A 52-year-old unemployed man, Pedro Ezekiel, on Monday admitted pouring a substance suspected to be acid on another man in Ikorodu, Lagos State.

The Nasarawa State House of Assembly on Monday confirmed the 11 commissioner nominees submitted to the assembly for screening and confirmation by Gov. Umaru Al-Makura.

Four tenants, who allegedly exhumed the corpse of their landlord before selling his property were on Monday brought in a Yaba Chief Magistrates’ Court in Lagos.

The Environmental Rights Action, ERA, Friend of the Earth Nigeria, has condemned the perceived politicisation of the clean up of Ogoni project.

NATO chief Jens Stoltenberg on Monday demanded Russia end its naval standoff with Ukraine, but refused to pledge new support for Kiev, as the alliance sought to avoid escalating the crisis.

A Federal High Court in Lagos will on Dec. 19, continue the trial of a former Acting Director-General of NIMASA, Haruna Jauro.

The Nigerian Ambassador to Senegal, Mr Salisu Umaru, says the bilateral relation between Nigeria and Senegal is excellent and the volume of trade very high.

A non- governmental organization, the Centre for Gender Equality, Education and Empowerment (CGEEE), has hosted an annual fund raising dinner to seek support for beneficiaries of CGEEE Scholarship Initiative (CSI).

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin has been nominated for the award of Garkuwan Matasan Arewa Najeriya.

Pep Guardiola said he was warned by club doctors that top scorer Sergio Aguero could be ruled out until January if he aggravated a muscle injury.