Civil defence arrests Fulani herdsman for allegedly destroying 5-acre farm in Oyo
Ola Ajayi – Ibadan IN order to avert another herders-farmers clash in Oyo, a Fulani herder, Ali Manu, has been arrested by the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC), Oyo State Command for allegedly leading 100 cows to a five-acre cassava farm at Abidioke Village in Ibarapa North Local Government Area and destroyed it. […]
Amazon alleges Trump abused power in huge Pentagon contract
Amazon is alleging that US President Donald Trump abused the power of his office to deny the company a massive military cloud computing contract, court documents released Monday showed. The technology giant is challenging the awarding of a $10 billion Pentagon cloud computing contract to Microsoft, alleging “unmistakable bias” in the process. The 10-year contract […]
NAIG to Buhari: Withdraw NDDC Nominees appoint itsekiri as new Chairman
The National Association of Itsekiri Graduates, NAIG, has called on President Muhammadu Buhari, to immediately withdraw the current nominees of Niger Delta Development Commission, NDDC and reconstitute the board to follow the NDDC Act, by nominating an Itsekiri man as the new NDDC Chairman.
Religious tolerance will change extremism, hate – Osinbajo
Johnbosco Agbakwuru – Abuja Vice President Yemi Osinbajo said on Monday humility and sacrifice by leaders across the board would positively change the people’s disposition from hate and prejudice. Osinbajo stated this in a keynote address he delivered in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, at the opening session of the Sixth Assembly of the Forum […]
Court sentences woman by hanging for killing co-wife, 7 children in Ebonyi
By Peter Okutu – Abakaliki State High Court sitting in Abakaliki, Monday sentenced a woman, Mrs Agnes Nwefuru, to death by hanging for killing her co-wife and seven children in Ebony state. The plaintiff, Ebonyi State Government had in a suit no.HAW/13C/2017, brought against the defendant, Agnes Nwefuru, accused her of setting ablaze the house […]
Benzema facing possible court date over Valbuena sextape blackmail
Real Madrid striker Karim Benzema may be facing a criminal trial after France’s highest court of appeal on Monday dismissed his appeal challenging the legality of a blackmail investigation over a sextape featuring fellow footballer Mathieu Valbuena. The court found that the investigative methods used in the case, in which Benzema is alleged to have […]
