A High Court in Kaduna on Thursday fixed Feb. 24 and Feb. 25, for the continuation of trial of leader of the Islamic Movement in Nigeria (IMN), Sheikh Ibrahim El-Zakzaky, and his wife, Zinat. Justice Gideon Kurada, the trial judge, at the resumed hearing of the case on Feb. 6, again adjourned the case to […]

A Chief Magistrates’ court in Oredo, Benin on Thursday ordered that a teenager, Marcus Mekpagbe, who allegedly raped a 20-year-old woman, be remanded in Oko correctional centre. Chief Magistrate Patricia Igho-Braimah adjourned the case until March 4,  for hearing. Earlier, the Prosecution Counsel, ASP Osayomwanbor Omoruyi, told the court that Mekpagbe, committed the offense on […]

  Premier League clubs have voted to move the closing date of the summer transfer window. At Thursday’s shareholders’ meeting, the clubs voted to revert to the traditional date at the end of August/early September after two seasons where the window closed on the eve of the campaign. That means this summer’s window will close […]

Scotland’s First Minister Nicola Sturgeon on Thursday announced the suspension of her finance minister and a full investigation after revelations he sent a string of messages to a 16-year-old schoolboy. Scottish National Party (SNP) leader Sturgeon faced a barrage of questions in the devolved parliament in Edinburgh about the scandal involving Derek Mackay, which was […]

Dr Sesan Oluwasola, a Gynecologist at the University College Hospital (UCH) Ibadan, on Thursday, urged government to formulate laws that would curb the practice of Female Genital Mutilation (FGM) in Nigeria. Oluwasola made the call in an interview with News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) as the world commemorates the International Day of Zero Tolerance for […]

Tokyo 2020 Olympics organisers said Thursday the Games would “go ahead as planned”, slamming misinformation over the new coronavirus for triggering panic. Chief executive officer Toshiro Muto revealed that organisers have set up a task force to combat the fast-spreading disease that has killed over 560 people and infected at least 28,000 — the vast […]

By Gabriel Olawale Ten years after the gruesome killing of a former governorship candidate of the defunct Action Congress of Nigeria, ACN, in Ogun State, Otunba Dipo Dina, some of his friends, business associates and relatives have recalled the love and passion he had for the state and mankind. Speaking in Lagos during the Otunba […]

France’s agriculture ministry said Thursday that it was increasing surveillance of fields to stave off a ruinous virus affecting tomatoes that has already been found in neighbouring countries. No French cases have yet been reported of the “tomato brown rugose fruit virus,” known as ToBRFV, which causes the fruit to develop rough discoloured patches on […]

Actor, a prominent face in the Yoruba movie industry, Damola Olatunji along with his crew are reported to have been harassed by policemen in Berger, Lagos State, asking for their work permit. According to the actor READ ALSO: Actor, Damola Olatunji builds N60m naira hotel “We were on set when these police officers came and started […]

The Nigerian Society of Engineers, Victoria Island, VI branch in collaboration with Advanced School of Power, Oil and Gas , ASPOG Nigeria, is set to hold its annual Hybrid Power and Energy Masterclass Workshop this weekend, Saturday, 8 at the National Engineering Center, Engineering Close, Victoria Island, Lagos.

By Prince Osuagwu Global pharmaceutical company Roche has tasked stakeholders across Nigeria’s health sector to commit more to the plights of cancer patients. The pharmaceutical company said that the best way Nigeria could make this year’s World Cancer Day count is to encourage every Nigerian to care for people suffering from cancer. Country Manager, Roche […]

Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo on Thursday asked the International Criminal Court for his unconditional release following his acquittal last year over post-electoral violence that killed 3,000 people. Gbagbo and his deputy Charles Ble Goude were both cleared of crimes against humanity a year ago, eight years after the former West African strongman’s arrest […]

ABUJA: Over five years after its botched attempt to create additional 30, 027 Polling Units, the Independent National Electoral Commission INEC has hinted of plans to create more units across the country before the 2023 general elections.

***As YPP Senator, Ifeanyi Ubah  Kicks ***Committee composition is  not based on party membership, but on States and Zonal basis, Lawan Replies By Henry Umoru ABUJA – THE Senate Thursday constituted a 56 – member Constitution review committee to handle all bills seeking for one alteration or the other in the provisions of the 1999 Constitution. […]

Mr Gbolahan Lawal, the Lagos State Commissioner for Agriculture, has urged farmers particularly the youth farmers to embrace agriculture as a business to transform it from subsistence to commercial for profitability. Lawal made the call at the Lagos State Employment Trust Fund Summit 2020 in Lagos. He said that several opportunities abound in agriculture because […]