Miss SaHHara was born in the wrong country, and in the wrong body. Repression in her native Nigeria almost drove her to suicide, but this weekend she was cruising down the runway in a cream dress – one of several finalists at the Miss Trans Star International beauty pageant in Barcelona, Europe’s main such event.

Vice President Yemi Osinbajo on Monday blamed the current economic recession in the country on the militancy in the Niger Delta region.

A Kano Magistrates’ Court sitting in Audu Bako Secretariat on Monday ordered the remand of a 25-year-old man, Mansir Sani, for allegedly defiling a 12 year-old boy.

MINISTER of the Federal Capital Territory Administration, FCTA, Malam Muhammad Musa Bello yesterday summoned the Commissioner of Police, FCT, Mohammed Mustapha to an emergency security meeting as part of moves to nip in the bud, security challenges in the Federal Capital Territory.

Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto on Monday said barriers could not stop the movement of migrants and the fusion of cultures.

SENATORS of the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC and the opposition Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, were yesterday, locked in separate meetings to deliberate and fine-tune common positions ahead of debate on the country’s economic recession, expected this morning at plenary.

A 28-year-old man arrested for alleged pick-pocketing has committed another crime of stealing N1,200 belonging to a police officer at the station where he was detained in Lagos.

Gov. Akinwunmi Ambode of Lagos State has sacked Mr Michael Akindele, the General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) with effect from Sept. 14, 2016.

Top search engines Google, Microsoft and Yahoo will block advertisements related to prenatal sex determination services following an order by India’s Supreme Court, a news report said on Monday.