ownership through funding football transfers, which is banned under FIFA rules.

Google on Tuesday unveiled Google Photos, a free photos management system that could be used to create the ultimate album and memorable wedding.

Ms Fidelia Setle, Assistant Director Child Welfare in Plateau Ministry of Women Affairs, has said that incidences of child rape and forced marriage were rampant in the state.

The Police and authorities of Federal College of Education (FCE), Zaria, have commenced investigation into how the registration fees paid by 1, 128 students through banks was not credited into the institution’s account.

Ali Bongo was sworn in Tuesday as Gabon’s president after the country’s constitutional court controversially validated his fiercely contested election victory.

A 40-year-old man, Olarewaju Osasonna, on Tuesday told an Ikole Customary Court, Ekiti, that he could no longer cope with the foul smell from his wife, Kafayat, due to her dirty ways of living.