The International Federation of Women Lawyers (FIDA) on Monday said that the 21-year sentence handed to Akin Baruwa, a former part-time lecturer at the University of Lagos (Unilag), for raping an admission seeker was not stringent enough. The News Agency of Nigeria, (NAN) reports that Justice Josephine Oyefeso had on Feb. 20 in Ikeja sentenced […]

By Jimitota Onoyume The Federal government has been urged to encourage local investors in the oil and gas sector to succeed, saying outsourcing areas they could conveniently handle to foreigners should be discouraged. Managing Director, Opeans Nigeria limited, Dr Ben Nwoye made the appeal at his office in Warri, Delta state, stressing that most indigenous […]

Nigeria’s Gross Domestic Product (GDP) grew by 2.55%(year-on-year) in real terms in the fourth quarter of 2019, according to a recently released report by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS). The report surpassed the International Monetary Fund (IMF) projection of 2.1%. According to NBS, the overall GDP in 2019 indicated a real growth of 2.27%, […]

London-born midfielder Nico Yennaris, the first naturalised footballer to play for China, was surprisingly dropped from new coach Li Tie’s national squad on Monday. The 26-year-old was not named in Li’s squad for a training camp in the UAE ahead of World Cup qualifiers in Thailand next month against the Maldives and Guam. It was […]

Pakistan began quarantining at least 200 people near the Iranian border, officials said Monday, as fears spiralled over the growing toll from the coronavirus in the region amid allegations of a coverup in Iran. The quarantine announcement came hours after Pakistan sealed off its land border with Iran while neighbouring Afghanistan said it had detected […]

UN Secretary-General, Antonio Guterres, on Monday said Governments around the world must put human rights at the centre of their work if they want to protect stability, growth and the future of our planet. Guterres gave the advice as he opened a UN Human Rights Council session in Geneva. He said in addition to war […]

The Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) on Monday re-arraigned a former Governor of Plateau, Jonah Jang and a cashier at the Office of the Secretary to the State Government, Yusuf Pam, over an alleged N6.3 billion fraud. Jang and Pan were first arraigned in June 2018, on a 17 -count charge of misappropriation of […]

Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe had on Thursday insisted he was not a “dictator”, days before an election which resulted in him extending his family’s decades-long domination over the West African nation. The Togo leader will be serving fourth term in power, after winning the Saturday, a move made possible after the constitution was changed to […]

Togo’s President Faure Gnassingbe on Monday hailed a crushing election victory that gave him a fourth term, as his main rival insisted he had won and called on people to “defend” their votes. The incumbent leader took 72 per cent of the vote in the first round of Saturday’s presidential poll, the election commission said […]

The Nasiru Lahi-l- Fatih Society (NASFAT), an Islamic group, in Lagos on Monday enjoined Muslim women in the country to exhibit good conduct at all times. The NASFAT Women Affairs Secretary, Alhaja Suwebat Kupolati, gave the advice in a statement signed by the Publicity Secretary of the society, Mr Akeem Yusuf, to mark the end […]