The brother of Pakistan’s social media star Qandeel Baloch was on Friday sentenced to life in prison for her murder – the patriarchal country’s highest-profile “honour killing”. Baloch, 26, who shot to fame for her risque selfies – tame by Western standards, but considered provocative in deeply misogynistic Pakistan – was strangled in July 2016. […]

By Rotimi Ojomoyela, Ado-Ekiti The Governor of Ekiti State, Dr. Kayode Fayemi, has taken over the medical and funeral expenses of victims of the violent protest held at the Federal University, Oye Ekiti (FUOYE) in fulfillment of his earlier promise. The Chief Security Officer to the Governor, Mr. Ajayi Adeyanju, who was directed by Governor […]

President of the Senate, Ahmad Lawan, has underscored the need to have a budget reform that will include a law on timeliness in budget passing.

By Omeiza Ajayi Minister of State in the Federal Capital Territory FCT, Dr Ramatu Tijjani Aliyu, has lamented the underutilisation of the Ultra Modern Youth Support Centre located in Nyanya aimed at promoting skill acquisition among youths in the territory. The Minister, who advocated for an alternative source of funding for the centre assured that […]

Federal High Court in Lagos, on Friday, sentenced a 58 years old farmer Yesiru Onajobi, to a term of 10 years imprisonment for sexually assaulting and impregnating his teenage daughter.